Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is inching closer to its upcoming UFC 297: “Strickland vs. Du Plessis” ESPN+ pay-per-view (PPV) mixed martial arts (MMA) event, locked and loaded for this Sat. night (Jan. 20) inside Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the first PPV card of the promotion’s 2024 fight campaign.
To help prepare fans (and media) for the upcoming fight card, the promotion is holding a special UFC 297 media day, LIVE in the embedded video above beginning promptly at 11 a.m. ET, which includes appearances from reigning 185-pound champion Sean Strickland and No. 2-ranked title challenger Dricus Du Plessis, among others.
Here’s the full list of UFC 297 media day participants:
Sean Strickland – UFC middleweight champion
Dricus Du Plessis – No. 2 UFC middleweight
Raquel Pennington – No. 2 UFC women’s bantamweight
Mayra Buena Silva – No. 3 UFC women’s bantamweight
Neil Magny – No. 13 UFC welterweight
Mike Malott – UFC welterweight
Chris Curtis – No. 13 UFC middleweight
Marc-Andre Barriault – UFC middleweight
Arnold Allen – No. 4 UFC featherweight
Mosvar Evloev – No. 9 UFC featherweight
Brad Katona – UFC bantamweight
Charles Jourdain – UFC featherweight
Serhiy Sidey – UFC bantamweight
Lineup subject to change.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 297 fight card right RIGHT HERE, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6:30 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPNN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.
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