UFC 303 live results: Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka 2

International Fight Week has descended upon Las Vegas with a full week of events culminating tonight with UFC 303 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

Tonight was expected to feature the long-awaited return of Conor McGregor to fight Michael Chandler, but an injury to McGregor delayed those plans. Instead, the company put together a massive replacement bout as UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira defends against Jiri Prochazka in a rematch.

Pereira defeated Prochazka for the then-vacant light heavyweight championship at UFC 295 last November, and they square off with just a couple of weeks of preparation. Both are coming off wins at UFC 300 in April in advance of the rematch.

In the co-main event, Brian Ortega battles Diego Lopes in what is now a lightweight bout. This fight also came together on two weeks’ notice and was scheduled to take place at 145 pounds, but was changed just before weigh-ins after Ortega was having trouble making it down to the featherweight limit.

Also on the main card is a light heavyweight bout between Anthony Smith and Roman Dolidze, a fight that also came together on very short notice, as well as a women’s bantamweight bout pitting Mayra Bueno Silva against Macy Chiasson, and a welterweight match-up between Ian Machado Garry and Michael “Venom” Page.

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> Bantamweights- Ricky Simon (20-5, 8-4 UFC) vs. Vinicius Oliveira (20-3, 1-0 UFC)

> Flyweights- Rei Tsuruya (9-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Carlos Hernandez (9-3, 2-2 UFC)

> Heavyweights- Andrei Arlovski (34-23 2 NC, 23-17 1 NC UFC) vs. Martin Buday (13-2, 4-1 UFC)

> Women’s Strawweights- #14 Michelle Waterson-Gomez (18-12, 6-8 UFC) vs. #15 Gillian Robertson (13-8, 10-6 UFC)

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> Bantamweights- Payton Talbott (8-0, 2-0 UFC) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (12-2, 0-1 UFC)

> Featherweights- Charles Jourdain (15-7-1, 6-6-1 UFC) vs. Jean Silva (12-2, 1-0 UFC)

> Featherweights- Cub Swanson (29-13, 13-9 UFC) vs. Andre Fili (23-11 1 NC, 11-10 1 NC UFC)

> Middleweights- Joe Pyfer (12-3, 3-1 UFC) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (16-7 1 NC, 5-6 1 NC UFC)

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> Welterweights- #7 Ian Garry (14-0, 7-0 UFC) vs. #14 Michael Page (22-2, 1-0 UFC)

> Women’s Bantamweights- #3 Mayra Bueno Silva (10-3-1 1 NC, 5-3-1 1 NC UFC) vs. #7 Macy Chiasson (9-3, 7-3 UFC)

> Light Heavyweights- #10 Anthony Smith (37-19, 13-9 UFC) vs. #10 MW Roman Dolidze (12-3, 6-3 UFC)

> Lightweights- #3 FW Brian Ortega (16-3 1 NC, 8-3 1 NC UFC) vs. #14 FW Diego Lopes (24-6, 3-1 UFC)

> UFC Light Heavyweight Championship- C Alex Pereira (10-2, 7-1 UFC) vs. #1 Jiri Prochazka (30-4-1, 4-1 UFC)

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