It’s been six years since the UFC last touched down in Atlanta, but that most recent visit produced a special night, and while the stakes aren’t the same this weekend, the audience at State Farm Arena and those watching at home are still going to be treated to some tremendous action inside the Octagon.
The last time the UFC ventured to the Peach State was in April 2019 for UFC 236, which featured Dustin Poirier’s interim lightweight title win over Max Holloway and Israel Adesanya’s interim middleweight title win over Kelvin Gastelum. It’s fitting that the promotion is returning to Atlanta now, as Poirier and Holloway are set to run it back next month in Poirier’s swan song, while the epic clash between Adesanya and Gastelum will be enshrined in the UFC Hall of Fame’s Fight Wing later this month.