♪ 
 
>> THE LONG VIEW OF HISTORY IS A
SERIES OF SHORT STORIES.
PIECES OF A PUZZLE THAT 
ASSEMBLED HELP US UNDERSTAND IT 
ALL.
HOW THE GREAT ONES ROSE, WHERE  
THEY CAME FROM, AND HOW THEY  
ENDURE. 
WHAT THEY FOUGHT FOR, WHAT THEY 
DID TO SURVIVE. 
HOW THEY CHANGED PERCEPTION, WHY
THEY BELIEVED WHEN NO ONE ELSE  
DID AND HOW THEY FORGED A 
LASTING LEGACY. 
IF YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW UFC 
HISTORY, THIS IS THE WHOLE  
STORY, IN 25 PARTS. 
UFC, 25 YEARS IN SHORT. 
>> BEFORE THE BIGGEST FIGHT OF  
THE YEAR WATCH THE PRELIMS ON 
FS-1. 
SERGIO PETTIS TRADES LEATHER  
WITH JUSSIER FORMEEGO.
SATURDAY, 7:00 EASTERN ON FS-1  
IN THE FOX SPORTS APP.
>> IN IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
FIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF THE 
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION. 
>> THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN UFC 
HISTORY --  
>> THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING.
>> SURPRISE, SURPRISE, THE KING 
IS BACK.
ONE SHOT IS ALL IT TAKES ME THE 
>> ♪ STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT --
>> I WANT TO MAKE HIM PAY.
>> WE'RE TALKING SPORTS HISTORY!
>> UFC FANS FROM ACROSS THE 
GLOBE, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU 
TO THE WEIGH-IN FOR UFC 229,  
KHABIB VS. MCGREGOR.
TOMORROW NIGHT THE PROUD CITY 
THAT IS LAS VEGAS, NEVADA,  
FITTINGLY PLAYS HOST TO THE 
BIGGEST FIGHT IN UFC HISTORY. 
HEADLINING THE MOST DOMINANT IN 
THE GAME, KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV 
PUTS THAT STATUS AND HIS UFC  
UNDEALTED LIGHTWEIGHT 
CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE AGAINST
THE GAME'S BIGGEST SUPERSTAR  
FAST -- PAST AND PRESENTS,  
FORMER UFC TWO-TIME CHAMPION, 
THE NOTORIOUS CONOR MCGREGOR. 
ALSO RETURNING TOMORROW NIGHT,  
TONY FERGUSON WILL PUT HIS 10 
FIGHT WIN STREAK ON THE LINE  
AGAINST ANTHONY "SHOWTIME" PET  
ILLS. 
WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS.
ESPECIALLY. 
AND WHEN YOU FIRE UP AN H.D.  
MOTORCYCLE, ADRENALINE CHECKS IN
AND RADIOREFUSES TO TAP OUT.
BODY ARMOR. 
3R50EU678EDS SUPERIOR HIGH  
DURATION FOR TODAY'S ATHLETE. 
BODY ARMOR, THE OFFICIAL SPORTS 
DRINK OF UFC. 
AND AIR DP ASIA.
SOME OF THE CABIN CREW FROM 
JOINED US ONSTAGE.
AND FIGHT CREW MEMBERS  
JOININGERS US HERE. 
NOW WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY FOR 
THE CALL OF THE WEIGH-IN FOR UFC
229, HERE IS JOE ROGAN! 
JOE: WHAT'S HAPPENING, MY 
FRIENDS?
WELCOME TO THE WEIGH-IN TO THE  
BIGGEST FIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF 
THE SPORT!
HOW ABOUT A NICE ROUND OF 
APPLAUSE FOR ARIANNY, BRITTNEY. 
DANA WHITE. 
WITHOUT HIM NONE OF THIS WOULD  
BE POSSIBLE.
SHELBY AND NICK MAYNARD, UFC  
MATCHMAKERS.
THE VOICE OF THE OCTAGON, BRUCE 
BURR. 
LET'S GET THINGS STARTED. 
WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF LIVE 
ON FLIGHT PATH IN THE 
WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION.
RYAN LAFLARE VS. TONY MARTIN! 
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, TONY 
MARTIN. 
