McGregor makes his long-awaited return to the octagon in Las Vegas in a second showdown with Max Holloway at welterweight, 13 years after the pair first met at featherweight on the prelim bill of UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs Sonnen - with a young and up-and-coming McGregor winning by decision on just his second UFC outing.

Holloway previously beat Poirier in the latter’s retirement fight and saw another featherweight title attempt dismissed by Ilia Topuria. The 34-year-old now steps up to welterweight for the first time in his career.

Co-headlining UFC 329 is Liverpool favourite Pimblett, with ‘Paddy the Baddy’ out to bounce back quickly from his maiden UFC defeat by Gaethje at UFC 324 in January as he battles France’s No5-ranked lightweight contender Benoit Saint Denis, who is on a run of four straight victories having knocked out both Dan Hooker and Beneil Dariush.

He’s back: Conor McGregor returns to UFC action for the first time in five years this weekend

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Elsewhere on Saturday’s main card, there is an intriguing tussle between bantamweight duo Cory Sandhagen and Mario Bautista in a rematch of their 2019 fight which Sandhagen won with an early submission.

London’s Lone'er Kavanagh will look to continue his momentum in a battle with former flyweight title contender Brandon Royval, while King Green - a former lightweight opponent of Pimblett’s - is up against Terrance McKinney.

UFC 329: McGregor vs Holloway 2 takes place on Saturday July 11, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The early prelim fights at UFC 329 are scheduled to begin at approximately 10pm BST on Saturday night, which is 5pm ET and 2pm PT in the United States.

The prelim card itself is due to get underway from 12am BST, 7pm ET and 4pm PT.

The main card is expected to commence from 2am BST, 9pm ET and 6pm PT.

Conor McGregor vs Max Holloway 2

Benoit Saint Denis vs Paddy Pimblett

Cory Sandhagen vs Mario Bautista

Brandon Royval vs Lone’er Kavanagh

King Green vs Terrance McKinney

Gruelling loss: Paddy Pimblett suffered his first UFC defeat against Justin Gaethje earlier this year

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Nikita Krylov vs Robert Whittaker

Gable Stevenson vs Elisha Ellison

Cody Garbrandt vs Adrian Yanez

Luke Riley vs Kai Kamaka III

Tracy Cortez vs Wang Cong

Damian Pinas vs Cesar Almeida

Farid Basharat vs John Garza

Ryan Gandra vs Zachary Reese

Alessandro Costa vs Cody Durden

TV channel: UFC 329: McGregor vs Holloway 2 is being shown live in the UK on TNT Sports Box Office at a cost of £19.99.

Live stream: The event can be purchased through HBO Max and watched via their website or app.

The early prelim fights are being broadcast exclusively on UFC Fight Pass, which costs £6.99 a month in the UK or £71.99 annually.

In the USA, UFC 329 is being shown on Paramount+.

Live blog: You can follow UFC 329 with Standard Sport’s live blog.

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