The Octagon returns to New Jersey for tonight’s UFC 302 occasion, a twelve-bout combat card headlined by Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier.
Makhachev (25-1 MMA) shall be returning to motion for the primary time since scoring a nasty knockout win over Alexander Volkanovski at October’s UFC 294 occasion in Abu Dhabi. The victory marked the Dagestani’s thirteenth in a row and second protection of the light-weight title.
In the meantime, Dustin Poirier (30-8 MMA) was final seen in motion at March’s UFC 299 occasion, the place he scored a sensational second-round knockout victory over Benoit Saint Denis. That win was after all preceded by a knockout loss to Justin Gaethje in a combat for the BMF title at UFC 291.
UFC 302 is co-headlined by a key middleweight bout between Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa.
Strickland (28-6 MMA) will enter the competition trying to rebound, this after struggling a break up determination loss to Dricus Du Plessis at UFC 297 to give up the promotion‘s middleweight title. Previous to that setback, ‘Tarzan’ was on a three-fight profitable streak which included a lopsided determination win over Israel Adesanya.
In the meantime, Paulo Costa (14-3 MMA) was final seen in motion at UFC 298, the place he dropped a choice to former UFC middleweight champion Robert Whittaker. Previous to that, the Brazilian knockout artist was coming off a win over Luke Rockhold at UFC 278.
Get all of tonight’s stay outcomes and highlights beneath (refresh for updates):
UFC 302 Primary Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
Islam Makhachev (155) (c) vs. Dustin Poirier (155) –
Sean Strickland (185) vs. Paulo Costa (185) –
Kevin Holland (185) vs. Michał Oleksiejczuk (185) –
Niko Value (170) vs. Alex Morono (170) –
Randy Brown (170) vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (170) –
UFC 302 Prelims (ESPN2/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Roman Kopylov (185) vs. César Almeida (185) –
Jailton Almeida (241) vs. Alexandr Romanov (265) –
Grant Dawson (155) vs. Joe Solecki (155) –
Phil Rowe (171) vs. Jake Matthews (170) –
UFC 302 Early Prelims (UFC Battle Go, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Mickey Gall (170) vs. Bassil Hafez (170) –
Ailin Perez (135) vs. Joselyne Edwards (136) – Perez def. Edwards by unanimous determination (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)
André Lima (130)* vs. Mitch Raposo (125) – Lima def. Raposo by break up determination (30-27, 28-29, 30-27)
Who’re you choosing to win tonight’s UFC 302 fundamental occasion between Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier?