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|date= {{start date|2024|04|13}}
|venue= [[T-Mobile Arena]]
|city= [[Paradise, Nevada]],
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'''''UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill''''' was a [[mixed martial arts]] event produced by the [[Ultimate Fighting Championship]] that took place on April 13, 2024, at the [[T-Mobile Arena]] in
==Background==
===Main card: three title fights and a title eliminator===
[[File:T-Mobile Arena (31534778122).jpg|thumb|left|250px|After hosting [[UFC 200]] in 2016, [[T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas)|T-Mobile Arena]] hosted another milestone event, which was its 28th UFC event overall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thescore.com/mma/news/2794903|title=UFC 300 to take place April 13 in Las Vegas|publisher=thescore.com|author=Nick Baldwin|date=2023-12-15|access-date=2023-12-22}}</ref>]]
A [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]] bout between current champion [[Alex Pereira]] (also former [[List of UFC champions#Middleweight Championship|UFC Middleweight Champion]] and former [[Glory (kickboxing)#Glory Middleweight Championship|Glory Middleweight]] and [[Glory (kickboxing)#Glory Light Heavyweight Championship|Light Heavyweight Champion]]) and former champion [[Jamahal Hill]] headlined the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/02/ufc-300-main-event-fight-card-alex-pereira-vs-jamahal-hill|title=UFC 300 main event announced: Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill for light heavyweight title|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Nolan King|date=2024-02-18|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref> The fight was verbally agreed for [[UFC 301]] three weeks later, but the promotion opted to book it at this card.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/02/ufc-300-alex-pereira-signs-news-contract-says-fight-bumped-up-brazil|title=Alex Pereira signs new 8-fight contract before UFC 300, says fight was bumped up from UFC 301|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Mike Bohn|date=2024-02-21|access-date=2024-02-21}}</ref> Pereira won the vacant title at [[UFC 295]] against former champion [[Jiří Procházka]] after Hill was forced to vacate it in July 2023 due to a ruptured [[Achilles tendon]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/7/14/23791259/jamahal-hill-relinquishes-ufc-light-heavyweight-title-suffering-ruptured-achilles-tendon-basketball|title=Jamahal Hill relinquishes UFC title after suffering ruptured Achilles in basketball game|publisher=mmafighting.com|author=Damon Martin|date=2023-07-14|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10096935-alex-pereira-defeats-jiri-prochazka-by-ko-to-win-light-heavyweight-title-at-ufc-295|title=Alex Pereira defeats Jiří Procházka by KO to win light heavyweight title at UFC 295|publisher=bleacherreport.com|author=Alex Ballentine|date=2023-11-12|access-date=2024-02-18}}</ref>
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A [[UFC Women's Strawweight Championship]] bout between current two-time champion [[Zhang Weili]] and [[Yan Xiaonan]] took place in the co-main event. It marked the first time two Chinese-born athletes met for a title in the organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/01/ufc-300-news-zhang-weili-vs-yan-xiaonan-all-china-strawweight-title-fight-april-13|title=UFC 300 adds Zhang Weili vs. Yan Xiaonan in all-China strawweight title fight|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Mike Bohn|date=2024-01-10|access-date=2024-01-10}}</ref>
Former interim [[UFC Lightweight Championship|UFC Lightweight Champion]] [[Justin Gaethje]] (also former [[WSOF Lightweight Championship|WSOF Lightweight Champion]]) put his symbolic "BMF" (''baddest [[motherfucker]]'') title on the line against former [[UFC Featherweight Championship|UFC Featherweight Champion]] [[Max Holloway]] in a lightweight bout.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/platform/amp/2024/1/16/24040941/ufc-300-justin-gaethje-defends-bmf-belt-vs-max-holloway-jim-miller-gets-bobby-green|title=UFC 300: Justin Gaethje defends BMF belt vs. Max Holloway, Jim Miller gets Bobby Green|publisher=mmafighting.com|author=Steven Marrocco|date=2024-01-16|access-date=2024-01-16}}</ref> Gaethje won the symbolic title at [[UFC 291]] defeating fellow former interim champion [[Dustin Poirier]] by second
Former [[UFC Lightweight Championship|UFC Lightweight Champion]] [[Charles Oliveira]] and [[Arman Tsarukyan]] met in a lightweight title eliminator bout.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmafighting.com/platform/amp/2024/1/8/24029557/charles-oliveira-vs-arman-tsarukyan-announced-for-ufc-300-winner-to-face-islam-makhachev|title=Charles Oliveira vs. Arman Tsarukyan announced for UFC 300, winner to face Islam Makhachev|publisher=mmafighting.com|author=Alexander K. Lee|date=2024-01-07|access-date=2024-01-07}}</ref>
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===Additional information===
The event originally featured $50,000 fight night bonuses, which were raised to $300,000 2 days before the event, marking the highest amount ever paid by the promotion for such bonuses.
During the event's broadcast, it was announced that a [[UFC Middleweight Championship]] bout that took place in August 2010 at [[UFC 117]] between then champion [[Anderson Silva]] (also a [[UFC Hall of Fame]]r himself) and challenger [[Chael Sonnen]] (also a former [[UFC Light Heavyweight Championship]] challenger) was the next "fight wing" [[UFC Hall of Fame]] inductee. Anderson defended the title via fifth-round submission in what was considered one of the greatest comebacks in MMA history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2024/04/anderson-silva-vs-chael-sonnen-1-ufc-117-joins-2024-hall-of-fame-class-fight-wing|title=Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen 1 joins 2024 UFC Hall of Fame class|publisher=mmajunkie.usatoday.com|author=Matthew Wells|date=2024-04-14|access-date=2024-04-14}}</ref>
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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ufc.com/event/ufc-300|title=UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill|date=15 December 2023 |publisher=Ultimate Fighting Championship|access-date=2023-12-21}}</ref>
==Bonus awards==
The following fighters received $300,000 bonuses.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2024/4/14/24129437/official-post-fight-bonus-winners-ufc-300-results-espn-ppv-bmf-mma-pereira-hill-holloway-prochazka|title=Bonuses! Max Holloway banks insane $600K for
*'''Fight of the Night: Max Holloway vs. Justin Gaethje'''
*'''Performance of the Night: Max Holloway''' and '''Jiří Procházka'''
==Aftermath==
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) has withheld the purses of [[Arman Tsarukyan]] and [[Diego Lopes (fighter)|Diego Lopes]] due to their behavior at the event, where Arman Tsarukyan allegedly struck a fan on his way to the octagon, and Diego Lopes for jumping out of the cage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mmauncensored.com/2024/04/26/nsac-ufc-300-purses-tsarukyan-lopes/|title=NSAC to hold hearings on withholding UFC 300 purses for Arman Tsarukyan and Diego Lopes|author=|date=2024-04-26|publisher=mmauncensored}}</ref> Both fighters met with the NSAC on April 30, 2024, to discuss the incidents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mmamania.com/2024/4/26/24141307/nac-to-discuss-withholding-of-purse-for-ufc-300-fighters-arman-tsarukyan-and-diego-lopes|title=NSAC to discuss 'withholding of purse' for UFC 300 fighters Arman Tsarukyan and Diego Lopes|author=|date=2024-04-16|publisher=mmamania}}</ref> The NSAC decided to withhold 20% of Tsarukyan's fight purse ($31,600 of $158,000) and $5,000 of Lopes' $100,000 payout.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-30 |title=Arman Tsarukyan & Diego Lopes Face UFC 300 Repercussions; Fighter Fined for Infamous Bite |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/mma/ufc/ufc-300-tsarukyan-lopes-fined |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=MMA Knockout |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==
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