| UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 13, 2024 (2024-04-13) | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | 20,067[1] | |||
| Total gate | $16,508,823[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 13, 2024, at theT-Mobile Arena inParadise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Valley, United States.[2][3]
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AUFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between current championAlex Pereira (also formerUFC Middleweight Champion and formerGlory Middleweight andLight Heavyweight Champion) and former championJamahal Hill headlined the event.[5] The fight was verbally agreed forUFC 301 three weeks later, but the promotion opted to book it at this card.[6] Pereira won the vacant title atUFC 295 against former championJiří Procházka after Hill was forced to vacate it in July 2023 due to a rupturedAchilles tendon.[7][8]
AUFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between current two-time championZhang Weili andYan Xiaonan took place in the co-main event. It marked the first time two Chinese-born athletes met for a title in the organization.[9]
Former interimUFC Lightweight ChampionJustin Gaethje (also formerWSOF Lightweight Champion) put his symbolic "BMF" (baddestmotherfucker) title on the line against formerUFC Featherweight ChampionMax Holloway in a lightweight bout.[10] Gaethje won the symbolic title atUFC 291 defeating fellow former interim championDustin Poirier by second-round knockout in what was their second meeting.[11] The inauguralUFC Heavyweight Champion andUFC Hall of FamerMark Coleman (alsoPRIDE 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix champion) delivered the belt to the winner.[12]
FormerUFC Lightweight ChampionCharles Oliveira andArman Tsarukyan met in a lightweight title eliminator bout.[13]
The main card was opened by a middleweight bout betweenthree-time NCAA Division I National Wrestling Champion and undefeated prospectBo Nickal andCody Brundage.[14]
FormerUFC Light Heavyweight ChampionJiří Procházka (also the inauguralRizin Light Heavyweight Champion) andAleksandar Rakić met in a light heavyweight contest as the featured bout of the preliminary card.[14]
FormerUFC Bantamweight ChampionAljamain Sterling made his promotional debut at featherweight againstCalvin Kattar.[14]
2012 and2016 Olympic gold medalist in judo (also two-timePFL women's lightweight tournament champion)Kayla Harrison made her promotional debut, as well as her bantamweight debut, against formerUFC Women's Bantamweight Champion (alsoInternational Boxing Hall of Famer)Holly Holm.[15]
A featherweight bout betweenSodiq Yusuff andDiego Lopes (also the inauguralLUX Featherweight Champion) took place at the event.[16]
Renato Moicano andJalin Turner met in a lightweight bout, which was the final addition to the card.[17]
FormerUFC Women's Strawweight ChampionJéssica Andrade andMarina Rodriguez met in a women's strawweight bout.[18]
Jim Miller andBobby Green met in a lightweight bout at the event. Miller became the only fighter to have competed at all three milestone events for the organization, previously competing atUFC 100 andUFC 200.[19] The duo was previously booked thrice, but canceled all three times due to Green withdrawals: first atUFC 172 in April 2014, due to an elbow injury;[20] the second booking atUFC 258 in February 2021, when he collapsed after the weigh-ins and was deemed unfit to compete;[21] and the third time atUFC 276 in July 2022, when Green withdrew for unknown reasons.[22]
A bantamweight bout between formerUFC Bantamweight ChampionCody Garbrandt and former two-timeUFC Flyweight ChampionDeiveson Figueiredo was chosen to open the event.[23] The pairing was previously scheduled to meet atUFC 255 in November 2020 for the flyweight title but Garbrandt withdrew due to a torn bicep.[24]
The event originally featured $50,000 fight night bonuses, which were raised to $300,000 2 days before the event, marking the highest amount ever paid by the promotion for such bonuses.[25]
During the event's broadcast, it was announced that aUFC Middleweight Championship bout that took place in August 2010 atUFC 117 between then-championAnderson Silva (also aUFC Hall of Famer himself) and challengerChael Sonnen (also a formerUFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger) was the next "fight wing"UFC Hall of Fame inductee. Anderson defended the title via fifth-round submission in what was considered one of the greatest comebacks in MMA history.[26]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Alex Pereira (c) | def. | Jamahal Hill | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:14 | [a] |
| Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili (c) | def. | Yan Xiaonan | Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | [b] |
| Lightweight | Max Holloway | def. | Justin Gaethje (c) | KO (punch) | 5 | 4:59 | [c] |
| Lightweight | Arman Tsarukyan | def. | Charles Oliveira | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | [d] |
| Middleweight | Bo Nickal | def. | Cody Brundage | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:38 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Jiří Procházka | def. | Aleksandar Rakić | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:17 | |
| Featherweight | Aljamain Sterling | def. | Calvin Kattar | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Kayla Harrison | def. | Holly Holm | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 1:47 | |
| Featherweight | Diego Lopes | def. | Sodiq Yusuff | TKO (punches) | 1 | 1:29 | |
| Early preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+ / UFC Fight Pass) | |||||||
| Lightweight | Renato Moicano | def. | Jalin Turner | TKO (elbows and punches) | 2 | 4:11 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Jéssica Andrade | def. | Marina Rodriguez | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Bobby Green | def. | Jim Miller | Decision (unanimous) (29–27, 30–25, 29–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Cody Garbrandt | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:02 | |
The following fighters received $300,000 bonuses.[28]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has withheld the purses ofArman Tsarukyan andDiego Lopes due to their behavior at the event, where Arman Tsarukyan allegedly struck a fan on his way to the octagon, and Diego Lopes for jumping out of the cage.[29] Both fighters met with the NSAC on April 30, 2024, to discuss the incidents.[30] The NSAC decided to withhold 20% of Tsarukyan's fight purse ($31,600 of $158,000) and $5,000 of Lopes' $100,000 payout.[31]
This event won theUFC Honors2024 Event of the Year award as voted by the fans.[32]
