Dana White reveals UFC 300 main event

UFC CEO Dana White announced the UFC 300 main event on Saturday ending months of speculation.  

Light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira will put his title on the line against former titleholder Jamahal Hill on April 13 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.  White made the announcement via a video post to social media.  

“I am here in the Honda Center in Anaheim, California and I’m going to announce the main event for UFC 300 now,” White said in the video.  “It will feature Alex Pereira defending his light heavyweight title against Jamahal Hill.

“Alex Pereira is the first fighter to become a champion in both the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions of the UFC.  It took him the shortest period of time in the history of the organization to win his middleweight title and it took him the fewest number of bouts to win a championship in a second weight class.  He’s an all-action striker with incredible power and seven of his nine MMA wins have come by knockout.  He is violent.  He is scary and he will be taking on Jamahal Hill.  Who is the former light heavyweight champion who never lost hist title but vacated it after tearing his achilles last year,” White continued.  

“In his last bout defeating former champion Glover Teixeira he landed 232 strikes which is the most strikes ever landed in a UFC light heavyweight fight.  He is the first Dana White’s Contender Series alum to win a world title.  Like Pereira, he is a world class kickboxer with serious power.  He has won a performance bonus in each of his last four fights, and four of his last five UFC wins have come by knockout.  I can guarantee this fight is going to be an absolute drag-our war between two massive world champions that are also two of the nastiest fighters on the roster,” White said.  

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