Emergency Reaction: Dana White Announces Three Big 2024 Title Fights!

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The first quarter of 2024 already has four UFC title fights on the books with Dana White making a blockbuster announcement on Monday afternoon. MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Shaun Al-Shatti, and Steven Marrocco react to the UFC CEO announcing that Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis for the middleweight title will headline UFC 297 on Jan. 20 in Toronto, Alexander Volkanovski vs. Ilia Topuria for the featherweight championship will serve as the UFC 298 main event in February, and Sean O’Malley vs. Marlon Vera 2 will take place at UFC 299 in March for the 135-pound title. Both UFC 298 and UFC 299 do not have a date, location, or venue announced at this time. Additionally, the panel ranks the three new title fights in order of intrigue and interest, what the announcement could mean for UFC 300, and more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Shaun Al-Shatti: @ShaunAlShatti Follow Steven Marrocco: @MMAFightingSM Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Fox Media Podcast Network. All right, Mike Hack here for MA Fudding. Reacting to some big news, UFC CEO Dana White. fighting three big title fights to kick off 2024.
0:33.3	UFC 297 is gonna have two title fights.
0:35.9	Not only is Rachal Pennington and Myra Buena Silva
0:38.5	fighting for the vacant Bantamweight title,
0:40.7	we just found out that Sean Strickler will have his first middle way title defense not against
0:45.2	Hansa Chamayev, but against Drickus 2 plus C in Toronto on January 20th.
0:51.1	UFC 298 will be headlined by a fascinating featherweight title fight between Alexander Volkunovsky and Iliatoporia, and then UFC-99 will feature Sean O'Malley's first Bantamweight title defense, he will take
1:05.8	on Marlon Chido Vera U.F.C. 288, 298, excuse me, and U.S.C. 299.
1:12.2	Dates, locations, yet to be announced.
1:15.0	So we got some big ones coming up to kick off the 2024 calendar year,
1:19.0	and I'm being joined right now by not one, but two deputy editors very happy here we got
1:24.3	Chihin al shoddy and Stephen Morocco gentleman some big news here shehine I'll
1:29.6	begin with you three big title fights we have a main event for Toronto it's not
1:34.4	Rakeel Pennington versus Myra Buena Silva which I think a lot of fans are
1:38.1	pretty excited about but it's also not Islam moccashev versus Olivera, something that was rumored, but here we go,
1:45.0	D.D.P. getting his title shot, Shaheen. Your thoughts on that fight and the other two main events
1:50.3	Dana White announced on Monday. Yeah, I love how fitting all this isn't.
1:54.0	I know this part of it isn't new, but I do love that our good friend A.K. Lee, your best friend.
1:59.0	He gets to cover a Canada event with a women's
2:03.1	bantam weight title fight.
2:04.5	That is his dream.
2:06.1	That is all he ever wants to talk about
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