Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Conor McGregor: How to live stream or watch the fight in Australia

With ringside tickets for the superfight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Conor McGregor selling for tens of thousands of dollars, your best get to see the fight of the year is likely to be by tuning in on TV or your streaming device of choice.

So how best for an Australian audience to watch the August 27 (AEST) fight?

TV

The television rights for the fight in Australia belong to Main Event, who are charging $59.95 to broadcast the bout into your home.

To have the option of watching the fight on your home flatscreen, you’ll need to be a subscriber to either Foxtel or Optus’ Yes TV by Fetch.

Alternatively, you can just head down to your local and watch the fight there – and spend that $60 getting a few rounds in.

Live stream

While Main Event have a ‘stream’ tab on their website, it’s yet to be activated, so it looks like the only way to watch the bout will be via Main Event’s TV options.

When does the fight start?

While the fight is being billed as taking place on 26 August, time zone differences mean it will actually take place the following day for Australian audiences.

Main Event’s broadcast will begin on 27 August at 11am (AEST), with the headline fight set to start at around 1pm (AEST).

Click here for all the fight info, including when and where it will go down, as well as both men’s fight histories.