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Following a two-week-long hiatus, the UFC will return to Newark, New Jersey, for its sixth pay-per-view event of the year, UFC 302. In the headlining event, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev will make his third title defense against fan favorite Dustin Poirier.
UFC 302 will take place on June 1 at Prudential Center. The first fight of the night is scheduled to begin at the local time of 6 p.m. ET with the main card set to follow at 10 p.m. ET. The preliminary portion of the card will be streaming on ESPN+ with the main card exclusively on ESPN+ pay-per-view.
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UFC 302 will be the promotion's return to Newark for the first time since UFC 288 in May 2023. The previous Newark-based fight card was headlined by bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling defending his title against former two-division titleholder Henry Cejudo.
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Since UFC 288, the promotion has returned to New Jersey, most recently for UFC Atlantic City on March 30.
UFC 302 full fight card
Along with Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier, UFC 302 will feature seven total ranked fighters, all on the pay-per-view main card. The event will consist of 12 total fights with five on the main card and seven on the prelims.
View the full fight card below:
Main card (10 p.m. ET / 2 a.m. GMT on ESPN+ PPV)
(C) Islam Makhachev vs. Dustin Poirier, UFC lightweight championship
Sean Strickland vs. Paulo Costa, middleweight
Kevin Holland vs. Michal Oleksiejczuk, middleweight
Jailton Almeida vs. Alexandr Romanov, heavyweight
Randy Brown vs. Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, welterweight
Prelims (8 p.m. ET / 12 a.m. GMT on ESPN+ and ESPN2)
Cesar Almeida vs. Roman Kopylov, middleweight
Grant Dawson vs. Joe Solecki, lightweight
Phil Rowe vs. Jake Matthews, welterweight
Niko Price vs. Alex Morono, welterweight
Early prelims (6 p.m. ET / 10 p.m. GMT on ESPN+ and UFC Fight Pass)
Bassil Hafez vs. Mickey Gall, welterweight
Ailin Perez vs. Joselyne Edwards, women's bantamweight
Nyamjargal Tumendemberel vs. Andre Lima, flyweight
