2026 schedule
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9 May
Newark, USA
- UFC 328: Khamzat Chimaev v Sean Strickland (UFC middleweight world title) – live on TNT Sports
- Joshua Van (c) v Tatsuro Taira (UFC flyweight world title)
16 May
Califorina, USA
- Ronda Rousey v Gina Carano (featherweight) – live on Netflix
- Francis Ngannou v Philipe Lins (heavyweight)
- Nate Diaz v Mike Perry (welterweight)
- Muhammad Mokaev v Adriano Moraes (flyweight)
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Arnold Allen v Melquizael Costa (featherweight) – live on TNT Sports
23 May
Brussels, Belgium
- PFL Brussels: Patrick Habirora v Benson Henderson (welterweight)
14 June
Washington, USA
- UFC White House: Ilia Topuria (c) v Justin Gaethje (UFC lightweight world title) – live on TNT Sports
- Alex Pereira v Ciryl Gane (UFC interim heavyweight world title)
20 June
Manchester, England
- Cage Warriors 207: Omiel Brown (c) v Ieuan Davies (Cage Warriors lightweight title)
27 June
San Diego, USA
- PFL San Diego: AJ McKee v Salamat Isbulaev (featherweight)
11 July
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC 329
1 August
Belgrade, Serbia
- UFC Serbia
15 August
Philadelphia, USA
- UFC 330
*(c) denotes defending champion
2026 results
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)