UFC president Dana White (Photograph by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC by way of Getty Photographs)
The highest of the UFC 310 card is a piece in progress because the promotion continues to be seemingly on the lookout for an opponent to exchange welterweight champion Belal Muhammad, who’s out with a bone an infection in his toe.
Shavkhat Rahkmonov is open to an interim struggle, however nothing has been confirmed. Even with that little bit of confusion, the promotion continues to fill out the remainder of the occasion with top-notch fights–at the least on paper. Not too long ago, a probably epic battle between Nate Landwehr and Doo Ho Choi was added to the cardboard at featherweight.
UFC CEO Dana White goes to be smiling about this one and it may be a candidate for his social media collection, “should you don’t know, now you already know.”
There might not be a matchup with extra seemingly assured fireworks within the sport’s historical past. In case you’re accustomed to Landwehr and Choi, you perceive why this struggle seems so good.
Landwehr has received 4 efficiency bonuses in his UFC profession, and he is captured the extra $50,000 in three of his final 4 fights. That run of bonuses features a Struggle of the Night time bonus for his half in a hellacious scrap with David Onama in August 2022. Landwehr received that struggle by way of majority determination.
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Along with placing on sturdy performances, Landwehr can also be experiencing probably the most profitable stretch of his UFC profession. He is received 4 of his final 5, with the one defeat coming to Dan Ige in June 2023.
A victory at UFC 310 may push the 36-year-old nearer to being ranked, which might be a noteworthy accomplishment for him at this level in his profession.
Choi has seemingly been round endlessly however continues to be simply 33 years previous. The South Korean returned in February 2023 to the UFC after fulfilling his two-year dedication to his nation’s navy.
Choi received a draw with Kyle Nelson in February 2023 earlier than getting again into the win column with a spectacular KO win over Invoice Algeo in July.
Earlier than he left for the navy, Choi had earned the popularity for being a human spotlight reel and a strolling Struggle-of-the-Night time magnet. From 2015 to 2019, Choi earned efficiency bonuses in 5 consecutive fights.
He was the dance accomplice in three straight Struggle of the Night time bonus winners, together with an epic battle with Cub Swanson in December 2016 that was enshrined within the UFC Corridor of Fame as one of many best fights within the promotion’s historical past.
Sadly for Choi, he misplaced all three of these Fights of the Night time and took a three-fight dropping streak into his absence from the UFC.
When he battles Landwehr on Dec. 7, Choi can be trying to set up his first win streak in eight years and to cease his opponent’s momentum.
Here’s a take a look at the remainder of the fights anticipated to be part of the UFC 310 card.
- (c) Alexandre Pantoja vs. Kai Asakura – Males’s UFC Flyweight Championship
- Shavkhat Rahkmonov vs. ??? – Welterweight
- Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov – Heavyweight
- Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling – Featherweight
- Vicente Luque vs. Nick Diaz – Welterweight
- Anthony Smith vs. Dominick Reyes – Mild Heavyweight
- Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper – Light-weight
- Doo Ho Choi vs. Nate Landwehr – Featherweight
- Michael Chiesa vs. Max Griffin – Welterweight
- Cody Durden vs. Joshua Van – Males’s Flyweight
- Tallison Teixeira vs. Łukasz Brzeski – Heavyweight
- Randy Brown vs. Bryan Battle – Welterweight
- Rizvan Kuniev vs. Martin Buday – Heavyweight
