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Joe Rogan is back on the call for UFC 313 on Saturday after skipping out on UFC 312 in Australia.
The veteran color commentator, comedian and podcast magnate doesn’t travel outside of North America to call fights so the UFC always shuffles the deck for international shows. With UFC 313 taking place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Rogan is back on the call like usual.
He’ll be joined by the usual suspects in the booth with Jon Anik providing play-by-play and UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier also providing commentary.
Megan Olivi is set to serve as the in-house reporter during the event with Din Thomas providing coaching commentary throughout the broadcast.
UFC 313 features a light heavyweight title fight at the top as reigning champion Alex Pereira returns to defend his belt against surging contender Magomed Ankalaev. The matchup has been a long time coming with Ankalaev gunning for the champion for the better part of the past year and now he’s finally getting his opportunity to go toe-to-toe with Pereira.
The co-main event sees Justin Gaethje making his long awaited return after last fighting in April 2024 when he suffered a knockout loss to Max Holloway at UFC 300. Following that setback, Gaethje wanted to take plenty of time to heal up before booking his next fight.
He was originally scheduled to clash with Dan Hooker but a hand injury knocked him off the card.
Now Gaethje goes to war against Rafael Fiziev in a rematch after they fought to a majority decision in their previous encounter. That night belonged to Gaethje but now Fiziev is looking for revenge while also attempting to get back on track after suffering a torn ACL in his knee that kept him out of action for all of 2024.
UFC 313 takes place Saturday night with the pay-per-view main card airing on ESPN+ with the event kicking off at 10 p.m. ET and the prelims set for 6 p.m. ET.
This article first appeared at MMA Fighting – All Posts
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