It's an eventful night time of fights as UFC 298 gives a little bit little bit of all the things with a really heavy card that’s anticipated to supply some fireworks.
Featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski, 35, desires to show that age just isn’t an element in opposition to ultra-confident elite contender Ilia Topuria.
Fighters 35 and older are simply 1-21 in UFC title fights in opposition to youthful contenders in all divisions south of middleweight, however Volkanovski plans to show he's an outlier in opposition to the undefeated Topuria.
Robert Whittaker and Henry Cejudo are former champions seeking to bounce again from powerful losses, and Ian Machado Garry is a prospect who desires nothing greater than to remind the world of his preventing expertise.
All in all, this has the make-up to be an excellent fundamental e book.
Foremost Card (begin time 10 p.m. ET, ESPN+ PPV)
(All traces from BetMGM)
• Featherweight Championship: Alexander Volkanovski (-120) vs. Ilia Topuria (-100)
Volkanovski, the highest featherweight of all time, has had some psychological well being points and is coming off a brutal knockout in opposition to Islam Makhachev at UFC 294. However Volk moved up in weight to rematch the light-weight champion after a detailed resolution loss and continued the battle. two weeks' discover. Topuria has all of the instruments and youth to be a champion and is as full as anybody within the division. This needs to be a banger.
• Center weight: Robert Whittaker (-225) vs. Paulo Costa (+180)
Whittaker suffered a shock loss to present champion Dricus du Plessis at UFC 290 as a -300 favourite. Costa has seen higher days and hasn't appeared good shortly, however this might be a referendum on what Whittaker, lengthy probably the greatest fighters on the earth, has left within the tank.
• Welterweight: Geoff Neal (+185) vs. Ian Machado Garry (-225)
Garry is a younger, keen fighter, and Neal is the form of grizzled veteran he must dominate in an effort to proceed making waves.
• Bantam weight: Merab Dvalishvili (-175) vs. Henry Cejudo (+145)
Dvalishvili is a championship caliber expertise. Cejudo is chasing his previous title. After a short retirement and a title loss to Aljamain Sterling, this might be Cejudo's final choice. A win for Dvalishvili would possible put him in line to face champion Sean O'Malley.
• Center weight: Anthony Hernandez (-210) vs. Roman Kopylov (+175)
Prelims (begin time eight p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN+)
• Straw weight for ladies: Mackenzie Dern (+110) vs. Amanda Lemos (-135)
• Weight: Marcos Rogerio de Lima (-240) vs. Junior Tafa (+210)
• Bantam weight: Rinya Nakamura (-1000) vs. Carlos Vera (+625)
• Mild Weight: Zhang Mingyang (-145) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (+120)
early prelims (begin time 6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+)
• Welterweight: Josh Quinlan (+165) vs. Danny Barlow (-200)
• Center weight: Oban Elliott (-300) vs. Val Woodburn (+240)
• Flyweight for ladies: Andrea Lee (+160) vs. Miranda Maverick (-200)
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10-9 Maverick spherical 1. Very unhealthy begin to the spherical for her however she fought again and received most of it. #UFC298
— Bloody Elbow (@BloodyElbow) February 17, 2024
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