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UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 Full Card Preview

Just six months after the rematch, the trilogy is upon us! Dustin Poirier will meet Conor McGregor once again to headline UFC 264 on Saturday, July 10, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Welterweights Gilbert Burns and Stephen Thompson face off in the co-main event and fan favorite Sean O’Malley will face late-notice replacement Kris Moutinho in a bantamweight bout.

The 13-fight card is set to start at 6 p.m. ET on UFC Fight Pass before heading into the prelim card, headlined by veteran welterweights Carlos Condit and Max Griffin, starting at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN. The pay-per-view starts at 10 p.m. ET.

Check out Question Mark Kicks at 4 p.m. ET on YouTube and the Fight Companion, which starts alongside the main card.

Middleweight

Alen Amedovski (-144)

Record: 8-2 (0-2 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 8 KO | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to John Phillips (R1 KO); L to Krzysztof Jotko (un. dec.); def. Ibrahim Mane (R1 KO)

Hu Yaozong (+118)

Record: 3-2 (0-2 UFC) | Age: 26
Height: 6-3 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 2 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Rashad Coulter (un. dec.); L to Cyril Asker (R2 RNC); def. Abror Yakhyaev (R2 KO)

Flyweight

Zhalgas Zhumagulov (-344)

Record: 13-5 (0-2 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 66″
Wins: 6 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Amir Albazi (un. dec.); L to Raulian Paiva (un. dec.); def. Ali Bagautinov (split dec.)

Jerome Rivera (+264)

Record: 10-5 (0-3 UFC) | Age: 26
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 72.5″
Wins: 7 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Ode Osbourne (R1 KO); L to Francisco Figueiredo (un. dec.); L to Tyson Nam (R2 TKO)

Middleweight

Omari Akhmedov (+136)

Record: 21-5-1 (9-4-1 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 7 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Tom Breese (R2 arm triangle); L to Chris Weidman (un. dec.); def. Ian Heinisch (un. dec.)

Brad Tavares (-165)

Record: 18-6 (13-6 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 4 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 3 KO
Recent fights: def. Antonio Carlos Junior (un. dec.); L to Edmen Shahbazyan (R1 KO); L to Israel Adesanya (un. dec.)

Women’s Flyweight

Jennifer Maia (-190)

Record: 18-7-1 (3-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-4 | Reach: 64″
Wins: 3 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Valentina Shevchenko (un. dec.); def. Joanne Calderwood (R1 armbar); L to Katlyn Chookagian (un. dec.)

Jessica Eye (+158)

Record: 15-9 (5-8-1 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 66″
Wins: 3 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: L to Joanne Calderwood (un. dec.); L to Cynthia Calvillo (un. dec.); def. Viviane Araujo (un. dec.)

Middleweight

Dricus Du Plessis (-114)

Record: 15-2 (1-0 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 6 KO, 9 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Markus Perez (R1 KO); def. Brendan Lesar (R1 guillotine); def. Joilton Lutterbach (R2 TKO)

Trevin Giles (-108)

Record: 14-2 (5-2 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 6 KO, 5 SUB | Losses: 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Roman Dolidze (un. dec.); def. Bevon Lewis (R3 TKO); def. James Krause (split dec.)

Featherweight

Ryan Hall (+188)

Record: 8-1 (4-0 UFC) | Age: 36
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 71″
Wins: 2 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 1 DEC
Recent fights: def. Darren Elkins (un. dec.); def. BJ Penn (R1 heel hook); def. Gray Maynard (un. dec.)

Ilia Topuria (-236)

Record: 10-0 (2-0 UFC) | Age: 24
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 69″
Wins: 2 KO, 7 SUB | Losses: n/a
Recent fights: def. Damon Jackson (R1 TKO); def. Youssef Zalal (un. dec.); def. Steven Goncalves (R1 KO)

Welterweight

Niko Price (+132)

Record: 14-4 (6-4 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 10 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 3 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: NC with Donald Cerrone (maj. draw); L to Vicente Luque (R3 doctor stoppage); def. James Vick (R1 KO)

Michel Pereira (-161)

Record: 25-11 (3-2 UFC) | Age: 27
Height: 6-1 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 10 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Khaos Williams (un. dec.); def. Zelim Imadaev (R3 RNC); L to Diego Sanchez (R3 illegal knee)

Welterweight

Max Griffin (-189)

Record: 17-8 (5-6 UFC) | Age: 35
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 9 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Kenan Song (R1 TKO); def. Ramiz Brahimaj (R3 elbow); L to Alex Oliveira (split dec.)

