UFC 329 -- Conor McGregor vs. Max Holloway: Fight card, date, odds and more for International Fight Week
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- Conor McGregor ends a four-year Octagon absence — his last fight was a July 2021 trilogy loss to Dustin Poirier in which he snapped his leg — to meet Max Holloway at welterweight in the UFC 329 headliner, 13 years after their first meeting
- Max Holloway makes his welterweight debut (170 lbs) at UFC 329 and is listed as a -225 favorite over McGregor (+185) in DraftKings odds, despite moving up from the 155-pound division where he won the ceremonial 'BMF' title
- Holloway captured the BMF belt with a knockout of Justin Gaethje at UFC 300 but has since suffered losses to Ilia Topuria and Charles Oliveira before taking the McGregor bout
- Paddy Pimblett meets Benoit Saint Denis (-135) in the co-main, looking to rebound from his first UFC defeat — a January loss to Gaethje for the interim lightweight title — against a Saint Denis riding a four-fight win streak
- UFC 329 fills out a 13-bout card at T-Mobile Arena on July 11, with main card action at 9 p.m. ET on Paramount+; other notable bouts include Cory Sandhagen vs. Mario Bautista at bantamweight and Gable Steveson as a -2800 heavyweight favorite vs. Elisha Ellison
Why it matters: McGregor's first fight in four years comes against a opponent who is a -225 favorite, signaling the betting market's serious skepticism about McGregor's viability after his long layoff and broken leg. Holloway, meanwhile, is fighting at a third weight class in pursuit of legacy stakes against the sport's biggest star — the kind of cross-generational booking UFC uses to anchor International Fight Week.
