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Stream UFC 324 on Paramount+ to see Paddy "The Baddy" Pimplett face off against Justin Gaethje for the Interim Lightweight Title.
‘It was a sloppy, undisciplined fight’: Matt Brown criticizes Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett ‘slugfest’ at UFC 324 Justin Gaethje went to war with Paddy Pimblett this past Saturday night to claim the interim lightweight title in the UFC 324 main event while both fighters collected $100,000 each for taking part in the Fight of the Night.
Jailton Almeida is stepping in to face Rizvan Kuniev at UFC Vegas 113 following the withdrawal of Ryan Spann.
A UFC fight scheduled for Saturday night was canceled after a fighter fainted following the official weigh-in. Cameron Smotherman was scheduled to fight Ricky Turcios at UFC 324 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday night.
In his most recent outing at UFC 317 this past June, Topuria knocked out Charles Oliveira to win the vacant lightweight championship. The undefeated fighter previously reigned as featherweight champion having knocked out Max Holloway and Alexander Volkanovski prior to changing divisions.
Native son Alexander Volkanovski will make his fifth UFC appearance on Australian soil when he defends his featherweight title in the main event in a rematch against Diego Lopes. All-action lightweights Dan Hooker and Benoit Saint Denis will lock horns in a much-anticipated co-feature fight.