OFFICIAL WEIGHTS 171! 
AND HIS OPPONENT, RYAN LAFLARE! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 171 FOR MR. 
LAFLARE!
FIRST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT ON 
FIGHT PASS, RYAN LAFLARE AND  
TONY MARTIN.
NEXT FIGHT TAKES PLACE IN THE 
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION. 
GARY MAYNARD VS. NIC LENTZ. 
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, NIK  
LENTS.
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 15 -- 
INDEPENDENTS. 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 156.
AND HIS OPPONENTS, GARY MAYNARD!
OFFICIAL WAKETS 156 FOR MR. 
MAYNARD.
NIK LENTZ AND GARY MAYNARD, 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
THE NEXT FIGHT IS THE FEATURED  
PASS OF UFC FIGHT PASS. 
THE FEATURED FIGHT TAKE PLACE IN
THE WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT  
DIVISION. 
LINA LANSBERG VS. YANA  
KUNITSKAYA! 
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, YANA 
KUNITSKAYA. 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 134.5!
AND HER OPPONENT, LINA LANSBERG!
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 135.5.
LIVE ON UFC FIGHT PASS, THE 
FEELED FIGHT, LADIES AND  
GENTLEMEN, LINA LANSBERG AND  
YANA KUNITSKAYA.
NEXT WE MOVE TO THE PRELIMS,  
LIVE ON FS-1. 
WE KICK THINGS OFF IN THE 
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION. 
SCOTT HOLTZMAN VS. ALAN PATRICK.
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, ALAN 
PATRICK.
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 155.5!
AND HIS OPPONENT, SCOTT 
HOLTZMAN! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 155.5.
ALAN PATRICK AND SCOTT HOLTZMAN,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
THE NEXT FIGHT TAKES PLACE IN 
THE WOMEN'S BANTAMWEIGHT  
DIVISION. 
ASPEN LADD VS. TONYA EVINGER! 
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, TONYA  
EVINGER.
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 136.
AND HER OPPONENT, ASPEN LADD! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 134.5.
TONYA EVINGER AND ASPEN LADD, 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
THE NEXT FIGHT TAKES PLACE IN 
THE WELTERWEIGHT DIVISION.
LA VENTANA VS. JALIN TURNER!
VICENTE LUGUE AND JALIN TURNER! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 169.5.
AND HIS OPPONENTS, VICENTE  
LUGUE!
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 170.5.
JALIN TURNER VS. VICENTE LUGUE, 
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
NEXT WE MOVE TO THE FEATURED  
PART OF F -- FIGHT OF FS-1 IN 
THE FLYWEIGHT DIVISION. 
SERGIO PETTIS VS. JUSSIER 
FORMIGA!
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 125.5 FOR MR. 
FORMIGA.
AND HIS OPPONENTS, THE NUMBER 
TWO FLYWEIGHT CONTENDER IN THE  
WORLD, SERGIO PETTIS! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 125!
JUSSIER FORMIGA VS. SERGIO  
PETTIS! 
NEXT WE MOVE TO THE MAIN CARD.
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW, WE START  
THINGS OFF WITH THE WOMEN EATS  
STRAWWEIGHT DIVISION. 
MICHELLE WATERSON VS. FELICE  
HERRIG! 
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, FELICE 
HERRIG. 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 115.5.
AND HER OPPONENT, MICHELLE  
WATERSON! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 115!
ON PAY-PER-VIEW, LADIES AND 
GENTLEMEN, FELICE HERRIG AND  
MICHELLE WATERSON!
THE NEXT FIGHT TAKES PLACE FROM 
THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. 
DERRICK LEWIS VS. ALEXANDER 
VOLKOV! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 251 FOR MR. 
VOLKOV! 
AND HIS OPPONENT, DERRICK LEWIS.
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 265.5.
ALEXANDER VOLKOV AND DERRICK  
LEWIS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE NEXT FIGHT TAKES PLACE IN 
THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION. 
OVINCE SAINT PREUX VS. DOMINICK 
REYES!
FIRST UP ON THE SCALE, DOMINICK 
REYES.
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 204.5.
AND HIS OPPONENT, OVINCE SAINT  
PREUX.
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 205.5 FOR O.S.P.
