2 weeks Ago By Joshua Mbu
The Featherweight title will be on the line in the main event this weekend at UFC 308 as Spaniard Ilia Topuria looks to retain against MMA veteran Max Holloway in Abu Dhabi. Topuria has won all seven of his UFC fights and boasts an overall perfect MMA record at 15-0. The 27-year-old champion is already eyeing life after Holloway and has aspirations of winning titles in heavier divisions.
Topuria has already teased making his way up to lightweight and defeat dominant champion Islam Makhachev. "If they call me and they want me to move up to the lightweight division, I will be okay with that; move up and be the first one to submit Islam Makhachev," Topuria claimed. "If they want me to keep defending this belt in the featherweight division, I’m okay with that too so let’s leave that decision to the UFC.
” Cristiano Ronaldo made classy gesture to Francis Ngannou ahead of MMA return Conor McGregor loses massive $500,000 bet on Francis Ngannou's MMA comeback However, Holloway, a former UFC champion in his own right, will be one of the Featherweight's toughest opponents to date. Holloway too has aspirations of moving back up to Lightweight and fighting Makhachev. "Islam never, ever wanted to fight me even when I was saying I was coming up to [155]," Holloway told Demetrious Johnson.
"After fighting the guy that he was supposed to fight next, he still was saying, I don’t know why I would fight him. "But then recently his tone changed where he was like, Oh yeah, if I can get past Topuria, he’d be open to fight me. I was like, OK, that’s all we needed.
We just needed that little crack in the door. I’ll squeeze my way through the rest, don’t worry about it.” The rest of the card is stacked, with unbeaten star Khamzat Chimaev taking on Robert Whittaker in the co-main event.
Both the prelims and main card will offer blockbuster fights for the Abu Dhabi crowd. What time is UFC 308? It'll be an early start for Americans hoping to watch UFC 308 from start until it finishes. The prelims get underway at 10 am ET.
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such as Canada, and the United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland, have options such as DAZN, UFC Fight Pass, and TNT Sports. What's the full UFC 308 card? Main Card: Main Event: Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway Co-Main: Robert Whittaker vs Khamzat Chimaev Lerone Murphy vs Dan Ige Magomed Ankalaev vs Aleksandar Rakić Shara Magomedov vs Armen Petrosyan Prelims: Geoff Neal vs Rafael dos Anjos Mateusz Rębecki vs Myktybek Orolbai Said Nurmagomedov vs Daniel Santos Abus Magomedov vs Brunno Ferreira Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Justin Tafa Farid Basharat vs Victor Hugo Ismail Naurdiev vs Bruno Silva Rinat Fakhretdinov vs Nursulton Ruziboev Ibo Aslan vs Rafael Cerqueira.
