Dana White planned something big for the 300th PPV and he achieved it. Although the public demanded big stars like Conor McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov, who tried to bring in, the company has brought together 12 champions on the same card, something never seen before. Featuring Alex Pereira’s first light heavyweight title defense with former belt holder Jamahal Hill as the main event, UFC 300 promises to be an event to remember with three crowns on the line.
12 champions on the same card. That is what the historic UFC 300 will bring. The president tried to get McGregor to make his return at the event, but his problems with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the recording of the film Road House did not allow him to arrive on time. He also couldn’t convince Khabib with a succulent bag to return to the cage, since he promised his mother when his father died of COVID-19.
Despite the absence of the name of a historical superstar, the chosen protagonists leave nothing to be desired. The main fight will be between Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill. The Brazilian will make the first defense of his light heavyweight title, the second category in which he has been crowned in less than three years, against the American, who vacated that same belt because he broke his Achilles heel. Both promise to put up a lot of war in the clash that will culminate this event that will go down in the history of the company.
There will be two more belts at stake. Weili Zhang will put her strawweight crown on the line against her compatriot Yan Xiaonan, number one in the ranking. Zhang was the first Chinese to become UFC champion and the first fighter in the division to lose and regain the belt. With the absence of Rose Namajunas who decided to attack flyweight, the champion seems to be a step above the rest of her opponents. One of the fights that has attracted the most attention is the dispute over the BMF (Baddest Mother Fucker). The ‘baddest guy’ in the UFC is Justin Gaethje, who knocked out Dustin Poirier with a brutal high kick to earn that name, and will defend it against Max Holloway, number one on the featherweight list and former champion of the category for two years.
Charles Oliveira will be back at this exciting event. The Brazilian, first in the lightweight ranking and former champion, will face Arman Tsarukuyan, fourth on the list. This clash will be a eliminator to face Islam Makhachev for the title. The Armenian is a rising star and an old acquaintance for Spanish fans, since he was the one who broke Joel Álvarez’s winning streak before his injury. The fight that will open the main card will be Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage. A somewhat controversial decision, since neither of the two fighters is ranked at middleweight.
Some star-studded preliminaries
That big names like Jiri Prochazka or Aljamain Sterling are on the preliminary card has surprised many. The former middleweight champion will face the Serbian Aleksandar Rakic, fifth in the ranking, and the former bantamweight monarch, who will make his featherweight debut and has already requested Ilia Topuria, will do so with Calvin Kattar, eighth on the list. The historic and veteran Holly Holm, who was a boxing champion in three divisions and the one in charge of taking Ronda Rousey’s undefeated record, will face the debutant Kayla Harrison, who will make the jump to the UFC in a heart-stopping card.
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In the first preliminaries, we will also find big names. The former champions will open the card. Deiveson Figueiredo, who reigned in the flyweight and has risen to the bantamweight, will be the opponent of the former 135-pound monarch Cody Garbrandt. There will also be Jéssica Andrade, who won the strawweight crown, to face Marina Rodríguez, sixth in the ranking. An event that deserves to be seen from start to finish.
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