UFC 291 is set to take place on Saturday (July 29) night at the Delta Center, Utah where Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje will fight in a lightweight bout in the main event.
Poirier vs Gaethje 2 is the most anticipated fight of this year. The former won his last fight against Michael Chandler in November 2022. He also defeated Conor McGregor back to back in January 2021 at UFC 257 and then in June 2021 at UFC 264 where the Irishman broke his leg.
Gaethje’s record is not that good as well, he won two of his last four fights. Had to face defeat against Charles Oliviera — who also defeated Poirier — in May 2022 at UFC 274 and Khabib Nurmagomedaov in October 2022 at UFC 254.
The fighters fought each other at the UFC Fight Night in April 20198 which Poirier won.
Full Card (Subject to change)
Main Card
Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje (lightweight)
Jan Blachowicz vs Alex Pereira (light heavyweight)
Stephan Thompson vs Michel Pareira (welterweight)
Tony Ferguson vs Bobby Green (lightweight)
Michael Chiesa vs Kevin Holland (welterweight)
Prelims
Gabriel Bonfim vs Trevin Giles (welterweight)
Derrick Lewis vs Marcos De Lima (heavyweight)
Roman Kopylov vs Claudio Ribeiro (middleweight)
Jake Matthews vs Darrius Flowers (welterweight)
Early Prelims
CJ Vergara vs Vinicius Salvador (flyweight)
Matthew Semelsberger vs Uros Medic (welterweight)
Miranda Maverick vs Priscila Cachoeira (women’s flyweight)