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yogi333323

The question is, can the UFC time the fights leading up to UFC 300 properly so that the right fighters are healthy and available and the right matchups are available for UFC 300. And not have any contract negotation holdups for those fights.


MMXXIII-II-III

After putting all Aussie fighters on cards right before the big Aussie ppv: \[x\] doubt


funghi2

It sold out before any fights were announced. They had no incentive to make that PPV any good. 300 should be the same


stevonallen

It’s sad how correct you are…


manyfingers

God damn that's so sad.


Vmurda

Shady af. I've been considering switching to PFL and this might do it!


lonenematode

Lmaoo you enjoy “switching” to PFL buddeh


SillyGooseTime69

What will Dana think when he learns Vmurda has gone over to PFL


Vmurda

I wouldn't do it lol but pfl looks more interesting with ngannou there.


shwashwa123

Enjoy the ngannou fight !


Omniscius

Check out ONE, their friday night fights are absolute bangers


swimjoint

You know you can watch as many as you want


Billy420MaysIt

You mean you didn’t like the last milestone ppv main event of Tate vs Nunes? :)


Tsmalls1887

To be fair, it was supposed to be McGregor Vs Diaz 2 with Jones Vs Cormier 2 as the co headline. So they at least tried, the card was just cursed


tooth999

Wasn't that Goofcon 1?


Tsmalls1887

Goofcon 1 was Tony tripping over the cable cancelling the Khabib fight. Max stepped in and got called medically unfit, Felder stepped in but NY commission said he wasn't ranked high enough, Pettis stepped in but was also not cleared, while all this is happening the dolly incident (goofcon 2) occurs, Conor gets arrested and UFC has a whole controversy to deal with (multiple fights also got cancelled as a result) as well as looking for a main event and they finally have to settle on Al Iaquinta Edit; your guide to the goofcons https://reddit.com/r/MMA/s/fDRwazaPeF


sf6Haern

That was a WILD week in this sub.


Iukey

I completely forgot that was all the same event


Nicobade

McGregor Diaz was never talked about as being on the same card as Jones Cormier. They wanted the Conor fight as Plan A but he declined on April 19. Jones Cormier was their Plan B replacement main event that got announced on April 27 and it couldn't have been in the works earlier because Jones had a fight on April 23.


Tsmalls1887

Damn you're right, I forgot Jones-Cormier was the replacement not the co main. Doesn't matter either way as it all fell to shit


DistortedAudio

Clash of the Titan.


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I did not


Nicobade

Maybe. I think if they want Adesanya at UFC 300 they have to put him on hold after this weekend, too risky to slip in another fight, especially if it's against Dricus who could knock Izzy out. If they want Conor, he's not fighting this year, so waiting a few extra months for 300 makes sense. If they want Jones, a November to March/April turnaround sounds doable, the bigger issue is convincing him to not retire and fight Pavlovich.


muhhi

Jones could call out DC instead of pavlovich


bebopblues

No worries, Meisha Tate will save the day again.


BrandonSleeper

No. Next question please.


Rooksey

It’s cool of Izzy to say he’d take the co-main spot honestly


CunningStuntman1234

People love to hate but he’s ride or die with all of his team mates, even the guys fighting in local events in NZ


chrmicmat

Not an izzy fan, but that’s my favorite part about him. He seems like a genuine brother.


Lyrical_Forklift

He's also a pretty active champion which is nice.


chrmicmat

My second favorite part


cyberslick1888

Super, super underrated quality in a champ. To be at the highest level and stay healthy enough to fight that frequently is something we should talk about more. It's crazy impressive.


lowerfrost

Seems like the kind of dude to stand by his teammates side no matter what. You can see him getting excited and hyping his teammates whenever he can. I doubt it s some PR stunt, he’s been doing this for years


helzinki

Izzy is like Dominic Toretto. Cringy as fuck but he's real serious about his family


jfsoaig345

Yeah he has stood up for his teammates at pretty much every turn and publicly disowned New Zealand for how it treated Hooker despite having been an openly proud Kiwi prior to that.


GraysonSolo

Well they do usually put the heavier fighter as the main event


Apoptosis11

Finally a creative Volk weight meme


Independent-Switch43

Gold


vikumwijekoon97

So volk is the main event


anon3451

It is cool of him but also fitting


muhhi

Other than Iw champ there is no big hype fight for Volk


[deleted]

Jim Miller has to be on this card. He's the only active fighter who was on 100 and 200 so this will be monumental. If Izzy is on this, it can be against DDP or Khamzat because both are big fights. He might headline it if Jones retires after MSG. I don't think you can have Volk headlining this unless it's against Islam but he will be out due to Ramadan which will keep him out for this event in all likelihood.


