ULTIMATE Fight Championship (UFC) officially released the schedule for UFC 308 in Abu Dabi, United Arab Emirates on October 26, 2024. The fight will bring together UFC featherweight champion Ilia Tuporia and BMF champion Max Holloway.
Via the official UFC website, UFC 145 pound featherweight title holder, Ilia Tuporia will defend the title after defeating Alexander Volkanovski.
For your information, Max Holloway was a featherweight champion who won the BMF belt by technical knockout (TKO) against Justin Gaethje in the lightweight class.
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Apart from the fight between Ilia Tuporia and Max Holloway, UFC 380 will feature other exciting fights, including Robert Whittaker against Khamzar Chimaev, who is undefeated in the middle class.
Chimaev hasn’t competed since winning by majority decision over Kamaru Usman in October 2023. Meanwhile, Whittaker’s last fight was by knocking out Ikram Aliskerov in June.
UFC 308 opened with a fight between Shara Magomedov and Arman Petrosyan, followed by Magomed Ankalaev against Aleksandar Rakic.
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Ankalaev’s meeting with Rakic will determine the next contender for UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.
Another fight is also on the schedule available in Abu Dhabi, namely Lerone Murphy against Ige.
UFC 308 Fight Predictions
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The fights at UFC 308 will feature fighting talent from various fighting divisions, such as the featherweight title fight between Ilia Tuporia and Max Holloway being the main highlight.
Ilia Tuporia against Max Holloway, for example, these two fighters have their own advantages in winning the fight.
Ilia Toporia, known as “El Matador”, has equally good hands and feet, accurate attacks that quickly and directly hit the opponent, both jabs and hooks make the opponent alert.
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Apart from his hands, Ilia Tuporia has muay thai kicking techniques to create openings for attacks on his opponents. Ilia Toporia’s grappling ability is able to defend herself when the fight moves to the ground.
Max Holloway, often called “Blessed”, is known for his ability to adapt to his opponent’s fighting style. Max Holloway has a precise Jab punch to attack his opponent, the ability to pressure his opponent at close range.
With extraordinary abilities and endurance, both of them have a great chance of securing victory at UFC 380.
Ilia Toporia has an undefeated record of 15-0, because his strength and attacks are constantly able to threaten every opponent. Surprisingly he was able to break Alexander Volkanovski’s 5 year dominance.
On the other hand, Max Holloway has extraordinary endurance, he is the best in his class by winning 3 wins in a row, including winning by knockout against Justin Gaethje.
Looking at the fights presented at UFC 308, there will be an interesting fight between Ilia Toporia as the UFC Featherweight champion against Max Holloway, the UFC BMF title holder at UFC 308.
Apart from that, other fights are no less interesting to miss, such as Lerone Murphy against Dan Ighe and the middleweight fight between Khamzat Chimaev and Robert Whittaker, making for interesting viewing.
Khamaz Chimaev has a record of 13-0, with good grappling skills, Chimaev has adequate locking techniques and attacks from various types of martial arts such as ju jitsu, karate and mua thay.
On the other hand, Robert Whittaker has a record of 21-7, the owner of a black belt in Goju-ryu karate, Brazilian jiu jitsu and hapkido, Whittaker has the ability to attack quickly with his feet and hands, just like his opponent Chimaev who masters various types of martial arts.
Thus, Ilia Toporia’s main fight with Max Holloway will be a fight that fans will be looking forward to, becoming an exciting fight at UFC 308. (P-5)
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