The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi on Saturday with a famous person atop the lineup in an try and recapture a title that used belong to him.
The UFC has launched the UFC 308 chilly open video. The cardboard incorporates a featherweight title struggle between champion Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and former champ Max Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC).
The video is narrated by actor and common UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman and has a backdrop soundtrack of “Unleash The Energy” by Hidden Residents, that includes Rayelle and Sam Tinnesz. That music just lately was featured in Netflix’s sequence “Blue Eye Samurai.”
The chilly open additionally seems on the co-main occasion middleweight title eliminator between the unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and former champ Robert Whittaker (27-7 MMA, 17-5 UFC).
Try the UFC 308 chilly open video above.
UFC 308 (pay-per-view, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 2 p.m. ET)
- Champ Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
- Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
- Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
- Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 10 a.m. ET)
- Rafael dos Anjos vs. Geoff Neal
- Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
- Brunno Ferreira vs. Abus Magomedov
- Chris Barnett vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
- Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal
- Ibo Aslan vs. Rafael Cerqueira
- Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva
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