McGregor was booked to make his long-awaited return against Michael Chandler this past Saturday but the fight was cancelled after the Notorious broke his toe in training weeks before.
Brazilian fighter Mayra Bueno SIlva suffered one of the worst cuts in UFC history on Saturday night. In the second round of her UFC 303 contest against Macy Chiasson, Silva was sliced.
Pereira dropped his opponent to the canvas with a left head kick just seconds into round two before pouncing on him and battering him with follow-up strikes.
American featherweight Justin Gonzales was taking on Britain's Brendan Loughnane at PFL 6 in South Dakota when he suffered the sickening injury to his forehead.
Former UFC fighter Paige VanZant easily won her Power Slap debut on Friday night over Christine Wolmarans, making her opponent stumble on two occasions while never buckling herself.
At least 20 people were slaughtered on Sunday when gunmen stormed religious sites in Dagestan, a Russian republic renowned for its combat sports athletes.
No replacement fight could ever hope to live up to the hype generated by Conor McGregor's comeback - but Alex Pereira vs Jiri Prochazka is about as strong an alternative as possible.
Conor McGregor has admitted he is 'in deep pain' watching UFC 303 fight week go ahead without him. It was supposed to be the big comeback after three years out.
Few professional athletes are under as much pressure as elite fighters in the UFC. So it's worth a listen when Michael 'Venom' Page offers the England football team some advice.
Israel Adesanya has made his prediction for UFC 303's headliner between Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka. He does not believe the fight will go to the scorecards on Saturday night.
Australian MMA superstar Robert Whittaker produced a stunning performance on last Sunday's UFC card - despite undergoing surgery only a fortnight before the fight.
After tweeting on X that he wanted to find the girl in question, McGregor has now followed an account belonging to 'Haliey Welch' that is private but has 34,000 followers.
The welterweights are set to square off on the undercard of Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka's light heavyweight title bout, with featherweights Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes also set to do battle.
Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka will face off once again this weekend for the light heavyweight title this weekend after original challenger Conor McGregor was forced to pull out.
On social media the woman claimed she and Bukovatz had not been together for several months, and that he had cheated on her with an adult film performer.
The UFC's first event in Saudi Arabia was a big success and featured some entertaining fights - but was also notable for dropping one much-loved part of the famous promotion.
Mixed martial arts fighter Lukas Bukovaz had just lost his bout in the Czech Republic over the weekend when he made the romantic gesture in front of 20,000 fans - only for it to go horribly wrong.
Australian UFC star Robert Whittaker has made an emphatic statement to the rest of the middleweight division on Sunday morning, stopping Ikram Aliskerov in the first round.
VanZant, who last fought in UFC in 2020, has more recently made headlines by starting an OnlyFans account, taking the ring for AEW and also fighting in a Misfits boxing match in May.
McGregor was scheduled to make his long-awaited comeback at UFC 303 on June 29, only to pull out of his bout against Michael Chandler in Las Vegas due to injury.
Conor McGregor has responded to those doubting the injury that forced him to pull out of his fight with Michael Chandler by posting pictures of his broken toe.
The long-term rivals (left) were supposed to finally do battle on June 30 to culminate a feud that has lasted nearly two years, but they will again have to wait after the fight's cancellation.
The 35-year-old, MMA fighter took to social media to voice his opinion on Timberlake, 43, being cited for running a stop sign and failure to keep in lane in Sag Harbor, New York, on Tuesday.
The undefeated Russian was due to fight former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker on Saturday, but was forced to pull out of the contest due to an illness.
McGregor was scheduled to finally take on Chandler at UFC 303 in Las Vegas on June 29. UFC president Dana White announced on Thursday that McGregor had been forced to pull out.
Conor McGregor is spending time with his family while recovering from the injury that ruined his UFC comeback, his reps have insisted - despite an MMA analyst saying he was in rehab.