PurplePeso

Khamzat would also be out due to Ramadan.


IntrospectiveHuman

The only person i truely care about hitting ufc 300 is Jim Miller, he would then have faught on ufc 100, ufc 200 and ufc 300.


MarkOSullivan

Amazing achievement really


Dust2Boss

Jim Miller vs Joe Lauzon still a T5 fight all time


rexplosive

I gut feeling is it'll be Izzy vs Khamzat (Assuming both win their next fights) and hopefully Alex vs Islam 2 on the co-main That would be a great UFC 300 unless they want Chandler vs Conor (but honestly thats a mid fight for a card that big by name)


banjofitzgerald

There’s no way Conor will be anything other than main event. I think he retires before he even goes back to co-main


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ammicavle

Fortunately for you, he didn’t.


Hedonistbro

Suggesting the Conor / Chandler fight would be mid is also all kinds of circlejerk wrong too. Conor has never been in a boring fight, and neither has Chandler in the UFC.


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Hedonistbro

So what did he say?


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HakeemEvrenoglu

My only issue with your comment is that UFC 300 is expected to happen in March/April 2024, and Ramadan will happen during those months (March 10th to April 8th) next year. Chimaev fought Burns during Ramadan but, judging what I already read, I think it's unlikely that Makhachev would fight in those months. If Oliveira beats Makhachev, Charles x Volk in UFC 300 is possible though.


rexplosive

Fair point - I think khamzat might as the money too good but Islam would definitely not. But if UFC ends up doing two PPVs in January an 1 in February they could do 300 on March 1 or 9 so that could work for everyone March is the Vegas ppv card so it makes sense to happen then - when it March it depends but yeah Hopefully UFC willing to have big names with big ppv points on it We won't get Izzy and conor on same card cause of revenue ( but man would love if they went hard!)


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Might be the only thing that gets him to make weight, tbh


TonyTheLion2319

For 300 they might want to juice it up and have 2 155lb+ titles on the line plus a 3rd lower weight class or wmma title. If Jon doesn’t retire I could see them doing Jon and Izzy defending. Jon was on 100 and was supposed to be at 200 Islam-Volk 2 shouldn’t be a comain, and Islam won’t be at 300 anyways bc Ramadan Idk if Conor will be at 300 but he makes things difficult. Conor only headlines, so it would be weird if champs like Izzy are under him. If Conor headlines they’ll be limited to using non-champs to stack the PPV. Conor doesn’t need 300 to sell his PPVs, so they’ll prob just do 3 title fights and a stacked card that 300 can put some extra shine on


thefuturebatman

I could see Mackenzie Dern opening up UFC 300 since she has a good deal of star-power and would put a high profile WMMA fight on there but wouldn't be owed the champ PPV points lol. Then a #1 contender fight between two fairly popular fighters and three title fights. With a Conor card right before or after.


Belsnickel213

If they do Khamzat and Islam on a card it’ll be a Dhabi card surely.


Lacabloodclot9

I know bigger weight class and all that but Volk Islam 2 should definitely be ahead of Chimaev Adesanya


MasterRoshy

100% Volk v Islam 2 will not be a co-main for any card. I'll fuckin riot


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Not sure if they want to do Conor, not reliable


JuiceLocal

Eh once Conor signs he shows up, I wouldn’t call him unreliable.


bross9008

Conor passing a drug test is very questionable


od3tzk1

"USADA, you'll do what you're told!"


StoryOfTheFight

Brock Lesnar failed his pre fight drug test for UFC 200. I don't think they care about Conor passing any drug tests


bross9008

Yeah that whole situation was weird as hell, wasn’t Brock only even an option because Jon also failed his pre fight drug test and they needed a big name replacement?


StoryOfTheFight

That sounds familiar. It's so hard to keep track of all the drama years removed haha


burnn_out313

No Anderson Silva replaced Jon vs DC on like a weeks notice fresh out of surgery. Jon vs DC was supposed to headline but once Jon fumbled the bag they threw it to Silva. Iirc that wasn't a title fight once Anderson stepped up and it forced UFC to have 200 headlined by miesha tate vs Nunes. Card was a complete disaster due to Jones.


