Conor McGregor and Holly Holm. AFP and AP FILE PHOTOS
Conor McGregor and Holly Holm toppled two empires in the UFC and the two are set to headline UFC 197 with a double main event card.
As per Bleacher Report, featherweight champion McGregor will go up another weight division as he squares off against lightweight champion Rafael dos Anjos while women’s bantamweight champion Holm will defend the title against Miesha Tate.
McGregor snapped Jose Aldo’s decade-long reign in the featherweight division with a one-punch knockout with 13 seconds elapsed in the first round in the main event of UFC 194 while Holm took a longer approach against former champion Ronda Rousey as she knocked out “Rowdy” with a head kick at the 2:59 mark of their second round main event fight at UFC 193.
As per the report UFC 197 is slated for March 5 in Las Vegas.
McGregor could make history if he beats dos Anjos for the lightweight title as he would become the third fighter after B.J Penn and Randy Couture to hold titles in two weight classes.
He’d also become the first UFC fighter two hold two titles simultaneously.