{"id":794513,"date":"2026-07-12T00:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794513\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T00:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T00:50:15","slug":"what-time-will-conor-mcgregor-fight-tonight-at-ufc-329","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/794513\/","title":{"rendered":"What time will Conor McGregor fight tonight at UFC 329?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Obviously, all eyes are on McGregor tonight, as the Irish superstar attempts to bounce back after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-events-ppv\/455372\/timeline-to-return-tracking-conor-mcgregors-ufc-329-comeback\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">five years on the sidelines<\/a>. There were a lot of questions about whether or not McGregor would ever return following that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2021\/7\/11\/22571635\/ufc-264-full-fight-video-highlights-mcgregor-poirier-results-broken-leg-espn-ppv-mma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disastrous leg break<\/a> in the Dustin Poirier trilogy match, and his failed comeback in 2024 didn\u2019t inspire much confidence. Fortunately, after all the various hurdles, McGregor is finally weighed in and ready to make the walk in search of his first win since 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Holloway, on the other hand, has been very active throughout McGregor\u2019s absence. He\u2019s competed nine times in that span, including challenging for Featherweight gold twice and a pair of BMF title matches, one of which ended with a monumental knockout win over current Lightweight kingpin, Justin Gaethje. \u201cBlessed\u201d did lose his last bout versus Charles Oliveira, but a revenge over McGregor could put him right back in title contention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">UFC 329\u2019s \u201cPrelims\u201d began at 5 p.m. ET, but what time can fans expect McGregor and Holloway to make their respective walks to the Octagon?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">With a loaded main card beginning at 9 p.m. ET \u2014 which includes a three-round, co-main event between Lightweight contenders Paddy Pimblett vs. Benoit Saint Denis \u2014 McGregor vs. Holloway is expected to begin around 11:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Of course, the action could run early or late so be sure to stick with Mania for ongoing start time updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Obviously, all eyes are on McGregor tonight, as the Irish superstar attempts to bounce back after five years&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,318251,1396,179146],"class_list":["post-794513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-329","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-on-paramount"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}