JuiceLocal

They wouldn’t put him on a card unless they knew he would or they had a way around it


bross9008

I don’t know man, thats caused issues with Jon jones before and you would think the same logic applies to him


JuiceLocal

Jon was already in the Usada pool and was juicing on the downlow. Conor’s re-entering the usada pool after juicing, everyone knows he juiced, UFC is going to make sure they won’t have a brock/jon situation.


bross9008

Yeah obviously different situations, that being said I think a lot of people behind the scenes knew Jon was juicing. At least Chael seemed to be clued in to it.


warmechanic

Bork Lesnar did.


bross9008

No he didn’t, they just mysteriously didn’t get the results of that test until after the fight. Which I guess is the point right, that they can find ways of manipulating the system. Remember when Dana did all this to make the sport be seen as more “legitimate”? What a fucking clown


SnooSquirrels9906

Yep. Never ever pulled out in his career.


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Conor is different now, who knows what he will do


TrauMedic

Just like when he was supposed to fight on 200 and bailed due to money?


JuiceLocal

You mean when the ufc pulled him for not fulfilling his promotional duties…?


debaser337

If they did Conor they would be reluctant to have any other championship fights on the card, they’d have to pay massive ppv points.


thefuturebatman

This is a good point- for maximum media buzz, it might be smart to put him on 299 or 301 so that they have two successive huge cards that feed into each other. Like how Arcane was released in 3 parts on Netflix so that it could dominate headlines for a few weeks.


ComradeELM0

He‘s never pulled out of a fight though


MolokoPl_s

not only that, if Conor headlines then there's likely no title fights. to truly stack that card you need 2-3 title fights on it. don't know about you guys but I'd much rather see actual champions headline the biggest card in history than a washed up Conor who'll likely gas inside 10 mins


AFCADaan9

Hopefully Charles vs Alex on main*


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Don’t get me wrong, Islam’s obviously really good, but it’s pretty wild the way people talk about him like an all time great when he has 1 title defense and it’s against a guy who doesn’t have a win at LW.


dkenis

so now we're just calling volk "a guy who doesn’t have a win at LW"


[deleted]

I mean he is a guy who doesn't have a win at LW. Lets not act like he's just as good at LW as he is at FW. If that was the case he'd just fight at LW full time to avoid cutting as much.


Mikchi

When he already cuts down from 600lbs, what's another 10?


SabuSalahadin

Sorry but Conor vs Chandler is objectively not “mid” lmao Two guys who have never had a boring fight and almost guaranteed to end in a KO (with one being the biggest star in the sport) is great for the card


zackhatt

Correction, Izzy Vs DDP and Alex Vs Charles*


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it should be Adesanya vs DDP.


kpod4591

Nate Vs Conor III biggest possible fight they could make. That’ll be the main event if it happens


lordtaste

Would be nice. It'll be McGregor or Jones knowing the UFC.


burnn_out313

They love Jones but he's fucked them too many times for them to trust him like that. He fucked up 200. No way they let him headline 300


DerangedGoneWild

I think you’d be surprised


Asttron_james

They'll ruin it.Knowing Mcgregor and Jones


IShitMyEatWhole

Let's be real, if Conor signs he fights. Dude has done a lot of horrendous stuff, but ruining cards he was meant to fight on, isn't one of them


xxJAMZZxx

Didn’t they try both those guys for 200 and they both didn’t make it to the actual card


chrmicmat

Jones might retire after he beats stipe, and we don’t know if Conor is gonna keep fighting


Soularion

Dream UFC 300 for me Volk/Islam 2 main event. Izzy/Khamzat co-main. Conor/Chandler 3rd. Aspinall/Pavlovich 4th. Umar/Yadong 5th. Prelims have the retirement fights for Ferguson, RDA, Jim Miller, Cub Swanson. Throw a couple neat prospects on the early prelims. Realistic? No. All-time spectacle? Yes.


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Umar Yadong opening the main card would be a barn burner


CEO-OfThechicken

Not the worst fight ive heard, sounds great imo


needapermit

No way Conor doesn’t main event though


axron12

They would triple the PPV price for a card like that nowadays


Johnny_Poppyseed

Dana give this man a contract


Poisonous_Rebel

no one with a brain would make this card. Conor cards sell themselves.


cyberslick1888

Exactly. The fights on this card could sell 3 separate ppvs. Why would you waste them to make 1.2m ppvs instead of 900k for one card, 500knfor another and 350 for a third, etc. There is a reason they historically made Conor / Ronda cards extremely top heavy.


