Plus Jessica Eye (+165) over Jennifer Maia in the preliminary.Gilbert Burns (+135) over Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson in the co-main event welterweight bout.Tai Tuivasa (-135) over Greg Hardy in the heavyweight division.Dustin Poirier (-125) over McGregor lightweight main event.Iole’s main event betting card looks like this: Kevin Iole likes Poirier to prevail over McGregor. And bettors supporting McGregor hope he has more focus and fight in him to handle Poirier, who has gone 7-1 in the past five years and has improved to beat 5-of-7 fighters that either were, or held, UFC titles. “McGregor likes to compete, and he likes money,” White said. The lowest seated ticket is more than $1,000 with other premium seats going for nearly $7,000. Those in attendance at sold-out T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas are paying more than $800 for standing room only tickets at StubHub. ET and the five main event bouts begin near 10 p.m. Pay per view subscribers through ESPN+ can watch for $69.99, and non-subscribers pay $89.99. “It’s the biggest pre-buys for any fight we’ve ever done,” White told Yahoo Sports combat columnist and Las Vegas-based MMA/boxing contributor Kevin Iole. Saturday’s MMA battle is set to break viewing records, according to Dana White. How to Watch and Bet UFC 264 - McGregor vs Poirier Money McGregor made $22 million for that fight, which drew more than one million pay per buys. He won the first featherweight fight by TKO in 2014 of UFC 178, but lost the rematch as lightweights earlier this year by knockout in UFC 257. McGregor was a near -300 favorite over Poirier in their first two meetings. “I’m throwing kill shots now,” McGregor says.
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