McGregor vs Cowboy live stream and on TV: Start time and how to watch FULL UFC 246 fight card
IT all goes down in Las Vegas tonight when Conor McGregor takes on Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone at UFC 246.
The Notorious, 31, has come in at his heaviest-ever weight as he faces the veteran Cerrone, 36, up at welterweight. Here is your FULL guide for tonight on how to watch it…
UFC 246 LIVE: Follow the latest build up and updates as McGregor returns
What TV channel and live stream is the fight on?
- BT Sport Box Office will be showing the card for UK viewers, while ESPN+ will be broadcasting in the US.
- The full card will cost £19.95 for viewers in the UK.
- You can watch it on BT TV (channel 494), Sky TV (490) and Virgin TV (in On Demand section).
- You can also buy it as a live stream on BT Sport’s website.
- After buying the live stream you can watch on Mac or PC or on mobile devices with the BT Sport Box Office app for iOS and Android.
- It can also be watched on Chromecast and Airplay after purchase.
- The prelims will be show on BT Sport 2 from 1am before the main show moves to Box Office at 3am.
What time is the main event set expected to start?
- The big main event between McGregor and Cerrone is set to start at around 5am – that is 9pm over in Las Vegas.
- The early prelims get underway around 11.30pm tonight.
- The prelims then start at 1am, and the main show at 3am.
What is the full UFC 246 fight card?
Main card (on BT Sport Box Office from 3am)
- Conor McGregor vs Donald Cerrone (Welterweight – fight expected to start around 5am UK time – 9pm Las Vegas time)
- Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington (Women’s Bantamweight)
- Aleksei Oleinik vs Maurice Greene (Heavyweight)
- Claudia Gadelha vs Alexa Grasso (Women’s Strawweight) – CANCELLED because Grasso came in 5lbs over the weight limit
- Anthony Pettis vs Carlos Diego Ferreira (Lightweight)
Prelims (BT Sport 2 from 1am)
- Roxanne Modafferi vs Maycee Barber (Women’s Flyweight)
- Andre Fili vs Sodiq Yusuff (Featherweight)
- Drew Dober vs Nasrat Haqparast (Lightweight)
- Chas Skelly vs Grant Dawson (Featherweight)
Early prelims (UFC Fight Pass from 11.30pm)
- Sabina Mazo vs JJ Aldrich (Women’s Flyweight)
- Tim Elliott vs Askar Askarov (Flyweight)
- Brian Kelleher vs Ode Osbourne (Bantamweight)
- Aleksa Camur vs Justin Ledet (Light Heavyweight)
What have the fighters said?
McGregor: “Sometimes we have to go to certain places in our life to realise what we need to do.
“I have turned over a new leaf. I feel the same young man but I feel re-energised and refreshed.
“I’m still a passionate young man, still reaching for the stars and aspiring to do things that have never been done before.
“There is no one who can touch me. I made this game what it is, so I am going to go in there and remind everyone.”
Cowboy Cerrone: “”Moving forward my next six fights are all money fights, not just this one.
I’m stoked, happy to be here and to get the respect this old dinosaur deserves for being here.
“I’ve been in the sport a long time and I deserve the respect I get and it’s cool to see Conor finally giving it to me.”
John Kavanagh (McGregor’s head coach on his new weight): “The final two weeks were about calorie deficit and sometimes things could get a bit tetchy.
“Instead of that there’s dancing, music is playing, high-fiving and smiling.”