UFC President Dana White, and more than a dozen fighters competing in upcoming events, will participate in a special press conference in celebration of the organization’s 25th anniversary season on Friday, August, at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The press conference kicks off at 1:30pm PT / 4:30pm ET. You can see Fightful's live tweets below.
There is a highlight video showing all the previously announced main events for future shows.
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Dana White, Justin Gaethje, James Vick, Tyron Woodley, Darren Till, Nicco Montano, Valentina Shevchenko, Jimi Manuwa, Glover Teixeira, Volkan Oezdemir, Anthony Smith, Dustin Poirier, Israel Adesanya, Derek Brunson, Donald Cerrone, Mike Perry...
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...all come to the podium for face offs and to answer questions from the media.
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Poirier says fans of fighting will enjoy him vs. Nate Diaz.
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Montano says the last year has been a rough road, excited to finally be fighting again.
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Shevchenko says she isn't here for an easy fight, says Montano isn't an easy opponent.
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Dana says the UFC is working on Khabib vs. Conor and UFC 230 main event.
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Tyron says he is the best in the division before getting in a shouting match with Till.
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Nate Diaz finally arrives to have his face off with Poirier.
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Woodley calls Till the toughest match up in his division.
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Nate says his bout with Poirier is already a championship fight, Poirier says the fight will be exciting.
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Nate says he couldn't fight recently due to being involved in a lawsuit.
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James Vick says he isn't crying over the past, says UFC Lincoln is one of many main events for him, has some call outs planned for the future.
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Smith says he may look like the new guy on the block, but probably has more fights than anybody at the press conference.
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Dana says Poirier vs. Nate will be a great fight, happy to have Nate back.
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Nate says he already beat Conor McGregor twice, not worried about trilogy fight.
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Vick promises to finish Gaethje within three rounds.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov will defend the UFC Lightweight Title against Conor McGregor at UFC 229.
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