HEATED UFC 297 WEIGH-IN, PRESSER, COUNTDOWN SHOW, MEDIA DAY, BETTING ODDS & HOW TO WATCH!
10 p.m. ET: ESPN+ PPV Main Event
8 p.m.: Prelims (ESPN+, ESPN, ESPN Deportes & SiriusXM Fight Nation 156)
6:30 p.m.: Early Prelims (ESPN+ & SiriusXM Fight Nation 156)
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Toronto, Canada (January 20th, 2024)– UFC PPV action kicks off its 2024 slate this weekend from Toronto with UFC 297: Strickland vs. Du Plessis. The first UFC PPV event of the year will be live from Scotiabank Arena on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 10 p.m. ET, exclusively on ESPN+ PPV (English and Spanish). The Prelims will be available on ESPN+, ESPN, ESPN Deportes and SiriusXM Fight Nation 156 starting at 8 p.m. The Early Prelims will start at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+ and SiriusXM Fight Nation 156.
Main Event
UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland sets out for his first title defense since his win over Israel Adesanya last September, against No. 2 ranked contender Dricus Du Plessis in a bad-blood main event between two rivals with a major grudge to settle. Strickland (28-5) sets out to add to his 11 KO wins, while Du Plessis (20-2) looks to make history by becoming the first ever South African born UFC champion.
Co-Main Event
The co-main event will see No. 2 bantamweight contender Raquel Pennington face off with No. 3 Mayra Bueno Silva for the vacant UFC bantamweight championship. Former The Ultimate Fighter and Dana White’s Contender Series veterans Pennington (15-9) and Bueno Silva (10-2-1 1NC) both look to extend their current multi-fight unbeaten streaks and capture the title in the process.
Additional PPV Card Highlights
#13 ranked welterweight contender Neil Magny (28-12) looks to halt the momentum of Mike Malott (10-1-1) who enters on a six-fight win streak. Magny holds the record for most welterweight wins in UFC history (21) while Malott carries a perfect 100% career finish rate (all 10 wins by stoppage) including 9 in the first round.
#14 ranked middleweight contender Chris Curtis (30-10 1NC) takes on heavy-handed Marc-Andre Barriault (16-6 1NC) 4 ranked featherweight contender Arnold Allen (19-2), winner of 12 of his last 13 fights, squares off with undefeated No. 9 Movsar Evloev (17-0).
Main Card (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET)
Sean Strickland (184.75) vs. Dricus du Plessis (184)
Raquel Pennington (134.8) vs. Mayra Bueno Silva (135)
Neil Magny (170.75) vs. Mike Malott (170.5)
Chris Curtis (185.25) vs. Marc-Andre Barriault (184.5)
Arnold Allen (145.5) vs. Movsar Evloev (145.75)
Preliminary Card (ESPN/ESPN+, 8 p.m. ET)
Brad Katona vs. Garrett Armfield (135.25)
Charles Jourdain (145.5) vs. Sean Woodson (145.5)
Serhiy Sidey (135) vs. Ramon Taveras (139.75)*
Gillian Robertson (115.75) vs. Polyana Viana (115.75)
Early Prelims (ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
Yohan Lainesse (170.75) vs. Sam Patterson (169.5)
Jasmine Jasudavicius (133.0) vs. Priscila Cachoeira (133.5)
Malcolm Gordon (127.5)** vs. Jimmy Flick (126)
*Taveras missed the bantamweight limit. His bout with Serhiy Sidey proceeds as a catchweight with Taveras forfeiting 30 percent of his purse as penalty
**Gordon missed the flyweight limit. His bout with Jimmy Flick proceeds as a catchweight with Gordon forfeiting 20 percent of his purse as penalty.
UFC 297 AVERAGE BETTING ODDS:
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