The UFC has once again leaked a number of undisclosed fights due to some sloppy camerawork in the promotion’s matchmaking ‘war room.’
The ‘war room’ is where top UFC brass and matchmakers meet up to hash out who fights who when. It features a giant wall with big magnetic boards, each one dedicated to an upcoming Fight Night or pay-per-view card. If you’ve watched the UFC’s new docu-series Fight Inc. on Roku, you know all about the war room.
If you haven’t? Let’s just say one poorly shot angle in a Dana White Instagram video can reveal plans for an entire card.
That’s what happened when White announced that Conor McGregor was out of UFC 303 and Pereira vs. Prochazka 2 was in. Eagle-eyed fans noticed the magnetic board for UFC 305 on August 17th in Perth, Australia in the background. And while the full lineup was not visible, we have half of the match-ups for the entire main event.
Here’s what’s shown: one half of the main event will feature Israel Adesanya. The co-main features Song Yadong. Jack Della Maddalena, Steve Erceg, and Drakkar Klose are also listed on the card.
There’s no way Adesanya is returning against anyone other than middleweight champion Dricus Du Plessis. And Steve Erceg has been confirmed to be fighting Kai Kara-France. Dan Hooker has said he’s fighting at UFC 305 … could he be Drakkar Klose’s opponent? And No. 7 ranked bantamweight Yadong is undoubtedly fighting another top 135er, and there’s not a bad fight in the top ten.
It’s interesting to see “JDM” on there because he’s said he’s too injured to compete in August. Is the UFC still holding out hope, or are they just addicted to replacing fights last-minute at this point?
We gotta say, we like what we’re seeing for UFC 305 thus far. What do you think of the revealed line-up, Maniacs?