After one of the most successful and compelling years in the history of the ufcthe mixed martial arts promotion will be further expanded in 2022.
2021 saw Conor McGregor fight twice, marking his most active year since 2016. The Irishman lost to Dustin Poirier in every match. recently suffered a horrible broken legbut he’s aiming for a summer return to the Octagon.
Elsewhere, newer stars may like Israel Adesanya, Chamzat Chimaev and Sean O’Malley look to continue to enhance their legacy and profile while being a featherweight queen amanda nuns will certainly strive to regain her bantamweight belt lost it to Julianna Pena in December in a big upset.
Islam Makhachev continues to pursue his goal of becoming a lightweight champion following in the footsteps of his close friend and cornerman Khabib Nurmagomedov, while the men’s bantamweight division will see a unification match between their interim champion Petr Yan and official defending champion Aljamain Sterling – with the heavyweight title being unified in January when Francis Ngannou pointed out Ciryl Gane.
Here are all the UFC events and fights announced for the coming weeks and months (maps subject to change):
Saturday, July 16 – UFC Fight Night – UBS Arena, Elmont
Two-time UFC featherweight challenger Brian Ortega
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main card
Brian Ortega vs. Yair Rodriguez (Featherweight)
Michelle Waterson-Gomez vs. Amanda Lemos (Women’s Strawweight)
Li Jingliang vs. Muslim Salikhov (welterweight)
Matt Schnell vs. Sumudaerji (Flyweight)
Shane Burgos vs. Charles Jourdain (Featherweight)
Lauren Murphy vs. Miesha Tate (Women’s Flyweight)
front matter
Punahele Soriano vs. Dalcha Lungiambula (middleweight)
Ricky Simon vs. Jack Shore (Bantamweight)
Bill Algeo vs. Herbert Burns (Featherweight)
Dustin Jacoby vs. Da-Un Jung (Light Heavyweight)
Dwight Grant vs. Dustin Stoltzfus (middleweight)
Jessica Penne vs. Emily Ducote (Women’s Strawweight)
Saturday 23rd July – UFC Fight Night – O2 Arena, London
Wigan heavyweight Tom Aspinall will once again be headlining at London’s O2 Arena
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main card
Curtis Blaydes vs. Tom Aspinall (Heavyweight)
Jack Hermansson vs. Chris Curtis (middleweight)
Paddy Pimblett vs. Jordan Leavitt (Lightweight)
Nikita Krylov vs. Alexander Gustafsson (Light Heavyweight)
Molly McCann vs. Hannah Goldy (Women’s Flyweight)
Paul Craig vs. Volkan Özdemir (Light Heavyweight)
front matter
Marc Diakiese vs. Damir Hadzovic (Lightweight)
Nathaniel Wood vs. Charles Rosa (Bantamweight)
Makwan Amirkhani vs. Jonathan Pearce (Featherweight)
Muhammad Mokaev vs. Charles Johnson (Flyweight)
Jai Herbert vs. Kyle Nelson (Lightweight)
Mandy Bohm vs. Victoria Leonardo (Women’s Flyweight)
Claudio Silva vs. Nicolas Dalby (welterweight)
Saturday, July 30 – UFC 277 – American Airlines Center, Dallas
Julianna Pena (right) dethroned Amanda Nunes in December
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main card
Julianna Pena (C) vs. Amanda Nunes 2 (Women’s Bantamweight Title)
Brandon Moreno vs. Kai Kara-France (interim flyweight title)
Derrick Lewis vs Sergey Pavlovich (Heavyweight)
Alexandre Pantoja vs. Alex Perez (Flyweight)
Magomed Ankalaev vs. Anthony Smith (Light Heavyweight)
front matter
Alex Morono vs. Matthew Semelsberger (welterweight)
Drew Dober vs. Rafael Alves (Lightweight)
Justin Tafa vs. Don’Tale Mayes (Heavyweight)
Diego Ferreira vs. Drakkar Klose (Lightweight)
Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Michael Morales (welterweight)
Ji Yeon Kim vs. Maria Agapova Women’s Flyweight
Igancio Bahamondes vs. Ludovit Klein (Lightweight)
Nicolae Negumereanu vs. Ihor Potieria (Light Heavyweight)
Saturday, August 6 – UFC Fight Night – TBD
Thiago Santos vs. Jamahal Hill (Light Heavyweight)
Shamil Gamzatov vs. Misha Cirkunov (Light Heavyweight)
Bryan Battle vs. Takashi Sato (Welterweight)
Saturday, August 13 – UFC Fight Night – Pechanga Arena, San Diego
Former UFC Bantamweight Champion Dominick Cruz
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main card
Marlon Vera vs. Dominick Cruz (Bantamweight)
Alexa Grasso vs. Viviane Araujo (Women’s Flyweight)
Malcolm Gordon vs. Allan Nascimento (Flyweight)
Aspen Ladd vs. Sara McMann (Women’s Bantamweight)
Devin Clark vs. Azamat Murzakanov (Light Heavyweight)
front matter
Bruno Silva vs. Gerald Meerschaert (middleweight)
Martin Buday vs. Lukasz Brzeski (Heavyweight)
Yazmin Jauregui vs. Istela Nunes (Women’s Strawweight)
Saturday, August 20 – UFC 278 – Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City
UFC Welterweight Champion Kamaru Usman
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main card
Kamaru Usman (C) vs Leon Edwards 2 (Welterweight Title)
Jose Aldo vs. Merab Dvalishvili (Bantamweight)
Paulo Costa vs. Luke Rockhold (middleweight)
Amir Albazi vs. Francisco Figueiredo (Flyweight)
Marcin Tybura vs. Alexander Romanov (heavyweight)
front matter
Leonardo Santos vs. Jared Gordon (Lightweight)
Wu Yanan vs. Lucie Pudilova (Women’s Bantamweight)
Tyson Pedro vs. Harry Hunsucker (Light Heavyweight)
Daniel da Silva vs. Victor Altamirano (Flyweight)
Aoriqileng vs. Jay Perrin (Bantamweight)
AJ Fletcher vs. Ange Loosa (welterweight)
Sean Woodson vs. Luis Saldana (Featherweight)
Saturday, September 3 – UFC Fight Night – Accor Arena, Paris
Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane
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Ciryl Gane vs. Tai Tuivasa (Heavyweight)
Robert Whittaker vs. Marvin Vettori (middleweight)
Jessica Andrade vs. Manon Fiorot (Women’s Flyweight)
Nassourdine Imavov vs. Joaquin Buckley (middleweight)
Alessio di Chirico vs. Roman Kopylov (middleweight)
Zarah Fairn vs. Ailin Perez (Women’s Featherweight)
John Makdessi vs. Nasrat Haqparast (Lightweight)
Saturday, September 10 – UFC Fight Night – TBA
TBA vs TBA
Saturday, September 17 – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC bantamweight contender Cory Sandhagen (right) makes headlines against Song Yadong
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Cory Sandhagen vs. Song Yadong (Bantamweight)
Giga Chikadze vs. Sodiq Yusuff (Featherweight)
Chidi Njokuani vs. Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)
Tanner Boser vs. Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira (Heavyweight)
Andre Fili vs. Lando Vannata (Featherweight)
Maryna Moroz vs. Sijara Eubanks (Women’s Flyweight)
Saturday, October 22 – UFC 280 – Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi
Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev (vacant lightweight title)
