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UFC Fight Night 46: McGregor vs. Brandao is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held on July 19, 2014 at The O2 in Dublin, Ireland.
Official fight card
Main Card (UFC Fight Pass)
Featherweight Conor McGregor vs. Diego Brandao
Welterweight Gunnar Nelson vs. Zak Cummings
Flyweight Brad Pickett vs. Ian McCall
Lightweight Norman Parke vs. Naoyuki Kotani
Preliminary card (UFC Fight Pass)
Light Heavyweight Ilir Latifi vs. Chris Dempsey
Flyweight Neil Seery vs. Phil Harris
Middleweight Cathal Pendred vs. Mike King
Middleweight Tor Troeng vs. Trevor Smith
Light Heavyweight Cody Donovan vs. Nikita Krylov
Flyweight Patrick Holohan vs. Josh Sampo
Background
This will be the second time that the organization has hosted in Dublin, following UFC 93 in 2009.
The event was expected to be headlined by a featherweight bout between Conor McGregor and Cole Miller. However, Miller was forced to pull out due to an injury, and was replaced by Diego Brandao. Despite the change with one of the headlining participants, ticket demand was high for the event, with all 8,000 tickets selling out within a few hours of going on sale.
Ryan LaFlare was scheduled to face Gunnar Nelson at the event. However, LaFlare was removed from the card and replaced by Zak Cummings.
Tom Lawlor was expected to face Ilir Latifi at the event. However, Lawlor pulled out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by promotional newcomer Chris Dempsey.
Jul 10 - Updated fight card & background