UFC 308 Date, Location, Rumors, Confirmed Fights and Betting Odds
UFC 308 is fast approaching, and with its first official announcement just made, the event will soon start to fill up with fights. We'll give you all the information available for UFC 308.
Location and Venue
UFC 308 will go down in the Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, inside the Etihad Arena. It will take place on October 26th, and will be the 11th Pay-Per-View of the year.
The last PPV in the Etihad Arena was UFC 294, which featured a rematch between Islam Makhachev and Alexander Volkanovski after their first fight went down in Perth.
Confirmed Fights
The main event for UFC 308 will be a Featherweight title bout between current Champion Ilia Topuria and BMF Champion Max Holloway. Both men are coming off with their respective career-best performances. Topuria defeated Volkanovski to capture the throne at 145 lbs, and Holloway upset Gaethje to steal his BMF title in a legendary last-second KO moment.
The oddsmakers are always confident in Israel Adesanya.
— Verdict (@TournamentsMMA) April 5, 2023
He's lost 3 fights to Alex Pereira, but the oddsmakers still have him as a favorite heading into this weekend.#UFC287 pic.twitter.com/0MF4krsH1v
The co-main event will be a five-round Middleweight fight between Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev. The two were previously supposed to fight in June, but Chimaev withdrew due to illness and was replaced by Ikram Aliskerov, who Whittaker defeated.
Here are the rest of the fights on the card.
Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
Light Heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakić
Featherweight: Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige
Welterweight: Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos
Heavyweight: Marcos Rogério de Lima vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
Middleweight Abusupiyan Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira
Welterweight: Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
Cancelled Bouts
The original headliner for the event was supposed to be Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan 2. However, Makhachev received an undisclosed injury and will likely not compete until 2025. This leaves Arman Tsarukyan without an opponent, and it is unknown if he will wait for Makhachev or take another fight.
Keep watching this space for more updates on UFC 308.