DOMINICK REYES AND OVINCE SAINT 
PREUX, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THE NEXT FIGHT IS THE CO-MAIN 
EVENT OF THE EVENING. 
TWO FORMER CHAMPIONS, TONY BERG 
-- FERGUSON VS. ANTHONY PETTIS! 
THE FORMER UFC LIGHTWEIGHT  
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD,  
"SHOWTIME" PETTIS!
OFFICIAL WEIGHT, 156. 
AND HIS OPPONENT, THE FORMER  
INTERIM UFC LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION
OF THE WORLD, EL CUCUY" TONY  
FERGUSON! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 155 FOR MR. 
FERGUSON. 
ANTHONY PETTIS AND TONY 
FERGUSON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
NOW, LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE TWO MEN INVOLVED IN THE MAIN
EVENT OF THE EVENING. 
>> KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV VS. CONOR
MCGREGOR IS ONE OF THOSE FIGHTS 
WHERE THE MOMENT IT COMES, YOU  
GET GOOSEBUMPS AND YOU GO WHOA. 
HERE WE GO. 
>> THE REASON THAT THIS FIGHT IS
SO BIG AND THE REASON PEOPLE ARE
SO FIRED UP ABOUT IT, IT'S TWO  
OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD IN 
THEIR PRIME FIGHTING WHEN THEY  
SHOULD BE FIGHTING. 
>> THIS FIGHT SHOWS YOU THE TYPE
OF MAN THAT CONOR MCGREGOR IS HE
SAID I ONE THE TOUGHEST 
CHALLENGE AVAILABLE, THE ONE  
THAT EVERYBODY SAYS I CAN'T WIN.
>> IN KHABIB, YOU HAVE A GUY  
THAT IS 26-0. 
UNDEFEATED. 
THAT'S UNREAL.
AT 26 WINS, GUYS TEND TO MAKE 
MISTAKES. 
KHABIB HAS NEVER DONE THAT. 
THIS IS THE MOST INTRIGUING 
STYLISTIC MATCHUP AND WITHOUT A 
DOUBT, THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN THE 
HISTORY OF THE LIGHTWEIGHT  
DIVISION AND ANYTIME THE BIGGEST
FIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UFC.
>> I NEVER FIGHT WITH SOMEONE 
LIKE ME.
>> HE'S GETTING MAULED. 
HIS FACE SAYS IT ALL. 
>> SO MUCH PRESSURE.
SO MUCH DOMINATION OVER HIS 
OPPONENT. 
>> BREAK HIS ARM. 
IT'S ALL OVER.
>> HE HAS BEEN UNRIVALED INSIDE 
THE OCTAGON.
HI -- I MEAN, HE'S JUST AN  
UNPRECEDENTED PHENOM OF A 
TALENT. 
WE'RE TALKING MAULINGS AND  
MASSACRES.
>> I WANT TO FIGHT BECAUSE THIS 
IS NUMBER ONE.
LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION. 
>> WE ARE READY HERE, WE ARE  
READY FOR WAR.
WE ARE READY FOR ALL OUTCOMES,  
ALL SITUATIONS, ALL SCENARIOS.
I AM IN A WAR STATE OF MIND.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FIGHTING  
VETERAN.
I HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL. 
I'VE BEEN ON THE BOSTON SIDE AND
THIS SIDE.
I CAME UP WITH THE LOCAL  
FIGHTING AND THE LOCAL WAR AND I
AM GOING TO TRULY, TRULY LOVE 
PUTTING A BAD, BAD BEATING ON 
THIS LITTLE GLASS-JAWED RAT.
>> OH, HE'S HURT! 
>> THAT'S IT. 
>> WOW. 
>> THIS BE BELT HAS NEVER BEEN  
TAKEN FROM MY WAIST.
BUT HERE I AM TO TAKE BACK MY 
BET.
>> I KNOW HE'S AFRAID OF A SMACK
AND IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF A SMACK 
OFF ME, I SMACK WILL SEE YOU. 
>> OH!
JUST LIKE THAT! 
>> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
YOU NEED TO MATCH NOW.
AND TEN -- IF YOU DON'T KNOCK ME
OUT, IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY  
LONG NIGHT. 
