Fans vent fury over UFC 300’s underwhelming card – as Alex Pereira is pitted against Jamahal Hill in April’s main event – and label the landmark show the ‘worst UFC event of all time’
- UFC fans are using social media to announce the main event of UFC 300 in April
- Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill will headline the historic show in Las Vegas
- Dana White announced the main event in a social media post after UFC 298
UFC fans have chosen the card for UFC 300 after it was announced on social media last night by Dana White.
In the aftermath of UFC 298, in which Ilia Topuria shocked Alexander Volkanovski to win the featherweight championship in California, White dropped the surprising news about the historic event.
He announced that Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill will face off in the main event of UFC 300 in Las Vegas on April 13 for Pereira’s Light Heavyweight Championship.
A number of other fights have also been confirmed, with Zhang Weili set to defend her women’s strawweight title against Yan Xiaonan and Max Holloway to challenge for Justin Gaethje’s lightweight title, but it’s a card that isn’t going well on social media.
Fans have posted online their disappointment with UFC 300’s main event, with many seemingly underwhelmed by what they see as one of the biggest events in the promotion’s history.
UFC President White revealed the news on social media after a successful UFC 298
In the main event of UFC 300, Alex Pereira (pictured) defends his title against Jamahal Hill
Fans don’t seem impressed by the idea of Hill (above) headlining the historic show
In a scathing post, one fan wrote; ‘Jamahal Hill fight against Alex Pereira is the UFC 300 main event? Are they serious? Is Dana trolling? I need some air.” And there are many who followed in the same vein.
‘Pereira vs. Hill to main event the biggest supposed card in UFC history,” one fan wondered. While another asked the same by asking ‘Hill in the main event of UFC 300?’ to post.
Another fan called out White saying; “Are you serious?”, while one post simply labeled the announcement as “Worst UFC event of all time.”
Conor McGregor was largely expected to return to the Octagon for UFC 300, but the Irishman will not be part of the proceedings in Las Vegas.
Fans were disappointed by the announcement and showed their frustration on social media
There was hope that UFC 300 would see Conor McGregor’s return to the octagon
McGregor has not fought in more than two and a half years but had insisted his comeback fight against Michael Chandler would take place at UFC 300.
However, during the post-event press conference, White was unclear when he will fight again.
“Conor McGregor doesn’t need money,” the UFC CEO said.
“I don’t know (if he fights again). Conor McGregor has a lot of money. Whenever we get Conor, we will be happy if he comes to fight. Money complicates many things. He just shot a movie. He has to take care of the press for the film and he has obligations to that. He wants to fight this year, but we’ll see what happens.’
Instead, the main event will see Brazilian Pereira defend his title against former champion Hill, who was forced to drop the title in 2023 due to injury.
Hill won the title in January 2023, defeating Glover Teixeira for the vacant title and becoming the first fighter from Dana White’s Contender Series to win a UFC championship.