UFC 326 LIVE: Time, fight card, location and where to watch as Max Holloway defends BMF title against Charles Oliveira

Max Holloway’s long-awaited rematch with Charles Oliveira headlines UFC 326 this weekend.

Holloway will put his symbolic BMF belt on the line against the Brazilian as the two former champions meet.

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The duo first met over ten years ago at UFC Fight Night Saskatoon, where the Hawaiian stopped Oliveira just over the 90-second mark in round one due to a mysterious neck injury.

Since then, both UFC stars have enjoyed excellent careers, with Holloway beating Dustin Poirier in the latter’s retirement fight in his last outing.

Oliveira, meanwhile, has failed to win at least two fights in a row since his iconic 11-fight undefeated streak between 2018 and 2022 that witnessed ‘Do Bronx’ win the UFC lightweight title.

The 36-year-old bounced back from a tough knockout loss to Ilia Topuria at UFC 317 by submitting Mateusz Gamrot in his native Brazil last time out.

UFC 326: Date and start time

UFC 326 will take place on Saturday, March 7, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The early preliminary card is scheduled to start at 2pm PT (5pm ET, 10pm UK) before the prelims at 4pm PT (7pm ET, 12am UK on Sunday).

The main card is then set to kick off at 6pm PT (9pm ET, 2am UK on Sunday morning).

The action will stream live on Paramount+ in the US, which fans can access as part of their regular subscription.

In the UK, fans can watch the show live on TNT Sports and discovery+, with the early prelims available on UFC Fight Pass.

talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will keep you up to date with all the action, while you can also follow all the build-up on talkSPORT’s MMA YouTube channel.

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To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

UFC 326: Fight card

Subject to change

Main card

• MAIN EVENT: Max Holloway (c) vs Charles Oliveira – for BMF title
• Caio Borralho vs Reinier de Ridder – Middleweight
• Rob Font vs Raul Rosas Jr – Bantamweight
• Drew Dober vs Michael Johnson – Lightweight
• Gregory Rodrigues vs Brunno Ferreira – Middleweight

Preliminary card

• Cody Garbrandt vs Xiao Long – Bantamweight
• Donte Johnson vs Cody Brundage – Middleweight
• Ricky Turcios vs Alberto Montes – Featherweight
• Cody Durden vs Nyamjargal Tumendemberel – Flyweight

Early prelims

• Sumudaerji vs Jesus Aguilar – Flyweight
• Rafael Tobias vs Diyar Nurgozhay – Light heavyweight
• Jeongyeong Lee vs Gaston Bolanos – Featherweight
• Luke Fernandez vs Rodolfo Bellato – Light heavyweight

UFC 326: What has been said?

Ilia Topuria has predicted the outcome of the main event this weekend, back Holloway to come out on top.

The lightweight king said: “I love Charles because of his personality.

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“He’s such an amazing human being, but I think Max is taking it.

“But don’t ever count Charles out. He’s dangerous at any moment of the fight. He can just submit you at any time.”

Meanwhile, ahead of the meeting, UFC legend Nate Diaz made his prediction for the fight too.

Speaking about the fight, he simply said: “I like Max.”