They had a UFC 2024 Season Press Conference right before the ceremonial one for this UFC 296 event earlier in the evening last night.
It showed several fighters on the panel facing off against their opponents towards upcoming main event fight cards for the 2024 season:
UFC 2024 Season Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVtJoje20vM
The oddest press conference ever shown was this one with Dricus and Strickland.
Just to get a handle of what went on during their heated discussion TheWeasle has a great breakdown:
Dricus was BRUTAL...Sean Strickland gets HEATED (UFC Press Conference Reaction)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf_I08HV0pU
The final weigh-ins of the year was last night too and I think everybody made weight for once!
Here are the one you have all been waiting for:
UFC 296: Ceremonial Weigh-Ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llwA7Nfyya8
I have seen this Press Conference for the future fight on the UFC sure that will be a banger of an event, this is really a great event to witness, but this is a great fight for sure now here is my bet and prediction for the UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington,
Leon Edwards VS Colby Covington
The stake odds for this fight are 1.65 for Edwards and 2.42 for Covington, in my opinion, Leon Edwards has good striking and his striking is very technical that I think he will surprise Colby Covington for sure, but Colby Covington will be aggressive on the ground and when he does Leon Edwards will be OK with his takedown defense and that is what he came prepare against Kamaru Usman his takedown defense will be solid n those situations, so my pick is Leon Edwards,
Shavkat Rakhmonov VS Stephen Thompson
The stake odds for this fight are 1.17 for Rakhmonov and 6.00 for Thompson, for this fight, there is no doubt that Shavkat Rakhmonov will be the favorite to win as Rakhmonov is pretty much dominant with the striking he has the power and the accuracy in this fight and so he will be very good on the stand-up, and mostly his ground game will be so much good aswell, while Stephen Thompson will be pretty much not having a chance here, let say he just accepted this fight because of the money so my pick is nonother but Shavkat Rakhmonov,
Tony Ferguson VS Paddy Pimblett
The stake odds for this fight are 3.60 for Ferguson and 1.35 for Pimblett, now this is a risk and a gambling bet for me, as Tony Ferguson is now in his old form even though he has good striking and has some advantage on the ground as many have thought he will be good against Khabib Nurmagomedov, as many people belive I also think that he can also be great against Paddy Pimblett, now in this case I am really biased here because I don't like Paddy Pimblett at all he also go beyond down the lever of not treating anybody good, so my pick is Tony Ferguson,