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Ahead of UFC 300 on Saturday, UFC CEO Dana White announced the promotion will hand out $ 300,000 performance bonuses for the historic card taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The decision was made during the UFC 300 pre-fight press conference. Beforehand, some of the fighters called for increased bonuses for the massive event, which features 12 current or former champions.

After it was pointed out that the promotion awarded $ 100,000 bonuses at UFC 100, White turned to the 26 athletes on the stage to ask what they wanted for UFC 300.

Dana White: “What should it be raised to?”

Fighters: “$ 300,000!”

Dana White: “$ 300,000. It’s done!”

Featherweight competitor Sodiq Yusuff tried to get even more money out of the UFC CEO, asking for bonuses for all three parts of the card ­ — early prelims, prelims and main card — but White wasn’t quite ready to go that far.

“There’s $ 1.2 million in bonuses,” White said in response. “Fight your ass off.”

The UFC has occasionally increased bonuses for special events like these, including moments when White awarded a bonus to every fighter who earned a finish.

This time around, the UFC 300 fighters are vying for a chance at $ 300,000 for the two “Performance of the Night” bonuses along with $ 300,000 each for the fighters involved in the “Fight of the Night.”

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The UFC 300 Pre-Fight Press Conference took place on Thursday in Las Vegas and featured the entire fight card on the stage.  Following the questions and answer session, all 26 athletes faced off with their opponents ahead of Saturday’s event.  

The event takes place at T-Mobile Arena and is headlined by two world title bouts. The middleweight title is on the line in the fight card’s main event between champion Alex Pereira and former titleholder Jamahal Hill. In the co-main event, women’s flyweight champion Zhang Weili puts her title up for grabs against Yan Xiaonan.

Also on the fight card, lightweight contender Justin Gaethje puts the symbolic “BMF” belt up against former featherweight champion Max Holloway.

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UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman might really be the “baddest motherf*****” in the world after his near-death experience. Now, he’ll actually get to crown the “BMF” champion at UFC 300.

Current “BMF” champ Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway, who go to war in a featured bout on Saturday’s pay-per-view main card, suggested Coleman wrap the belt around the winner. They acknowledged the harrowing experience he endured, a house fire in his native Ohio that sent him scrambling to his parents – and hospitalized with severe smoke inhalation.

Coleman also suffered burns after pulling his mother and father out of his childhood home, which caught fire overnight while they were all asleep. The UFC legend spent several days in the hospital recovering from the injuries suffered before he was finally released.

At the UFC 300 pre-fight press conference, UFC CEO Dana White was asked about Coleman putting the belt on the winner, and he simply answered, “done!”

Coleman is the third person to honor the “BMF” champion after Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson put the belt on the promotion’s first such titleholder, Jorge Masvidal, who in 2019 defeated Nate Diaz for the strap. Masvidal then put the belt on Gaethje after he knocked out Dustin Poirier this past July.

UFC 300 caps off a whirlwind month for the former UFC heavyweight champ and Hall of Famer, who was recently gifted tickets the Las Vegas event by his former promoter.

Gaethje and Holloway meet in one of the three five-round fights at UFC 300, which also includes a strawweight tilte fight between Zhang Weili and Yan Xiaonan. In the main event, Alex Pereira defends his light heavyweight title against Jamahal Hill.

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MMA Fighting has PFL 2 results for the Kasanganay vs. Polizzi fight card and more from The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nev., on Friday night.

In the main event, former PFL light heavyweight tournament champion Imga Kasanganay and Alex Polizzi will square off in a light heavyweight contest.

Former PFL light heavyweight tournament champion Rob Wilkinson will meet Tom Breese in a light heavyweight match in the co-main event.

Check out the PFL 2 results below.

Main card (ESPN2/ESPN+ at 9 p.m. ET)

Impa Kasanganay vs. Alex Polizzi

Rob Wilkinson vs. Tom Breese

Clay Collard vs. Patricky Pitbull

Mads Burnell vs. Michael Dufort

Sadibou Sy vs. Josh Silveira

Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Simon Biyong

Prelims (ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. ET)

Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov vs. Jakob Nedoh

Bruno Miranda vs. Brent Primus

Gadzhi Rabadanov vs. Solomon Renfro

Elvin Espinoza vs. Adam Piccolotti

Marcelo Nunes vs. Jordan Heiderman

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The UFC 300 spectacle is in full effect.

UFC CEO, Dana White, was feeling extra generous at the pre-fight press conference today (Thurs., April 11, 2024). The midway point of the event’s main card features the highly anticipated Baddest Motherf—ker (BMF) title fight that pits top Lightweight contender and champion, Justin Gaethje, against former Featherweight champion, Max Holloway. Ahead of the bout, Gaethje offered up the idea of boosting the event bonuses to $ 300,000, which White agreed to.

The pair of thrilling combatants also expressed their interest in having the recently heroic UFC Hall of Famer and former Heavyweight champion, Mark Coleman, present the title on fight night. White had no issue making that request a reality either, saying it was “done” immediately upon request at the presser, as seen in the embedded player above.

Coleman, 59, saved his parents from a house fire last month (March 12, 2024). “The Hammer” fell into critical condition and was on life support thanks to his heroics. In the end, he made the ultimate comeback and was in good condition a few days later.

MMAmania.com will deliver LIVE round-by-round, blow-by-blow coverage of the entire UFC 300 fight card right RIGHT HERE, starting with the early ESPN/ESPN+ “Prelims” matches at 6 p.m. ET, followed by the remaining undercard balance on ESPN/ESPN+ at 8 p.m. ET, before the UFC 300 PPV main card start time at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ PPV.

To check out the latest and greatest UFC 300: “Pereira vs. Hill” news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive UFC 300 event archive right here. For the updated and finalized UFC 300 fight card and PPV lineup click here.

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