Mayweather’s bout with Pacquiao has also faced several issues, after the pair disagreed over if it will be a professional fight or an exhibition contest, while the announced venue of The Sphere in Las Vegas is now unavailable on the originally planned date.

Fabio Wardley could easily have gone safer for his first world title defence, but that’s not really his style. He had no amateur background and is still learning on the job, despite being a world champion, but he’s not here for soft touches.

The first encounter between middleweight champion Khamzat Chimaev and Sean Strickland goes down Thursday at the UFC 328 pre-fight press conference with the action set to begin at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Sean Strickland will attempt to regain the middleweight title this weekend when he faces undefeated champion Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 328.