Why is UFC 299 an incomparably better card than UFC 300?

[JustOnce]

UFC 299

Sean O'Malley vs. Marlon Vera135 lbs

• Dustin Poirier vs. B. Saint-Denis155 lbs
• Gilbert Burns vs. J. Maddalena170 lbs
• Petr Yan vs. Yadong Song135 lbs
• Kevin Holland vs. Michael Page170 lbs
• Pedro Munhoz vs. Kyler Phillips135 lbs
• CJ Vergara vs. Asu Almabaev125 lbs
• Katlyn Chookagian vs. Maycee Barber125 lbs
• Curtis Blaydes vs. Jailton Almeida265 lbs
• Mateusz Gamrot vs. Rafael dos Anjos155 lbs
• Michel Pereira vs. M. Oleksiejczuk185 lbs
• Robelis Despaigne vs. Josh Parisian265 lbs
• Joanne Wood vs. Maryna Moroz125 lbs
• Philipe Lins vs. Ion Cutelaba205 lbs

UFC 300

Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill205 lbs

• Weili Zhang vs. Xiaonan Yan115 lbs
• Jiří Procházka vs. Aleksandar Rakić205 lbs
• Calvin Kattar vs. Aljamain Sterling145 lbs
• Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan155 lbs
• Justin Gaethje vs. Max Holloway155 lbs
• Bo Nickal vs. Cody Brundage185 lbs
• D. Figueiredo vs. Cody Garbrandt135 lbs
• Bobby Green vs. Jim Miller155 lbs
• Holly Holm vs. Kayla Harrison135 lbs
• Sodiq Yusuff vs. Diego Lopes145 lbs
• Jéssica Andrade vs. Marina Rodriguez115 lbs

I don't understand. UFC 300 was supposed to be the best card ever according to the red goof.

It's not like there has been big names dropping due to injuries or pissing hot like Conor and Jones for UFC 200. I'd argue there's only one compelling fight on UFC 300 in Arman vs Oliveira. That's it. I count 7 on UFC 299.

This is pretty odd.

 

[CodeBreaker]

UFC300 is for April fools, that's why.

 

[BigTruck]

Hill absolutely should not be headlining ufc 300 that alone is a joke

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

The number 300 is just so hyped up and everyone expected it to be some magical historical legendary event with the biggest names in history

 

[Paulsp]

Yeah ufc 300 needed kaitlyn chookgaian, josh Parisian, and Phillip lins to truly make it the best card ever

 

[FreedomCricket]

Hill absolutely should not be headlining ufc 300 that alone is a joke

Why do people hate on Hill?

He earned the LHW and deserves his shot to get it back after the vacate, just like Jiri did.

 

[JustOnce]

Why do people hate on Hill?

He earned the LHW and deserves his shot to get it back after the vacate, just like Jiri did.

https://forums.sherdog.com/threads/jamahal-hill-the-greatest-overachiever-in-ufc.4215374/ maybe I gave him hespect long before anyone else did imo.

 

[BigTruck]

Why do people hate on Hill?

He earned the LHW and deserves his shot to get it back after the vacate, just like Jiri did.

Not hating just stating he's not a big enough name to headline this card, he wasn't champ long and had 0 defenses. He's not a star like Izzy at all.

 

[FreedomCricket]

The number 300 is just so hyped up and everyone expected it to be some magical historical legendary event with the biggest names in history
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Lol, that meme is a joke.

Literally has Alex vs Hill in the expected, then only shows half of the same fight with LOL under the reality.

I also don't care to see low effort/half ass nate skip around the Octagon barely sparring and thinking he's putting on a show.

Then shows that one guy that isn't even fighting.

Islam was never an option with Ramadan just ending.

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

Lol, that meme is a joke.

Literally has Alex vs Hill in the expected, then only shows half of the same fight with LOL under the reality.

I also don't care to see low effort/half ass nate skip around the Octagon barely sparring and thinking he's putting on a show.

Then shows that one guy that isn't even fighting.

Islam was never an option with Ramadan just ending.

Yeah I think the meme is more about putting emphasis on stars like Brock/Conor being expected while theres heaps of womens fights

 

[Zanmato]

They each have like 6-7 good fights and 3-4 of those that sound excellent, I don't think there's that much in it

 

[IsNormal]

The number 300 is just so hyped up and everyone expected it to be some magical historical legendary event with the biggest names in history
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I don't get it - didn't this meme make a fool of itself?
The expectation contains Pereira vs Hill... and we just got it.
Or was that expectation just satire?

 

[Davidjacksonjones]

I don't get it - didn't this meme make a fool of itself?
The expectation contains Pereira vs Hill... and we just got it.
Or was that expectation just satire?

Pretty sure its satire

 

[IsNormal]

Why is UFC 299​

Joshua vs Ngannou is on the same weekend

https://mywests.imgix.net/assets/sr...&fit=crop&ar=812:542&q=60&ixlib=imgixjs-3.5.1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDHPIwvW4AAi946.jpg:large

They even moved UFC299 to Sunday (currently, might be changed) because Ngannou vs Joshua vs on Saturday (but now it's moved to friday)

 

[JustOnce]

https://mywests.imgix.net/assets/src/uploads/UFC-299-1280-x-854.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&ar=812%3A542&q=60&ixlib=imgixjs-3.5.1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDHPIwvW4AAi946.jpg:large

it's different day tho, but i see what u tried to say

 

[Pechan]

I disagree, and 299 main event was bad but it looks even worse now after Merab's performance.

 

[HatKick]

300 is a bit better imo but it's indeed a strange decision to stack 299 like crazy. They could have easily put the O'Malley or Poirier fight on 300 and it would be much more epic.

(But personally I don't care. Two amazing cards back to back. What's not to like?)

 

[Egészségére!]

Well Dana did say there’s one more 300 fight yet to be announced…

 

[Paulsp]

Pretty sure its satire

Sadly its not

The backlash on social media is fucking insane for them not bringing back a brigade of retired fighters

 

[IsNormal]

I don't think 299 is better.
It all depends on how you compare fights. If you really hate WMMA we can remove Weili vs Xiaonan and UFC300 is still comparable


* Pereira vs Hill is similar to O'Malley vs Vera
* Oliviera vs Tsarukyan is a bomb, like Dustin vs BSD
* Max vs Gaethje is better than Holland vs Page
* Jiri vs Rakic is similar to Burns vs Maddalena
* Sterling vs Kattar is similar to Yan vs Yadong
* Figgy vs Cody is similar to Gamrot vs RDA