The main event for UFC 303 was officially announced earlier this month, and the card is very quickly starting to take shape. The card could also be strengthened with former flyweight champion fighting at the event. The Brazilian powerhouse has called out a UFC legend, and arguably the greatest bantamweight of all time to fight at UFC 303.
In the main event of for the light heavyweight title, already has his next fight booked and announced. The former light heavyweight champ ‘Sweet Dreams’ will face off against another powerful kickboxer in Khalil Rountree Jr., who has recently been on a tear in the light heavyweight division. Rountree is on a five-fight winning streak with four of those wins coming via TKO. This is a very good fight between two skilled and incredibly powerful light heavyweights, and it is a fantastic addition to the McGregor vs Chandler undercard.
Despite many fans believing that Hill may be making a mistake coming back into the Octagon this quickly following his knockout loss at UFC 300, Hill is coming off the back of a really bad achilles injury and the activity, as well as jumping straight back into a training camp, may actually do Hill the world of good and make his body normalized to fighting again following a pretty long layoff from competition.
Khalil Rountree has a 69% career finish rate (nine knockouts from 13 wins.) Hill’s opponent, Rountree, is looking to fire his way up the light heavyweight division as he plans to fight Pereira, and a win over Hill would do exactly this for Rountree. Rountree is currently ranked No.8 in the division, and a win over Hill would likely fire Rountree into the top 5.
With a number of fights already official for UFC 303, former UFC flyweight champion Deiveson Figueredo may be looking to make his way on to the card too. In a recent interview with Brazilian outlet , Figueiredo called for a fight at UFC 303 against former UFC bantamweight champion and arguably the greatest bantamweight the sport has ever seen, Despite Cruz having not fought since August 2022 and being 39 years old, he hasn’t officially announced his retirement from the sport, yet. However, Cruz taking this fight probably wouldn’t be the smartest idea as he is no longer the fighter he used to be, and he will go into this fight with a big risk of being brutally KO’d as Figueiredo is one of the hardest hitters in the lighter weight divisions.
Figueiredo is 2-0 since moving up to bantamweight and is fresh off a win over at UFC 300. Figueiredo believes that a win over Cruz at UFC 303 could secure him a title shot next. “It would be amazing to fight at [UFC 303] in June, that depends on [Cruz]. If he signs the contract, I’m ready. I want to fight him, and I think he’s a guy who can take me to a title shot.”
