Conor McGregor will return to the UFC Octagon after a five-year hiatus to fight Max Holloway in the five-round welterweight main event at UFC 329 on July 11, 2026. The bout will take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the main card starting at 9 p.m. ET and McGregor and Holloway expected to enter around 12:30 a.m. ET on July 12 [1, 2, 3, 4].
This fight is a rematch of their first meeting in August 2013, when McGregor won by unanimous decision at featherweight. This marks McGregor’s first fight at welterweight (170 pounds) in six years, while Holloway will make his welterweight debut [1, 2, 3, 5].
McGregor, 37, holds a professional MMA record of 22 wins and 6 losses. He last fought in July 2021, when he suffered a broken tibia in a knockout loss to Dustin Poirier. His planned return against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June 2024 was canceled due to a broken toe. Holloway has a record of 27 wins and 9 losses and comes into the fight off a March 2026 loss to Charles Oliveira for the BMF title. Holloway is 2-2 in his last four fights, while McGregor is 1-3 in his last four UFC bouts, with his most recent win in January 2020 over Donald Cerrone [1, 2, 6, 7, 4, 8, 5].
McGregor enters the fight as a betting underdog with odds between +183 and +195, while Holloway is favored at around -213 to -230 [7, 3, 4, 8]. McGregor described his return saying, "The OG champ-champ, coming for the triple crown. Sounds like a hell of a story to me" [1]. Holloway alluded to talks about a potential trilogy fight, saying, "I go out there and get my hand raised in some crazy fashion, poke the bear a little bit more, poke Dana White, and we do Allegiant Stadium in December" [6].
The fight will be broadcast live on Paramount+ in the United States [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. UFC 329 early prelims start at 5 p.m. ET and preliminaries at 7 p.m. ET on July 11 [4, 1].
There is ongoing discussion about a possible trilogy bout between McGregor and Holloway planned for December 2026, possibly at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas [6].
