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Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier 3 Shatters Pre Fight PPV Buys Records of UFC

Published 07/07/2021, 1:41 PM EDT

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The UFC 264 event is all set to be one of the most popular events in UFC history. The much-awaited trilogy fight between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier will headline this event. Apart from this fight, there are a plethora of great fighters like Sean O’Malley, Stephen Thompson, Irene Aldana set to compete at the event.

However, the most anticipated event is still the main event fight between ‘Notorious’ and Poirier. People from all over the world are eagerly waiting for the fight and therefore UFC president Dana White recently warned fans to buy PPVs as early as possible.

During a recent interview, White said, “This fight this weekend has more celebrities coming than any fight ever in UFC history. Got more pre-buys than any fight in UFC history. I’ve been saying to fans if you know you’re buying this fight, this Saturday night, do it now.”

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‘Do it this week, don’t do it on Saturday. Gonna be you know 2,3 million people trying to buy it at the same time and we have problems. I think a lot of people are smart that’s why we have more pre-buys than anything. Get it now, so you don’t have to deal with it on Saturday.”

‘I think this is gonna be, it’s obviously the biggest PPV of the year. It’s the perfect fight, it’s one of these trilogy fights, people love those trilogy fights.”

Conor McGregor vs Dustin Poirier, Sean O’Malley vs Kris Moutinho, and all other fights scheduled for UFC 264

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Paras Pande is a UFC author at EssentiallySports who is pursuing his graduation in Journalism and Mass Communication. An ardent follower of the UFC, he has been covering the sport for 2 years now. Before joining the team at EssentiallySports, Paras gained expertise as an MMA writer whilst working with Sportskeeda.
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