Considered a 10 -year event, UFC 300 announced 11 pairs. Most of the competitions among them have the presence of former championships. 2 belt matches are also confirmed, but according to experts, the focal match will be public in the near future.
According to the source of reporter Ariel Helwani, the biggest match of UFC 300 will take place between the “Nordic Wolf” Khamzat Chimaev and the Welterweight Leon Edwards. Both are UFC fighters, and Chimaev's ranking also helps him to be eligible for belt.
In May, Khamzat Chimaev will turn 30 years old. He is holding the achievement of winning in the professional MMA arena, when he owns a record of 13 unbeaten matches (6 ko, 5 Submission). In the last match, Chimaev won the former Kamaru Usman championship by calculating points.
On the side of Leon Edwards, the person holding the Welterweight UFC championship also had an impressive series of matches. From 2016 to now, he has not lost any match at UFC. After defeating Kamaru Usman to win the championship, Edwards successfully defended the belt twice before Usman and Colby Covington.
2 other belt matches at UFC 300 took place between Zhang Wei Li and Yan Xiao Nan (Women's Strawweight); Justin Gaethje encountered Max Holloway (BMF Painting). Another noteworthy pair between Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan will decide the compete with Islam Makhachev.