December 21, 2023 11: 36 pm ET
The rebooked match inbetween Ian Garry and Geoff Neal has a brand-new date and place.
After UFC CEO Dana White atfirst revealed the welterweight bout for March’s UFC 299 in Miami, the clash inbetween Garry (13-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) and Neal (15-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) hasactually been moved to UFC 298, which takes location Feb. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., with a primary card on pay-per-view listbelow prelims anticipated on ESPN and ESPN.
White revealed the modification of date Thursday on social media amongst a flurry of other battle statements (via X):
Fight statements:
Feb 17th, #UFC298
Feb 24th, #UFCMexico
March 30th, #UFCAtlanticCity
April 13th, #UFC300 pic.twitter.com/vcJYI3rekl— danawhite (@danawhite) December 22, 2023
Garry was arranged to face Vicente Luque on the primary card of UFC 296 this month, however was required to withdraw Wednesday after falling ill with pneumonia. Now, a coupleof days lateron, he’s got a brand-new date and challenger for his return. White didn’t expose why the promo didn’t keep the reserving with Luque.
Garry and Neal (15-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) have history. They were formerly scheduled to battle at UFC 292 in August, however Neal had to pull out of the battle and was changed by Neil Magny, whom Garry beat in a dominant consentaneous choice win. In the construct up to the occasion, Garry used a teeshirt with the mugshot