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UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | October 26, 2024 | |||
Venue | Etihad Arena | |||
City | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 26, 2024, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1]
The event will mark the promotion's 20th visit to Abu Dhabi and first since UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov in August 2024.[1]
A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion Ilia Topuria and former champion Max Holloway is expected to headline the event.[2][3] Diego Lopes is expected to serve as backup and potential replacement for this fight.[4]
A five-round middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion (also The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner) Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev is expected to take place at the event.[5] They were previously expected to headline UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov last June, but Chimaev withdrew due to illness.[6]
A heavyweight rematch between former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Ciryl Gane and former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov was expected to take place at the event.[7] The pairing previously headlined UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov in June 2021 which Gane won by unanimous decision.[8] However, the bout was moved to UFC 310 due to Volkov's knee injury.[9][10]
A heavyweight bout between Marcos Rogério de Lima and Kennedy Nzechukwu was scheduled for this event.[11] However, Lima withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced by Justin Tafa.[12] Subsequently, Tafa withdrew from the bout and was replaced by Chris Barnett.[13]
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Featherweight | Ilia Topuria (c) | vs. | Max Holloway | [a] | |||
Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | vs. | Khamzat Chimaev | ||||
Featherweight | Lerone Murphy | vs. | Dan Ige | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | vs. | Aleksandar Rakić | ||||
Middleweight | Sharabutdin Magomedov | vs. | Armen Petrosyan | ||||
Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Welterweight | Geoff Neal | vs. | Rafael dos Anjos | ||||
Lightweight | Mateusz Rębecki | vs. | Myktybek Orolbai | ||||
Bantamweight | Said Nurmagomedov | vs. | Daniel Santos | ||||
Middleweight | Abusupiyan Magomedov | vs. | Brunno Ferreira | ||||
Bantamweight | Farid Basharat | vs. | Victor Hugo | ||||
Middleweight | Ismail Naurdiev | vs. | Bruno Silva | ||||
Welterweight | Rinat Fakhretdinov | vs. | Nursulton Ruziboev | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Ibo Aslan | vs. | Raffael Cerqueira |