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After a multi-year absence, the UFC is bringing back its seasonal press conference format on Friday spotlighting its championship bouts for the first quarter of 2024, beginning at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.
With the promotional closing out its 2023 campaign on Saturday with UFC 296 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, attention is beginning to shift to the turn of the calendar, where several title bouts are on the doctor.
UFC 297, which takes place Jan. 20 at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, is headlined by a middleweight title clash between Sean Strickland (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) and Dricus Du Plessis (20-2 MMA, 6-0 UFC).
UFC 298, which goes down Feb. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., has a featherweight championship bout between Alexander Volkanovski (26-3 MMA, 13-2 UFC) and Ilia Topuria (13-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) set as the main event.
And, in the final announced headliner of Q1 at UFC 299 on March 9, an anticipated bantamweight rematch between Sean O’Malley (17-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC) and Marlon Vera (21-8-1 MMA, 15-7 UFC).
All four title fights will be in attendance at the press conference and are expected to face off afterward.
For more on UFC’s 2024 schedule, check out the MMA Schedule section of the site.
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