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Andrew Tackett's fifth welterweight title defense headlines UFC BJJ 14 in December

UFC's grappling card also puts the women's featherweight belt on the line, as inaugural champion Aurelie Le Vern gets a shot at reclaiming the title she lost seven months ago.

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UFC BJJ has set its next card. The promotion's grappling arm returns to Meta APEX in Las Vegas on Thursday, Dec. 3, with two titles on the line, according to UFC's own announcement, published Nov. 3.

Welterweight champion Andrew Tackett, undefeated at 5-0 in the promotion, headlines UFC BJJ 14 against Chris Wojcik. It will be his fifth defense of the title he won at UFC BJJ's debut card in June 2025, having already turned back Renato Canuto, Elijah Dorsey, Vagner Rocha and Jonnatas Gracie, according to Wikipedia's record of the division's title history, which lists his reign at more than 490 days.

In the co-feature, women's featherweight champion Brianna Ste-Marie defends her title against Aurelie Le Vern. Le Vern won the division's inaugural title in December 2025, lost it to Rebeca Lima the following April, and now gets a chance to reclaim the belt from Ste-Marie, who beat Lima for it in August, per the same title-history page.

The rest of the Dec. 3 card, per UFC's announcement: Kennedy Maciel against Keith Krikorian at lightweight, Dan Manasoiu against Nick Hartman at heavyweight, Lucas Barbosa against Elder Cruz at light heavyweight, and Sabrina Gondim against Amanda Bruse at women's flyweight.

The card streams live on UFC Fight Pass, with the main card starting at 8 p.m. ET.

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