UFC fighters Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are ready to face off in the ring for the first time, and the backstory is rather tense. McGregor was arrested in April for attacking a bus containing UFC fighters in Brooklyn while looking for Nurmagomedov, and the foes faced each other for the first time since then in a much-anticipated prefight press conference that aired live on YouTube. The main event this weekend promises to be even more dramatic. Events leading up to the fight are already unfolding. On Friday, McGregor and Khabib weighed in, both meeting the sub-155 pound requirements for Saturday's fight. Khabib came in at 155 while McGregor, who let out a howl as he flexed at the weigh-in, came in at 154.5. Now that the lightweights are weighed in, the fun begins. Here's what you need to know. When is the fight? UFC 229 with Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov is scheduled for Oct. 6 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The event begins at 4 p.m. PT with 11 undercard bouts, so it will be a few hours before the title fight happens. At what weight class will they fight? McGregor and Nurmagomedov will fight for the 155-pound lightweight title. Who will win the fight? Nurmagomedov is undefeated, with 26 wins, and is the odds-on favorite. But, you know -- who knows? What's one other fight on the undercard to watch? CBS Sports (part of CNET's parent company, CBS) advises checking out the last fight right before the main event -- Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis -- because the winner of that fight "should determine" who will later fight the winner of McGregor vs. Nurmagomedov. How can I watch McGregor vs. Khabib? It will be a UFC pay-per-view event. It costs $54.99 for SD and $64.99 for HD in the US, with the option to buy the pay-per-view plus half-off a six-month UFC Fight Pass for $91.96. Once you've purchased the event, you can use your phone, tablet, computer, streaming box or TV to stream the fight. Check the full list of places you can stream it, and choose your preferred medium. You can also watch the fight unfold by following these Twitter accounts. Via UFC Purchase the fight directly from the UFC to easily stream it through your computer, phone or several streaming devices, including the Apple TV, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV and Roku. Via Amazon Prime Purchase the fight through Amazon Prime to watch it live on Amazon's player. You don't need to be a Prime member. Via Sling TV Sling TV subscribers can purchase the fight from a non-Apple device in the Rentals tab right in the app or through their Sling account page and it will work on any device after purchase. Via PlayStation 4 Purchase the fight on your PlayStation 4 through the PlayStation Store and the event will stream directly to your console. In the UK UK rights to the event belong to BT Sport. The company has yet to add a link to purchase the October event, but it's expected. In Australia Aussies can watch the fight on Main Event TV. Is there a prefight stream? Unlike McGregor's last fight, the prelims won't be available for streaming with the UFC Fight Pass. UFC.tv advises checking your local TV listings to see if the cable channel Fox Sports 1 (and the Fox Sports Go app) will air prefight coverage in your region. When was the last time McGregor fought? In a UFC fight, you have to go back to UFC 205 in November 2016 when McGregor TKO'd Eddie Alvarez to win the lightweight championship. The last fight of any kind for McGregor occurred in August of last year when he stepped into the boxing ring against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather and lost by TKO in the 10th round. What has McGregor been up to in the last year? He's been fighting... the law. Tensions between McGregor and Nurmagomedov escalated to the point where McGregor threw a metal dolly at a bus of UFC fighters at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in the lead-up to UFC 223 last April. Nurmagomedov was the alleged target of the attack. McGregor was charged with three counts of assault and one count of criminal mischief. After a plea deal with the state of New York, McGregor can get back to the business of fighting humans rather than buses. What do I need to know about Khabib Nurmagomedov? He is 29 years old (30 by the time of the fight) and from Dagestan, Russia. He's undefeated and the current UFC lightweight champion. He's a wrestler and has a black belt in judo. Why will their styles make the fight? McGregor is a striker. Nurmagomedov is a grappler. These two opposing styles should make for a thrilling fight. Will McGregor's elite striking ability keep Nurmagomedov from dragging him to the mat? If the fight goes to the ground, what will happen? Add in the fact that these two fighters already don't like each other and the fight has the chance to be a classic. Now playing: Watch this: The world of pro wrestling: explained Millions illegally streamed Mayweather-McGregor fight: About 2.9 million people, according to a digital security firm. Originally published on Aug. 4, 2018. Update, Sept. 21: Added PPV pricing information.