The trash talking and the animosity between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier gets settled inside the Octagon on Saturday as they meet in their highly anticipated trilogy bout from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev.
McGregor and Poirier first battled at UFC 178 with the Irishman stopping Poirier in under two minutes.
Over six years later they met at January's UFC 257, with Poirier thrashing McGregor's leg to help set up his second-round TKO victory and evening the score at one all. Now, they will settle the score at UFC 264.
“If I am the best in the world, then I’m gonna beat Conor and fight for the belt. It’s like doubling down on yourself,” Poirier told ESPN. “I’m a gambling man. I believe in my skills and fighting. So I just doubled down. That’s what it was.”
One of the narratives heading into UFC 264 has been McGregor overlooked Poirier and was looking ahead to a boxing match against Manny Pacquiao. While McGregor hasn't confirmed that, he does admit all systems are locked in.
“In 16 hours time, this man is going to learn that when you disrespect a person’s kindness and take it as a weakness, you must pay,” McGregor told Joe Rogan after the ceremonial weigh-in on Friday. “Tomorrow night, I’m gonna make this man pay with his life — and I mean it. You’re dead in that octagon tomorrow night.”
We are hours away from UFC 264. Who is going to win and earn themselves a shot at the lightweight title against champion Charles Oliveira?
Here is everything you need to know about UFC 264: Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier 3.
UFC 264 START TIME
- Date: Saturday, July 10
- Time: 6:15 p.m. ET
- Main event approx.: 12:15 a.m. ET
UFC 264: Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3 takes place on Saturday with the early prelims kicking the event off at 6:15 p.m. ET, before the pay-per-view main card begins at 10 p.m. ET. Poirier and McGregor should enter the Octagon at around 12:15 a.m. ET, depending on the length of the undercard bouts.
UFC 264 TV CHANNEL, LIVE STREAM
- U.S .: ESPN, ESPN+
In the United States, the PPV price for UFC 264 for current ESPN+ subscribers is $69.99. New subscribers have the option of bundling an annual ESPN+ subscription and the fight for $89.98. The entire preliminary card can be seen on ESPN and ESPN+ at 6:15 p.m. ET.
In Canada, the prelims (6:15 p.m. ET) are on TSN5 and the main card is available on PPV.
In the U.K., UFC 264 can be seen live BT Sport 1 (prelims at 11:15 p.m. GMT and main card at 3 a.m. on Sunday).
In Germany, Austria, Italy and Spain, the UFC 264 main card (4 a.m. CET Sunday) is available on DAZN, the global sports streaming service.
More details about how to watch in other countries can be found at UFC.com.
WHERE IS UFC 264?
The card will be held at theT-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. This will be the fourth UFC event in the United States since UFC 248 in March 2020 that a full capacity will be inside a facility.
UFC 264 FIGHT ODDS
Bet MGM (as of Saturday, July 10) has installed Poirier as the favorite at -135 to win the trilogy. Placing a bet on the former interim lightweight champion means you'd need to bet $135 to win $100. Meanwhile, McGregor is a +110 underdog. If you bet $100 on the first-ever two-division UFC champion, you'd net $110.
CONOR MCGREGOR RECORD AND BIO
- Nationality: Irish
- Age: 32
- Height: 5'9"
- Reach: 74"
- Total fights: 27
- Record: 22-5
DUSTIN POIRIER RECORD AND BIO
- Nationality: American
- Age: 31
- Height: 5'9"
- Reach: 72"
- Total fights: 34
- Record : 27-6 with one no-contest
UFC 264: MCGREGOR VS. POIRIER 3 FULL CARD
Main card
- Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3; Lightweight
- Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson; Welterweight
- Tai Tuivasa vs. Greg Hardy; Heavyweight
- Irene Aldana vs. Yana Kunitskaya; Women’s Bantamweight
- Sean O'Malley vs. Kris Moutinho; Bantamweight
Preliminary card
- Carlos Condit vs. Max Griffin; Welterweight
- Niko Price vs. Michel Pereira; Welterweight
- Ryan Hall vs. Ilia Topuria; Featherweight
- Dricus du Plessis vs. Trevin Giles; Middleweight
- Jennifer Maia vs. Jessica Eye; Women’s Flyweight
- Omari Akhmedov vs. Brad Tavares; Middleweight
- Zhalgas Zhumagulov vs. Jerome Rivera; Flyweight
- Alen Amedovski vs. Hu Yaozong; Middleweight