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what’s up everybody I’m UFC president Dana White and we’re coming up on UFC’s 30th Anniversary this year so you know we’re going to deliver some badass fight cards all year long I’m going to break some news with you now a couple of the fights you know about a couple you don’t so let’s start with the next pay-per-view on February 11th just a couple of weeks away UFC 284 we are heading back to Australia we’re going to Perth we’ve got the number one pound for pound fighter in the world featherweight Champion Alexander volkanovsky moving up a weight class to challenge the number two pound-for-pound fighter in the world Islam makachev for his lightweight title pound for pound number one versus pound for pound number two Champion versus Champion super fight you literally cannot make a better fight than that on March 4th UFC 285 in Las Vegas in the main event Jon Jones is back and he’s moving up the heavyweight where he will face former interim Champion Cyril gone for the Undisputed heavyweight title we we already know Jon Jones is the greatest of all time for his dominant light heavyweight run but if he comes back after a three-year layoff and wins the heavyweight title the debate is over there’s no more debating Jon Jones is the greatest of all time but if Cyril gone is a Cheryl God’s a massive heavyweight that moves like a middleweight and he’s an unbelievable Striker and if he can beat Jon Jones he’ll be the first to ever do it obviously this is a massive Legacy fight for both of these Fighters now in the co-main event Valentina chefchenko defends her flyweight title against Alexa grazo who is on a four-fight win streak Plus we got Bo nickel one of the best prospects ever to come off the contender series he’s fighting Jamie Pickett another Contender uh series Alum we got Jeff Neal versus undefeated 60-0 that is a badass fight now rounding out the main card Dan hooker who’s never in a boring fight is taking on Jalen Turner who is on a five-fight win streak this card is incredible the prelims have uh Derek Brunson versus drikas de Plessy we got names like Cody garbrandt Amanda hebus uh Ian Gary Julian Marquez even the prelims are loaded with badass fights so you do not want to miss this card on March 4th in Las Vegas and we can’t forget about the second pay-per-view in March on the 18th it’s UFC 286 in London no new fights to report there but do not forget it’s headlined by the rematch of 2022’s upset of the year new welterweight champ Leon Edwards makes his first offense against kamaro Usman in the rematch Edwards gets to defend the title in front of his home crowd in London and uzman goes into enemy territory looking for Revenge now the co-main event is Justin gaichi versus Rafael physiov this has the potential to be the fight of the year and I tell you guys this all the time if you have never seen a fight in London England this is your chance grab some tickets now there is no better crowd anywhere in the world than the crowd in London so do not miss this opportunity now next up April 8th UFC 287 here’s the lineup in the main event middleweight champion knew middleweight champion Alex bejeda puts his title on the line in his rematch against former champ Israel out of Sonya the co-main event is Gilbert Burns versus Jorge maspedal also on the card we have uh Raul Rosas Jr another Contender series Alum he’s only 18 years old and he’s 7-0 after his UFC debut last month he’s going to be taking on Christian Rodriguez who’s a tough kid who also came off the contender series plus Kevin Holland versus ponza nibio and rounding out the card in the main event no rounding out the main event card is going to be uh Rob font versus Adrian Yanez tell me that one’s not going to be a war these prelims are loaded with great fights we got uh Gerald meerschart versus Joe pifer and we’re still building that card right now for the April 8th pay-per-view so this whole that card is going to be incredible the fights we’re working on the rest of this year I can’t tell you about them because they’re not done yet but I will announce them when we’re ready and if you are a fight fan 2023 UFC’s 30th year may be the best ever