Hello, and welcome to Express Sport’s live coverage of UFC 246: McGregor vs Cowboy. The promotion’s first pay-per-view card of 2020 will mark the long-awaited return of former two-division champion Conor McGregor, who will take on Donald Cerrone in a welterweight match-up.
- McGregor, 31, hasn’t set foot inside the Octagon since losing his UFC 229 grudge match with Khabib Nurmagomedov in October 2018.
- In the co-main event of the evening, former women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm will lock horns with Raquel Pennington.
- Former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis also features on the card, taking on Brazil’s Diego Ferreira.
- Follow all the live action and reaction to McGregor’s eagerly-anticipated return to the Ultimate Fighting Championship below.
McGregor vs Cowboy Live – 00:21 – Our first result is in the books
Sabina Mazo picks up the first victory of the night, defeating a game JJ Aldrich via split decision.
The Colombian’s clinch work and kicks in the second round proved to be the tipping for the judges, who scored the bout 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 in her favour.
The only down side for Mazo will be that she’ll have 20 per cent of her purse deducted as she came in 0.24lbs over the 125lbs limit.
McGregor vs Cowboy Live – 00:20am – Here we go
UFC 246: McGregor vs Cowboy is officially underway, folks. Kick-starting the first pay-per-view card of the year is a women’s flyweight bout between Sabina Mazo and JJ Aldrich. We’re just entering the third round of this 125lb bout, which is a thoroughly enthralling one so far.
I have it one round a piece, so it’s all to play for in the third stanza.
McGregor vs Cowboy LIVE odds (Courtesy of Ohmbet)
To win
Conor McGregor 2/7
Donald Cerrone 13/5
Who Wins by Finish? Decision = Return
Conor McGregor 23/100
Donald Cerrone 3/1
Who Wins by Decision? Finish = Return
Conor McGregor 4/5
Donald Cerrone 20/21
McGregor vs Cowboy fight card
Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone – welterweight bout
Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington – women’s bantamweight bout
Maurice Greene vs Aleksei Oleinik – heavyweight bout
Diego Ferreira vs Anthony Pettis – lightweight bout
Brian Kelleher vs Ode Osbourne – men’s bantamweight bout
Prelims
Maycee Barber vs Roxanne Modafferi – women’s flyweight bout
Andre Fili vs Sodiq Yusuff – men’s featherweight bout
Drew Dober vs Nasrat Haqparast – lightweight bout
JJ Aldrich vs Sabina Mazo – Aldrich – women’s flyweight bout
Askar Askarov vs Tim Elliott – men’s flyweight bout
Aleksa Camur vs Justin Ledet – light-heavyweight bout