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what’s up everybody I’m UFC president Dana White we have an incredible summer of fights coming up you already know International fight week is July 8th and UFC 290 will be headlined by featherweight Champion Alexander volkanovsky and he’s going to be facing the interim champ yair Rodriguez that’s the beginning of an incredible lineup in July to end the month we’re going back to Salt Lake City Utah and I want to thank our partners at the Utah Jazz and Smith Entertainment Group for hosting UFC 291 on Saturday July 29th from the Delta Center so since Jorge masvidal retired the BMF title is back up for grabs the main event will be five rounds between the number two and number three lightweights in the world former Champion Dustin Poirier takes on another former Champion Justin gaichi for the vacant BMF title between two of the baddest dudes in the game ladies and gentlemen this card is awesome the co-main event will feature two of the best knockout artists in the world former UFC light heavyweight champion John blahovich takes on former middleweight champion Alex Pereira in his first fight at light heavyweight plus Tony Ferguson versus Bobby green Michael Kiesza versus Kevin Holland and Paulo Costa is back and he takes on Contender series standout ikram alaskerov the prelims are going to be on ABC and some of the other big fights include Derrick Lewis versus Marcos Rosario De Lima and Stephen Thompson takes on Michelle Pereira tickets go on sale Friday June 2nd at ticketmaster.com the Utah event last summer was a blast and I’m looking very forward to getting back to the Delta Center now in August we told you a few weeks ago that we were targeting Boston Massachusetts and now it is official UFC 292 on August 19th the fight everybody’s been waiting for Al Jermaine Sterling versus sugar Shawn O’Malley O’Malley is unbeaten in his last five fights and will be the fourth Contender series Alum to fight for a UFC title the co-main event will be Wei Zhang versus Amanda lamos who won seven of her last eight fights and that fight is obviously going to be for Whaley’s straw weight title back in Boston for the first time in almost four years and we will see you this Saturday for Dern versus Hill on ESPN plus and do not forget power slap is back live and free next Wednesday May 24th on rumble.com there’s going to be three titles on the line have a great day everybody and I will see you this Saturday [Applause] [Music] the first heavyweight champion in powerslap [Applause] [Music] s [Music] good job [Music] or slash