The UFC octagon touches down on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi once more for a stacked UFC 308 card. Headlining the cardboard would be the undefeated featherweight king, Ilia Topuria, who places his strap on the road in opposition to the previous long-time champion and reigning BMF champion, Max Holloway. Topuria is coming off an emphatic win final trip when he knocked out Alexander Volkanovski to seize 145lbs gold. At 15-0, El Matador seems to remain undefeated and make the primary defence of his belt… it received’t be simple, nevertheless. Holloway has put back-to-back knockout victories collectively for the primary time since 2017/2018 having completed Chan Sung Jung and Justin Gaethje final trip. For sure, the knockout of Gaethje at UFC 300 is the spotlight reel of the yr to this point and he’ll be in search of a lot of the identical at UFC 308.
The co-main occasion sees a possible #1 contender struggle as former middleweight king, Robert Whittaker meets undefeated phenom, Khmazat Chimaev. Whittaker has put back-to-back wins collectively for the primary time since 2020/2021 and will probably be trying to proceed his good type as he takes on Chimaev. The Chechnyan is undefeated at 13-0 having completed 11 opponents. On this potential conflict of types, it’ll maintain followers on the sting of their seats all through.
ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – OCTOBER 25: (L-R) Opponents Robert Whittaker of New Zealand and Khamzat Chimaev of Russia face off throughout the UFC 308 ceremonial weigh-in at Etihad Area on October 25, 2024 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photograph by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Elsewhere on the primary card, Magomed Ankalaev continues his pursuit of Alex Pereira as he clashes with fellow high mild heavyweight, Aleksandar Rakic. Each males are at completely different factors of their UFC careers because it stands with Ankalaev trying to prolong a 12-fight unbeaten run as Rakic seems to snap his two-fight skid. Dan Ige returns to face the undefeated Lerone Murphy at featherweight in a conflict between two males trying to crack the highest 10 of the division. One other undefeated phenom in Shara Magomedov seems to make it 3-0 in 2024 as he meets Armen Petrosyan.
We even have a stacked undercard to get caught into with the likes of Rafael dos Anjos vs Geoff Neal, Brunno Ferreira, Farid Basharat and the at all times enjoyable, Chris Barnett all that includes.
UFC 308: Topuria vs Holloway outcomes
Major card (2 pm ET / 11 am PT)
Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – UFC Featherweight title bout
Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev
Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige
Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
Prelims (10 am ET / 7 am PT)
Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira
Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Mateusz Rebecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai
Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Chris Barnett
Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
Ismail Naurdiev def Bruno Silva by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Rinat Fakhretdinov def Carlos Leal by way of unanimous choice (29-28, 29-28, 30-27)
