UFC CEO Dana White has introduced some main fights for the final two pay-per-views of the yr.
White introduced on the UFC’s social media the co-main occasion for UFC 295 on Nov. 11 at Madison Sq. Backyard whereas additionally saying the primary and co-main occasion for UFC 296 in December.
🚨 HUGE FIGHT NEWS 🚨
November’s #UFC295 co-main occasion might be @Jiri_BJP vs @AlexPereiraUFC for the vacant mild heavyweight title!
AND your #UFC296 headliners might be @Leon_EdwardsMMA vs @ColbyCovMMA, with Alexandre Pantoja vs @BrandonRoyval serving because the co-main! pic.twitter.com/GTD5pnd1BD
— UFC (@ufc) September 21, 2023
The co-main occasion of UFC 295 will see the vacant mild heavyweight title up for grabs as former 205lbs champion Jiri Prochazka takes on former UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira. The primary occasion of UFC 295 sees Jon Jones defending his heavyweight title in opposition to Stipe Miocic.
The sunshine heavyweight title has been vacant since Jamahal Hill vacated the belt after he ruptured his Achilles again in July. Hill received the title following Prochazka letting go of the belt as he wanted surgical procedure that has saved him out for a year-and-a-half.
Dana White didn’t cease there, as he additionally introduced that Leon Edwards will defend his welterweight title in the primary occasion of UFC 296 on Dec. 16 on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas in opposition to Colby Covington. It is a struggle that has been talked about for months, and can now lastly occur.
Edwards final fought again in March as he defended his welterweight title for the primary time with a win over Kamaru Usman of their trilogy. After the struggle, Dana White was adamant that Colby Covington would get the subsequent title shot, regardless of him not preventing since March of 2022 when he beat Jorge Masvidal.
Dana White additionally introduced the UFC 296 co-main occasion which sees the flyweight title up for grabs as Alexandre Pantoja is seeking to defend his belt for the primary time in a rematch in opposition to Brandon Royval. The 2 fought again in August 2021 and it was Pantoja who received by second-round submission.
Over two years later, Dana White confirmed the rematch will lastly occur and can as soon as once more happen in Las Vegas.
