Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will be holding a special UFC 302 pre-fight press conference today, LIVE at 5 p.m. ET in the embedded video above. Leading the charge will be UFC CEO Dana White, along with event headliners Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier. Makhachev will be defending his 155-pound title against “The Diamond” in UFC 302’s five-round pay-per-view (PPV) main event.
In the co-headlining affair, scheduled for this Sat. night (June 1, 2024) at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, former middleweight champion Sean Strickland looks to get back into the 185-pound title hunt against Brazilian bruiser Paulo Costa. Both “Tarzan” and “The Eraser” will take the dais today in “The Garden State” to answer questions from the mixed martial arts (MMA) media.
MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 302 fight card RIGHT HERE, starting with the early ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN2/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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