For UFC 302, the UFC travels to New Jersey. Islam Makhachev defends the UFC lightweight championship against multiple champion Dustin Poirier inside the Prudential Centre.
The co-main event is a five-round middleweight bout between Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa. In an unexpected victory, Strickland (28-6) defeated Israel Adesanya to win the middleweight title; however, he was defeated by Dricus du Plessis in his subsequent match. In 2020, Costa (14-3) was defeated by Adesnaya in the belt match. Since then, he has a 1-2 record; his most recent fight was a defeat in February versus Robert Whittaker.
The card also features Mickey Gall vs. Bassil Hafez and Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos. Brown (18-5) has won seven UFC fights via knockout and five by submission. He is 12-5 overall. Dos Santos (24-7-1) has won two of his previous four bouts and is 10-3-1 in the octagon. He has not lost a competition since 2020.
For the first time since 2022, Gall from Green Brook competes and gets to fight in front of his loved ones.
When, Where And How To Watch The Upcoming UFC Fight
UFC 302 will take place on June 1, Saturday. The event will take place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. ESPN will broadcast the event live in the US, DAZN will air the show in Canada, and TNT Sports will air the event in the UK,
Timings of the event will be 10 p.m. ET (8 p.m. ET for prelims) | 3:00 a.m BST (Sun) | 12:00 p.m. AEST (Sun)
UFC 302: Updated List Of Fighters
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- Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier
- Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa
- Jailton Almeida vs. Alexandr Romanov
- Niko Price vs. Alex Morono
- Anthony Hernandez vs. Roman Dolidze
- Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki
- Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski
- Phil Rowe vs. Jake Matthews
- Mickey Gall vs. Bassil Hafez
- Cesar Almeida vs. Roman Kopylov
- Hyun Sung Park vs. Andre Lima
- Ailin Perez vs. Joselyne Edward
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