Alex Pereira defends his light heavyweight championship in a rematch with former champion Jiri Prochazka in the main event of UFC 303 on Saturday, June 29, in Las Vegas. The main card at T-Mobile Arena is on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims and early prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ beginning at 6 p.m.
Pereira (10-2) has won three straight, including a second-round TKO of Prochazka in November that earned him the Brazilian’s 205-pound title. Pereira is No. 3 in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings.
Prochazka (30-4-1), who is ranked second (behind Pereira) in ESPN’s lightweight rankings, has won 14 of his last 15, while Pereira is coming off his only loss since 2015.
Here’s everything you need to know about watching or streaming UFC 303, including all 13 fights on the card. Check back here for results and how to watch replays of each match.
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UFC 303 fight card
ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET
Light heavyweight champion: Alex Pereira (c) vs. Jiri Prochazka
Lightweight: Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes
Light heavyweight: Anthony Smith vs. Roman Dolidze
Women’s bantamweight: Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
Welterweight: Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Page
ESPN/ESPN+, at 8 p.m
Middleweight: Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
Featherweight: Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili
Featherweight: Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
Men’s bantamweight: Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri
ESPN/ESPN+, at 6 p.m
Strawweight: Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
Men’s flying class: Rei Tsuruya vs. Carlos Hernandez
Men’s bantamweight: Ricky Simon vs. Vinicius Oliveira
(c) = defending champions
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The main event that was revived on Saturday was a rematch from last November where Alex Pereira won the belt. It was closely contested and swung both ways – mostly to Jiri Procházka, to be honest – before Pereira landed a left hook in Round 2 that was the start of the end. Speaking of the beginning, though: The most spine-tingling highlight comes during the prefight introduction, when the fighters stand in the corner of the cage staring at each other, not a single person moving a muscle. If Pereira and Procházka can bring their cool energy back on Saturday, we’re in for a good one.
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UFC 303 broadcast team deemed ‘best fighter meeting of all time’
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