>> I'M READY FOR A LONG NIGHT.
>> I'M GOING TO PICK HIM APART  
AND MAUL HIM. 
>> I WANT TO CHANGE THE FATE. 
>> [BEEP].
>> THE END ♪♪ 
>> INTRODUCING THE CHALLENGER,  
THE FORMER TWO-DIVISION UFC 
CHAMPION, "THE NOTORIOUS" CONOR 
MCGREGOR! 
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 154.5 FOR MR. 
MCGREGOR! 
AND HIS OPPONENT, THE REIGNING  
DEFENDING UNDISPUTED LIGHTWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.
KHABIB "THE EAGLE" NURMAGOMEDOV!
OFFICIAL WEIGHT 155 FOR THE 
CHAMPION. 
>> WHAT'S UP, CONOR?
ING WITH BACK.
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE  
BACK AND WHAT DOES THIS FIGHT 
MEAN TO YOU?
>> IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!
UFC, IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK!
JOE: THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU. 
SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. 
CONOR MCGREGOR, LADIES AND  
GENTLEMEN!
KHABIB, WHAT'S THIS BIG FIGHT 
MEAN TO YOU?
YOU DEFEND YOUR TITLE TOMORROW  
NIGHT AGAINST CONOR MCGREGOR? 
>> GOD GIVE ME EVERYTHING.
I'LL -- TOMORROW NIGHT I'M GOING
TO SMASH YOUR BOY.
I'M GOING TO SMASH YOUR BOY AND 
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALL  
IRISH FANS. 
ALL FANS AROUND THE WORLD.
BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS, THIS IS WHY
IT'S HAPPENING. 
THANK YOU, GUYS.
JOE: THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD LUCK TOWEL.
THE CHAMPION, LADIES AND  
GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU ALL.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT! 
♪ SO YOU WANT TO START A WAR --
>> OH!
CONOR MCGREGOR IS THE NEW 
FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE 
WORLD!
>> I'VE BEEN SAYING IT SINCE THE
BEGIN.
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ON MY  
LEVEL.
>> OH, MAN, HE'S GONE.
>> HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE! 
>> ONLY EVERYONE ELSE IS SAYING 
IT NOW TOO. 
>> AFTER THIS, WHO IS IT? 
WHO IS [BEEP]?
>> HE HASN'T FOUGHT IN ALMOST 
TWO YEARS.
THE MAYWEATHER FIGHT DOESN'T  
COUNTY. 
YOU KNOW, THE DIVISION HAS TO --
COUNT.
YOU KNOW, THE DIVISION HAS TO 
MOVE ON.
THE WINNER OF THIS FIGHT WILL BE
THE CHAMPION. 
>> DOES THAT MEAN CONOR WILL BE 
STRIPPED BY THE TIME THIS FIGHT 
TAKE PLACE? 
>> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> I DON'T CARE WHO'S MY  
OPPONENT. 
>> I WANT WHAT I DESERVE, WHAT  
I'VE EARNED.
I AM THE CHAMPION.
>> BREAKING NEWS, CONOR MCGREGOR
CAUGHT ON VIDEO --  
>> GRABBED A STEEL DOLLY, 
SMASHED IN A BUS WINDOW BECAUSE 
HE SEES AN INCIDENT BETWEEN A 
BOILED OF HIS, OR ITEM, GETTING 
INTO IT WITH CA -- ARTEM, 
GETTING INTO IT WITH KHABIB.
>> YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT HAPPENED 
OR WHATEVER?
--  
>> JUST TELL ME LOCATION. 
>> OCTOBER, LAS VEGAS IS ON,  
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
>> THE HYPE BEHIND THIS CONTEST 
IS INSANE.
IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST FIGHT IN 
HISTORY.
KHABIB NURMAGOMEDOV MAULS 
PEOPLE. 
26-0. 
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]  
>> OH!
HE TRIPPED HIM. 
>> I WANT TO CHANGE THE --  
>> LET'S FINISH IT, LET'S GO. 
>> GET IT OVER BEFORE IT EVEN 
BEGINS. 
SHOT BY SHOT, HE WILL CRUMBLE.
>> I'LL WHIP YOUR ASS NEXT. 
