Conor McGregor and Max Holloway hit the UFC 329 press conference stage Thursday night in Las Vegas, putting one more public microphone session in front of a rematch that has been simmering for 13 years. The live stream is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT, and it arrives with a card already fueled by Holloway’s record-chasing angle, McGregor’s comeback noise, and the usual fight-week heat that turns a table and a few microphones into must-watch television.
Watch the UFC 329 press conference stream below.
The headline act is McGregor vs. Holloway 2, a welterweight runback of their 2013 meeting at UFC Fight Night 26. McGregor won that first fight by decision at featherweight, back when Holloway was still building the Blessed machine and McGregor was still climbing toward the title run that later turned him into the biggest money fight in the sport.
McGregor And Holloway Get One More Microphone Round Before The Cage
This time, the stakes look completely different. McGregor has not fought since the leg injury stoppage against Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021, so every public appearance gets picked apart by fans looking for hints about timing, size and whether the old chaos is still in there. Holloway, meanwhile, enters the week trying to rebound from his BMF title loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 326, while analysts like Belal Muhammad have pointed to pace and grappling as possible answers to McGregor’s left-hand danger.
The UFC also has the co-main event at the table, with Paddy Pimblett set to face Benoit Saint Denis after Pimblett’s interim title fight loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC 324 in January. Pimblett has spent the week keeping his own circus alive, from friendly side bets to the usual loud Liverpool confidence, while Saint Denis brings the kind of pressure style that can turn a microphone feud into a nasty fight in a hurry.
That is what makes this press conference useful even before anybody starts firing off insults. McGregor and Holloway have been oddly respectful through parts of the build, but one wrong line in Las Vegas can flip the temperature fast. With King Green and Terrance McKinney adding extra UFC 329 drama elsewhere on the card and Pimblett’s fight-week wager already getting attention, this is the final big stage before the faceoffs start doing their own damage.
