A champion and former titleholder were on hand ahead of the UFC 308 ceremonial weigh-ins Friday to meet and greet fans and let them inside their processes.
New bantamweight champ Merab Dvalishvili and former featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski took part in a fan Q&A with moderator and UFC broadcast voice John Gooden at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, which also hosts Saturday’s card (ESPN+ pay-per-view, ESPN+).
Check out the full Q&A with Dvalishvili and Volkanovski above.
UFC 308 lineup
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 2 p.m. ET)
- Champ Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
- Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
- Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
- Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
- Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 10 a.m. ET)
- Rafael dos Anjos vs. Geoff Neal
- Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
- Brunno Ferreira vs. Abus Magomedov
- Chris Barnett vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
- Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
- Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal
- Ibo Aslan vs. Rafael Cerqueira
- Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva