| UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 18, 2020 (2020-01-18) | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | 19,040[1] | |||
| Total gate | $11,087,629.33[2] | |||
| Buyrate | 1,353,429[3] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 18, 2020 at theT-Mobile Arena inParadise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[4]
A welterweight bout between formerUFC Featherweight andLightweight ChampionConor McGregor and former lightweight title challengerDonald Cerrone served as the event headliner.[5]
A women's bantamweight rematch between formerUFC Women's Bantamweight ChampionHolly Holm and former title challengerRaquel Pennington was initially scheduled to take place atUFC 243.[6] The pairing previously met in February 2015 atUFC 184, with Holm winning the encounter via split decision.[7] However, it was revealed on September 27, 2019 that Holm withdrew from the bout due to ahamstring injury and the bout was cancelled.[8] The bout was rescheduled and took place at this event.[9]
Grant Dawson was expected to faceChas Skelly in a featherweight bout at the event.[10] However, the bout was scrapped on January 14 after Dawson announced that he was forced to withdraw.[11]
FormerUFC Women's Strawweight Championship challengerCláudia Gadelha was expected to faceAlexa Grasso at the event.[12] However, on the day of the weigh-ins, Grasso weighed in at 121.5 pounds, 5.5 pounds over the strawweight non-title fight limit of 116 pounds. TheNevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) decided to remove the fight because competitors are not allowed to compete if the weight between them is over 3 pounds.[13]
| Main Card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Conor McGregor | def. | Donald Cerrone | TKO (head kick and punches) | 1 | 0:40 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Holly Holm | def. | Raquel Pennington | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Aleksei Oleinik | def. | Maurice Greene | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 4:38 | |
| Bantamweight | Brian Kelleher | def. | Ode' Osbourne | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:49 | |
| Lightweight | Carlos Diego Ferreira | def. | Anthony Pettis | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:46 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN) | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Roxanne Modafferi | def. | Maycee Barber | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Sodiq Yusuff | def. | Andre Fili | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Askar Askarov | def. | Tim Elliott | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Drew Dober | def. | Nasrat Haqparast | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:10 | |
| Early Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Aleksa Camur | def. | Justin Ledet | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Sabina Mazo | def. | JJ Aldrich | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[15]
The following is the reported payout to the fighters as reported to theNevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). It does not include sponsor money and also does not include the UFC's traditional "fight night" bonuses. The total disclosed payout for the event was $4,434,000.[16]