<doc-sep>Let the games begin. Tickets for UFC 229, which features a highly-anticipated lightweight championship main event between current titleholder Khabib Nurmagomedov and former two-division champion Conor McGregor, will go on sale this Friday, Aug. 16, to the general public at 1 p.m. ET. Members of the UFC Fight Club program will have first dibs Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET on www.ufcfightclub.com, and UFC newsletter subscribers are next in line for a Thursday presale at 1 p.m. ET through UFC.com. Ticket prices at www.axs.com are listed at $2,505, $2,005, $1,505, $1,005, $755, $555, $405, $355, $305, $255, and $205, not including fees. There will be a maximum of eight tickets allowed per customer. UFC 229 will also air live on pay-per-view on Oct. 6 at 10 p.m. ET from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Fight Pass prelims are scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by FOX Sports 1 prelims at 8 p.m. ET. Nurmagomedov, unbeaten in 26 pro bouts including 10 UFC appearances, looks for the first defense of his lightweight championship after winning a vacant title by defeating Al Iaquinta at UFC 223 in April. That belt was vacated by McGregor (21-3) due to the Irishman’s inactivity (he has not competed in MMA since winning the championship with a second-round TKO of Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November 2016, though he was involved in a blockbuster boxing bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr. last August) and his behavior during the fight week for UFC 223. Along with several associates, McGregor showed up unexpected at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on April 5 following an official media day and proceeded to create chaos in the loading area. McGregor himself threw a dolly at a bus that was carrying Nurmagomedov, shattering a window and injuring fighters Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg. McGregor recently entered a plea with the state of New York to resolve his legal matters and resume his fighting career. See the current card for UFC 229 below: Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier Formiga Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes Lina Lansberg vs. Yana Kunitskaya Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Quinonez<doc-sep>Khabib Nurmagomedov is a perfect 26-0 over the course of his professional MMA career including a 10-0 record in the UFC. The current UFC Lightweight Champion will face the former one on October 6 when Nurmagomedov clashes with Conor McGregor in the main event of UFC 229. Nurmagomedov is going off as a -155 favorite on the updated Khabib vs. McGregor odds at sportsbooks monitored by OddsShark.com. This number is down slightly from his opening line of -170 as betting action has come in on McGregor. Since opening as a +140 underdog, Conor McGregor would now pay +125 on an upset. Prop bets have also been released for the fight and there are plenty of intriguing options from which to choose. The most obvious one for McGregor backers is the method of victory prop, which lists McGregor by KO, TKO or DQ at +165. Given that the vast majority of the time that McGregor wins this fight it will be due to his lethal striking ability, there would seem to be a good amount of value in betting McGregor by knockout at +165 instead of on the moneyline at +125. Trying to peg what type of victory Nurmagomedov would earn over McGregor is much tougher as the champion is such a versatile fighter. Nurmagomedov's 26 wins have been pretty evenly split with eight knockouts, eight submissions and 10 decisions (Nurmagomedov career fight log). In this bout, Nurmagomedov is going off at +205 to win by submission, +300 to win by knockout and +400 to win by decision. The total for this fight is set at 2.5 rounds, with the OVER 2.5 paying +100 and the UNDER 2.5 going off as the favorite at -140. Only two of McGregor's 24 fights as a professional have made it out of the second round (McGregor career fight log). The odds of this fight completing two rounds or not completing two rounds are each paying +120. The fight is a +285 underdog to go the distance, with the odds on the fight ending before going to the cards sitting at -475. The odds on Nurmagomedov winning the fight inside of distance are set at -105.<doc-sep>Ethan Miller/Getty Images You don't have to travel to Vegas or rely on friends to bet big on the McGregor-Khabib UFC fight on Saturday, Oct. 6. Instead, you can place bets online, or at a sports book at a casino in one of the states like New Jersey that has legalized sports betting. If you plan to place an online wager on Saturday's fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov, don't just head to any site -- I suggest you place your bet with one of the bigger, more reputable online betting sites. Here are the best betting sites and some tips on interpreting the odds. What are the big betting sites? In the US, the big three are Bovada, BetOnline and 5Dimes. In the UK, Bet365, PaddyPower and Betway are three of the most popular sites. These sites have been around for years, with a long track record of being on the level. You'll need to create an account and deposit funds before placing your first bet. Are there apps for betting? You won't find mobile apps in the US that will let you place a bet but you will in the UK, where there are fewer restrictions on online gambling. There are iOS apps, for example, for Bet365, PaddyPower and Betway in the UK. In the US, you can place bets on the mobile version of a gambling site on your phone. What do the odds mean? There's much more to sports betting than just picking a winner. Undefeated and current UFC lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov is the favorite in the fight, which means you will win less than the amount you wager if you bet on Khabib to