Here’s a look at every upcoming event announced by the MMA promotion so far
Following one of the most successful and engrossing years in the history of the UFC, the mixed martial arts promotion will look to keep building in 2022, Alex Pattle reports for Independent.
2021 saw Conor McGregor fight twice, marking his most active year since 2016. The Irishman lost to Dustin Poirier in each outing, suffering a horrific broken leg in the most recent, but he is targeting a summer return to the Octagon.
Here are all the UFC events and fights announced for the coming weeks and months (cards subject to change):
Saturday 20 August – UFC 278 – Vivint Arena, Salt Lake City
Kamaru Usman (C) vs Leon Edwards 2 (welterweight title)
Paulo Costa vs Luke Rockhold (middleweight)
Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili (bantamweight)
Marcin Tybura vs Alexandr Romanov (heavyweight)
Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker (light heavyweight)
Prelims
Leonardo Santos vs Jared Gordon (lightweight)
Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova (women’s bantamweight)
Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldana (featherweight)
Early prelims
AJ Fletcher vs Ange Loosa (welterweight)
Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo (flyweight)
Aoriqileng vs Jay Perrin (bantamweight)
Daniel da Silva vs Victor Altamirano (flyweight)
Saturday 3 September – UFC Fight Night – Accor Arena, Paris
Former interim UFC heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane (Getty Images)
Ciryl Gane vs Tai Tuivasa (heavyweight)
Robert Whittaker vs Marvin Vettori (middleweight)
Nassourdine Imavov vs Joaquin Buckley (middleweight)
Charles Jourdain vs Nathaniel Wood (featherweight)
Alessio di Chirico vs Roman Kopylov (middleweight)
John Makdessi vs Nasrat Haqparast (lightweight)
Benoit Saint-Denis vs Christos Giagos (lightweight)
Zarah Fairn vs Ailin Perez (women’s featherweight)
Saturday 10 September – UFC 279 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Nate Diaz (left) and Khamzat Chimaev have agreed to a welterweight clash (Getty)
Nate Diaz vs Khamzat Chimaev (welterweight)
Denis Tiuliulin vs Jamie Pickett (middleweight)
Johnny Walker vs Ion Cutelaba (light heavyweight)
Jake Collier vs Chris Barnett (heavyweight)
Chad Anheliger vs Alatengheili (bantamweight)
Shamil Abdurakhimov vs Jailton Almeida (heavyweight)
Melissa Martinez vs Elise Reed (women’s strawweight)
Norma Dumont vs Danyelle Wolf (women’s featherweight)
Irene Aldana vs Macy Chiasson (women’s bantamweight)
Saturday 17 September – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
Bantamweight UFC contender Cory Sandhagen in action against Raphael Assuncao (Getty Images)
Cory Sandhagen vs Song Yadong (bantamweight)
Giga Chikadze vs Sodiq Yusuff (featherweight)
Joe Pyfer vs Alen Amedovski (middleweight)
Anthony Hernandez vs Marc-Andre Barriault (middleweight)
Chidi Njokuani vs Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)
Tanner Boser vs Rodrigo Nascimento Ferreira (heavyweight)
Andre Fili vs Lando Vannata (featherweight)
Mariya Agapova vs Gillian Robertson (women’s flyweight)
Maryna Moroz vs Sijara Eubanks (women’s flyweight)
Loma Lookboonmee vs Diana Belbita (women’s strawweight)
Saturday 22 October – UFC 280 – Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi
Charles Oliveira (left) and Islam Makhachev will clash for the vacant lightweight belt (Getty Images)
Charles Oliveira vs Islam Makhachev (vacant lightweight title)
Aljamain Sterling (C) vs TJ Dillashaw (bantamweight title)
Beneil Dariush vs Mateusz Gamrot (lightweight)
Petr Yan vs Sean O’Malley (bantamweight)
Belal Muhammad vs Sean Brady (welterweight)
Marina Rodriguez vs Amanda Lemos (women’s strawweight)
Saturday 12 November – UFC 281 – Madison Square Garden, New York City
Israel Adesanya (C) vs Alex Pereira (middleweight title)
