We are less than a week away from Conor McGregor’s return to the UFC Octagon. The former two-division UFC titleholder headlines Saturday’s UFC 329 fight card in a welterweight bout opposite ex-UFC featherweight titleholder Max Holloway. The fight is a rematch of their August 2013 matchup, which McGregor won via unanimous decision. Below, we look at the full fight card and the early fight week betting odds for UFC 329.
UFC 329 Fight Card Betting Odds
UFC 329 Main Card Betting Odds
Conor McGregor (+190) vs. Max Holloway (-225)
Paddy Pimblett (+130) vs. Benoit St. Denis (-150)
Mario Bautista (+125) vs. Cory Sandhagen (-145)
Lone’er Kavanagh (-225) vs. Brandon Royval (+190)
King Green (+140) vs. Terrance McKinney (-160)
UFC 329 Preliminary Card Betting Odds
Nikita Krylov (+145) vs. Robert Whittaker (-170)
Elisha Ellison (+1200) vs. Gable Steveson (-2800)
Cody Garbrandt (+340) vs. Adrian Yanez (-410)
Kai Kamaka III (+255) vs. Luke Riley (-305)
UFC 329 Early Prelims Betting Odds
Cong Wang (-110) vs. Tracy Cortez (-110)
Cesar Almeida (+185) vs. Damian Pinas (-220)
Ryan Gandra (-140) vs. Zach Reese (+120)
Alessandro Costa (-255) vs. Cody Durden (+215)
*Odds via BetOnline
UFC 329: Conor McGregor’s Return
This is not the first time UFC CEO Dana White has announced a McGregor return to the cage. In April 2024, the UFC booked McGregor vs. Michael Chandler for the main event of UFC 303. A month later, White was happy with ticket sales for the event, saying UFC 303, which was booked for June 29, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, would be the first UFC card to have a live gate of $20 million or more.
Things fell apart in mid-June when McGregor withdrew from UFC 303 because of a broken toe. The card, which was headlined by a light heavyweight title fight between then-champion Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka, drew a live gate of $15,909,243.
UFC 306 became the first card to top the $20 million live gate number. That event, at Sphere in Las Vegas drew $21,829,245 on an attendance of 16,024.
Ticket prices for UFC 329 have not been announced. The fight card anchors International Fight Week in Las Vegas.
The 37-year-old McGregor (22-6) is 1-3 since October 2018. His most recent win was a January 2020 TKO victory over Donald Cerrone. He is coming off back-to-back TKO losses to Dustin Poirier. McGregor’s most recent fight, his July 2021 loss to Poirier, came after a broken leg left McGregor unable to continue.
Holloway has fought eight times since McGregor’s last UFC outing, he is 5-3 in those bouts. Losing title fights to Charles Oliveira (symbolic BMF belt), Ilia Topuria (featherweight), and Alex Volkanovski (featherweight). The 34-year-old’s wins came against Yair Rodriguez, Arnold Allen, Korean Zombie, Justin Gaethje (for the BMF title), and Dustin Poirier (defense of the BMF title).
McGregor and Holloway first met at 145 pounds in August 2013. McGregor won that contest via decision.
When the betting odds for the rematch opened, Holloway was listed as the -550 favorite over the +420 McGregor. Today, Holloway is listed at -400, while McGregor checks in as the +330 betting underdog.
We will have more on UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 as fight night nears.
