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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) makes its return to the pay-per-view (PPV) market with the upcoming UFC 301 mixed martial arts (MMA) event on Sat. night May 4, 2024 inside Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, headlined by the flyweight title fight pitting reigning division champion Alexandre Pantoja against once-beaten 125-pound contender Steve Erceg. In addition, former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo returns to action opposite red-hot bantamweight “Dragon” Jonathan Martinez in the UFC 301 PPV co-main event.

Check out their “Countdown to UFC 301” preview in the embedded video above.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 301 fight card on fight night, 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.

To check out the latest and greatest UFC 301: “Pantoja vs. Erceg” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive events archive right here. For the updated and finalized UFC 301 fight card and ESPN+ lineup click here.

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Paul Hughes will compete under the Bellator banner on June 22, when the company returns to Dublin, Ireland for an event at the 3Arena. PFL announced the news Sunday, revealing that Hughes will battle Bobby King in a lightweight co-main event.

The headlining attraction features Bellator welterweight champion Jason Jackson defending his title opposite unbeaten Ramazan Kuramagomedov.

Hughes (11-1) has made waves in the European scene, winning the Cage Warriors belt and avenging the sole defeat of his career before entering free agency on a five-fight winning streak. Hughes signed with PFL days after his latest victory in Ireland, finishing Fabiano Silva in one round.

King (12-6) has gone 3-3 so far under the Bellator umbrella with a notable win over Nick Newell in his promotional debut in June 2021, plus a stoppage over previously unbeaten prospect Aviv Gozali. King dropped his past two in decision defeats to Gadzhi Rabadanov and Allen Cruz.

Check the updated lineup below. PFL announced that a previously announced clash between Peter Queally and Yancy Medeiros was cancelled due to undisclosed reasons.

Bellator Champions Series Dublin

• Jason Jackson vs. Ramazan Kuramagomedov
• Paul Hughes vs. Bobby King
• Sinead Kavanagh vs. Arlene Blencowe
• Norbert Novenyi Jr. vs. Dalton Rosta
• Kasum Kasumov vs. Matheus Mattos
• Simeon Powell vs. Abdullah Er-Ramy
• Brian Moore vs. Francesco Nuzzi
• Sarvarjon Khamidov vs. Marcirley Alves
• Nathan Kelly vs. Fabacary Diatta
• Olena Kolesnyk vs. Sara Collins
• Michelle Montague vs. Karolina Sobek

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Following his spectacular defeat to Max Holloway at UFC 300 earlier this month, any chances that Justin Gaethje will fight Islam Makhachev for the lightweight crown in the future have been axed by head coach, Javier Mendez, who admitted the former was likely the biggest “threat” to the Russian’s title reign.

Gaethje, a former interim lightweight champion, featured as the first of three ‘championship’ fights at UFC 300 earlier this month, taking on former featherweight kingpin, Holloway in the pair’s symbolic BMF title fight. 

And en route to a comfortable decision loss to the Hawaiian, Gaethje was flattened with a single second remaining in the fifth round of their UFC 300 clash, resulting in a harrowing buzzer-beating knockout defeat.

As for Makhachev, the current pound-for-pound number one fighter on the promotion’s books, is slated to headline UFC 302 in June in New Jersey, taking on soon-to-be common-foe, Dustin Poirier in an undisputed lightweight title fight.

Justin Gaethje ruled from title fight with Islam Makhachev

And off the back of his defeat, Gaethje – who plans an extended break away from active competition, has been ruled from a fight with Makhachev in the future, by the Russian’s head coach – who admitted the Arizona native was likely going to pose the biggest difficulty to the reign of the American Kickboxing Academy product.

“Yeah to me, the guy – out of all the guys that I thought was stylistically very dangerous, out of all of them, I thought it was Justin Gaethje,” Javier Mendez said on his podcast. “Stylistically, because of his wrestling pedigree, you know. And his striking is really good, [he’s] strong.”

“It’s all apples and oranges, right,” Mendez explained. “Everybody brings a different skillset, so I thought he was the biggest threat for us. And now, he’s probably never going to be in the picture for us, going forward. No need to talk about him as a threat because he’s never going to be there anymore, I don’t think.”

Who would have won in a lightweight title fight: Islam Makhachev or Justin Gaethje?

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