win. Conversely, you can win more than your wager by betting on the underdog McGregor. Right now, Khabib is a -155 favorite and McGregor is a +125 underdog on Bovada. Those lines mean you need to bet $155 to win $100 for a Khabib victory and bet $100 to win $125 for a McGregor victory. There are plenty of other ways -- prop bets -- to wager on the fight. You can make a prop bet on the method of victory, such as McGregor by KO/TKO (+165) or Khabib by submission (+212). Because McGregor is a striker and Khabib is a grappler, you'll get even longer odds if you do the reverse and bet on a McGregor win by submission (+2,650) or a Khabib win by knockout (+385). There are also props where you get better odds by not only picking the winner but picking the round in which he'll win. For example, McGregor wins in the first round (+400) or Khabib wins in the fifth and final round (+1,150). Or you can bet the fight will go the distance and McGregor will win by unanimous decision (+1,950) or split decision (+3,250), or Khabib will win by unanimous decision (+535) or split decision (+1,268). You can track your wagers by livestreaming the fight.<doc-sep>
The UFC returns to pay-per-view with perhaps the biggest fight in company history, with Khabib Nurmagomedov defending his lightweight title against Conor McGregor at UFC 229 on Saturday, Oct. 6 live from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The animosity between the two is at a fever pitch. Their Sept. 20 press conference didn't include any fans inside Radio City Music Hall in New York City out of safety precautions. The presser resulted in verbal jabs being thrown left and right, ranging from political to personal barbs in nature, and ending with security on stage to accompany their tense staredown. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year Nurmagomedov (26-0) is regarded as the most dominant fighter in the UFC, defeating every opponent who has come in his path with his suffocating wrestling. The native of Dagestan won the undisputed title, beating Al Iaquinta in the main event of UFC 223 this past April. McGregor (21-3) will be fighting in MMA for the first time in 23 months. He last captured the lightweight title via a win over Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205 in November 2016 to become the first fighter in UFC history to hold two belts simultaneously. In between then and now, McGregor participated in a boxing match, losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in August 2017 by 10th-round TKO. Nurmagomedov and McGregor had always been respectful to each other through the years. But everything changed the week of April's UFC 223 event, when Nurmagomedov and his team surrounded McGregor's close friend and teammate, Artem Lobov, resulting in the lightweight titleholder smacking Lobov in the back of the head. Seeing what happened, McGregor and his associates hopped onto a plane from Dublin, Ireland to Brooklyn, the site of the event, to confront Nurmagomedov. Things didn't go the way McGregor wanted them to, as he stormed into the loading dock of the Barclays Center to look for Nurmagomedov. McGregor wound up throwing a dolly through a bus window, intending to hit Nurmagomedov, but injuring fighters Michael Chiesa and Ray Borg, instead. McGregor ended up getting arrested. In July, McGregor pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct as part of a plea deal with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. McGregor was sentenced to five days of community service and ordered to attend one to three days of anger management training. McGregor is easily the biggest star in combat sports and one of the most popular athletes in the world. For Nurmagomedov and McGregor, this is beyond personal. Add in the fact that their bout is for the 155-pound title and UFC 229 has the makings to be the biggest event in MMA history. UFC 229 date, start time UFC 229 takes place on Saturday, Oct. 6. Pay-per-view coverage begins at 10 p.m. ET. Nurmagomedov and McGregor should enter the Octagon around 12:15 a.m. ET. How to watch UFC 229 The main card on pay-per-view can be purchased for $64.99. For more information on how to order UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor, contact your service provider. You can also live-stream UFC 229 and order the main card on UFC.TV for $64.99. UFC 229 fight card Main card Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) vs. Conor McGregor for Nurmagomedov's lightweight title Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis; Lightweight Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes; Light Heavyweight Derrick Lewis vs. Alexander Volkov; Heavyweight Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig; Women's Strawweight Preliminary card Sergio Pettis vs. Jussier Formiga; Flyweight Aspen Ladd vs. Tonya Evinger; Women's Bantamweight Lina Länsberg vs. Yana Kunitskaya; Women's Bantamweight Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick; Lightweight Gray Maynard vs. Nik Lentz; Lightweight Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin; Welterweight UFC 229 latest news - Georges St-Pierre tells SN why he thinks it's "60-40" Khabib Nurmagomedov beats Conor McGregor. - SN discusses whether a victory at UFC 229 makes Conor McGregor an all-time great. - McGregor says the feud with Khabib Nurmagoemedov will never end. - Is time running out for former interim lightweight titleholder Tony Ferguson? - In the mood to win some money? We breakdown the best UFC 229 odds.