As Jon Anik would say, one more sleep.
On Saturday night in the UFC’s 20th visit to Abu Dhabi, Max Holloway will seek to become a two-time UFC featherweight champion when the reigning UFC ‘BMF’ faces the unbeaten 27-year-old champion Ilia Topuria in the featured attraction of a bumper UFC 308 card to be beamed live around the world from the United Arab Emirates.
And after a somewhat contentious lead-in, during which Topuria has repeatedly invited Holloway into a brawl in the opening 10 seconds of the bout, the two standout 145-pounders came face-to-face for the final time before the cage door shuts tomorrow night at the ceremonial weigh-ins on Friday — and it’s safe to say that both men are dialled in to the extreme.
Elsewhere, the co-main event fighters Robert Whittaker and Khamzat Chimaev, also took part in a smouldering staredown on the eve of their contest, with neither man willing to cede an inch of territory to the other.
You can whet your appetite for what promises to be an outstanding night of fights with the video footage below:
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