It’s the standard suspects showing at UFC 307 on Saturday with the common pay-pay-per-view broadcast group calling the fights, together with a pair of title bouts on the high of the cardboard.
Jon Anik serves because the play-by-play man for the occasion from Salt Like Metropolis and he’s joined by comic and podcast magnate Joe Rogan alongside UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier offering shade commentary for the present.
The fourth particular person working the printed is Megan Olivi, who serves because the in-arena reporter for the occasion.
UFC officers confirmed the printed group to MMA Preventing on Monday.
Whereas there’s no surprises with the trio calling the fights, Anik, Rogan and Cormier have loads to debate on Saturday notably on the high with Alex Pereira returning for his third title protection in 2024 after vanquishing Jamahal Hill and Jiri Prochazka in consecutive fights.
Pereira delivered a pair of vicious knockouts to dispatch Hill and Prochazka however now he’ll search a fourth straight end in a row when he faces an unlikely contender in Khalil Rountree Jr.
Whereas he’s been a staple of the UFC roster since 2016, Rountree suffered by loads of ups and downs as he successfully discovered on the job after incomes his contract with simply 4 skilled fights on his resume.
Following back-to-back losses in 2019 and 2021, Rountree has since rattled off 5 straight wins together with a vicious TKO win over one-time title challenger Anthony Smith this previous December that successfully put him right into a place to combat for the title.
Within the co-main occasion, Raquel Pennington defends her bantamweight title for the primary time when she faces former champion Julianna Pena, who returns to motion for the primary time in over two years. Pena final fought again in 2022 when she misplaced in lopsided trend to Amanda Nunes however now she’ll try to assert the title for the second time whereas Pennington appears to construct on her six-fight win streak, which incorporates her championship victory over Mayra Bueno Silva in January.