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UFC 300
File:UFC 300 logo.jpg
The poster for UFC 300
Information
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateApril 13, 2024 (2024-04-13)
VenueT-Mobile Arena
CityParadise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Vettori vs. Allen UFC 300 UFC Fight Night 243

UFC 300 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 13, 2024, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[1][2]

Background

After hosting UFC 200 in 2016, T-Mobile Arena will host another milestone event, which will be its 28th UFC event overall.[3]

A UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current two-time champion Zhang Weili and Yan Xiaonan is expected to take place at the event. It will mark the first time two Chinese-born athletes will meet for a title in the organization.[4]

Former interim UFC Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje (also former WSOF Lightweight Champion) is expected to defend his symbolic "BMF" (baddest motherfucker) title against former UFC Featherweight Champion Max Holloway in a lightweight bout.[5] Gaethje won the symbolic title at UFC 291 defeating fellow former interim champion Dustin Poirier by second round knockout in what was their second meeting.[6]

Former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan are scheduled to meet in a lightweight title eliminator bout.[7]

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jiří Procházka (also the inaugural Rizin Light Heavyweight Champion) and Aleksandar Rakić are expected to meet in a light heavyweight bout at the event.[8]

Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling is expected to make his promotional debut at featherweight against Calvin Kattar.[8]

A middleweight bout between three-time NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion, and undefeated prospect Bo Nickal and Cody Brundage is expected to take place at the event.[8]

A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Cody Garbrandt and former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo is expected to take place at the event.[9] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at UFC 255 in November 2020 for the flyweight title but Garbrandt withdrew due to a torn bicep.[10]

Jim Miller and Bobby Green are expected to meet in a lightweight bout at the event. Miller will become the only fighter to have competed at all three milestone events for the organization, previously competing at UFC 100 and UFC 200.[11] The duo was previously booked thrice, but canceled all three times due to Green withdrawals: first at UFC 172 in April 2014, due to an elbow injury;[12] the second booking at UFC 258 in February 2021, when he collapsed after the weigh-ins and was deemed unfit to compete;[13] and the third time at UFC 276 in July 2022, when Green withdrew for unknown reasons.[14]

2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medalist in judo (also two-time PFL women's lightweight tournament champion) Kayla Harrison is expected to make her promotional debut, as well as her bantamweight debut, against former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion (also International Boxing Hall of Famer) Holly Holm.[15]

A featherweight bout between Sodiq Yusuff and Diego Lopes is expected to take place at the event.[16]

Fight card

Fight card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili (c) vs. Yan Xiaonan [a]
Lightweight Justin Gaethje (c) vs. Max Holloway [b]
Lightweight Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan [c]
Light Heavyweight Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Featherweight Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling
Middleweight Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage
Bantamweight Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt
Lightweight Jim Miller vs. Bobby Green
  1. ^ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
  2. ^ For the symbolic "BMF" title.
  3. ^ UFC Lightweight title eliminator.

[17]

Announced bouts

See also

References

  1. ^ Nolan King (2023-12-15). "UFC 300 officially announced for Las Vegas". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  2. ^ Steven Marrocco (2023-12-15). "UFC confirms event dates, locations including UFC 299, UFC 300". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  3. ^ Nick Baldwin (2023-12-15). "UFC 300 to take place April 13 in Las Vegas". thescore.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  4. ^ Mike Bohn (2024-01-10). "UFC 300 adds Zhang Weili vs. Yan Xiaonan in all-China strawweight title fight". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
  5. ^ Steven Marrocco (2024-01-16). "UFC 300: Justin Gaethje defends BMF belt vs. Max Holloway, Jim Miller gets Bobby Green". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  6. ^ Brett Okamoto (2023-07-30). "Justin Gaethje knocks out Dustin Poirier, wins BMF title at UFC 291". espn.com. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  7. ^ Alexander K. Lee (2024-01-07). "Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan announced for UFC 300, winner to face Islam Makhachev". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  8. ^ a b c Mike Bohn (2023-12-21). "Dana White announces first UFC 300 bookings with Prochazka-Rakic, Sterling-Kattar, Bo Nickal". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  9. ^ Curtis Calhoun (2024-01-11). "Deiveson Figueiredo booked for bantamweight return at UFC 300 against a former champion". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  10. ^ Marcelo Barone and Raphael Marinho (2020-10-02). "Cody Garbrandt pulls out and Deiveson Figueiredo will face Alex Perez for the belt". globoesporte.globo.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
  11. ^ Nolan King (2024-01-16). "Jim Miller gets UFC 300 wish, fights fellow vet Bobby Green at historic event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  12. ^ Jamie Penick (2014-04-20). "With Bobby Green injured, UFC 172 shakes up lightweight bouts with Miller-Medeiros and Ellenberger-Rocha now booked". mmatorch.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  13. ^ Simon Samano (2021-02-12). "Bobby Green collapses after UFC 258 weigh-ins, pulled from Jim Miller fight". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  14. ^ Danny Segura and Mike Bohn (2022-06-23). "Donald Cerrone replaces Bobby Green, fights Jim Miller in rematch at UFC 276". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2022-06-23.
  15. ^ a b Damon Martin (2024-01-23). "Kayla Harrison signs with UFC, set to debut at bantamweight against Holly Holm at UFC 300". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  16. ^ a b Farah Hannoun (2024-01-24). "Diego Lopes vs. Sodiq Yusuff joins stacked UFC 300 lineup". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  17. ^ "UFC 300". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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