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Conor McGregor makes his long awaited return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29 from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and the card is quickly filling up.

On Wednesday, the UFC formally confirmed seven total fights for the event so far.

McGregor fights for the first time in nearly three years after suffering a gruesome broken leg against Dustin Poirier in 2021. It’s been a long road back for the Irish superstar, but he’ll get the chance to return to the win column facing Chandler, who coached against him on the most recent season of The Ultimate Fighter before finally booking this matchup in June.

The co-main event features former UFC light heavyweight champion Jamahal Hill making a quick turnaround from his loss to Alex Pereira at UFC 300, as he faces Khalil Rountree Jr. in a pivotal matchup at 205 pounds. Roundtree enters the bout off five wins in a row — four by knockout — including his finish of one-time title challenger Anthony Smith.

A win over a former champion like Hill in June could put Rountree in title contention.

Also official for the card, Mayra Bueno Silva takes on Macy Chiasson in a bantamweight bout at UFC 303. Beuno Silva looks to bounce back from a loss to Raquel Pennington in January while Chiasson seeks her second win in a row after submitting Pannie Kianzad in March.

Always exciting featherweights Cub Swanson and Andre Fili also clash on the upcoming card. With 11 post-fight bonuses between them, Swanson and Fili look to entertain the Las Vegas crowd when they meet in June.

Joe Pyfer returns to action for a middleweight showdown against Canadian brawler Marc-Andre Barriault, while strawweight veteran Michelle Waterson-Gomez faces submission specialist Gillian Robertson.

Undefeated Road to the UFC prospect Rei Tsuruya seeks his second straight octagon finish when he faces Carlos Hernandez in a flyweight matchup.

Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, April 26, with more bouts expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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UFC 303 is officially … official.

The promotion today released all the relevant details for the June 29 pay-per-view (PPV) card at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, headlined by the welterweight showdown between former lightweight champion Conor McGregor and ex-Bellator titleholder Michael Chandler. In addition, former UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jamahal Hill returns for the UFC 303 co-main event against 205-pound wrecking ball Khalil Rountree Jr.

Wanna go see it live? That will require tickets (and a lot of cash).

UFC Fight Club members can grab UFC 303 seats NOW through a special presale available here. Subscribers to the UFC newsletter (sign up at the UFC.com homepage) will also have access to early tickets starting tomorrow (April 25) at 1 p.m. ET.

Whatever’s left will be offered to the general public this Friday (April 26), also at 1 p.m. ET. If you want tickets to International Fight Week (IFW), taking place from June 24-30, that requires a separate transaction at the IFW website here.

For the current UFC 303 fight card and PPV lineup click here.

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Leon Edwards and Belal Muhammad have unfinished business, but it’s not personal according to Edwards’ coach Dave Lovell.

The first fight between Edwards and Muhammad took place in the main event of a March 2021 card at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the bout ended in a no-contest after an eye poke early in the second round left Muhammad unable to continue.

As rumors of a rematch continue to swirl, this time with Edwards entering the contest as UFC welterweight champion, Lovell recalled how his team viewed Muhammad bowing out from the foul.

“It’s not revenge for us,” Lovell told talkSPORT MMA. “For us, if that eye poke never happened, I believe Leon would have finished him in the second round the way the fight was going.

“To me, analyzing the fight looking back at it, Belal was looking for a way out. He was looking to steal a decision. Because that eye poke and the noise he made, literally crying and screaming, you’ve heard it for yourself, the world heard it. It’s funny that he didn’t have to go to the hospital. He didn’t have any eye damage, he didn’t have to go to the hospital to get his eye tested, so what does that tell you? If the medics clear him after the fight and say, ‘You’re alright,’ then what does that tell you? He tried to steal a decision, but you know, payback’s a b**** and we’ll see.”

Muhammad has already responded to a clip of the interview on social media, warning Lovell that he expects to dominate Edwards.

“Remember this statement after Round 4 and Leon is looking to you for your motivational speech after I’ve slapped him around for 20 minutes,” Muhammad wrote.

The severity of the damage to Muhammad’s eye was unclear in the immediate aftermath of his fight with Edwards, though he later announced that there was no permanent damage. An ensuing list of medical suspensions also confirmed that Muhammad did not suffer a major injury, but would require clearance from an ophthalmologist before his next fight.

Assuming a rematch is booked and proceeds without incident, Lovell already knows what to expect as far as Muhammad’s strategy.

“Belal, for me, can bring all his wrestling A-game,” Lovell said. “Leon’s proved to the world he can wrestle with the best. I don’t see Belal wanting to stand and strike with him at no time at all. He got his ass served to him for a round and a half in the last fight, so I don’t see him wanting to stand with Leon. So you’re looking to grind Leon to the cage, take him down, maul him when he’s down, and probably steal a decision that way. But Leon’s got all bases covered, as we always do.”

Excluding their no-contest, Edwards and Muhammad are both on lengthy win streaks, with Edwards having notched 12 straight and Muhammad nine. During this run, Edwards has also won and defended the UFC welterweight title, twice defeating Kamaru Usman and then authoring a one-sided defense over Colby Covington at UFC 296.

The English champion has plenty of options, with the likes of Shavkat Rakhmonov, Khamzat Chimaev, and Islam Makhachev all gunning for him, but Lovell expects Muhammad to get the call. The UFC just announced a return to Manchester, England, for on July 27, so the timing seems perfect for the Edwards vs. Muhammad grudge to be settled there.

“The UFC’s over here in, is it July?” Lovell said. “So no doubt Leon will be on that bill. Unfortunately, he couldn’t make this [UFC 300] bill for whatever reasons. The lads they would put to him, Shavkat, Khamzat, and Islam, they were all fasting. We were ready to go, but it is what it is.

