UFC® 246: MCGREGOR vs. COWBOY
Saturday, January 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
How to watch:
Main Card on PPV ESPN+ 8 PM Mountain Time
Preliminary Card on ESPN 6 PM Mountain Time
Early Prelims on UFC Fight Pass 4:15 PM Mountain Time
The event marks the return of former two-division champion Conor McGregor against perennial fan favorite Donald Cerrone
Tickets are available via axs.com
WELTERWEIGHT WAR: IN A THRILLING BOUT YEARS IN THE MAKING, FORMER TWO-DIVISION CHAMP CONOR MCGREGOR FACES PERENNIAL FAN FAVORITE DONALD CERRONE
- Conor McGregor (21-4, fighting out of Dublin, Ireland) aims to remind fans why he’s one of the most dynamic fighters on the planet
- Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion
- First fighter in UFC history hold two titles simultaneously
- 18 wins by KO, one by submission
- 13 first-round finishes
- Holds knockout wins over Eddie Alvarez, Jose Aldo, Chad Mendes and Dustin Poirier
- Former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion
- Donald Cerrone (36-13 1NC, fighting out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) looks to further etch his name in the history books by earning the biggest win of his career
- Former UFC lightweight title challenger
- UFC record holder for most wins (23), finishes (16) and post-fight bonuses (18)
- 17 wins by submission,10 by KO
- 15 first-round finishes
- Holds stoppage wins over Matt Brown, Charles Oliveira, Rick Story and Jim Miller
BANTAMWEIGHT BATTLE: FORMER CHAMPION AND NO. 3 RANKED CONTENDER HOLLY HOLM TAKES ON NO. 5 RAQUEL PENNINGTON IN A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED REMATCH
· Holly Holm (12-5, fighting out of Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) intends to bounce back into the win column and prove that her first win over Pennington was no fluke
o Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion and No. 3 ranked contender
o Won multiple world titles in boxing
o Eight wins by KO
o Holds wins over Ronda Rousey, Bethe Correia and Marion Reneau
· Raquel Pennington (10-8, fighting out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA) aims to even the score with Holm and work her way back to another title shot
o No. 5 ranked women’s bantamweight contender § Former title challenger
o Three wins via submission, one KO
o Holds wins over Miesha Tate, Jessica Andrade and Bethe Correia
OTHER FIGHTS ON THE CARD INCLUDE
· In a clash of heavyweight contenders, No. 12 ranked heavyweight contender Aleksei Oleinik (57-13-1, fighting out of Moscow, Russia) locks horns with Maurice Greene (8-4, fighting out of St Cloud, Minnesota, USA)
· No. 6 ranked women’s strawweight contender Claudia Gadelha (17-4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) looks to continue building her momentum against rising No. 11 Alexa Grasso (11-3, fighting out of Guadalajara, Mexico)
· Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis (22-9, fighting out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) looks to re-assert his claim as one of the top 155-pound fighters on the planet against surging Diego Ferreira (16-2, fighting out of Pharr, Texas, USA by way of Careiro da Várzea, Amazonas, Brazil)
· In a pivotal clash of women’s flyweight contenders, No. 7 ranked Roxanne Modafferi (23-17, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) faces undefeated No. 9 Maycee Barber (7-0, fighting out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
· Andre Fili (20-6, fighting out of Sacramento, California, USA) meets Sodiq Yusuff (10-1, fighting out of Bladensburg, Maryland, USA by way of Lagos, Nigeria) in an exciting battle of featherweight prospects
· Talented lightweights collide when Drew Dober (21-9 1NC, fighting out of Denver, Colorado, USA) squares off with Nasrat Haqparast (11-2, fighting out of Hamburg, Germany)
· Chas Skelly (18-4, fighting out of Arlington, Texas, USA) faces Dana White’s Contender Series veteran Grant Dawson (14-1, fighting out of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, USA) in a featherweight bout
· Dana White’s Contender Series signee Aleksa Camur (5-0, fighting out of Broadview Heights, Ohio, USA) debuts against Justin Ledet (9-2 1NC, fighting out of Rosharon, Texas, USA)
· No. 7 ranked flyweight contender Tim Elliott (16-9-1, fighting out of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, USA) takes on unbeaten No. 12 Askar Askarov (10-0-1, fighting out of Khasavyurt, Dagestan, Russia)
· Brian Kelleher (19-10, fighting out of Selden, New York, USA) welcomes newcomer Ode Osbourne (7-2 1NC, fighting out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
· Sabina Mazo (7-1, fighting out of Huntington Beach, Calif. by way of Medellin, Colombia) squares off with JJ Aldrich (8-3, fighting out of Westminster, Colorado, USA)
