Paulo borrachinha is a Brazilian highlight in UFC 298 Foto: Reprodução / Instagram
This Saturday (17), the UFC arrives in Anaheim, California, for the long-awaited UFC 298. In the main fight of the event, Alexander Volkanovsky defends the featherweight belt (up to 65,7 kg) against the undefeated Ilia Topuria.
After a second unsuccessful attempt to become lightweight champion (up to 70,3 kg), with a knockout suffered against Islam makhachev in October last year, Volkanovski returned to featherweight in search of his sixth title defense. On the other side, the challenger Ilia Topuria tries to dethrone the Australian and maintain his unbeaten record in his professional career, which has 14 wins in 14 fights.
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The co-main fight of UFC 298 marks the return of Paulo borrachinha to the octagon after about a year and a half away. The Minas Gerais native faces the former middleweight champion (up to 83,9 kg) Robert whittaker with an eye on a new chance to fight for the category title.
In addition to Borrachinha, four other Brazilians are on the card. UFC 298. Amanda lemos e Mackenzie dern they duel in the strawweight division (up to 52,1 kg), while the heavyweight division (up to 120,2 kg) Marcos Foot and light heavyweight (up to 93 kg) Brendson Ribeiro face, respectively, justin tafa and Mingyan Zhang.
How to watch UFC 298
Scheduled to start at 20:30 p.m., the UFC 298 will be broadcast in full on UFC Fight Pass, Ultimate's official streaming platform. The main card of the event is scheduled to start at 00pm. O SUPER FIGHTS will broadcast the first two fights of the UFC 298 in video.
the coverage of SUPER FIGHTS starts at 20:20 pm (Brasília time). The remaining duels will be followed in REAL TIME, in our minute by minute, with texts, photos and videos of the best moments of all the fights. O SUPER FIGHTS will still cover the UFC 298 by the YouTube with narration, commentary and videos.
UFC 298 technical sheet
Order date: February 17rd, 2023
Open Hours: From 20:30 pm (Brasília time)
Location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
How to watch: SUPER FIGHTS LIVE In real time, UFC Fight Pass (the entire card) online.
MAIN CARD (00pm Brasília time)
Featherweight (up to 65,7 kg): Alexander Volkanovsky x Ilia Topuria – fight for the belt
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): Robert whittaker x Paulo borrachinha
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Geoff neal x Ian Gary
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Merab Dvalishvili x Henry Cejudo
Average weight (up to 83,9 kg): anthony hernandez x Roman Kopylov
PRELIMINARY CARD (20:30 p.m. Brasília time)
Straw weight (up to 52,1 kg): Amanda lemos x Mackenzie dern
Heavy weight (up to 120,2 kg): Marcos Foot x Junior Tafa
Bantam weight (up to 61,2 kg): Rinya Nakamura x Carlos Vera
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Mingyang Zhang x Brendson Ribeiro
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Josh Quinlan x Danny Barlow
Welterweight weights (up to 77,1 kg): Oban Elliot x Valentine Woodburn
Flyweight (up to 56,7 kg): Andrea Lee x Miranda maverick
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