A bantamweight clash between Jose Aldo and
Mario
Bautista has been elevated to the UFC 307
main draw.
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The promotion officially announced the pay-per-view lineup during
the UFC Paris broadcast on Sauturday. The shift comes after a
featherweight showdown between Aljamain
Sterling and Movsar
Evloev was postponed until UFC
310.
UFC 307 takes place on Saturday at the Delta Center in Salt Lake
City, Utah, and is headlined by a light heavyweight championship
bout between Alex
Pereira and Khalil
Rountree. The main card airs on pay-per-view via ESPN+ at 10
p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT. The prelims begin on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m.
PT before moving to ESPNEWS and ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.
Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. Saturday at 10 ET on ESPN+. Order
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Aldo has won four of his last five fights at bantamweight. The
former featherweight champion returned from retirement at UFC 301,
where he captured a unanimous decision win against Jonathan
Martinez on May 4.
Anchored at the MMA Lab, Bautista will take a six-bout promotional
winning streak into his matchup with Aldo. Most recently, Bautista
took a three-round verdict over Ricky Simon
at UFC Fight Night 234 on Jan. 13.