MMA schedule and results 2026

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29 August

Shanghai, China

• UFC Fight Night: Umar Nurmagomedov v Song Yadong (bantamweight) - live on TNT Sports

5 September

Paris, France

• UFC Paris: Dan Hooker v Salahdine Parnasse (lightweight) - live on TNT Sports
• Michael 'Venom' Page v Nursulton Ruziboev (middleweight)
• Oumar Sy v Modestas Bukauskas (light-heavyweight)
• Kurtis Campbell v Trevor Peek (featherweight)

12 September

Arizona, USA

• UFC Noche: Yair Rodriguez v Jean Silva (featherweight) - live on TNT Sports

19 September

Los Angeles, USA

• UFC 331: Joshua Van (c) v Alexandre Pantoja 2 (UFC flyweight world title) - live on TNT Sports
• Casey O'Neill v Eduarda Moura (flyweight)

26 September

Dublin, Ireland

• Cage Warriors 210: Paddy McCorry (c) v Julio Spadaccini (Cage Warriors middleweight title) - live on UFC Fight Pass

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Raul Rosas Jr v Raoni Barcelos (bantamweight) - live on TNT Sports

3 October

Salt Lake City, USA

• UFC 332

17 October

Edmonton, Canada

• UFC Fight Night: Joaquin Buckley v Mike Malott (welterweight) - live on TNT Sports

Rome, Italy

• Cage Warriors 211:Dario Bellandi v Renato Valente (middleweight) - live on UFC Fight Pass

24 October

Abu Dhabi, UAE

• UFC 333: Alexander Volkanovski (c) v Movsar Evloev (UFC featherweight world title) - live on TNT Sports
• Petr Yan (c) v Merab Dvalishvili (UFC bantamweight world title)
• Lone'er Kavanagh v Ramazan Temurov (flyweight)
• Arnold Allen v Aaron Pico (featherweight)

7 November

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Gabriel Bonfim v Sean Brady (welterweight) - live on TNT Sports

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24 January

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC 324: Justin Gaethje beats Paddy Pimblett on points (UFC lightweight interim world title)
• Arnold Allen defeated by Jean Silva (featherweight)

31 January

Sydney, Australia

• UFC 325: Alexander Volkanovski outclasses Diego Lopes to tie Jose Aldo's record (UFC featherweight world title)
• Jonathan Micallef submits Oban Elliott in round two (welterweight)

7 February

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• PFL Dubai: Usman Nurmagomedov submits Alfie Davis in three rounds (PFL lightweight world title)
• Luke Trainer returns from long lay-off to submit Rob Wilkinson (light-heavyweight)
• Ramazan Kuramagomedov outpoints Shamil Musaev to win vacant title (PFL welterweight world title)

21 February

Dublin, Ireland

• Cage Warriors 200: Nik Bagley outclasses Solomon Simon (Cage Warriors featherweight title)
• Paddy McCorry stops Dario Bellandi in one round (Cage Warriors middleweight title)

28 February

Mexico City, Mexico

• UFC Mexico: Lone'er Kavanagh upsets former champion Brandon Moreno in huge win (flyweight)

7 March

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC 326: Charles Oliveira dominates Max Holloway to win BMF title (lightweight)

14 March

Manchester, England

• Cage Warriors 202: Omiel Brown stops Samuel Silva in three rounds (Cage Warriors lightweight title)

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Kevin Vallejos stops Josh Emmett in one round (featherweight)
• Marwan Rahiki finishes Harry Hardwick for Briton's second straight loss in the UFC (featherweight)

20 March

Madrid, Spain

• PFL Madrid: Costello van Steenis stops Fabian Edwards in three rounds (PFL middleweight world title)
• Linton Vassel finishes Jose Augusto (heavyweight)
• Gino van Steenis produces big knockout against Scotland's Mark Ewen (lightweight)

London, England

• Cage Warriors 203: Weslley Maia outpoints Ollie Sarwa (Cage Warriors bantamweight title)

21 March

London, England

• UFC London: Lerone Murphy struggles with hip injury from in loss to Movsar Evloev (featherweight)
• Luke Riley beats Michael Aswell by unanimous decision (featherweight)
• Michael 'Venom' Page beats Sam Patterson by unanimous decision in drab affair (welterweight)

28 March

Pittsburgh, USA

• PFL Pittsburgh: Johnny Eblen beats Bryan Battle (middleweight)
• Bryce Meredith v Jack Cartwright (bantamweight)

Seattle, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Joe Pyfer stops former champion Israel Adesanya (middleweight)
• Casey O'Neill returns from near two-year lay-off to knock out Gabriella Fernandes (flyweight)

4 April

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Renato Moicano defeats Chris Duncan by submission in the second round (lightweight)

11 April

Chicago, USA

• PFL Chicago: Mitch McKee beats Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision (bantamweight)

Miami, USA

• UFC 327: Carlos Ulberg knocks out Jiri Prochazka in the first round (UFC light-heavyweight title)

Fukuoka, Japan

• Danny Sabatello beats Joji Goto on points (RIZIN bantamweight title)
• Kazumasa Majima submits James Gallagher in round three (featherweight)

16 April

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• PFL Belfast: Jay-Jay Wilson upsets home crowd with knockout of Darragh Kelly (lightweight)

