UFC 249

John Gooden and Dan Hardy return for another edition of “Inside the Octagon,” this time breaking down Saturday’s monumental UFC 226 main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor.

What are the keys to the bout for both the lightweight champion Nurmagomedov, and former two-division titleholder McGregor? Let Gooden and Hardy explain.

UFC 226 Fight Card

MAIN CARD (PPV/10 p.m. ET)

UFC Lightweight Championship
Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) vs. Conor McGregor

Lightweight: Tony Ferguson vs. Anthony Pettis

Light Heavyweight: Ovince Saint Preux vs. Dominick Reyes

Heavyweight: Alexander Volkov vs. Derrick Lewis

Strawweight: Michelle Waterson vs. Felice Herrig

PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1/8 p.m. ET)

Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley vs. Jose Alberto Quinonez

Flyweight: Jussier Formiga vs. Sergio Pettis

Welterweight: Vicente Luque vs. Jalin Turner

Female Bantamweight: Aspen Ladd vs. Tonya Evinger

PRELIMINARY CARD (UFC Fight Pass/6 p.m. ET)

Female Bantamweight: Lina Lansberg vs. Yana Kunitskaya

Lightweight: Scott Holtzman vs. Alan Patrick

Lightweight: Gray Maynard vs. Nik Lentz

Welterweight: Ryan LaFlare vs. Tony Martin

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