On the night of May 5, Rio de Janeiro will host Tournament 301, headlined by a bout between flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja and Steve Erceg. The broadcast of the preliminary fights will begin at 01:00. The main card will start at 05:00. Below are the links to the broadcast and the fight card of the tournament:
Main Card:
Alexandre Pantoja - Steve Erceg;
Jose Aldo - Jonathan Martinez;
Anthony Smith - Vitor Petrino;
Paul Craig - Caio Borrallo.
Preliminary Card:
Joanderson Brito - Jack Shore;
Karolina Kowalkiewicz - Yasmin Lucindo;
Elvis Brenne - Myktybek Orolbay;
Gene Silva - William Gomis;
Joaquim Silva - Drakkar Klose;
Jamie Mullarkey - Mauricio Ruffy;
Dion Barbosa - Ernesta Caricaite;
Ismael Bonfim - Vince Pichel;
Alessandro Costa - Kevin Borjas.
Ukrainian UFC fighter Igor Losing explained why he agreed to fight Michel Pereira on May 4, knowing he had a fight with Shara Bullet announced for June 22.
"My manager called and said: "Igor, how are you doing? We have an offer: you, Michel Pereira, main card, May 4, Rio de Janeiro. What do you say?" I replied, "You know, it's a very interesting fight, but after all, I have a fight with Shara Bullet." The manager said: "Don't think about it, give me an opinion on the fight in Rio." I said it's a good offer and we need to ask Pereira. And the manager says: we don't need to ask because he has no choice because he's close to the top 15. And I said: okay, let's go, I'm ready. Buy me tickets to Rio de Janeiro. Will the fight with Shara happen? That's a premature question. We'll think about it after the Pereira fight. We'll see how I feel. Now I don't know what will happen in the octagon. After the fight I'm ready to answer this question.
UFC 301 will take place on the night of May 5 in Rio de Janeiro, headlined by a bout between flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja and challenger Steve Erceg. In the co-main event, Jose Aldo will face Jonathan Martinez. Here is the full card of the tournament:
Main Card:
Alexandre Pantoja - Steve Erceg;
Jose Aldo - Jonathan Martinez;
Anthony Smith - Vitor Petrino;
Paul Craig - Caio Borrallo.
Preliminary Card:
Joanderson Brito - Jack Shore;
Karolina Kowalkiewicz - Yasmin Lucindo;
Elvis Brenne - Myktybek Orolbay;
Gene Silva - William Gomis;
Joaquim Silva - Drakkar Klose;
Jamie Mullarkey - Mauricio Ruffy;
Dion Barbosa - Ernesta Caricaite;
Ismael Bonfim - Vince Pichel;
Alessandro Costa - Kevin Borjas.
Just today, it was reported that Ukrainian UFC fighter Igor Losing will not fight Russian Shara Bullet on June 22 at UFC On ABC 6. It was also reported that Losing would replace Murad Mahmudov in his fight with Michel Pereira, which will take place May 4 in Rio de Janeiro at UFC 301. However, sources close to Shara later revealed that their fight with the Ukrainian is on.
Ukrainian UFC fighter Igor Losing will not fight Russian Sharabutdin Magomedov, better known as Shara Bullet. It was announced today that their confrontation, which was scheduled to take place on June 22 in Saudi Arabia as part of UFC On ABC 6, has been canceled. Losing will compete at UFC 301, which will take place on May 4 in Rio de Janeiro. His opponent will be Michelle Pereira. Igor will step in to replace Mahmud Muradov, who pulled out of his fight against Pereira.