UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg | ||||
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Information | ||||
Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | May 4, 2024 | |||
Venue | Farmasi Arena | |||
City | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
Event chronology | ||||
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UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on May 4, 2024, at the Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
The event will mark the promotion's 12th visit to Rio de Janeiro and first since UFC 283 in January 2023.[1]
A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Alexandre Pantoja and Steve Erceg is expected to headline the event.[2]
Former WEC Featherweight Champion and two-time UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo is expected to make his return in a bantamweight bout against Jonathan Martinez, after retiring in September 2022.[3]
A lightweight bout between Ismael Bonfim and Vinc Pichel is expected to take place at the event.[4] The pair was previously expected to meet at UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis but the bout was scrapped after Bonfim missed weight.[5]
A middleweight bout between Michel Pereira and Makhmud Muradov was expected to take place at the event.[6] However, Muradov withdrew due to an infection.[7] He was replaced by Ihor Potieria, who is also scheduled to compete against Sharabutdin Magomedov at UFC on ABC: Whittaker vs. Chimaev on June 22.[8]
A featherweight bout between Jean Silva and William Gomis was scheduled for this event.[9] Both fighters successfully made weight. However, the bout was eventually cancelled due to Gomis suffering a weight cut related illness.[10]
Main card | |||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
Flyweight | Alexandre Pantoja (c) | vs. | Steve Erceg | [a] | |||
Bantamweight | José Aldo | vs. | Jonathan Martinez | ||||
Light Heavyweight | Anthony Smith | vs. | Vitor Petrino | ||||
Middleweight | Michel Pereira | vs. | Ihor Potieria | ||||
Middleweight | Paul Craig | vs. | Caio Borralho | ||||
Preliminary card (ESPN / ESPN+) | |||||||
Featherweight | Jack Shore | vs. | Joanderson Brito | ||||
Women's Strawweight | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | vs. | Iasmin Lucindo | ||||
Lightweight | Elves Brener | vs. | Myktybek Orolbai | ||||
Lightweight | Joaquim Silva | vs. | Drakkar Klose | ||||
Early preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
Lightweight | Maurício Ruffy | vs. | Jamie Mullarkey | ||||
Women's Flyweight | Dione Barbosa | vs. | Ernesta Kareckaitė | ||||
Lightweight | Ismael Bonfim | vs. | Vinc Pichel | ||||
Flyweight | Alessandro Costa | vs. | Kevin Borjas |