The UFC returns to Abu Dhabi on Saturday with a superstar atop the lineup in an attempt to recapture a title that used belong to him.
The UFC has released the UFC 308 cold open video. The card features a featherweight title fight between champion Ilia Topuria (15-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and former champ Max Holloway (26-7 MMA, 22-7 UFC).
The video is narrated by actor and regular UFC voice-over narrator Ron Perlman and has a backdrop soundtrack of “Unleash The Power” by Hidden Citizens, featuring Rayelle and Sam Tinnesz. That song recently was featured in Netflix’s series “Blue Eye Samurai.”
The cold open also looks at the co-main event middleweight title eliminator between the unbeaten Khamzat Chimaev (13-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) and former champ Robert Whittaker (27-7 MMA, 17-5 UFC).
Check out the UFC 308 cold open video above.
UFC 308 (pay-per-view, ESPN+) takes place Saturday at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi.
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 2 p.m. ET)
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Champ Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – for featherweight title
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Khamzat Chimaev vs. Robert Whittaker
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Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Rakic
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Dan Ige vs. Lerone Murphy
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Shara Magomedov vs. Armen Petrosyan
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN+, 10 a.m. ET)
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Rafael dos Anjos vs. Geoff Neal
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Myktybek Orolbai vs. Mateusz Rebecki
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Brunno Ferreira vs. Abus Magomedov
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Chris Barnett vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu
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Farid Basharat vs. Victor Hugo
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Rinat Fakhretdinov vs. Carlos Leal
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Ibo Aslan vs. Rafael Cerqueira
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Ismail Naurdiev vs. Bruno Silva
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC 308.
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: Video: UFC 308 cold open features Max Holloway’s surge toward Ilia Topuria
