The landmark UFC 300 card is set to go down this Saturday (April 13) with 2 world championship title bouts and the BMF belt on the line as the promotion descends on the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, for what could well be the greatest card in MMA history.
At the top of the bill, Light Heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will look to make his first defence of the 205lbs strap against the former champion Jamahal Hill. Hill never lost his belt inside The Octagon, opting to relinquish the title when he suffered a ruptured Achilles, leaving him sidelined for a significant amount of time.
The co-main event will see Weili Zhang face Yan Xiaonan. Weili has held the Strawweight title ever since she beat Carla Esparza at UFC 281.
In a contest widely considered to be the people's main event, Max Holloway will move up to Lightweight to face Justin Gaethje for the BMF belt. Both men are known for their fan friendly style so when the two meet inside The Octagon, they could deliver an instant classic.
The next number 1 contender at Lightweight will be decided on Saturday night as if Gaethje or Holloway don't produce a stand out performance, the victor between Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan could find themselves next to face the champion Islam Makhachev.
Opening the main card, the continually impressive Bo Nickal will look to move to 6-0-0 in his bout against Cody Brundage.
Elsewhere on the card, Kayla Harrison will make her long awaited UFC debut in a Bantamweight bout against Holly Holm.
Aljamain Sterling will make the walk for the first time as a Featherweight in a clash against the number 8 ranked Calvin Kattar.
Jim Miller will become the only athlete to have competed at UFC 100, 200 and 300 when he faces Bobby Green on the early preliminary section of the card.
The card is stacked with talent from top to bottom, with former Flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo taking on former Bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt opening the fight night.
Saturday night will see over 10% of all UFC champions in history, compete on the card.
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 Vegas 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 4: Bobby Green, Charles Oliveira, Xiaonan Yan, and Jamahal Hill carve out time to train. Holly Holm goes coffee hunting. Fighter check in at UFC Apex, and headliner Hill gets autographs - including one from foe Alex Pereira.
Watch the episode here:
