Islam
Makhachev’s subsequent title protection will come towards Dustin
Poirier within the UFC 302
important occasion.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced the reserving through the UFC 300
post-fight press convention on Saturday evening. UFC 302 takes place
on the Prudential Middle in Newark, N.J., on June 1. In the meantime, a
five-round conflict pitting Sean
Strickland towards Paulo Costa
will function the night’s middleweight co-headliner.
Makhachev will carry a 13-bout UFC profitable streak into the matchup
with Poirier. The Dagestani standout final appeared at UFC 294,
the place he scored a first-round knockout of ex-featherweight champ
Alexander
Volkanovski this previous October.
This may mark Poirier’s third try at capturing undisputed
light-weight gold after falling to Khabib
Nurmagomedov in September 2019 and to Charles
Oliveira in December 2021. “The Diamond” is coming off a
second-round KO of Benoit St.
Denis at UFC 299 on March 9.
Strickland can be combating for the primary time since relinquishing
the middleweight crown to Dricus Du
Plessis in a split-decision defeat at UFC 297. Previous to that,
the Xtreme Couture member had received three straight bouts, claiming
the 185-pound belt with an upset of Israel
Adesanya at UFC 293.
Costa, in the meantime, has misplaced three of his final 4 UFC appearances.
In his final outing, “Borrachinha” gave a spirited effort in a
resolution loss to Robert
Whittaker at UFC 298 on Feb. 17.