The UFC will soon be home in front of a live audience.
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to play UFC host 264 on July 10, UFC President Dana White has announced Wednesday. The event will be open to the public, with tickets set to go on sale this week.
UFC 264 will be titled by the highly anticipated trilogy between Dustin Poirier (27-6 MMA, 19-5 UFC) and Conor McGregor (22-5 MMA, 10-3 UFC). McGregor won in the first round of Poirier at UFC 178 in 2014, but Poirier got his revenge almost six years later when he eliminated McGregor last January at UFC 257.
Unlike their first fight, the rematch was quite amicable, with McGregor making a generous donation to the Poirier’s Good Fight Foundation. But, according to Poirier, McGregor never followed the money, which caused a spit on Twitter between the two this week.
Back and forth, McGregor threatened to fight someone else, as many lightweights, such as Rafael dos Anjos and Kevin Lee, jumped at the chance to throw their names in their hats. Maybe it’s a way of playing by McGregor, but the promotion has moved forward with the announcement, as the UFC will return to a live audience in Las Vegas this summer.
The UFC 264 range includes:
- Dustin Poirier Vs. Conor McGregor
- Gilbert Burns Vs. Stephen Thompson
- Jessica Eye Vs. Jennifer Maia
- Ryan Hall Vs. Ilia Topuria
- Omari Akhmedov Vs. Brad Tavares
- Jerome Rivera Vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov
- Greg Hardy Vs. Tai Tuivasa