There will be fights for two championship belts among the many current and previous champions on the 300th pay-per-view show of the UFC, which is being celebrated. Champion after champion appears at UFC 300. The 300th pay-per-view card of the Ultimate Fighting Championship features combatants that serve as a reminder to fans of the brutal and frequently bizarre reality of mixed martial arts. Twelve fighters in the 13 bouts on the UFC 300 card have held a UFC title at some point in their careers. This is a great way to promote the pay-per-view, which can be purchased in the US for $79.99 with an ESPN+ subscription, and it also serves as a timely reminder of how difficult it is to win a title and capitalize on the fame that comes with it. The current light heavyweight champion, Alex Pereira, rose to prominence in a bigger class by positioning himself as a counterbalance to Israel Adesanya, one of the greatest names in the sport. After suffering two defeats in 2021, Zhang Weili had to bo
In March 2024, 32 Central American and Caribbean nations will begin qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup as part of a competition in which teams will play up to 12 matches to qualify for the tournament.
As co-hosts of the World Cup in June and July 2026, the United States, Mexico, and Canada receive automatic berths. The number of possible matches has been reduced from the 20 that Canada played to qualify for the tournament in Qatar last year.
The Confederation of North, Central American, and Caribbean Association Football announced Tuesday that qualifying will begin in March 2024 with a first-round involving the four lowest-ranked teams in the FIFA rankings as of November 2023, who will play a home-and-home series against the highest-ranked team.
CONCACAF's remaining 28 qualifying teams will compete in a second round in June 2024 and June 2025. Six groups of five teams will compete in a single round-robin format, with each nation hosting two matches.
Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, El Salvador, and Honduras appear to be the strongest qualifying teams.
The top two teams from each group advance to a 12-nation final round comprised of three groups of four teams. In the autumn of 2025, a double round-robin tournament will be held, with the winners of each group qualifying for the first 48-nation World Cup.
CONCACAF also announced that the four quarterfinalists from this November's CONCACAF Nations League A will qualify for next year's Copa América, the South American championship that was relocated from Ecuador to the United States. The four quarterfinal losers will compete in a Copa América play-in in March 2024, which will be held at a central location, and the two winners will also qualify for the 16-nation tournament, which includes 10 South American teams.
Nations League A will be expanded from 12 to 16 teams.
Winners of the quarterfinals advance to the final round, which will take place in March 2024.
League B will continue to be divided into four groups of four, while League C will be divided into three groups of three. The four League B group winners from the 2022-23 Nations League will be promoted, but there will be no relegation, and the League C group winners will be promoted to Group B.
Following the 2023-24 tournament, the League A fifth and sixth-place teams will be relegated, the four League B group winners will be promoted, the four League B last-place teams will be relegated, and the three League C group winners, along with the top second-place nation, will be promoted.
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