Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka are helping the UFC ensure the show goes on.
A trailer for the revised UFC 303 pay-per-view event on June 29 has been released, featuring a rematch between light heavyweight champion Pereira and rival Prochazka. The two are stepping in on short notice to give the International Fight Week capper a new main event, following Conor McGregor’s injury withdrawal from his fight with Michael Chandler.
Watch the new promo below.
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Pereira defeated Prochazka in their first meeting, which took place at UFC 295 this past November. With the win, Pereira captured a vacant light heavyweight title and joined the list of fighters to earn UFC belts in two divisions. He won the middleweight title at UFC 281 with a fifth-round TKO of Israel Adesanya.
A new co-main event has also been booked after an injury forced Jamahal Hill out of a key light heavyweight bout against the surging Carlos Ulberg. Featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes now co-headline, with Ulberg bumped down one spot on the card into a matchup with veteran Anthony Smith.
See the UFC 303 lineup below.
Main Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka
Anthony Smith vs. Carlos Ulberg
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Page
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri
Early Preliminaries (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
