Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor make weight ahead of UFC 264
McGregor (22-5), currently unranked by ESPN, is the most recognizable star in the history of the sport, the UFC’s most bankable fighter of all time. The Ireland native owns all of the promotion’s pay-per-view records. Inside the Octagon, he was the first-ever concurrent two-division champion in UFC history when he won the lightweight title from Eddie Alvarez in 2016 while already holding the featherweight belt. McGregor, 32, has just one win and three fights since that Alvarez bout, though. And he’s looking here to regain the momentum he had during the hottest run ever in MMA.
Irene Aldana missed weight by 3.5 pounds, coming in at 139.5 pounds for her bout with fellow women’s bantamweight contender Yana Kunitskaya. The bout will go on, per the UFC, but Aldana will forfeit 30% of her purse. ESPN has Aldana ranked No. 6 and Kunitskaya at No. 7 in the world at women’s 135 pounds.
Fight of the night and performance of the night bonuses for Saturday’s card will be $75,000, up from the usual $50,000, per UFC chief business officer Hunter Campbell. There ฟรีเครดิต are four bonuses given out per card in total.