All 13 fights from stacked lineup, ranked

Andrade vs. Rodriguez is a enjoyable strawweight scrap between two strikers that can happen on the early prelims. Each Brazilians just lately snapped shedding skids and can look to reenter the higher echelon of the division with a victory.

The rating of this battle doesn’t match the location of it on the cardboard, however Nickal is by far the most important favourite on the occasion. His battle in opposition to Brundage opens up the principle card, however as the odds suggest, Brundage doesn’t function the massive step up in competitors that persons are anticipating for the extremely touted prospect. Both means, the intrigue of Nickal’s hype stays there.

Miller received his want.

After competing on each UFC 100 and UFC 200, it’s solely becoming that he could be a part of UFC 300. The most effective factor about that is that Miller has seemed in high type as of late, successful 5 of his previous six, all by end. Previous to getting knocked out by Jalin Turner, Inexperienced completed Tony Ferguson and Grant Dawson back-to-back.

Moicano desires cash!

Moicano returned with a bang when he defeated Drew Dober in February. He’ll tackle slick striker Turner, who snapped his two-fight shedding skid with a knockout of Bobby Green. Moicano leaned on his floor recreation to defeat Dober, however he should be careful for “The Tarantula,” who has 4 submissions to his title. Turner additionally boasts a 100% stoppage price, so you realize he’ll be looking for the end.

Lopes has shortly emerged as a fan favourite. MMA Junkie’s 2023 Newcomer of the Year, Lopes made waves when he pushed undefeated Movsar Evloev to the brink in his UFC debut. He rebounded from that loss with back-to-back first-round finishes and has a chance to enter the featherweight rankings when he takes on the sturdy Yusuff.

Sterling vs. Kattar is maybe essentially the most intriguing stylistic matchup on the cardboard.

Whereas it ought to be clear what each fighter’s recreation plans are – with Kattar seeking to field and Sterling seeking to take the battle to the mat – it’s powerful to gauge who will succeed. However that’s as a result of former bantamweight champ Sterling might be debuting in a brand new weight class, and Kattar might be getting back from knee surgical procedure. So, loads of questions heading into this one.

Harrison is a much-needed addition to the UFC bantamweight division.

Stylistically, this is probably not essentially the most entertaining matchup if each girls are capable of implement their recreation plans, however the significance of this battle is excessive. Harrison is a giant signing who might make severe waves if she will be able to take out former champion Holm. This matchup has additionally drawn comparisons to Holm’s upset knockout of Ronda Rousey, who like Harrison, is a judoka Olympian.

Certainly one of three title fights on the cardboard, Weili vs. Xiaonan is a large battle for China. The strawweight title will stay in China regardless, however there’s loads to have a good time in relation to this battle. Joanna Jedrzejczyk remains to be thought-about the best strawweight of all time by many, though Weili beat her twice. With Jedrzejczyk retired, Weili can begin a title-defense run to rival her resume, however she has to get previous Xiaonan first.

That is an explosive matchup between two of Europe’s most proficient fighters.

Prochazka reached the mountain high in a really brief period of time when he tore by means of the sunshine heavyweight division. He grew to become champion by rallying to submit Glover Teixeira however later vacated the belt when he injured his shoulder. He did not reclaim his title when he was knocked out by Alex Pereira at UFC 295 and now has to get by means of Rakic for one more shot at gold. Rakic injured his knee in opposition to Jan Blachowicz in Could 2022 and hasn’t competed since. If he beats Prochazka, he’ll breathe new life into the sunshine heavyweight title image.

Figueiredo vs. Garbrandt opening up UFC 300 speaks to how stacked the cardboard is.

This matchup has banger written throughout it as each males continuously look to take their opponent’s head off once they battle. It’s laborious to think about that these former champions gained’t ship a barnburner – whereas it lasts.

Pereira vs. Hill isn’t the UFC 300 headliner we anticipated, however we will’t act prefer it’s not an incredible battle.

Hill has vented his frustration on being underestimated and vowed to knock out Pereira. It’s no secret what Pereira strives to do, so the query is, will Hill stand and commerce with Pereira all battle? Or will Hill combine within the grappling, which has proven to be Pereira’s weak point?

One of many highest-level fights on the cardboard, Oliveira vs. Tsarukyan is being dubbed a No. 1 contender bout.

Oliveira already has stopped a streaking contender in his tracks in Beneil Dariush and can look to do the identical to Tsarukyan. The previous champion’s resume is plain, with finishes of Michael Chandler, Dustin Poirier, and Justin Gaethje. Tsarukyan has proven off his nicely rounded recreation by knocking out Dariush in his most up-to-date outing, and each fighters possess an entire recreation that ought to make for an incredible battle.

Gaethje vs. Holloway is the individuals’s most important occasion.

Gaethje will welcome Holloway again to light-weight when he places his BMF title on the road. Each fighters have proven the flexibility to outlast their opponents in a battle, however who would be the final man standing? Gaethje can put anybody’s lights out, however Holloway has by no means been knocked out. This has Combat of the Yr potential written throughout it.

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