UFC CEO Dana White has introduced the brand new look UFC 303 battle card for Worldwide Struggle Week on June 29, which sees Alex Pereira taking over Jiri Prochazka for the sunshine heavyweight title.
UFC 303 was scheduled to be headlined by Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler. Nevertheless, that battle is off and now the brand new major occasion of the pay-per-view card might be Alex Pereira defending his mild heavyweight title in opposition to Jiri Prochazka, White introduced on social media.
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Together with Pereira vs. Prochazka, White introduced the co-main occasion might be a featherweight scrap between Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes. The opposite new battle that White introduced is Carlos Ulberg will now tackle Anthony Smith after Jamahal Hill was compelled out of the bout because of a knee damage.
Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka fought again in November with the Brazilian successful by second-round knockout win the vacant mild heavyweight title. Since then, Pereira knocked out Hill in April at UFC 300, whereas on the identical card, Prochazka knocked out Aleksandar Rakic.
Within the co-main occasion, Brian Ortega will tackle Diego Lopez. Ortega is coming off a win over Yair Rodriguez in his return to the Octagon. Lopes, in the meantime, is driving a three-fight successful streak and coming off a KO win over Sodiq Yusuff at UFC 300.
The third and remaining battle that White introduced for UFC 303 is a light-weight heavyweight scrap between Carlos Ulberg and Anthony Smith. Ulberg is coming off a 12-second KO win over Alonzo Menifield again in Might whereas Smith returned to the win column with a submission win over Vitor Petrino at UFC 301.
Following the brand new additions, UFC 303 is as follows:
- Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka
- Brian Ortega vs. Diego Lopes
- Carlos Ulberg vs. Anthony Smith
- Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
- Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Web page
- Cub Swanson vs. Andre Fili
- Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
- Carlos Hernandez vs. Rei Tsuruya
- Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
- Ricky Simon vs. Vinicius Oliveira
- Payton Talbott vs. Yais Ghemmouri
- Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
- Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva