UFC 264: LIVE YT Radio-Style PBP – ‘Poirier vs. McGregor 3’ Commentary

Join us Sat. night, July 10, for an audio version of our LIVE ‘radio style’ PBP broadcast of the UFC 264 PPV MAIN CARD with LIVE updates, commentary, results & reactions, which began at the start of the Main Card opener between ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley and Kris Moutinho. For the video version of the show visit our Combat Culture YT Channel at: https://youtu.be/oIh6vgYjzFA

Throughout the broadcast, our host, Matt Ryan & new co-host, Brendan Sokler, (plus Producer, Shakiel Mahjouri) brought you every single important bit of violence in their coverage of UFC 264, as Dustin Poirier returned to action to meet Conor McGregor in their trilogy bout!

The UFC showcased the big trilogy fight tonight! It was going to be an all out battle for bragging rights between fight veterans Dustin Poirier & Conor McGregor in the main event and Gilbert Burns vs. Stephen Thompson in the co-main event. The UFC 264 PPV event was broadcast by ESPN+ from the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada – with a full capacity live crowd.

Returning to the octagon for that main event, we had Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier, entering the bout with a remarkable 27-6 record. The former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion, was currently ranked #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings and #6 in the UFC men’s pound-for-pound rankings. Poirier was banging it out in this lightweight tilt against ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor – for the third time around. McGregor, the former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight double-champion was currently at #5 in the UFC lightweight rankings and was entering the bout with his equally impressive, 22-5 record.

In the co-main event, we had a Welterweight scrap between #4 ranked, Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson, one of the most accomplished strikers in UFC history, and his opponent, #2 ranked, expert grappler, Gilbert ‘Durinho’ Burns. Thompson was coming at this on a 2-fight win streak, defeating Geoff Neal & Vicente Luque, with a current 16-4 record, Meanwhile, Burns was coming off a loss to Kamaru Usman, with an impressive 19-4 record.

Also on the card, we had a Heavyweight bout between Tai Tuivasa & Greg Hardy, a Bantamweight bout between Irene Aldana & Yana Kunitskaya, preceded by a battle between Bantamweights ‘Sugar’ Sean O’Malley & Kris Moutinho, as well as an eight-bout preliminary card.

Our featured main card opener was between Welterweights Max ‘Pain’ Griffin & Carlos ‘The Natural Bork Killer’ Condit, as part of our extensive 8-bout undercard. What a wild night full of fights we have to share with you!

Here’s a look at the fight card & current fight records —
UFC 264: ‘POIRIER VS MCGREGOR 3’
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13. Dustin Poirier (27-6) vs. Conor McGregor (22-5)

12. Gilbert Burns (19-4) vs. Stephen Thompson (16-4)

11. Tai Tuivasa (12-3) vs. Greg Hardy (7-3)

10. Irene Aldana (12-6) vs. Yana Kunitskaya (14-5)

9. Sean O’Malley (13-1) vs. Kris Moutinho (9-4)

Remember that BloodyElbow.com delivered LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 264 fight card. Although we are not providing a radio-style PBP prelims show, we do have a results post for you on Bloody Elbow. Here is a look at the Prelims Card:

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8. Max Griffin (17-8) vs. Carlos Condit (32-13)

7. Niko Price (14-4) vs. Michel Pereira (25-11)

6. Ryan Hall (8-0) vs. Ilia Topuria (10-0)

5. Dricus Du Plessis (15-2) vs. Trevin Giles (14-2)

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4. Jennifer Maia (18-7) vs. Jessica Eye (15-9)

3. Omari Akhmedov (21-5) vs. Brad Tavares (18-6)

2. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-5) vs. Jerome Rivera (10-5)

1. Alan Amedovski (8-2) vs. Yaozong Hu (3-2)

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