Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is set to pull the trigger on its most talked about pay-per-view (PPV) event of the year, UFC 196: "McGregor vs. Diaz," which takes place this Saturday night (March 5, 2016) inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thanks to an unfortunate (and frighteningly commonplace) set of circumstances, the lightweight title fight between Conor McGregor and Rafael dos Anjos has transmogrified into a welterweight showdown pitting "Notorious" against late replacement Nate Diaz.
That said, UFC 196 will still feature a compelling championship contest, as women's bantamweight queenpin Holly Holm makes her first title defense against the rough-and-tumble Miesha Tate, with the winner expected to move forward to face ex-champ Ronda Rousey later this year.