For better or worse, there's nothing quite like a Conor McGregor fight. The build-up, the media, the interviews -- McGregor has a way of raising the stakes of every single contest he's involved in to absolute fever pitch.
With the big fight set to go down in Las Vegas on January 18, you can officially begin to get excited about this one. There are some excellent betting markets out there, and I’m confident that I have nailed down the only ones you should be targeting.
There's nothing quite like a Conor McGregor fight. He's testing his unique entertaiment pressure style against Donald Cerrone, a fighter also known for being involved in entertaining fights. The fight is at welterweight (170 pounds), not at featherweight (145) where McGregor made his reputation, or lightweight (155) where McGregor was also once champion. Welterweight gives Cerrone, who had a very successful run at 170, a distinct size advantage over McGregor.
So, join us as I break down the top McGregor vs. Cowboy bets out there ahead of the biggest fight of 2020 so far.
How to watch UFC 246: Conor McGregor vs Donald Cowboy Cerrone
UFC 246 Main Card
UK date, time and channel: Sunday, 19 January, at 3am on BT Sport Box Office
US date, time and channel: Saturday, 18 January, at 10pm/7pm ET/PT on ESPN+
Conor McGregor vs Donal Cerrone in the Welterweight bout
Holly Holm vs Raquel Pennington in the Woman’s Bantamweight bout
Aleksei Oleinik vs Maurice Greene in the Heavyweight bout
Claudia Gadelha vs Alexa Grasso in the Women’s Strawweight bout
Anthony Pettis vs Diego Ferreira in the Lightweight bout
UFC 246 Prelims Card
UK date, time and channel: Sunday, 19 January, at 1am GMT on UFC Fight Pass
US date, time and channel: Saturday, 18 January, at 8pm/5pm ET/PT on ESPN
Roxanne Modafferi vs Maycee Barber in the Women’s Flyweight bout
Andre Fili vs Sodiq Yusuff in the Featherweight bout
Tim Elliott vs Askar Askarov in the Flyweight bout
Drew Dober vs Nasrat Haqparast in the Lightweight bout
UFC 246 Early Prelims Card
UK date, time and channel: Saturday, 18 January, at 11:30pm on UFC Fight Pass
US date, time and channel: Saturday, 18 January, at 6:30pm/3:30pm ET/PT on UFC Fight Pass
Alexa Camur vs Justin Ledet in the Light Heavyweight bout
Brian Kelleher vs Ode Osbourne in the Bantamweight bout
Sabina Mazo vs JJ Aldrich
Go to the official UFC page for a detailed list of UFC 246 Fight times across the globe
Start time
UFC 246 takes place on SaturdayJan. 18 in the US.
Here are the start times by region.
United States
The Main Card starts at 10 p.m. (ET)
The Prelims start at 8 p.m. (ET)
The Early Prelims start at 6:15 p.m. (ET)
United Kingdom
(Note in the UK UFC 246 runs through into Sunday Jan. 19.)
The Main Card starts at 3 a.m. (GMT)
The Prelims start at 1 a.m. (GMT)
The Early Prelims start at 11:15 p.m. (GMT)
Australia
(Note in Australia UFC 246 starts on Sunday, Jan. 19.)
The Main Card starts at 2 p.m. (AEDT)
The Prelims start at 12 p.m. (AEDT)
The Early Prelims start at 10:15 a.m. (AEDT)
Press conference
Fans of Conor McGregor know that the press conference before the fight is as big an event as the fight itself. Who can forget when he stole Jose Aldo's belt from his table, or when he introduced "red panty night" into the lexicon, or lobbed monster energy cans at Nate Diaz.
Look, there's been some wild and weird moments in almost every single Conor McGregor press conference, so you'd be insane to skip it.
