Michael Page is set to join the UFC and will fight Kevin Holland at UFC 299 in Miami, as announced by Dana White, alongside other matchups including a bantamweight title fight headliner between Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera.
The MMA world’s been buzzing, and yep, you guessed it—Michael Page is UFC-bound. That little internet oopsie? Totally spilled the beans.
So, Dana White, the UFC’s head honcho, dropped the news at UFC 296‘s post-fight chinwag. He’s got Page squaring off with Kevin Holland. And it’s all going down at UFC 299, March 9, smack in the heart of Miami at the Kaseya Center.
Now, if you’re one of those MMA junkies, you probably saw this coming. The Page-Holland face-off was hiding in plain sight, right on the UFC’s “war room” board in Vegas. And then Dana White, on the “Full Send” podcast, kinda let the cat out of the bag. Classic Dana.
White’s usually tight-lipped post-event, but not this time. He was all about spreading the joy, revealing a whole bunch of matchups for UFC 299. And get this—the main event’s a juicy one. It’s a bantamweight title clash, a do-over between champ Sean O’Malley and Marlon Vera. Remember their 2020 tango?
Alright, let’s talk UFC 299 fight card deets. First up, Ian Machado Garry versus Geoff Neal. These welterweight hotshots were meant to throw down at UFC 292, but Neal bailed for reasons hush-hush. Garry then outmaneuvered Neil Magny, stepping in for Neal. Garry was eyeing Vicente Luque at UFC 296, but pneumonia had other plans. So, the UFC’s like, “Let’s run it back with Neal.”
Then there’s Petr Yan and Song Yadong. Yadong’s fresh off a win at UFC Vegas 83, and guess what? He was eyeing Yan before he duked it out with Gutierrez. But that Yan-Yadong bout? Never set in stone—until now.
And don’t forget Gilbert Burns versus Jack Della Maddalena. Burns, after challenging for the title once, called out Colby Covington post-UFC 296. But the UFC’s like, “Nah, let’s mix it up.” So they’ve got Burns facing Maddalena, who’s on a six-fight tear in the octagon.
To wrap it up, UFC 299’s main card? It’s an ESPN+ pay-per-view thing. And the prelims? Also on ESPN+. Don’t miss it.