Two dangerous strikers face off for featherweight gold as Ilia Topuria defends the UFC featherweight title against BMF Champion Max Holloway at UFC 308.
Below is all the information you need to catch UFC 308.
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UFC 308 start time
- Date: Saturday, October 26
- Time: 2 p.m. ET (10 a.m. ET for prelims) | 11 a.m. PT
- Main event start time (approx.): 5:30 p.m. ET | 2:30 p.m. PT
- Location: Etihad Arena – Abu Dhabi, UAE
The UFC 308 main card starts at 2 p.m. ET on October 26. The prelims start at 10 a.m. ET. The main event should begin around 5:30 p.m. ET, depending on how long the undercard fights last.
Where to watch UFC 308 prelims
The prelims, starting at 10 a.m. ET will air on ESPN+. You can subscribe to ESPN+ for $11.99 on a monthly subscription and $119.99 on an annual subscription.
The prelims will see Geoff Neal, ranked tenth in the UFC’s welterweight rankings, take on 15th-ranked Rafael dos Anjos. Neal (15-6) is on a two-fight losing streak, while dos Anjos (32-16), a former UFC lightweight champion, is 2-3 in his last five fights.
Also on the prelims, the exciting Chris Barnett (23-8), 2-2 in his last four fights, faces Kennedy Nzechukwu (12-5), also 2-2 in his previous four contests.
Where to watch UFC 308 main card
The UFC 307 main card is available via pay-per-view on ESPN+. The PPV price for UFC 307 is $79.99 for current subscribers. New subscribers can pay a bundle price of $134.98 for the UFC 307 pay-per-view and an ESPN+ annual subscription, which offers savings of more than 30 percent.
The co-main event will see former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker taking on Khamzat Chimaev in a five-round fight. The fight was originally for Saudi Arabia in June, but Chimaev withdrew due to illness, far too common for him since a severe COVID-19 infection in 2020.
Whittaker won the UFC middleweight title in 2017 but lost it against Israel Adesanya in 2019. Since then, he has gone 6-2 in his last eight fights and on a two-fight win streak. “The Reaper” beat Ikram Aliskerov, Chimaev’s replacement, via first-round knockout.
The Aussie looks to finally get his hands on Chimaev and show why he should hold gold around his waist again.
“As soon as he steps inside that octagon with me, he’s in deep waters. He’s already in the waters that I want him to be in,” Whittaker told talkSPORT via BJ Penn.
“I’ve left no stone unturned, and I’ve trained my heart out for this. I’m going to get in there, I’ve got 25 minutes with him. I’m looking to try and take his head off the entire 25 minutes.”
Since being affected by COVID-19 in 2020, Chimaev has fought four times since 2021.
Meanwhile, light heavyweight contender Magomed Ankalaev (18-1-1, 1NC), on a twelve-fight unbeaten streak, puts his number one ranking on the line against Aleksandar Rakic (14-4), ranked fifth and on a two-fight losing streak.
UFC 308 fight card
Main Card
- Ilia Topuria (c) vs. Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title
- Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev; Middleweights
- Lerone Murphy vs. Dan Ige; Featherweights
- Magomed Anakalev faces Aleksandar Rakic; Light Heavyweights
- Sharabutdin Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan; Middleweights
Prelims
- Geoff Neal vs, Rafael dos Anjos; Welterweights
- Mateusz Rębecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai; Lightweights
- Said Nurmagomedov vs. TBA; Bantamweights
- Abus Magomedov vs. Brunno Ferreira; Middleweights
- Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Chris Barnett; Heavyweights
- Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo; Bantamweights
- Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva; Middleweights
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal; Light Heavyweights
- Ibo Aslan vs. Raffael Cerqueira; Light Heavyweights
