The Honda Center will play host as the UFC descends on Los Angeles this weekend for a their second big pay-per-view of 2024, which amongst a plethora of exciting fights scheduled for an enthralling night of fights.
At the top of the UFC 298 card, Alexander Volkanovski will look to defend his Featherweight title once more when he faces the young and hungry Ilia Topuria. It will be the first time fans have seen 'The Great' in the octagon since his short notice call up to face Lightweight champion Islam Mackhachev at UFC 294.
In the co-main event, the ever dangerous Robert Whittaker will face Brazilian, Paulo Costa in a Middleweight contest. After being unable to compete last year due to injury, Costa will make the walk early this year in his pursuit to climb up the 185lbs rankings. Whittaker returns to the fold on the back of his second round TKO loss to now-champion Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 290.
Elsewhere on the main card, a surging Ian Garry will eventually meet the 10 fight UFC veteran Geoff Neal after the two were originally scheduled to meet at UFC 292. In an extremely intriguing Bantamweight matchup Merab Dvalishvili will face former two weight division champion Henry Cejudo.
Ahead of the event, the UFC’s “Embedded” cameras are following the fighters behind the scenes as they work their way through fight week, as they arrive in California and go through their pre-fight media obligations before the weigh-ins and the final faceoffs ahead of fight night.
As described on the UFC’s official YouTube channel, in Episode 5, “Champ Alex Volkanovski trains. Robert Whittaker and Henry Cejudo talk to the broadcast team. Merab Dvalishvili suits up for the presser. Whittaker faces off with Paulo Costa; Volkanovski dozes as Ilia Topuria eyes his belt."