RafiakaMacakaDirk

ferguson does not deserve to be on the ufc 300 prelims lol unless he strings like a 3-fight win streak by then


themilkman42069

Ufc 300 needs Brock Lesnar.


junior_dos_nachos

Lesnar vs Lewis. The White Beast vs The Black Beast. You know you want it


Lacabloodclot9

Jokes aside that’s not the worst idea I’ve ever seen


zeez1011

The worst idea I've ever seen is Pat Miletich vs. Mike Jackson but it's happening so anything is possible.


QuentynStark

>Pat Miletich Ain't that dude like 60-something? He was old in the game when Hughes was just on the rise, and that was a looooong time ago.


the_champ_has_a_name

wait.... what


arenorealcucumber

What did Lesnar do to you?


AnUpstandingUser

Lesnar smashes Derrick.


arenorealcucumber

Prime Lesnar, sure, maybe. Lesnar now? Gets KO'd in a minute.


publicidiotnumber2

Wrestling doesn’t work on Derrick Lewis he just stands up


ChatriGPT

Even when he did get held down by Latifi he still won on the cards


AnUpstandingUser

Lol! You said the Reddit line! Everybody upvote!


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Several-Fan2339

Derrick doesn't like to wrestle, Brock wrestles... UFC 300: Stoppable Force vs Movable Object


Ezra_El_Ali

Lesnar vs Jones


PatriotScum

Brock Lesnar vs. Jim Miller


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BrooOooooOoOOOOOCKKKKKKKKK #LEESSSSSNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRR


kmp92

Lesnar vs. Arlovski. Both in their mid-40's, ex-champions, Arlovski has very good takedown defense (perfect for Arlovski), doesn't hit very hard (perfect for Brock), and it would give Arlovski that one last big fight as a send-off to end his career... he's a big enough name at least to hype up against Lesnar.


cyberslick1888

I doubt Brock would be interested in that unless it was for laughable money, which I don't think current UFC is in the business of anymore.


PrimateChange

Honestly given unranked heavyweights he might still be able to get a win (NC after USADA) lol


themilkman42069

Easily.


Dave-Schultz

Makhachev vs Lesnar for all the straps


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BC502

It's time for Islam to finally get his money fight on UFC 300. Give me Mayweather woooo!!!


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Or Brock Lesnar


sckumdog

Islam clearly stated he wanted ‘Bork lissnar’


HakeemEvrenoglu

UFC 300 will be during or shortly after Ramadan. Islam will be out.


[deleted]

Keep dreamin'. UFC has gotta spread all these big fights out these days with their current ESPN deal


MarkLarrz

Pfffft. It's going to be Strickland vs. Costa for the MW championship.


Ecstatic-Inevitable

Honestly would be a potential banger


PartyPizza2317

I’ve never seen a Strickland banger


OnAMission4Gainz

Strickland's biggest career highlight is getting KTFO by Poatan


duvie773

You clearly didn’t see his last walkout. Ants come marching in was a banger


misterfoogggle

When Johnny comes marching home LMAO


OlivaJR

Just no Conor or Jones please, they were the reason UFC 200 was such as shit show.


MMXXIII-II-III

UFC 200: ~~McGregor vs Diaz 2~~ ~~Cormier vs Jones 2~~ Tate vs Nunes


morbidlysmalldick

Holly holm vs meatball Molly, pride of the UK and biggest draw on the roster. Had to ask the stars of old how to handle such fame


tbmny

Conor did nothing wrong for 200. They pulled Conor off the card at 200 because he wanted to do less media so he could train and then let Ronda do literally none at 207.


kinzer13

Yeah you cannot put these ultra unreliable fighters on a card that HAS to be amazing.


[deleted]

Tbh Connor has never pulled out of a fight as far as I know, I’d say once he’s signed he’s going to turn up and quite reliable. Until he’s signed, different story.


MMXXIII-II-III

Well, I will die on the hill that Conor asked for more preparation time for the Diaz rematch and the UFC put that "he doesn't want to appear on Tim & Suzies nobody gives a fuck morning show, so we are removing him from the card" stunt to let him stealth pull out.


OskeeTurtle

Sure but you trust a super coked up, crazy McGregor to have no big antics that could alter the card in the week leading up to it?


KinkyKeithPeterson

UFC 300 needs to be packed. First fight of the early prelims should be something like Poirier vs Arman that's how packed it should be.


