Ultimate Fighting Championship featherweight titleholder Conor McGregor will have to wait for his shot at history.
Originally booked in a champion-versus-champion super fight opposite lightweight boss Rafael dos Anjos, McGregor will instead settle for a battle with Nate Diaz in the UFC 196 main event on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The non-title match will be contested at 170 pounds, the result of dos Anjos withdrawing due to a foot injury.
In the co-headliner, undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm puts her title on the line against Miesha Tate in her first appearance since upsetting Ronda Rousey in November.