Everything is prepared in Abu Dhabi so that we can experience the history of mixed martial arts in Spain, with an exciting evening, that of UFC 308, which will take place this Saturday at the Etihad Arena and which will host a champion current UFC featherweight, Spaniard Ilia Topuria defends his world title for the first time against a sports legend such as Max Holloway.
So far, It has been proven that Topuria cannot be treated in the featherweight division, achieving great victories against Bryce Mitchell, Josh Emmett and, of course, against the former champion Alexander Volkanovski, a victory that helped El Matador become the monarch of the category. At 27 years old, Topuria is still undefeated in mixed martial arts and wants to maintain this aura of an unbeatable champion.
Now, to continue expanding his legacy, they will have to beat Max Holloway this Saturday‘The Blessed One’. The Hawaiian fighter, a legendary fighter in the UFC, was announced as the interim featherweight champion in 2016 and undisputed in 2017, a reign that lasted until 2019, when Volkanovski took the world title from him. At the age of 32, Holloway will compete in his thirty-fourth professional fight, as he hopes to once again dominate the featherweight division.
UFC 308 card: Topuria vs. Max Holloway
Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway – Featherweight Title
Robert Whittaker vs Khamzat Chimaev – Peso Medio
Magomed Ankalaev vs Aleksandar Rakic - Peso idiot
Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige – Peso plum
Shara Magomedov vs Armen Petrosyan – Peso Medio
Geoff Neal vs. Rafael Dos Anjos – Welterweight
Mateusz Rebecki vs Myktybek Orolbai – Peso ligero
Said Nurmagomedov vs Daniel Santos – Peso gallo
Abus Magomedov vs Brunno Ferreira – Middleweight
Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Justin Tafa – Peso Peso
Farid Basharat vs Victor Hugo – Peso gallo
Ibo Aslan vs Raffael Cequieira – Light heavyweight
Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursultan Ruziboev – Welterweight
Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva – Middleweight
What time does UFC 308: Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway start?
What many have ranked as the most exciting fight between now and the end of the year in mixed martial arts is already here. Topuria will seek his first defense of the UFC world title against Hawaiian Max Holloway, in a great fight that will paralyze our country. Additionally, fights like Whittaker vs. Chimaev or Ankalaev vs. Rakic will establish the new middleweight and lightweight contenders.
As such, UFC 308 is scheduled to begin at 4:00 pm (Peninsula time) with the first preliminary card. The preliminary card will arrive at 6.00 pm A little later, around 8:00 pm, the main card will begin, in which the fight of Ilia Topuria against Max Holloway will be the fifth and last one. The Spanish champion is expected to enter the octagon around 10:15 or 10:30 pm. All this can be seen on Eurosport, through the Max application.