UFC 2026 Slate: McGregor-Holloway 2, Fiziev-Torres
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- Conor McGregor is set to return to the UFC nearly five years after suffering a leg injury in his July 2021 loss to Dustin Poirier, welcoming Max Holloway in a rematch from more than a decade ago
- Rafael Fiziev steps into a marquee lightweight bout against Manuel Torres on the strength of a 1-4 record in his last five fights, with two of those losses coming against current 155-pound champion Justin Gaethje and another a knockout defeat to Mauricio Ruffy
- Manuel Torres is 6-1 under the UFC umbrella and has finished 19 of his 20 professional fights in the first round, with Saturday's bout marking his first main event
- UFC 329 on July 11 anchors this year's International Fight Week, with Paddy Pimblett vs. Benoit Saint Denis serving as the co-main event
- The UFC's 155-pound division continues to be positioned as the promotion's premium weight class, with Fiziev-Torres and UFC 329's co-main both slotted at lightweight
Why it matters: McGregor's near-five-year absence — since his July 2021 broken leg against Poirier — makes the Holloway rematch the UFC's biggest narrative reset of 2026, and booking it against his 2013-era foil gives the promotion a built-in storyline stretching over a decade. For Fiziev, sitting at 1-4 in his last five with no easy rebound fights left, the Torres main event functions as a stay-or-go moment in the 155-pound title picture.
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