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Conor McGregor could be adding to his highlight reel soon.

Ahead of his highly anticipated comeback fight against Michael Chandler, which takes place June 29 in the main event of UFC 303 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the UFC has uploaded a compilation of McGregor’s best moments inside the octagon.

Watch the video below.

The compilation includes every one of McGregor’s 10 UFC victories, beginning with a 67-second drubbing of Marcus Brimage and ending with his stunning 40-second knockout of Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone.

Along the way, “The Notorious” authored one of the most incredible rises to stardom in combat sports history. Also featured in the video is his gritty win over fellow future legend Max Holloway, his history-shaking 13-second knockout of Jose Aldo, his back-and-forth rematch with rival Nate Diaz, and the virtuoso performance against Eddie Alvarez that made McGregor a two-division champion.

Though it’s been over four years since McGregor’s most recent win, the 35-year-old remains MMA’s biggest draw, and millions of fans will undoubtedly tune in when he takes on Chandler at UFC 303.

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During the UFC 300 Post-Fight Press Conference on April 13, UFC CEO Dana White announced that a bout between former middleweight champion Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa would serve as the UFC 302 co-main event.  

Costa (14-3) has lost three of his last four fights and is coming off a loss to former titleholder Robert Whittaker in his last outing in February.  Strickland (28-6) was defeated by Dricus Du Plessis via split decision in his last bout in January.  For months Strickland has lobbied for an immediate rematch, but agreed to faced Costa next after meeting with the fight promotion.  

On Wednesday, Strickland vowed to make that ‘dirty Brazilian’ bleed on June 1 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.  

“You know, you guys, I like Costa.  He’s a funny guy.  He makes me laugh.  He’s pro-free speech.  I like that guy,” said Strickland in a video.  “But I’m going to make that dirty Brazilian bleed.  I’m going to do it for Brazil because Brazil doesn’t even like Costa.  So, hey, Brazil, this is for you guys.  Let’s get it done.”

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UFC 302 is headlined by a lightweight title bout between champion Islam Makhachev and fourth-ranked Dustin Poirier.  Makhachev (25-1) is coming off back-to-back wins over former featherweight kingpin Alexander Volkanovski.  Poirier (30-8, 1NC) will entered the championship match coming off a knockout win over Benoît Saint Denis.  

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Kamaru Usman has his teammate’s back.

When Justin Gaethje went down in the final seconds of his “BMF” title fight with Max Holloway this past weekend at UFC 300, it was a shocking moment and one of the most unbelievable finishes in MMA history. Holloway was well on his way to a win on the scorecards, but threw caution to the wind to pick up a thrilling knockout victory.

On his Pound 4 Pound podcast, Usman broke down what went wrong for his longtime training partner, starting with a strategic suggestion that could have changed the complexion of the contest.

“I think the place where things kind of might have went sideways is making the necessary adjustments in the fight,” Usman said. “I think Justin is just such a freaking good guy, which is why he’s your favorite fighter’s favorite fighter. He loves to entertain so much, to where it’s, ‘OK, you paid to see this type of fight. I’m going to give you that type of fight.’ He’s that type of guy. To where, I thought he could have made some adjustments.

“He is a wrestler. This fight’s completely different had Justin changed levels and taken Max down once or twice. And he can do it. He can 100 percent do it. Had he changed levels and took him down once, this fight gives us a different potential outcome. I think maybe just the adjustments in fight.”

Along with the buzzer-beater finish, there was plenty of drama early in the fight, with Holloway badly damaging Gaethje’s nose with a spinning kick at the end of Round 1, and also landing a pair of nasty-looking inadvertent eye pokes.

Usman credited Holloway for his performance, but noted that the fouls had a deleterious effect on Gaethje’s performance.

“We can’t shy away from the fact that this man, yeah, he took that kick to the nose at the end of the first round, just seconds left, if not, zero time left,” Usman said. “He took that kick to the nose, which plays a huge, huge part in potentially moving on in the fight because now you can’t breathe the way you want to breathe in that fight. On top of that, we have to see the two eye pokes.

“They were clear-cut, legit eye pokes. It wasn’t that Max was doing it maliciously or on purpose. They happen. These are the type of things that can alter the outcome of a fight.”

Usman’s podcast co-host Henry Cejudo suggested that in addition to mixing in the occasional takedown, Gaethje should have used more fakes to close the distance. He then asked Usman if a knockout loss like the one suffered at UFC 300 could alter the trajectory of Gaethje’s career.

As long as Gaethje takes his time returning to action, Usman isn’t concerned.

“I don’t think so,” Usman said. “I definitely do think we take some time and we bounce back. Justin’s been here before. Eddie Alvarez. Dustin Poirier. He took the time, he bounced back, he did the necessary things that he needed to do to get back, so I don’t think so. I think it’s based on him and how he wants to continue his career. But no, I don’t think it alters anything.

“As far as at the end of the fight, I take nothing away. That’s Justin Gaethje. That’s a Justin Gaethje move. That’s what the BMF does. That right there, that end of that fight is exactly what we signed up for. That is exactly what that title is about. Am I right or am I wrong? That’s exactly what that title is about. ‘We are BMFs. Let’s meet and the center and let’s go.’ And who would have ever bet that Justin Gaethje loses that type of fight? In the center, we’re swinging, who bets that Justin Gaethje loses? No one.”

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The MAC is BACK! Former two-division titleholder and the sport’s top pay-per-view (PPV) draw, Conor McGregor, makes his long-awaited return to cage fighting at UFC 303 when he collides with The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 31 nemesis Michael Chandler to close out the promotion’s annual International Fight Week in Las Vegas!

Event: UFC 303 “McGregor vs. Chandler”
Date: Sat., June 29, 2024
Location: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
Start times: ESPN+ PPV, ESPN, ESPN+ (6 p.m. ET Prelims | 10 p.m. ET Main Card)

UFC 303 Main Event On ESPN+ PPV:

170 lbs.: Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler

UFC 303 Main Card, Prelims On ESPN/ESPN+ PPV:

145 lbs.: Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili
115 lbs.: Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
125 lbs.: Carlos Hernandez vs. Rei Tsuruya
185 lbs.: Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-André Barriault

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

“This is a big fight,” Chandler recently told The MMA Hour. “I would argue, and this is no disrespect, we wanna break that Khabib number, the 2.4 [million PPV buys]. That was huge because of the animosity and the biggest Muslim athlete on the planet. It had all the makings of it doing that kind of number. This one, Conor’s comeback [versus] one of the most violent guys in the sport. We got 73 days to build this thing.”

For more on Conor McGregor’s return to UFC click here.

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