Ahead of UFC 226, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will today (Thurs., July 5, 2018) stage a press conference to promote “Miocic vs. Cormier,” the blockbuster pay-per-view (PPV) event that will take place this weekend (Sat., July 7, 2018) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The headliners — Heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and Light Heavyweight roost-ruler Daniel Cormier — will take the dais alongside company president, Dana White, beginning at 6 p.m. ET in the embedded video player above. Unfortunately, Featherweight champion Max Holloway will likely not be in attendance after being pulled from the card late last night with “concussion-like symptoms.” His opponent, No. 1-ranked undefeated 145-pound contender, Brian Ortega (14-0), will also remain on the sidelines this weekend and likely compete against “Blessed” at a later date.
Nevertheless, the show must go on; therefore, expect the other hard-hitting Heavyweight showdown between top-ranked contenders Francis Ngannou (No. 1) and Derrick Lewis (No. 5) to slide into the co-main event slot. And, of course, for the two big men to participate in today’s final pre-fight press conference and mean mug each other at the very end along with Miocic and Cormier.
It’s gonna be good!
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