Carlos Condit (+155)

Record: 32-13 (9-9 UFC) | Age: 37
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 76″
Wins: 15 KO, 13 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 6 SUB
Recent fights: def. Matt Brown (un. dec.); def. Court McGee (un. dec.); L to Michael Chiesa (R2 kimura)

Bantamweight

Sean O’Malley (-874)

Record: 13-1 (5-1 UFC) | Age: 26
Height: 5-11 | Reach: 72″
Wins: 8 KO, 2 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Thomas Almeida (R3 KO); L to Marlon Vera (R1 TKO); def. Eddie Wineland (R1 KO)

Kris Moutinho (+556)

Record: 9-4 (UFC debut) | Age: 28
Height: 5-7 | Reach: 70″
Wins: 3 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Andrew Salas (R3 arm triangle); def. Ashiek Ajim (R2 TKO); L to Johnny Campbell (R2 TKO)

Women’s Bantamweight

Irene Aldana (-122)

Record: 12-6 (5-4 UFC) | Age: 33
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 68.5″
Wins: 6 KO, 3 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: L to Holly Holm (un. dec.); def. Ketlen Vieira (R1 KO); def. Vanessa Melo (un. dec.)

Yana Kunitskaya (-102)

Record: 14-5 (4-2 UFC) | Age: 31
Height: 5-6 | Reach: 68.5″
Wins: 7 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Ketlen Vieira (un. dec.); def. Julija Stoliarenko (un. dec.); L to Aspen Ladd (R3 TKO)

Heavyweight

Tai Tuivasa (-136)

Record: 12-3 (5-3 UFC) | Age: 28
Height: 6-2 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 11 KO | Losses: 1 KO, 1 SUB
Recent fights: def. Harry Hunsucker (R1 TKO); def. Stefan Struve (R1 TKO); L to Sergey Spivak (R2 arm triangle)

Greg Hardy (+111)

Record: 7-3 (4-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 6-5 | Reach: 80.5″
Wins: 6 KO | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: L to Marcin Tybura (R2 TKO); def. Maurice Greene (R2 TKO); def. Yorgan De Castro (un. dec.)

Welterweight

Gilbert Burns (+134)

Record: 19-4 (12-4 UFC) | Age: 34
Height: 5-10 | Reach: 71″
Wins: 6 KO, 8 SUB | Losses: 2 KO
Recent fights: L to Kamaru Usman (R3 TKO); def. Tyron Woodley (un. dec.); def. Demian Maia (R1 TKO)

Stephen Thompson (-163)

Record: 16-4-1 (11-4-1 UFC) | Age: 38
Height: 6-0 | Reach: 75″
Wins: 7 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO
Recent fights: def. Geoff Neal (un. dec.); def. Vicente Luque (un. dec.); L to Anthony Pettis (R2 KO)

Welterweight

Dustin Poirier (-127)

Record: 27-6 (19-5 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 73″
Wins: 14 KO, 6 SUB | Losses: 2 KO, 2 SUB
Recent fights: def. Conor McGregor (R2 TKO); def. Dan Hooker (un. dec.); L to Khabib Nurmagomedov (R3 RNC)

Conor McGregor (+105)

Record: 22-5 (10-3 UFC) | Age: 32
Height: 5-9 | Reach: 74″
Wins: 19 KO, 1 SUB | Losses: 1 KO, 4 SUB
Recent fights: L to Dustin Poirier (R2 TKO); def. Donald Cerrone (R1 TKO); L to Khabib Nurmagomedov (R4 RNC)

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