| UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 26, 2024 (2024-10-26) | |||
| Venue | Etihad Arena | |||
| City | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Total gate | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 308: Topuria vs. Holloway was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 26, 2024, at theEtihad Arena inAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[2]
The event marked the promotion's 20th visit to Abu Dhabi and first sinceUFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov in August 2024.[2]
AUFC Featherweight Championship bout between current championIlia Topuria and former championMax Holloway headlined the event.[3][4]Diego Lopes served as backup and potential replacement for this fight.[5]
A five-round middleweight bout between formerUFC Middleweight Champion (alsoThe Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes welterweight winner)Robert Whittaker andKhamzat Chimaev took place at the event.[6] They were previously expected to headlineUFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Aliskerov last June, but Chimaev withdrew due to illness.[7]
A heavyweight rematch between former interimUFC Heavyweight ChampionCiryl Gane and formerBellator Heavyweight World ChampionAlexander Volkov was expected to take place at the event.[8] The pairing previously headlinedUFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov in June 2021 which Gane won by unanimous decision.[9] However, the bout was moved toUFC 310 due to Volkov's knee injury.[10][11]
A heavyweight bout betweenMarcos Rogério de Lima andKennedy Nzechukwu was scheduled for this event.[12] However, Lima withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and was replaced byJustin Tafa.[13] Subsequently, Tafa withdrew from the bout due to an injury and was replaced byChris Barnett.[14]
A welterweight bout betweenRinat Fakhretdinov andNursulton Ruziboev was scheduled for this event.[15] However, Ruziboev withdrew from the fight due to an injury and was replaced by formerLFA Welterweight Champion and promotional newcomer Carlos Leal.[16]
A bantamweight bout betweenSaid Nurmagomedov and Daniel Santos was scheduled for this event.[17] However, one week before the event, Santos withdrew from the fight for unknown reasons and the bout was subsequently cancelled.[18][19]
At the weigh-ins, a lightweight bout betweenMateusz Rębecki andMyktybek Orolbai was changed to a 160 pounds catchweight bout.[20] In addition, at the weigh-ins, the originally contracted bantamweight bout betweenFarid Basharat and Victor Hugo was changed to a featherweight bout after Hugo weighed in at 145.5 pounds, 9.5 pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit; although Basharat weighed in at 137 pounds, he agreed to allow the fight to take place at featherweight.[21]
| Main card | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Featherweight | Ilia Topuria (c) | def. | Max Holloway | KO (punches) | 3 | 1:34 | [a] |
| Middleweight | Khamzat Chimaev | def. | Robert Whittaker | Submission (face crank) | 1 | 3:34 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | def. | Aleksandar Rakić | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight | Lerone Murphy | def. | Dan Ige | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Sharabutdin Magomedov | def. | Armen Petrosyan | KO (spinning backfists) | 2 | 4:52 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Light Heavyweight | Ibo Aslan | def. | Raffael Cerqueira | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:51 | |
| Welterweight | Geoff Neal | def. | Rafael dos Anjos | TKO (knee injury) | 1 | 1:30 | |
| Catchweight (160 lb) | Mateusz Rębecki | def. | Myktybek Orolbai | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Abusupiyan Magomedov | def. | Brunno Ferreira | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 3:14 | |
| Heavyweight | Kennedy Nzechukwu | def. | Chris Barnett | TKO (knee to the body and punches) | 1 | 4:27 | |
| Featherweight | Farid Basharat | def. | Victor Hugo | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Ismail Naurdiev | def. | Bruno Silva | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Rinat Fakhretdinov | def. | Carlos Leal | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[23]
