UFC 298 fight card, date: What we know so far?

UFC 298 will take place on February 17 as MMA fighters are gearing up for the fight night in Anaheim, California, as per a report in CBS Sports. UFC 298 fight card inludes a number of prominent fighters and categories.

Alexander Volkanovski will fight Ilia Topuria for featherweight title, Robert Whittaker will take on Paulo Costa for middleweights. Ian Machado Garry will fight Geoff Neal for welterweights, as per the report

In bantamweights, Merab Dvalishvili will fight Henry Cejudo. In middleweights, Anthony Hernandez will fight Roman Kopylov.


Meanwhile, at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas, Jack Hermansson beat Joe Pyfer by unanimous decision on Saturday night in their main event middleweight bout.

Hermansson (24-8-0) landed 188 total strikes and 121 significant strikes to take the cards 48-47, 48-47, 48-47. Pyfer (12-3-0) lost a fight for the first time since Aug. 11, 2020, when he fell to Dustin Stoltzfus in Dana White's Contender Series.

Hermansson has alternated wins and losses over his past nine fights.

It took just 2:43 for Dan Ige (18-7-0) to knock Andre Fili (23-11-0) out with a punch in their featherweight bout. In middleweight action, the cards read 30-27, 30-27, 29-28 in favor of Ihor Potieria (21-5-0), who downed Robert Bryczek (17-6-0).

Gregory Rodrigues (15-5-0), Michael Johnson (23-19-0) and Rodolfo Vieira (10-2-0) also won their respective bouts.

FAQs:

Q1. When is UFC 298?
A1. UFC 298 will take place on Saturday night, February 17.

Q2. Where is UFC 298 taking place?
A2. UFC 298 is taking place in Anaheim, California.