Islam
Makhachev’s subsequent title protection will come towards Dustin
Poirier within the UFC 302
important occasion.
UFC CEO Dana White introduced the reserving in the course of the UFC 300
post-fight press convention on Saturday evening. UFC 302 takes place
on the Prudential Middle in Newark, N.J., on June 1. In the meantime, a
five-round conflict pitting Sean
Strickland towards Paulo Costa
will function the night’s middleweight co-headliner.
Makhachev will carry a 13-bout UFC successful streak into the matchup
with Poirier. The Dagestani standout final appeared at UFC 294,
the place he scored a first-round knockout of ex-featherweight champ
Alexander
Volkanovski this previous October.
This may mark Poirier’s third try at capturing undisputed
light-weight gold after falling to Khabib
Nurmagomedov in September 2019 and to Charles
Oliveira in December 2021. “The Diamond” is coming off a
second-round KO of Benoit St.
Denis at UFC 299 on March 9.
Strickland shall be preventing for the primary time since relinquishing
the middleweight crown to Dricus Du
Plessis in a split-decision defeat at UFC 297. Previous to that,
the Xtreme Couture member had received three straight bouts, claiming
the 185-pound belt with an upset of Israel
Adesanya at UFC 293.
Costa, in the meantime, has misplaced three of his final 4 UFC appearances.
In his final outing, “Borrachinha” gave a spirited effort in a
determination loss to Robert
Whittaker at UFC 298 on Feb. 17.
