We’re formally on the highway to UFC 307.
On Monday, the UFC launched its official poster for the upcoming pay-per-view occasion which takes place on Oct. 5 at Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. In the principle occasion, Alex Pereira defends his mild heavyweight title towards Khalil Rountree Jr., whereas within the co-main occasion, Raquel Pennington places her bantamweight belt on the road towards former champion Julianna Peña, and the UFC 307 struggle poster places the give attention to each fights.
Pereira is the present front-runner for 2024 Fighter of the 12 months, with profitable title defenses towards former champions Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka at UFC 300 and UFC 303 respectively. Rountree is on a five-fight successful streak however has not competed since final December, partly as a result of a suspension for failing a drug take a look at.
Pennington received the vacant girls’s bantamweight title by defeating Mayra Bueno Silva at UFC 297 again in January. This might be her first title protection. Peña, in the meantime, received the title by defeating Amanda Nunes at UFC 269 in one of many greatest upsets in UFC historical past. She then dropped the title again to Nunes of their rematch seven months later and has not competed since.
UFC 307 additionally options a variety of different marquee matchups, together with a bantamweight bout between Jose Aldo and Mario Bautista, a featherweight contest between Movsar Evloev and Aljamain Sterling, a girls’s bantamweight battle between Kayla Harrison and Ketlen Vieira, and a welterweight conflict between Stephen Thompson and Joaquin Buckley, amongst different fights.
