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Everything You Need To Know From Dana White’s Live Announcement Video (May 10th)

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Dana White got UFC fans excited by putting up a post to announce that he would be going live in half an hour for a special announcement video earlier today. Here is everything you need to know from the short video in case you missed out:

UFC London main event is set:

With tickets on sale in just a few weeks, White announced that Tom Aspinall will meet Marcin Tybura in the main event at the O2 Arena in London on July 22nd. The top 10 heavyweight match-up will see Aspinall headline a card on home soil for the third time with more fights being announced for the card every few days currently.

Main card and prelims announced for UFC 290:

We already knew the majority of the card for UFC 290 on International Fight Week but now we have the bout order and it is looking like an absolutely stacked card. The card will feature two title fights at the top of the bill with the featherweight unification bout between Alexander Volkanovski and Yair Rodriguez and the flyweight champ Brandon Moreno facing Alexandre Pantoja in a rematch in the co-main.

White also made a point to stress that the winner of Robert Whittaker versus Dricus Du Plessis will face Israel Adesanya next and Robbie Lawler’s fight with Niko Price in the featured prelim spot will be the last fight of Lawler’s career. The former welterweight champion will be inducted into the hall of fame for his fight with Rory MacDonald on the Thursday and then make his last walk to the cage the following Saturday.

Both card announcements can be seen below:

The return of the UFC Fight Pass Invitational:

Finally, Dana announced that the UFC Fight Pass Invitational is back on June 29th, headlined by a match-up between Craig Jones and Felipe Pena. Former UFC light heavyweight champion Glover Teixeira will face off with a former foe, Anthony Smith, in the co-main event.