UFC 302 suffered a major blow just over a month before the event was scheduled to take place at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Immediately after UFC 300, Dana White announced that UFC 302 will be headlined by a lightweight title fight between Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier, with the co-main event featuring middleweights Sean Strickland and Paulo Costa. Then he announced. Both bouts are big additions to June's card. 1.
The night's main card also features a heavyweight bout between Jailton Almeida and Alexander Romanov, but unfortunately the middleweight bout between Anthony Hernandez and Roman Dolidze has been canceled due to Hernandez injuring his hand during training. became.
“Fluffy” is currently on an impressive record with five straight wins, including four finishes, but a matchup with Dolize would be a big chance for Hernandez to break into the top 10 middleweight division.
It is unclear at this time whether the UFC will attempt to find a replacement opponent for Dorise at UFC 302. Dolidze may be willing to accept his current opponent, considering the Georgian shared training footage just before Hernandez announced his injury. A two-game skid.
Fans are still waiting for confirmation on who Doricas du Plessis will face in his first defense of his middleweight title. With big matches between Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev and Strickland vs. Costa at UFC 302 just around the corner, some of the top middleweights could be lobbying for a title shot in the near future. There is sex.
The loss between Hernandez and Dorise is a huge blow to the main card of UFC 302, which currently has 12 fights scheduled in just over a month until the event in Newark.
• Main event: Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier – UFC Lightweight Championship
• Sub-main event: Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa
• Geirton Almeida vs Alexander Romanov
• Joselyn Edwards vs. Aylin Perez
• Mickey Gall vs. Bashir Hafez
• Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki
• Phil Rowe vs. Jake Matthews
• Hyun Sung Park vs. Andre Lima
• Roman Kopylov vs. Cesar Almeida
• Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski
• Nico Price vs. Alex Morono
• Hirataro vs Joshua Vann
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