The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is just days away from hosting the year’s most highly anticipated fight card. With that in mind, one of the night’s match ups has since been removed from the event.
UFC 229 will take place this Saturday, Oct. 6, from within the illustrious T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The stunning fight card will take place live on pay-per-view for fight fans worldwide.
Headlining the night’s card, UFC megastar Conor McGregor will be making his massive octagon return against undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Meanwhile, the night’s featured preliminary bout has since been removed.
Initially the featured prelim of the night, Sean O’Malley was set to fight Jose Quinonez. However, the fight has since been cancelled as O’Malley has failed a drug test.
Check out the updated fight card for the event down below.
UFC 229 Main Card (PPV; 10 p.m. ET):
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor
Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis
Dominick Reyes vs. Ovince Saint Preux
Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov
Felice Herrig vs. Michelle Waterson
UFC 229 Preliminary Card (FS1; 8 p.m. ET):
Jussier Formiga vs. Sergio Pettis
Vicente Luque vs. Jalin Turner
Tonya Evinger vs. Aspen Ladd
Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick
UFC 229 Fight Pass Prelims (UFC Fight Pass; 6:30 p.m. ET):
Yana Kunitskaya vs. Lina Lansberg
Nik Lentz vs. Gray Maynard
Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin
