UFC 300 press conference to break protocol as Dana White opts to do never-before seen event with all 26 fighters on card
THE UFC have made a major change to their press conference protocol for UFC 300.
The MMA leader celebrates its historic 300th pay-per-view event in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning.
UFC 300 will be headlined by a mouth-watering light-heavyweight title fight between champion Alex Pereira and the division’s former ruler Alex Pereira.
Pereira and Hill, 36 and 32 respectively, are just two of TEN former or current undisputed champions on the card.
Big names galore will be in action on the Sin City extravaganza, which is loaded with massive fights from top to bottom.
And as such, the UFC have opted to showcase ALL 26 fighters on the card during Friday’s pre-fight press conference.
That means there will be 13 face-offs for the fans in attendance and those watching at home to salivate over.
The UFC have well and truly broken their usual pay-per-view press conference protocol for their tricentennial event.
The promotion normally has the fighters competing in the final three bouts of the night take part in the pre-fight press conference.
If the main card is stacked, they’ll usually stretch it to a maximum of ten fighters.
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So it’s truly unprecedented for them to have every fighter in action this weekend taking part in the event.
The UFC’s decision to include all the fighters was seemingly predicted by former featherweight champion Max Holloway, who claimed the brass had something “special” up their sleeve for the presser.
He said on his YouTube channel last Sunday: “The hard part is done and the fun time comes next week.
“We get to do all the media and all the bells and whistles that come with fight week.
“It’s going to be huge. I’ve heard they’ve got something special planned for the press conference.
‘So yeah, I’m looking forward to fight week.”