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UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria – Fight Card, Start Time & How to Watch!
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UFC 298: Volkanovski vs. Topuria will take place on Saturday February 17 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
A featherweight title fight between current champion Alexander Volkanovski and rising star Ilia Topuria will headline the card. The fight marks Volkanovski’s sixth title defense since winning the belt in December 2019.
Topuria is undefeated with a 14-0 record. Six fights into his UFC career he will fight in his first title fight.
Stacked main card
In the co-main event we will finally see former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker and former title challenger Paulo Costa. The pairing was scheduled to compete twice before but the fight fell through both times.
The card also features a welterweight bout between undefeated Ian Machado Garry and veteran Geoff Neal.
In the prelims we will see a strawweight bout between top ranked Amanda Lemos and Mackenzie Dern. Check out the UFC 298 fight card below!
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UFC 298 fight card
Main card
- Featherweight title bout: Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Ilia Topuria
- Middleweight bout: Robert Whittaker vs. Paulo Costa
- Welterweight bout: Geoff Neal vs. Ian Machado Garry
- Bantamweight bout: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Henry Cejudo
- Middleweight bout: Anthony Hernandez vs. Roman Kopylov
Preliminary card
- Women’s strawweight bout: Amanda Lemos vs. Mackenzie Dern
- Heavyweight bout: Marcos Rogério de Lima vs. Justin Tafa
- Bantamweight bout: Rinya Nakamura vs. Carlos Vera Light
- Heavyweight bout: Zhang Mingyang vs. Brendson Ribeiro
Early preliminary card
- Welterweight bout: Josh Quinlan vs. Danny Barlow
- Welterweight bout: Oban Elliott vs. Val Woodburn
- Women’s flyweight bout: Andrea Lee vs. Miranda Maverick
*Fight card is a subject of change.
How to watch in Sweden and US
Sweden: The early preliminary card will be aired on UFC Fight Pass with start at 0.00 CET. The prelims will start at 02.00 CET, also on UFC Fight Pass. The main card will be streamed by Viaplay, starting at 04.00
US: Early prelims will start at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+. The prelims start at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+. The PPV main card will start at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN+.
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