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Nazim Sadykhov's lightweight bout with Jefferson Nascimento was scrapped and Adrian Yanez was replaced by Alatengheili days before UFC 334, while the rest of the Nov. 14 Madison Square Garden card stays intact.
Davi Costa meets Mason Hartshorn for the flyweight title, and Shealor Ladd faces Wildemar Santos for the light heavyweight title, at the Pearl Theater inside Palms Casino Resort.
The matchup that collapsed during fight week a year ago now opens an eight-man bracket chasing a shot at Asadula Imangazaliev's belt.
Severino needed less than a minute to end Holzer's 12-0 record in front of a sold-out home crowd, his first clean defense of the bantamweight belt he won in March.
The two-time former middleweight champion, on a four-fight losing streak, returns against an unbeaten-in-the-UFC contender on December 5, with Ian Garry vs. Yaroslav Amosov set as the co-main event.
Laramie, a Windsor, Ontario native fighting on a three-fight win streak, got dropped early at Rizin 55 before rallying to a split decision and his first major championship.
The two-time welterweight title challenger says the final bout on his UFC contract, against Charles Radtke at UFC 334 in New York, will be his retirement fight.
The featherweights meet December 12 in Las Vegas, Garcia's first fight since a June knockout loss and Rodriguez's first since April 2025.
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.
ONE Championship has booked the flyweight Muay Thai rematch for December 11 in Bangkok, nearly two years after Estupinan handed Ghazali a decision loss at ONE 170.
Ruotolo finished the two-division champion in the first round at The Inner Circle 37, adding the ONE lightweight MMA title to the grappling championship he already held.
Walker survived an early knockdown and heavy pressure before a head kick and follow-up strikes finished the fight, earning Fight of the Night in a heavyweight headliner that only came together after an injury scrapped the original welterweight main event.
The No. 2-ranked bantamweight would step in if Kayla Harrison or Amanda Nunes cannot compete on Nov. 14, multiple outlets report, as Harrison makes her first title defense since beating Julianna Pena.
Two new matchups join the November 21 Doha lineup, officially confirming bookings that had circulated for weeks ahead of the UFC's second visit to Qatar.
Tackett submitted Jay Rodriguez in the first round to claim the vacant middleweight belt, and Jalen Fonacier won a decision over Kleber Barboza for the bantamweight title Mikey Musumeci had given up.
The unbeaten prospect finished Juliano Prescendo by first-round submission at LFA 245 on Oct. 30 in Niagara Falls, New York, filling a belt that had sat open since the promotion's previous two lightweight champions each left to sign with the UFC.
Ditcheva, who broke both hands in her July win over Denise Kielholtz, says surgery and recovery are behind her and she wants the next shot at Bishop's new title. Bishop has separately said she wants the rematch too, though PFL has not booked it.
Jessin Ayari replaces an injured Felix Klinkhammer in the promotion's vacant welterweight title fight against Amiran Gogoladze, and Rene Runge steps in against Gokhan Aksu, after Oktagon confirmed two withdrawals days before its Oct. 31 SAP Garden event.
The November 14 Coca-Cola Arena show is PFL's first Dubai date since merging with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, with champion Vadim Nemkov making his first heavyweight title defense against Sergei Bilostenniy, who trains alongside him under Fedor Emelianenko.
ONE Championship books a rematch of the fight that cost Nico Carrillo his unbeaten run at the top, putting his featherweight muay thai crown on the line against Nabil Anane on December 18 in Bangkok.
A Fight Night card is set for American Airlines Center, the arena where UFC 277 set the promotion's Dallas attendance record, though no fighters have been announced yet.
Erosa dropped JeongYeong Lee with a right hand 1:31 into the opening round of his announced retirement fight, earning a Performance of the Night bonus and the win he said days earlier he wanted no matter what came next.
The unbeaten grappling champion's MMA push continues on a December 18 Lumpinee Stadium card that also adds prospects Maurice Abevi and Dzhabir Dzhabrailov, weeks after Christian Lee defends his lightweight title against Kade's twin brother Tye.
The two-time former light heavyweight title challenger stopped the No. 7-ranked Murzakanov in the first round, handing him a second straight loss by head kick and extending Reyes's own win streak to two.
The British flyweight earned a Performance of the Night bonus by stopping Temirov, who was fighting for just the second time since a one-year doping suspension.
