Final Preventing Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White had a busy post-fight press convention following the UFC 300 pay-per-view (PPV) occasion final weekend in Las Vegas (watch it right here). Not solely did he recap all of the motion that occurred at “Pereira vs. Hill,” he additionally dropped a couple of main bulletins.
Like Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler at UFC 303 on June 29.
Previous to that bombshell, White unveiled the UFC 302 lineup for June 1 in Newark, NJ. Topping the cardboard would be the light-weight title struggle between reigning 155-pound champion Islam Makhachev and former interim titleholder Dustin Poirier.
Makhachev jumped out to a -500 betting favourite, in line with BetOnline, with “The Diamond” opening because the +375 underdog.
The UFC 302 PPV co-main occasion will function an necessary middleweight matchup between former 185-pound champion Sean Strickland and one-time title challenger Paulo Costa. “Tarzan” kicked issues off at -215 in opposition to +185 for “The Eraser.”
Count on these odds to fluctuate (in each instructions) as we get nearer to struggle evening.
McGregor and Chandler are at the moment deadlocked at -110 apiece, although it needs to be famous that McGregor opened as a slight betting favourite. Meaning cash got here pouring in for Chandler, taking “Iron” from +130 to -110 in only a few hours.
Hey might even draw back and grow to be the favourite by the point June 29 rolls round.
Keep tuned.