Watch UFC 300 stars have INTENSE staredowns including Alex Pereira, Jahamal Hill, Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway

THE stars of UFC 300 finally got their first glimpses of one another ahead of this weekend’s iconic card.

Mixed martial arts’ premier promotion holds its 300th pay-per-view event in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning.

UFCUFC 300 takes place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas this weekend[/caption]

GETTYThe stars of the show took part in some intense faceoffs after the pre-fight press conference[/caption]

Topping the bill is an eagerly-anticipated light-heavyweight title fight between champion Alex Pereira and former titleholder Jahamal Hill.

In the co-main event of the evening, Weili Zhang will defend her strawweight title against countrywoman Yan Xiaonan in the biggest fight in the history of Chinese MMA.

But perhaps the biggest fight of the night is the eagerly-anticipated BMF title bout between fan favourites Justin Gaethje and Max Holloway.

All 26 fighters on the card were in attendance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for a pre-fight press conference.

And they took part in some intense staredowns after giving their respective thoughts on the iconic card.

A whopping 12 current or former interim or undisputed champions will be in action on the Sin City extravaganza, which Dana White reckons will go down in combat sports history.

The veteran promoter said: “When you think about it, it’s the greatest card ever assembled in combat sports history.

“Not just UFC, not just MMA, ever.”

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He later told ESPN: “When you think about any fight that we’ve ever done or that boxing does, there are always big main events or big co-main events with stars.

But when you talk about a card from top to bottom – the very first fight of the night – until the main event [nothing is bigger].

“The first fight of the night on ESPN is [Deiveson] Figueiredo and [Cody] Garbrandt.

“They’re both former world champions, Figueiredo has broken a ton of records.

“[He has] the most knockdowns in UFC flyweight history, the most submission attempts. And Garbrandt is tied for the most knockdowns in bantamweight history.

“The list goes on and on with all the records these guys have broken.

“That’s the very first fight of the night. That could main event on a card.

“Basically, the first fight of the night could main event and that’s how every single fight throughout the rest of the night is.”