Dana White announces first UFC 300 bookings with Prochazka-Rakic, Sterling-Kattar, Bo Nickal

The historic UFC 300 lineup has its first trio of fights as UFC CEO Dana White rolled out some matchups on Thursday.

After teasing a loaded lineup for the monumental April 13 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the opening slate of matchups features two former champions and one of the top undefeated prospects in the sport.

White took to social media and revealed former light heavyweight champ Jiri Prochazka (29-4-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) will take on Aleksandar Rakic (14-3 MMA, 6-2 UFC), former bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling (23-4 MMA, 15-4 UFC) makes his featherweight debut vs. Calvin Kattar (23-7 MMA, 7-5 UFC), and rising middleweight star Bo Nickal (5-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) clashes with Cody Brundage (10-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC).

Fight announcements:
Feb 17th, #UFC298
Feb 24th, #UFCMexico
March 30th, #UFCAtlanticCity
April 13th, #UFC300 pic.twitter.com/vcJYI3rekl

— danawhite (@danawhite) December 22, 2023

More on this in a moment.

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