The BMF title is back, and Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will fight for it in the main event of UFC 291 on July 29 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UFC president Dana White said. White also announced that a bantamweight title fight between champion Aljamain Sterling and top contender 'Suga' Sean O'Malley will be the main event of UFC 292 on Aug. 19 in Boston.
GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 14: Dustin Poirier throws an elbow at Justin Gaethje in their lightweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Gila River Arena on April 14, 2018 in Glendale, Arizona. The BMF title is back, and Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will fight for it in the main event of UFC 291 on July 29 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UFC president Dana White said.
The co-main event of UFC 291 is a battle between former champions. Ex-light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz will meet former middleweight champion Alex Pereira in a 205-pound bout. Also on that card will be a lightweight bout between Tony Ferguson and Bobby Green, a welterweight match between Kevin Holland and Michael Chiesa and a middleweight match between Paulo Costa and Ikram Aliskerov.
Poirier stopped Gaethje in the fourth round of an April 14, 2018, bought in Glendale, Arizona, winning via strikes. Both have held a version of the interim championship and will now fight for the manufactured BMF belt. Sterling made the third successful defense of his title on May 6 at UFC 288 in Newark, New Jersey, when he defeated ex-double champion Henry Cejudo. O'Malley came into the ring after the bout and there was nearly a physical confrontation between the two.
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