“Because he wasn’t on the 300 bill, no doubt there’s a big Muslim contingency in England, in Manchester, so I think it will be Belal. It’s not written in stone, but 99.9 I think it will be Belal.”

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All the fights for the Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov card on Saturday 3rd August 2024. With betting odds, start time, date, fight card, and information on how to watch.

• Event: Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov
• Date: Sat, August 3, 2024
• Location: Los Angeles California
• Broadcast: DAZN PPV

Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov: Full Fight Card

• Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov: Middleweight
• Andy Ruiz vs Jarrell Miller: Heavyweight
• Vergil Ortiz vs Tim Tszyu: Light middleweight
• Isaac Cruz vs Jose Valenzuela: Lightweight
• David Morrell vs Radivoje Kalajdzic: Super middleweight
• Andy Cruz vs Antonio Moran: Lightweight

*Fight card, bout order, and number of fights are subject to change

Start date and time

Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov: takes place on August 3rd in California. Start times will be released soon.

Betting Odds

TBC

Tickets

If you are lucky enough to be nearby or in California or have plans to be there on the 3rd of August to see Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov, When tickets are available you will be able to purchase them here. VIP ticket packages will also be available here.

Tickets will be available at different prices. At the time of writing the current ticket prices are starting at the lowest of TBC and the highest price being TBC

Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov Press Conference

PPV price and Live streams

Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov: is Live on DAZN PPV and will be available here.

What is Next after Riyadh Season: Terence Crawford vs Israil Madrimov?

TBC

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Ryan Garcia may have just pulled off one of the most well-executed trolls in the history of combat sports. According to ‘King’ Ryan, almost everything he did in the buildup to his fight with Devin Haney was to trick people into believing he was crazy, though one thing he didn’t fake was his views on Bohemian Grove.

Having only ever been defeated by Gervonta Davis throughout his career, it was the boxers mental state that was in question opposed to his in-ring ability last time out. Despite coming into the fight as the heavy underdog, Garcia fought back from early adversity, managing to drop Haney three times, and rightfully walked away with the majority decision victory.

During an appearance on the PBD Podcast, Ryan Garcia revealed that his perceived madness heading into his Devin Haney clash was just an act.

“We have it prerecorded months ago. What did I say was going to happen? I said, ‘I’m about to make sure everybody thinks I’m going to go crazy. I’m going to do this, I’m going to do that. Watch, this is going to be called the great escape.'”

“I have it all documented. I was already planning it weeks and weeks and months behind.”

“I don’t know what made me come up with the idea, honestly. I just one day decided just to go all in and just commit to a plan that I had.”

“I was not going to budge for nobody. It don’t matter if I went on his podcast, anybodies podcast. I was acting like sporadic, like just crazy… What was real though is, at times I did drink a little bit during camp because I like to drink.”

One controversial comment that Ryan Garcia doubled down on was his views on Bohemian Grove.

“There’s actually many stories on it [Bohemian Grove] and there’s actually a lot of people that have come forward to me.”

“There’s actually really people in the front lines of all this, you know? I’m in contact with them. His name is Jaco.”

“He’s a big advocate. He goes to Congress all the time to speak about child sex trafficking and he could confirm all these things.”

“A lot of these things I have experienced, not only like spiritually in my spiritual senses before I even knew about the Bohemian Grove… I had a vision in 2021. I seen a beast coming out of San Francisco and I saw the San Francisco bridge and then I saw the woods.”

“I saw people doing really weird things and I went up to my friend–I said, ‘Hey, man. Is there a place that people do weird things in the woods? I’m just curious.’ And he said, ‘What are you talking about? Bohemian Grove.’ I didn’t know what it was but that was 2021.”

Related: Ryan Garcia takes shots at Logan Paul and KSI following win over Devin Haney

Alongside his visions, Garcia insists he has video proof of the disturbed situation.

“I actually do have videos. Yes, we do have videos,” Garcia said. “The guy Jaco, he has them. We’re going to go to Congress with it.”

“I’m just not going to put that on the internet. And then there’s also other people that have videos and they’re victims. But I’m not going to put that on the internet, that’s disgusting.”

“Everything’s in people’s faces, you don’t [have] to look too far. There’s so many stories, I mean, this is not even conspiracy at this point. At the end of the day, all these things can be traced and documented.”

“It’s right in front of everybody’s face. They paint it in the illusion that it’s a conspiracy but it’s not a conspiracy if there’s proof.”

Watch Ryan Garcia’s PBD Podcast interview below.

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Jon Jones is on the road back to the octagon.

This past November, Jones suffered an ill-timed pectoral injury that forced him out of a heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic at UFC 295. The setback has left “Bones” sidelined with the expectation that the Miocic matchup will eventually be re-booked.

Jones posted to social media on Wednesday that he has returned to training for the first time since suffering his injury.

“First day back in the gym since my injury, felt amazing,” Jones wrote. “And so it began.”

The three-time light heavyweight champion has struggled to stay active in recent years, with just two fights since 2020. Jones defeated Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 and then was out of action until UFC 285, where he claimed a vacant heavyweight title with a dominant submission victory over Ciryl Gane.

Various legal issues outside of the cage as well as a previous contract dispute with the UFC have played a part in keeping Jones from competing.

The 36-year-old is still yet to be legitimately defeated in an MMA fight, with his lone blemishes in 29 pro bouts being a December 2009 disqualification loss to Matt Hamill and a no-contest against Daniel Cormier at UFC 214. Jones originally defeated Cormier by third-round knockout, but the result was overturned when Jones later tested positive for banned substances.

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