Dana White makes STUNNING announcements for much-anticipated UFC 300, UFC 298, and UFC Mexico card for 2024
Dana White drops major fight announcement for UFC 300 and other UFC events happening in early 2024. He announced seven fights in total.
Dana White drops announcement video of fights for UFC 300, UFC 298 and more (via IMAGO/Instagram)
UFC CEO Dana White announced exciting fights for the upcoming UFC events. On that note, he revealed three massive fights for the historic UFC 300 fight card. Firstly, he announced the rumored fight between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa to be official for UFC 298. Also, he confirmed the already announced Geoff Neil vs. Ian Garry was pushed forward to UFC 298 from UFC 299. Moving on, he announced fights for UFC Mexico, UFC Atlantic City, and UFC 300.
Brian Ortega takes on Yair Rodriguez in a five-round co-main event spot for UFC Mexico. The card features Brandon Moreno vs. Amir Albazi as the main event. Further, Dana White dropped Erin Blanchfield vs. Manon Fiorot for the UFC Atlantic City fight card. Moving on, although he didn’t reveal the main event for UFC 300, he gave away three thriller fights. Here is what he said about UFC 300:
Now, what everybody's been waiting for. No man events or anything like that. But, I'll tell you April 13th, UFC 300 - number 2 ranked Jiri Prochazka vs. number 5 ranked Aleksandar Rakic. Former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling moves up to featherweight to face number 7-ranked Calvin Kattar and the return of Bo Nickal.Dana White via X
Dana White revealed seven fights for the UFC events happening next year. As such, UFC 298 goes down on February 17th in Anaheim City. Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria headline the fight card. Further, UFC Mexico and UFC Atlantic City occur on February 24 and March 30, respectively. On that note, the most anticipated UFC 300 was scheduled for April 13.
Dana White was excited about all the fights and lit the hype for the upcoming UFC events. Further, he mentioned announcing a few more fights after the new year. He finished his announcement video by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Fans react to Dana White’s massive fight announcement
Dana White announced stellar fights that were to take place next year. He revealed the return of Brian Ortega, Paulo Costa and Calvin Kattar. They were all fan favorites who were inactive for over a year. Finally, they return to face Yair Rodriguez, Robert Whittaker, and Aljamain Sterling, respectively. Also, this marked ‘The Funkmaster’s’ move up to the featherweight division.
Further, Dana White announced some fights for UFC 300. It had the big names of Jiri Prochazka and Bo Nickal taking on Aleksandar Rakic and Cody Brundage, respectively. Also, the Sterling vs. Kattar fight goes down in this massive PPV card. As such, fight fans were excited and expressed their opinions of the fights. Here are a few interesting reactions:
Fight fans were thrilled about the fights and expressed their excitement on X. As such, UFC PPV cards for early 2024 looked stacked. Even fight night cards like UFC Mexico and UFC Atlantic City got their fair share of exciting fights. Also, Dana White promised to announce some more fights after the new year. As such, fans can’t hold their excitement.
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