TORONTO – The monumental UFC 300 event in April still does not have a headliner, and UFC commentator Jon Anik thinks that could be because the promotion is waiting for this weekend’s fights to play out.
UFC 297 takes place Saturday at Scotiabank Arena (pay-per-view, ESPNews, ESPN+), with Sean Strickland set to put his middleweight championship on the line against Dricus Du Plessis (28-5 MMA, 15-5 UFC) in the main event. Both fighters have been asked if they would be open to making a quick turnaround for April 13 in Las Vegas, and neither completely ruled out the idea.
Anik sees multiple possibilities still in play for UFC 300, which already features Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway for the BMF title and Zhang Weili vs. Yan Xiaonan for the strawweight belt, but thinks the result at UFC 297 will be a factor in the final decisions.
