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UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura
PromotionUltimate Fighting Championship
DateDecember 7, 2024 (2024-12-07)
VenueT-Mobile Arena
CityParadise, Nevada, United States
Event chronology
UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Figueiredo UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Buckley

UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on December 7, 2024, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]

Background

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A UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Belal Muhammad and undefeated contender Shavkat Rakhmonov was scheduled to headline the event.[2] However due to a bone infection in his foot, Muhammad was forced to withdraw.[3] Rakhmonov will instead face Ian Machado Garry in a 5 round title eliminator co-main event.[4]

A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Alexandre Pantoja and former two-time Rizin Bantamweight Champion (also promotional newcomer) Kai Asakura was scheduled to be the co-headliner, but it was promoted to main event when the original headliner was cancelled.[2][4]

A heavyweight rematch between former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Ciryl Gane and former Bellator Heavyweight World Champion Alexander Volkov was expected to take place at UFC 308, but it was moved to this event due to Volkov's knee injury.[5][6] The pairing previously headlined UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov in June 2021 which Gane won by unanimous decision.[7]

A welterweight bout between former WEC and Strikeforce Welterweight Champion Nick Diaz (also former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger) and Vicente Luque was expected to take place at the event.[8] The pair was previously expected to meet at UFC on ABC: Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov, but the bout was removed from the event due to travel issues related to Diaz.[9] In turn, Diaz withdrew from the bout due to undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Themba Gorimbo.[10]

A featherweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Aljamain Sterling and Movsar Evloev is scheduled for this event.[11] They were originally expected to face each other at UFC 307, but Sterling withdrew due to an injury.[12][13]

A women's strawweight bout between The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia strawweight winner Tatiana Suarez and former Invicta FC Strawweight Champion Virna Jandiroba was scheduled for this event.[14] However, Suarez reportedly withdrew from the fight due to an unspecified health issue and bout was subsequently removed from the card.[15][16]

Former UFC Middleweight Champion Chris Weidman and former LFA Middleweight Champion Eryk Anders were expected to meet in a middleweight bout at UFC 309, but Anders withdrew on the day of the event because of food poisoning the night before and the bout was scrapped.[17][18] They are now expected to meet in a catchweight bout of 195 pounds at this event.[16]

Fight card

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Main card
Weight class Method Round Time Notes
Flyweight Alexandre Pantoja (c) vs. Kai Asakura [a]
Welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Ian Machado Garry [b]
Heavyweight Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov
Featherweight Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie
Featherweight Nate Landwehr vs. Choi Doo-ho
Light Heavyweight Anthony Smith vs. Dominick Reyes
Featherweight Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling
Catchweight (195 lb) Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders
Welterweight Randy Brown vs. Bryan Battle
Welterweight Michael Chiesa vs. Max Griffin
Lightweight Clay Guida vs. Chase Hooper
Flyweight Cody Durden vs. Joshua Van
Heavyweight Tallison Teixeira vs. Łukasz Brzeski
  1. ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
  2. ^ UFC Welterweight title eliminator.

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Announced bouts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nolan King (2024-08-17). "Remainder of UFC schedule in 2024 fills out: 15 events across nine cities". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  2. ^ a b Nick Baldwin (2024-10-12). "Muhammad-Rakhmonov, Pantoja-Asakura set for UFC 310". thescore.com. Retrieved 2024-10-12.
  3. ^ Mike Heck (2024-10-31). "Belal Muhammad out of UFC 310 main event vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  4. ^ a b Farah Hannoun (2024-11-15). "Shavkat Rakhmonov meets Ian Machado Garry in five-round bout at UFC 310". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. ^ Staff (2024-09-22). "Report: Alexander Volkov injury pushes Ciryl Gane rematch from UFC 308 to UFC 310". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
  6. ^ Tristen Critchfield (2024-09-24). "Alexander Volkov suffers knee injury, withdraws from UFC 308 rematch vs. Ciryl Gane". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  7. ^ Marc Raimondi (2024-06-13). "Ciryl Gane defeats Alexander Volkov via unanimous decision, says he's 'ready' for shot at heavyweight belt". espn.com. Retrieved 2024-08-03.
  8. ^ Staff (2024-09-25). "Nick Diaz vs. Vicente Luque rebooked for UFC 310". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  9. ^ Tristen Critchfield (2024-07-20). "Diaz vs. Luque postponed; 'Shara Bullet' vs. Oleksiejczuk added to UFC Abu Dhabi". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  10. ^ a b Andrew Ravens (2024-11-16). "Nick Diaz out of UFC 310, Themba Gorimbo fills in to fight Vicente Luque". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  11. ^ Nolan King (2024-09-27). "UFC 310 adds Movsar Evloev vs. Aljamain Sterling rescheduled bout". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
  12. ^ Nolan King (2024-09-18). "Aljamain Sterling out of UFC 307 vs. Movsar Evloev due to injury". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  13. ^ Adam Guillen (2024-09-23). "Salt Lake See Ya! Movsar Evloev bails on UFC 307 after no one agrees to fight". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  14. ^ Jed Meshew (2024-09-17). "Tatiana Suarez vs. Virna Jandiroba set for UFC 310 in December". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
  15. ^ Damon Martin (2024-10-21). "Tatiana Suarez out of UFC 310 fight against Virna Jandiroba". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  16. ^ a b Nolan King (2024-11-20). "UFC squeezes Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders rebooking onto 2024 schedule". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  17. ^ Nolan King (2024-11-16). "UFC 309 loses Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders minutes before event". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  18. ^ Fernando Quiles (2024-11-17). "Eryk Anders issues statement following UFC 309 bout cancellation: 'There was no way I would have been able to go out there'". bjpenn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-17.
  19. ^ "UFC 310: Pantoja vs. Asakura". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  20. ^ MMA Bulgaria (2024-10-25). "Ризван Куниев срещу Мартин Будай на UFC 310" (in Bulgarian). mma.bg. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
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