The matchup we’ve all been waiting for đź‘€
How excited are you for the
#UFC308 co-main event? pic.twitter.com/BqAXk2oAsJ— UFC (@ufc)
September 1, 2024
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The original UFC 308
co-main event between Robert
Whittaker and Khamzat
Chimaev is seemingly still in place, although an apparent
mistake on the promotion’s social media channels briefly made it
seem as though the fight was in jeopardy.
Whittaker and Chimaev were originally scheduled to fight in the
main event at
UFC on ABC 6 this past June before “Borz” pulled out due to a
severe illness. Whittaker went on score a first-round knockout over
Ikram
Aliskerov, who replaced Chimaev on short notice. The highly
anticipated matchup between Whittaker and Chimaev was rescheduled
for a five-round co-main event at UFC 308 on Oct. 26 at the Etihad
Arena in Abu Dhabi.
However, the matchup was briefly cast into doubt by the promotion
on Sunday. The UFC tweeted that Ciryl Gane
vs. Alexander
Volkov, the third bout from top order in the card, was bumped
up to co-main event status. However, that tweet was soon deleted
before the promotion reconfirmed Whittaker vs. Chimaev as the
co-main event for UFC 308.
The UFC has now deleted this tweet
#UFC308 https://t.co/WCe3oa1oBS pic.twitter.com/oCR9nXDOAr— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS)
September 1, 2024
Whittaker is currently riding a two-fight winning streak that saw
him rebound from a technical knockout loss against current champ
Dricus Du
Plessis. Meanwhile, Chimaev hasn’t fought since a majority
decision win over Kamaru
Usman at UFC 291 in October 2023 that saw him permanently move
up to middleweight. UFC 308 will be headlined by a blockbuster
featherweight title fight between champ Ilia
Topuria and former champ Max
Holloway.