UFC schedule: Every fight announced for 2026
Here’s a look at every fight and event that the MMA promotion has scheduled in the rest of 2025
Another year of UFC action is upon us, with several title fights and fan-friendly match-ups already scheduled by mixed martial arts’ flagship promotion.
The UFC’s year begins with in late January, as Liverpool’s Paddy Pimblett fights for gold for the first time, taking on Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight title – a belt that Gaethje previously held. At the same event, one of the biggest women’s fights ever was due to take place, with Kayla Harrison defending her bantamweight title against all-time great Amanda Nunes, who was set to emerge from retirement to challenge her former teammate. However, Harrison suffered an injury, derailing that bout.
Just seven days later, Alexander Volkanovski will look to fend off Diego Lopes for the second time, putting his featherweight strap on the line against the Brazilian nine months after outpointing Lopes in a vacant-title fight.
And early March will bring a different kind of title bout, as Max Holloway defends the “Baddest Motherf*****” belt against Charles Oliveira, in a long-awaited rematch between two icons of MMA.
Check out all of the UFC’s confirmed fights for 2026, below (cards subject to change; ‘C’ denotes champion; all main events and title fights are five rounds):
Saturday 24 January – UFC 324 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, US
Main card
Justin Gaethje vs Paddy Pimblett (interim lightweight title)
Sean O’Malley vs Song Yadong (bantamweight)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs Derrick Lewis (heavyweight)
Natalia Silva vs Rose Namajunas (women’s flyweight)
Arnold Allen vs Jean Silva (featherweight)
Prelims
Umar Nurmagomedov vs Deiveson Figueiredo (bantamweight)
Nikita Krylov vs Modestas Bukauskas (light-heavyweight)
Ateba Gautier vs Andrey Pulyaev (middleweight)
Early prelims
Alex Perez vs Charles Johnson (flyweight)
Josh Hokit vs Denzel Freeman (heavyweight)
Ricky Turcios vs Cameron Smotherman (bantamweight)
Adam Fugitt vs Ty Miller (welterweight)
Saturday 31 January – UFC 325 – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
Alexander Volkanovski (C) vs Diego Lopes 2 (featherweight title)
Dan Hooker vs Benoit Saint-Denis (lightweight)
Rafael Fiziev vs Mauricio Ruffy (lightweight)
Tai Tuivasa vs Tallison Teixeira (heavyweight)
Quillan Salkilld vs Rongzhu (lightweight)
Prelims
Junior Tafa vs Billy Elekana (light-heavyweight)
Cam Rowston vs Cody Brundage (middleweight)
Jacob Malkoun vs Torrez Finney (middleweight)
Jonathan Micallef vs Oban Elliott (welterweight)
Early prelims
Kaan Ofli vs Yizha (featherweight)
Sangwook Kim vs Dom Mar Fan (lightweight)
Keiichiro Nakamura vs Sebastian Szalay (featherweight)
Sulangrangbo vs Lawrence Lui (bantamweight)
Aaron Tau vs Namsrai Batbayar (flyweight)
Saturday 7 February – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
Main card
Mario Bautista vs Vinicius Oliveira (bantamweight)
Amir Albazi vs Kyoji Horiguchi (flyweight)
Ryan Spann vs Rizvan Kuniev (heavyweight)
Michal Oleksiejczuk vs Marc-Andre Barriault (middleweight)
Jean Matsumoto vs Farid Basharat (bantamweight)
Uran Satybaldiev vs Julius Walker (light-heavyweight)
Prelims
Bruna Brasil vs Ketlen Souza (women’s strawweight)
Said Nurmagomedov vs Javid Basharat (bantamweight)
Wang Cong vs Eduarda Moura (women’s flyweight)
Muin Gafurov vs Jakub Wiklacz (bantamweight)
Klaudia Sygula vs Priscila Cachoeira (women’s bantamweight)
Saturday 21 February – UFC Fight Night – Toyota Center, Houston, US
Main card
Sean Strickland vs Anthony Hernandez (middleweight)
Serghei Spivac vs Ante Delija (heavyweight)
Dan Ige vs Melquizael Costa (featherweight)
Zachary Reese vs Michel Pereira (middleweight)
Prelims
Jacobe Smith vs Seokhyeon Ko (welterweight)
Jordan Leavitt vs Yadier del Valle (featherweight)
Ode Osbourne vs Alibi Idiris (flyweight)
Chidi Njokuani vs Carlos Leal (welterweight)
Julianna Miller vs Carli Judice (women’s bantamweight)
Austin Vanderford vs Jean Paul Lebosnoyani (welterweight)
Nora Cornolle vs Joselyne Edwards (women’s bantamweight)
Alden Coria vs Luis Gurule (flyweight)
Saturday 28 February – UFC Fight Night – Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico
Brandon Moreno vs Asu Almabayev (flyweight)
Edgar Chairez vs Felipe Bunes (flyweight)
Marlon Vera vs David Martinez (bantamweight)
Imanol Rodriguez vs Kevin Borjas (flyweight)
Daniel Zellhuber vs King Green (lightweight)
Santiago Luna vs Angel Pacheco (bantamweight)
Ryan Gandra vs Jose Daniel Medina (middleweight)
Macy Chiasson vs Ailin Perez (women’s bantamweight)
Damian Pinas vs Wes Schultz (middleweight)
Cristian Quinonez vs Kris Moutinho (bantamweight)
Sofia Montenegro vs Ernesta Kareckaite (women’s flyweight)
Saturday 7 March – UFC 326 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, US
Max Holloway (C) vs Charles Oliveira 2 (“Baddest Motherf****r” title)
Caio Borralho vs Reinier de Ridder (middleweight)
Renato Moicano vs Brian Ortega 2 (lightweight)
Gregory Rodrigues vs Brunno Ferreira (middleweight)
Rob Font vs Raul Rosas Jr (bantamweight)
Cody Garbrandt vs Long Xiao (bantamweight)
Cody Durden vs Nyamjargal Tumendemberel (flyweight)
Donte Johnson vs Dusko Todorovic (middleweight)
JooSang Yoo vs Gaston Bolanos (featherweight)
Luke Fernandez vs Rodolfo Bellato (light-heavyweight)
Sumudaerji vs Jesus Aguilar (flyweight)
Rafael Tobias vs Diyar Nurgozhay (light-heavyweight)
Saturday 14 March – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
Josh Emmett vs Kevin Vallejos (featherweight)
Ion Cutelaba vs Oumar Sy (light-heavyweight)
Amanda Lemos vs Gillian Robertson (women’s strawweight)
Bruno Silva vs Lone’er Kavanagh (flyweight)
Rinya Nakamura vs Luan Lacerda (bantamweight)
Marwan Rahiki vs Harry Hardwick (featherweight)
Saturday 21 March – UFC Fight Night – O2 Arena, London, UK
Saturday 28 March – UFC Fight Night – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, US
Israel Adesanya vs Joe Pyfer (middleweight)
Alexa Grasso vs Maycee Barber 2 (women’s flyweight)
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