With UFC 308 taking place in Abu Dhabi, common UFC shade commentator Joe Rogan is skipping the cardboard as a result of he doesn’t journey to worldwide occasions.
In his place steps retired UFC light-weight Paul Felder, who calls the motion for the stacked card that includes a extremely anticipated featherweight title battle on the prime as Ilia Topuria defends his belt for the primary time towards former champion Max Holloway.
Becoming a member of Felder on the published staff are Jon Anik dealing with play-by-play duties and UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier in his normal spot calling the pay-per-view.
Veteran UFC commentator John Gooden is about to function the in-house reporter dealing with backstage interviews and segments throughout the broadcast.
UFC officers confirmed the published staff to MMA Combating on Saturday.
UFC 308 additionally includes a pair of fights that would have title implications hooked up as former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker faces Khamzat Chimaev. The winner almost definitely strikes onto compete for the title with reigning middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis presently anticipated to face Sean Strickland in his subsequent outing.
In the meantime at gentle heavyweight, Magomed Ankalaev appears to be like to maintain his 12-fight unbeaten streak intact when he faces Aleksandar Rakic on the primary card. If Ankalaev wins, he’s seemingly going to maneuver onto face UFC gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira someday in 2025.
UFC 308 goes down from Abu Dhabi with the primary card kicking off on pay-per-view at a particular begin time of two p.m. ET with the prelims set to start at 10 a.m. ET.
