Alex Pereira and Jiri Prochazka are serving to the UFC make sure the present goes on.
A trailer for the revised UFC 303 pay-per-view occasion on June 29 has been launched, that includes a rematch between gentle heavyweight champion Pereira and rival Prochazka. The 2 are stepping in on quick discover to provide the Worldwide Battle Week capper a brand new predominant occasion, following Conor McGregor’s damage withdrawal from his battle with Michael Chandler.
Watch the brand new promo beneath.
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Pereira defeated Prochazka of their first assembly, which happened at UFC 295 this previous November. With the win, Pereira captured a vacant gentle heavyweight title and joined the record of fighters to earn UFC belts in two divisions. He gained the middleweight title at UFC 281 with a fifth-round TKO of Israel Adesanya.
A brand new co-main occasion has additionally been booked after an damage pressured Jamahal Hill out of a key gentle heavyweight bout in opposition to the surging Carlos Ulberg. Featherweight contenders Brian Ortega and Diego Lopes now co-headline, with Ulberg bumped down one spot on the cardboard right into a matchup with veteran Anthony Smith.
See the UFC 303 lineup beneath.
Principal Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka
Anthony Smith vs. Carlos Ulberg
Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Macy Chiasson
Ian Machado Garry vs. Michael Page
Preliminary Card (ESPN, ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Joe Pyfer vs. Marc-Andre Barriault
Charles Jourdain vs. Jean Silva
Payton Talbott vs. Yanis Ghemmouri
Early Preliminaries (ESPN+, 6 p.m. ET)
Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Gillian Robertson
Andrei Arlovski vs. Martin Buday
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