Israel Adesanya captured the interim middleweight title at UFC 236 in 2019 in a Fight of the Night against Kelvin Gastelum. Now the undisputed champion, Adesanya next faces Marvin Vettori in the main event of UFC 263 on Saturday, June 12.
Nate Diaz made his return to the Octagon after nearly three years away at UFC 241 against the former lightweight champion Anthony Pettis. Diaz will next face Leon Edwards in a five-round bout at UFC 263 on Saturday, June 12.
During UFC welterweight Leon Edward's current nine-fight unbeaten streak he faced Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone in Singapore for a Fight Night main event. Edwards will face Nate Diaz at UFC 263 on Saturday, June 12.
This is a mix of some new footage and some of my old promos, all combined into one long countdown. UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on July 10, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
A lightweight trilogy between former interim UFC Lightweight Champion Dustin Poirier and former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor will headline the event. The pairing has previously met twice before: their first fight was a featherweight bout that happened in September 2014 at UFC 178, where McGregor won by first-round technical knockout. They then ascended to lightweight for an eventual rematch in January 2021 at UFC 257, where Poirier prevailed via second-round technical knockout.
Charles Oliveira earned his UFC lightweight title shot against Michael Chandler at UFC 262 after a dominant victory over Tony Ferguson at UFC 256 in December last year. UFC 262 goes down in Houston on Saturday, May 15.
Lightweight Michael Chandler introduced himself to UFC fans in dramatic fashion with a quick finish of Dan Hooker in the co-main event at UFC 257 earlier this year. Hooker will face Charles Oliveira for the UFC lightweight title at UFC 262 on Saturday, May 15.
UFC 261 Countdown previews welterweight Jorge Masvidal's quest for revenge against champ Kamaru Usman. Watch these two athletes train and prepare for their April 24th main event matchup.
Jessica Andrade's flyweight debut against Katlyn Chookagian earned her Performance of the Night honors on Fight Island in October. The former strawweight champion looks to win the belt in her second division when she takes on Valentina Shevchenko at UFC 261.
UFC lightweight Michael Chandler is predicting he will win the 155-pound championship against Charles Oliveira on May 15, and then make his first title defense against Conor McGregor before the end of the year.
Of course, Chandler (22-5) has a stiff test ahead of him in Oliveira (30-8) at UFC 262 in Houston. Oliveira, of Brazil, is actually a small favorite to defeat Chandler in their vacant title fight. The title was recently vacated by retired former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
Oliveira, 31, has won eight fights in a row. Chandler says he respects what Oliveira has done, but believes he has a tendency to give up if fights aren't going his way.
Jorge Masvidal stole the show when he scored a TKO win over Donald "Cowboy" Cerrone at UFC Denver back in 2017. Masvidal will get a second chance at welterweight champion Kamaru Usman when they face off in the UFC 261 main event on Saturday, April 24.
Educated Ignorance Music Group and LordMobb link as RJ Payne recruits Flee Lord for "Kain vs Undertaker," an incredibly dope collaboration paying homage to the 2 wrestling legends.
Zhang Weili helped welcome the UFC to Beijing in 2019, and she put on a strong performance in front of her hometown crowd, securing a first-round finish against Jessica Aguilar. Now the strawweight champion, she looks to defend her title against former champion Rose Namajunas in the co-main event at UFC 261 on Saturday, April 24.
UFC featherweight Brian Ortega looked as good as ever in his fight with the Korean Zombie, Chan Sung Jung, at Fight island 6 in October. This performance earned him a title shot against Alexander Volkanovski in the co-main event of UFC 261 on Saturday, March 27.
UFC 260 Countdown features heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and challenger Francis Ngannou, who prepare to run back their 2018 thriller on Saturday, March 26. Watch these athletes train and prepare for their bout.
Francis Ngannou faces off with heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic for the second time at UFC 260 on Saturday, March 27. Take a look back to his performance against Alistair Overeem at UFC 218 which produced one of the knockouts of the year in 2017.
Petr Yan captured the bantamweight title when he defeated Jose Aldo UFC 251 last year on Fight Island. Yan makes his first title defense against no. 1 contender Aljamain Sterling at UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6.
The foundations of the Octagon will shake on March 27 when the sport’s premier big men, UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and number one contender Francis Ngannou meet for the second time in the main event of UFC 260. Widely considered to be the greatest heavyweight in UFC history, Miocic defeated Ngannou in 2018, but in his last four bouts, “The Predator” has scored four consecutive first-round knockouts, proving that he is more than ready to face Cleveland’s finest once again. Plus, fresh from a pair of victories over Max Holloway, UFC featherweight champion Alexander “The Great” Volkanovski defends his crown against Brian “T-City” Ortega.
Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes defended her belt and took down one of the biggest names in UFC history when she finished Ronda Rousey at UFC 207 back in 2016. Now a two-division champion, Nunes will put her featherweight title on the line Against Megan Anderson at UFC 259 on Saturday, March 6.