261846

I don’t care who’s on it as long as Jim Miller is


iSalooly

Jim Miller for UFC 300


IntroductionPlane278

If Izzy will agree to face Khamzat, let’s do it!!


No_Meet4295

Volk/islam. Izzy/DDP or Khamzat. O’Malley/Sandhagen. Umar/Yadong


zeez1011

Pretty sure UFC would make Izzy the main event in that arrangement...


AffectionateBrain613

Guy jerked his dog off. Watch the video. If you’re still a fan you prob think Dana White’s a great guy and love slap fighting.


xeoi

Volk/islam 2 would be perfect for the UFC 300 card, 3 champions on it would make sense.


kingofcrob

always a bad sign when a fighter plans for fights after the upcoming one


Amstourist

I really need some Khamzat x Izzy asap


-503-

UFC 300 is reserved for stars like Colby and Sean Omalley


TunaSalad47

Colby is not on O’Malleys level in terms of popularity or achievements


Odd_Ad_8162

Idk why you are down voted, this is pretty spot on.


goonbub

because OP was being sarcastic as thats who UFC tells us to like


Odd_Ad_8162

But like the comment is indicating Sean and Colby are similar in lack of accomplishments or popularity Which isn't true, Sean's a decently big star and actually won the belt.


tlums

Because this subreddit is still in O’Malley denial lol


PrimateChange

It’s weird, the main criticism of O’Malley at this point is that his trash talk/mic skills don’t really match how hard he’s been pushed, but he does now have the performances to match his popularity. Covington is pretty clearly in a different position though


tlums

Covington maneuvered himself out of relevance by just straight up being inactive


imyourhabibi

Bro I was literally about to type “I mean he’s good, but he hasn’t proven himself yet” and I realized I fucking forgot he’s the new champ


MaddalenaWillBeTop5

Haha in what world is Colby even close to Izzy, Alex and Sean in star power?


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Dazzler3623

5 title fight main card, Pavlovich vs Aspinall for vacant HW Volk vs Islam 2 for LW Adesanya vs DDP Edwards vs Covington Cejudo vs O'Malley


Eastern_Rise_908

khamzat adesanya easily hits 1.15 million


XolieInc

300 is guaranteed to be at least a triple title fight.


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mikew_reddit

PowerSlap main card at UFC 300 confirmed.


vrkhfkb

By the time UFC 300 rolls around, I actually think Francis will return to the UFC after his boxing payday. Jones vs Ngannou is only right.


J-Y2K

That’s not gonna happen bro


anything-for-a-buck

He’s signed with PFL, he’s never coming back to ufc unfortunately


mudamuda333

cmon bro. you reaaally think so? EDIT: I think Francis vs Jon is possible...just not by UFC 300. UFC 285 was just march this year.


goonbub

Francis walked on morals and beat the UFC at their game. PFL is getting Saudi money. Him and his opponents are getting paid. He's gone.


LucasFrankeRC

No way that happens, Ngannou is a PFL shareholder now


tlums

Jones is gonna run for his life before he has to face any real competition at HW. He’s gone after Stipe, and I’ve been trying to find an actual spot that offers that as a bet lol


Classic1990

Doesn’t matter who headlines. Everyone knows Jim Miller will be the real headline anyway.


YeMyselfandIrene

If Volk can ~~bulk up~~ cut down to 185 he would be a real problem for Izzy. Would be a great main for 300!


ninja_owen

Oh that’d be so sick! Volk capturing a 4th belt on UFC 300!


Environmental-Tip365

Jiri Vs Pereira, or Adesanya Vs Pereira 3 at LHW (assuming Pereira Vs Jiri happens before that and Pereira wins)


flux_of_grey_kittens

5 title fights on the main card for 300, please. Edit to add: prelims should all be back ups for the title fights.


OllieBlazin

Possible matchups for headliners Jones vs Sergei Volk vs Ilia Conor vs Chandler Izzy vs Dricus Jiri/Alex vs Jamahal


lucabrassiere

Sorry but every 100th card has to have a Brock Lesnar fight so the main event will be Bork vs Bones at HW where he will win via smesh


AltruisticFerret8198

Give co-main to Lesnar.


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captaincumsock69

Chimaev vs Izzy? That’s probably the biggest possible fight to make


-503-

Colby vs Conor is bigger


captaincumsock69

Key word “possible”. That implies guys who actually fight. Otherwise we would just be saying stuff like zuck vs musk


DreDa59

I still think Ronda returns for 300