The Chechen-born prospect improved to 11-0 with a first-round TKO in Abu Dhabi, handing the longtime UFC light heavyweight a third loss in his last four fights.
Yan swept the final three rounds for a unanimous decision in the trilogy decider, taking a 2-1 series lead after Dvalishvili dominated the opening two rounds.
Alexander Volkanovski retained his belt with a second-round TKO of Movsar Evloev at UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi, while Petr Yan edged Merab Dvalishvili by decision to keep the bantamweight title.
David Samuel, Shido Boris Esperanca and four other finalists will fight for welterweight, lightweight and bantamweight titles as the Professional Fighters League returns to Rwanda.
The UFC welterweight, on a three-fight skid capped by a brutal knockout loss to Mike Malott, told fans one more run in the Octagon will close out his career.
Magomedov, who came in 5.4 pounds over the lightweight limit and forfeited part of his purse, outpointed Lucas Gabriel on the scorecards in Bangkok to win his ONE debut at a catchweight.
Lucindo won every round on every scorecard against Caliari, who had forfeited 30 percent of her purse after missing the non-title strawweight limit by 4.5 pounds, as the pair opened UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi at catchweight.
The new ring based promotion wants a PRIDE style strike added to the Unified Rules, with the state commission set to discuss the request in December.
The new UFC champion told Ag. Fight that Alexa Grasso's recent form also makes a case for her first defense, and that matchmaking is the promotion's call, not hers.
Scotiabank Arena will host the promotion's first Toronto event since 2024, headlined by a flyweight title defense and an interim welterweight title fight.
Morne Visser says the UFC pitched a one-night, four-man 205-pound grand prix including Jiri Prochazka and Magomed Ankalaev, but du Plessis chose to keep chasing a middleweight title shot first.
A unanimous decision win over a top contender in Edmonton puts Jasudavicius in the flyweight title conversation, with the fighter requesting a rematch against the champion who beat her in 2022.
Haggerty won by corner stoppage in round three at ONE SAMURAI 4, his third defense of the belt, turning back a former champion on Akimoto's home turf in Japan.
Combat Sports Anti-Doping says contamination, not intentional use, explains two positive samples collected in July and August; Amorim is eligible to return in February.
Manager Ali Askarov confirmed the 7-0 prospect agreed to a UFC contract after a visa problem kept him off Dana White's Contender Series, with a December debut expected but no opponent or event set yet.
Unbeaten light heavyweight Quentin Pasley, who impressed UFC CEO Dana White with a Contender Series knockout, will make his promotional debut against Junior Tafa on the December 12 card.
Nickal announced the change at a campaign rally in Ohio, but UFC's own card for the December 12 pay-per-view still lists the middleweight bout unchanged.
Bishop survived a battering first round, then controlled the next four largely through wrestling to win a unanimous decision and reverse her August 2025 knockout loss to Carmouche at PFL Chicago.
Barber is booked for her first fight since a March knockout loss, facing four-fight win streaker Carli Judice on the December 12 card at T-Mobile Arena.
Asked about contingency plans for the October 24 card, UFC's CEO said the promotion is not reconsidering Abu Dhabi, even as Houthi missile and drone strikes have repeatedly hit Riyadh's main airport in neighboring Saudi Arabia this month.
Dana White's Contender Series closed its tenth season on October 13 by signing four more prospects, including former ONE Muay Thai world champion Smilla Sundell, matching the show's single-season record of 46 UFC contracts.
UFC confirmed Bernardo Sopaj withdrew from his bantamweight bout with Marcus McGhee due to injury, with newcomer Anthony Romero stepping in on three days' notice in a featherweight matchup on the October 3 card in Salt Lake City.
Dana White's Contender Series awarded four new UFC contracts on September 29, but the promotion's president said Ian Escuza's featherweight win should have been ruled a no contest after an illegal knee the referee missed.
UFC has added a welterweight bout pairing unbeaten prospect Jacobe Smith with promotional newcomer Bruce Whitehead to the October 3 card in Salt Lake City, after Smith's planned step-up fight with Kevin Holland collapsed earlier this year.
The February 7, 2027 Afterpay Arena card has grown further: light heavyweights Robert Whittaker and Bogdan Guskov co-headline, and featherweights Marwan Rahiki and Joo Sang Yoo have reportedly been added.
A blatant knee to a downed opponent ended the TUF 34 bantamweight final by disqualification, a first for the show, and made Akylbek the first fighter from Kyrgyzstan to win the competition.
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