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Originally Posted by NotReddBoiler
Just saw a list of the bouts on 294, that card looks stacked.
That's the Abu Dhabi card. They stack stat with Muslim and Eastern European fighters plus some Brazilians. Last year they had Islam, Olivera, Yan, Gamrot and Belal on that card. Plus Sterling vs. Pillashaw. The year before the Abu Dhabi card had Islam, Texeira, Blachowicz, Khamzat, Yan, Volkov and Ankalaev.
After that they'll pack the New York card (295) with big American names. Jones vs. Stipe will headline and I expect at least 1 more title fight, maybe two. They'll probably try to get Colby vs. Edwards for the co-ME and potentially Jiri vs. Pereira, too. Unless they have other plans for one of those two, they need a headliner for UFC 296 in Vegas in December. That's the card Conor claimed to fight on but I doubt anyone expects for that to happen.