UFC 308 Is Off And Running In Abu Dhabi (And The Main Event Is A Can't-Miss Fight)

UFC 308 is going down right now in Abu Dhabi (prelims on ESPN+, main card on PPV at 2pm ET) and after a trio of decisions to kick things off, the finishes are finally rolling - unfortunately at our large king Chris Barnett's expense....

....in a fight where I thought he was gonna tear both his ACLs before the first round even started....

We've got a submission on top of that from Abus Magomedov….

We just saw an INSANE back-and-forth 'JUST BLEED' style slobberknocker from Orolbai and Rebecki….

….and most importantly, we've got a MUST WATCH main event later on this evening: when the BMF Champion Max Holloway takes on the new UFC Featherweight Champion, Ilia Topuria. Topuria is 15-0 and seemingly has the touch of death right now, knocking the lights out of everyone they put in front of him - but Max Holloway has never been knocked out. Both claim to be the best boxers in the UFC. Both have insane highlight reel KOs this year….

….and promise to "stand and bang" in the center of the octagon tonight. This could be Holloway's last shot at the Featherweight title that was once his, and if Topuria shuts that down and finishes Max (especially after his UFC 300 KO) he'll be launched even further into superstardom. These are the fights we watch the UFC for!!!

As a Holloway stan/Topuria hater, I'm PRAYING for a Holloway KO tonight, but won't lie - Topuria terrifies me. Every punch he throws makes me flinch. I simply can't watch him finish Max tonight. Can't happen.

We've also got an amazing co-main event where Khamzat Chimaev returns to the octagon to take on his biggest test yet: for UFC Middleweight Champ Robert Whittaker. It's a five round co-main as well, which I really think favors Bobby Knuckles. If he weathers the initial storm from Chimaev, I can see him putting up another "Y'all must've forgot" kinda performance and dominating Khamzat tonight. If that Usman/Chimaev fight would've been five rounds, Usman definitely would've taken over heavily in the late rounds - and he was stepping in on short notice!

It's a great card - and if you wanna take a shot on a few underdogs, check out the SpinninBackfist parlay on DraftKings….

(I got outvoted on Holloway/Topuria)

Don't miss this main event!! Oh and I (responsibly) bet on almost every over on this card because I'm so sick of them hitting. I'm 2-2 so far.