18 April

Winnipeg, Canada

• UFC Fight Night: Gilbert Burns retires after knockout loss to Mike Malott (welterweight)
• Jai Herbert defeats Mandel Nallo by first-round stoppage (lightweight)

Warsaw, Poland

• KSW 117: Pawel Pawlak stops Mamed Khalidov in four rounds (KSW middleweight title)
• Briton Phil De Fries submits Marcin Wojcik in one round (KSW heavyweight title)

2 May

Perth, Australia

• UFC Perth: Carlos Prates destroys and stops Jack Della Maddalena in three rounds (welterweight)
• Louie Sutherland produces upset win on week's notice against Tai Tuivasa (heavyweight)

9 May

Newark, USA

• UFC 328: Sean Strickland upsets Khamzat Chimaev to win by split decision (UFC middleweight world title)
• Joshua Van stops Tatsuro Taira in the fifth round (UFC flyweight world title)

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Arnold Allen outpoints Melquizael Costa (featherweight)
• Shauna Bannon submitted in final round against Nicolle Caliari (strawweight)

16 May

California, USA

• Ronda Rousey submits Gina Carano in 15 seconds (featherweight)
• Francis Ngannou stops Philipe Lins in one round (heavyweight)
• Mike Perry bloodies and beats Nate Diaz (welterweight)

23 May

Brussels, Belgium

• PFL Brussels: Patrick Habirora stops Benson Henderson in 20 seconds (welterweight)
• Joe Schilling quits fight after headbutt from Donegi Abena (light-heavyweight)

30 May

Macau, China

• UFC Fight Night: Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in the second round (bantamweight)

6 June

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Gabriel Bonfim beats Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision (welterweight)

14 June

Washington, USA

• UFC Freedom 250: Justin Gaethje shocks Ilia Topuria to win undisputed lightweight title (UFC lightweight world title)
• Ciryl Gane stops Alex Pereira in the second round to win interim heavyweight title (UFC heavyweight interim title)

20 June

Manchester, England

• Cage Warriors 207: Ieuan Davies submits Omiel Brown to win title (Cage Warriors lightweight title)

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Manel Kape knocks out Kyoji Horiguchi in revenge win (flyweight)
• Bia Mesquita inflicts more heartbreak on Briton Melissa Mullins (bantamweight)

27 June

Baku, Azerbaijan

• UFC Fight Night: Rafael Fiziev stops Manuel Torres in two rounds (lightweight)

San Diego, USA

• PFL San Diego: AJ McKee outpoints Salamat Isbulaev (featherweight)
• Alfie Davis suffers defeat to Alexander Shabliy (lightweight)

London, England

• Cage Warriors 208: Nik Bagley submits Aiden Lee (Cage Warriors featherweight title)

4 July

Newcastle, England

• Cage Warriors 209: George Hardwick defeats Gavin Hughes by split decision (lightweight)

11 July

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC 329: Conor McGregor comeback ends in TKO defeat to Max Holloway after Irishman injures knee (welterweight)
• Paddy Pimblett submits Benoit Saint-Denis in 52 seconds (lightweight)
• Brandon Royval submits Lone'er Kavanagh (flyweight)
• Luke Riley earns stoppage win over Kai Kamaka (featherweight)

18 July

Oklahoma, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Dricus du Plessis defeats Kamaru Usman (middleweight)
• Christian Leroy Duncan outpoints Jared Cannonier (middleweight)

Texas, USA

• PFL Austin: Johnny Eblen finishes Impa Kasanganay to claim interim belt (PFL interim middleweight title)
• Rafael do Nascimento submits Lewis McGrillen (bantamweight)
• Caolan Loughran suffers decision loss to Julio Arce (featherweight)

25 July

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• UFC Abu Dhabi: Magomed Ankalaev stops Bogdan Guskov to retain title with fifth-round stoppage (light-heavyweight)
• Santiago Ponzinibbio beaten by Sam Patterson in second-round TKO at UFC Abu Dhabi (welterweight)

26 July

Washington, USA

• PFL Washington DC: Thad Jean beats fill-in Ernesto Rodriguez to win first world title (PFL welterweight world title)

31 July

New York, USA

• PFL New York: Usman Nurmagomedov knocks out Archie Colgan in the first round to retain title (PFL lightweight world title)
• Dakota Ditcheva beats Denise Kielholtz by unanimous decision (flyweight)

1 August

Belgrade, Serbia

• UFC Serbia: Uros Medic knocks out Daniel Rodriguez in the first round (welterweight)
• Michael Oliveira knocks out Oban Elliott in the first round (welterweight)

7 August

Charlotte, USA

• PFL Charlotte: Bryan Battle beats Dalton Rosta by split-decision (middleweight)

8 August

• UFC Fight Night: Quillan Salkilld defeats Mateusz Gamrot by submission in first round (lightweight)

15 August

Philadelphia, USA

• UFC 330: Islam Makhachev beats Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision (UFC welterweight world title)
• Mackenzie Dern beats Gillian Robertson by unanimous decision (UFC strawweight world title)

22 August

Florida, USA

• PFL Tampa: Cris Cyborg defeats Ketlen Vieira on points (PFL featherweight world title)

23 August

Sacramento, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Anthony Hernandez outpoints Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)
• Marquel Mederos stops Mason Jones on his feet (lightweight)
• Shanelle Dyer continues knockout start to UFC career against Elise Reed (strawweight)

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