UFC 300 LIVE: Fight updates and results as Alex Pereira and Max Holloway seal KO wins
Re-live updates from a stacked card involving Alex Pereira, Jamahal Hill, Justin Gaethje, Max Holloway, Charles Oliveira and more
UFC 300 featured one of the greatest knockouts of all time on Saturday, as Max Holloway faceplanted Justin Gaethje in the final second of their ‘BMF’ title fight.
Holloway outclassed Gaethje for five rounds before capping off a stunning performance with a mesmerising KO, which left Gaethje out cold, face-first on the canvas.
With that, Hawaiian Holloway took the ‘Baddest Motherf***er’ belt from the American, while the other title fights at UFC 300 saw the champions retain.
In the main event, Alex Pereira knocked out Jamahal Hill in round one to remain champion at 205lbs, after the co-main event saw Zhang Weili outpoint fellow Chinese fighter Yan Xioanan to keep the strawweight gold.
Re-live updates and see all results from the UFC 300 prelims and main card, below.
UFC 300 LIVE: Cody Garbrandt vs Deiveson Figueiredo
UFC 300 is officially under way! Welcome to our live fight coverage!
First up, former bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt faces ex-flyweight champ Deiveson Figueiredo.
In the article below, Will Castle looks at the rise and fall of Garbrandt, whose bantamweight title win in 2016 was a false dawn for the American. Garbrandt has struggled in the cage in the years since, and he faces a tough test against Figueiredo tonight.
This is a frankly outrageous bout to have as the first prelim. But such is the depth of this card...
For Cody Garbrandt, it is now or never at UFC 300
The former bantamweight champion has endured eight turbulent years since his title win. Now, he faces a stiff test against Deiveson Figueiredo
UFC 300 LIVE: Exclusive interview with UFC 1’s champion
Some time ago, I spoke to Royce Gracie: the Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend who won UFC 1, becoming the promotion’s first ever champion.
Gracie spoke about that surreal night – the night MMA was born – and much more.
As UFC 300 arrives, let’s look back on UFC 1...
Exclusive interview:
UFC’s first champion Royce Gracie on the night MMA was born
Exclusive: Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend talks to The Independent about UFC 1 and the evolution of MMA
UFC 300 LIVE: Odds for key fights
Pereira – 4/6; Hill – 6/5
Zhang – 30/100; Yan – 5/2
Gaethje – 4/9; Holloway – 7/4
Oliveira – 7/4; Tsarukyan – 4/9
Nickal – 1/14; Brundage – 6/1
Via Betway. Get all the latest UFC betting sites’ offers.
UFC 300 LIVE: Breaking down every fight
So, you’ve seen the full UFC 300 card (in the post below)... Now here’s our article breaking down EVERY single fight tonight:
Breaking down every single fight at UFC 300
The first prelim of the night pits one former champion against another, kickstarting a card of stunning depth in Las Vegas
UFC 300 LIVE: Fight card in full – from early prelims to main event
Main card
Alex Pereira (C) vs Jamahal Hill (light-heavyweight title)
Zhang Weili (C) vs Yan Xiaonan (women’s strawweight title)
Justin Gaethje (C) vs Max Holloway (‘BMF’ title – lightweight)
Charles Oliveira vs Arman Tsarukyan (lightweight)
Bo Nickal vs Cody Brundage (middleweight)
Prelims
Jiri Prochazka vs Aleksandar Rakic (light-heavyweight)
Calvin Kattar vs Aljamain Sterling (featherweight)
Holly Holm vs Kayla Harrison (women’s bantamweight)
Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes (featherweight)
Early prelims
Jalin Turner vs Renato Moicano (lightweight)
Jessica Andrade vs Marina Rodriguez (women’s strawweight)
Bobby Green vs Jim Miller (lightweight)
Deiveson Figueiredo vs Cody Garbrandt (bantamweight)
UFC 300 card in full as Alex Pereira and Justin Gaethje star this weekend
All you need to know as the UFC stages one of its biggest events in recent years
UFC 300 LIVE
UFC 300 is upon us, as one of the biggest fight events in recent years plays out in Las Vegas – and the card is stacked from the very first fight to the last.
In the main event, former middleweight champion Alex Pereira defends the light-heavyweight title against his predecessor Jamahal Hill, who vacated the belt due to injury last year. Beforehand, in the co-main event, Zhang Weili puts her strawweight gold on the line against Yan Xiaonan, in the first all-Chinese title fight in UFC history.
Those bouts follow the fans’ pick for fight of the night, as Justin Gaethje faces Max Holloway. Gaethje defends the ‘Baddest Motherf***er’ title against the ex-featherweight champion, as the pair meet at lightweight.
Prior to those fights, Charles Oliveira takes on Arman Tsarukyan in a crucial clash at 155lbs, and ex-champions Jiri Prochazka, Aljamain Sterling, Holly Holm and Jessica Andrade all feature – as do Deiveson Figueiredo and Cody Garbrandt, in the card’s opening bout.
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