The first fight announcements for UFC 300 dropped last night, and while we still donât know what the main event or Dana Whiteâs secret âsuperfightâ will be, those fights could be revealed at any moment.
The obvious slam dunk main event for this historic card would be Conor McGregorâs long awaited return against Michael Chandler. Thatâs one of the biggest fights the UFC could realistically book, and thereâs no clear back-up option that wouldnât seem like a letdown compared to Mac vs. Mike.
Jon Jones is injured, Israel Adesanya is taking a break, and Sean OâMalley is booked already. Khamzat Chimaev is injured and canât seem to enter the U.S. any more. Whoâs left that moves the needle significantly?
That question has led many fans to speculate on some wild outside-the-box possibilities: Brock Lesnar, Ronda Rousey, Georges St-Pierre, and Nick Diaz keep coming up as possibilities, despite the UFCâs flat denials. And now Nate Diaz is generating buzz with some cryptic Instagram posts.
âSetting the move,â one post was captioned, with a picture of Nate texting on his phone. The follow-up post simply read âItâs time.â
Weâll let you read as much or as little into that as youâd like. It is a reminder that Nate Diaz is out there hoping to fight in early 2024, and he doesnât seem interested in involving Jake Paul or the PFL.
A possible fight against Dustin Poirier has been years in the making. Thereâs also the trilogy fight with McGregor, if the UFC doesnât mind doing Michael Chandler dirty (they donât). And while weâre opening up the matchmaking on Mac, a welterweight title fight against Leon Edwards is also right there. Conor spent several months insisting he was coming for the 170 pound belt, so you know he wouldnât say no.
Weâre starting to get pretty far out into the weeds with all this speculation. Now letâs go even further: check out this riddle UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira posted on his social media.
Gtfoh
Edit: nevermind i misunderstood the headline to mean the rumor is theyre fighting each other.
A title fight with Leon is right there? Give me a break.
I know Colby just go gifted a title shot but UFC would at least make Conor beat Cowboy at WW again before they gifted him a title shot there.
Dana does not even want Conor on 300 and has said as much.
There is a 0% chance Conor is fighting Leon for the title at 300. Ronda vs Cain for Baddest Retired Motherfucker belt has a better chance of getting booked than Conor vs Edwards at 300.
The UFC canât count on Conor any longer. So to put on a huge promotion for him to headline a card with the HIGH risk that he doesnât end up making the walk is something that they have to weight out. IMO they know they can stack 300 and make huge revenue without the risk that Conor brings. Let him headline a smaller card that has lower stakes.
Nate vs Dustin would be good for UFC 300 if they can make that happen.
The only person I want to see Nate Diaz fight is GSP
Agree plus 300 can sell by itself and then if Conor does show up, he can sell 301, 302 or 303 all by himself.
Jessica Eye could be the co-main and Conorâs return will still be a huge PPV just like his Cowboy fight.
Yep, that was the point I was making. 300 will be epic all by itself. Save Conor (if he ever shows up) for a card that he can make epic all by himself.
Heâs beginning to complain about the UFC not booking him for fights. This is how we know for certain there is a big issue between them.
Stack with who? Lol
All ufc stars are about to retire
If you think the only way to make a card worth viewing is with Conor then you arenât really following the sport.
True, after Colby vs Leon somehow it made me to follow-it even more less 
Anw if they stack 300, they gonna lose next 4-6months and later will fill cards with bunch of nobodies
But at this point everyone is comfortable with it lol
No desire to ever see nate fight again.
Iâm a Diaz fan to the coreâŚI agree with you.
Thats a little dramatic.
UFC creates somebodies every weekend.
Thats how it works.
Todayâs CS and prelim fighters are tomorrowâs PPV draws. Todayâs champ is tomorrowâs 0-7 Ferg.
The UFC machine keeps rolling.
They can handle stacking 300, they stacked 200 and it didnât kill the sport. The next PPV after that was a Lawler vs Woodley title fight and future stars Rose, Masvidal and Matt Brown fought on the card.
What ufc has created after Poatan?