Latest UFC Fight Announcements, Fighter Releases: March 11, 2018 Edition
Latest UFC Fight Announcements, Fighter Releases: March 11, 2018 Edition
FloCombat's Nolan King recaps the latest UFC fight announcements, including Amanda Nunes vs. Raquel Pennington and more.
By Nolan King
With fight announcements breaking each and every day, it’s hard to keep track of all the hustle and bustle in the world of mixed martial arts.
Luckily, here at FloCombat, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of all of the UFC fight announcements that were put out by notable outlets across the world so far this month as of Sunday, March 11.
Bouts are not confirmed by the UFC unless noted otherwise (*). Below, check out the matchup announcements and changes plus a bonus list of fighter releases.
March 17 - UFC Fight Night 127: London
Lightweight Bout: Alex Reyes out of bout against Nasrat Haqparast (8-2, 0-1 UFC) - per GNP1
April 7 – UFC 223: Ferguson vs. Khabib
Lightweight Bout: Mairbek Taisumov out, Evan Dunham (18-6-1, 11-6-1 UFC) now faces Olivier Aubin-Mercier (10-2, 6-2 UFC) - per MMAFighting/Evan Dunham on Twitter
May 12 - UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington
Women’s Bantamweight Bout*: Amanda Nunes (15-4, 9-2 UFC) vs. Raquel Pennington (9-5, 6-2 UFC) - per Combate
June 9 - UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero
Middleweight Bout*: Robert Whittaker (19-4, 9-2 UFC) vs. Yoel Romero (13-2, 9-1 UFC) - per BJPenn.com
June 23 - UFC Fight Night 132: Singapore
Flyweight Bout: Ashkan Mokhtarian (13-3, 0-2 UFC) vs. Jenel Lausa (7-4, 1-2 UFC) - per Combate
Women’s Flyweight Bout: Nadia Kassem (5-0, 1-0 UFC) vs. Xiaonan Yan (8-1, 1-0 UFC) - per Combate
Releases:
Mike Pyle (27-14-1, 10-9 UFC) - Retired
Galore Bofando (5-3, 1-1 UFC) - Released per UFCFightersInfo
Dmitry Poberezhets (24-5-1, 0-0 UFC )- Released per UFCFightersInfo
Francimar Barroso (19-7 1NC, 4-4 1NC UFC) - Released per UFCFightersInfo
Kailin Curran (4-6, 1-6 UFC) - Released per UFCFightersInfo
Bobby Nash (8-4, 0-3 UFC) - Released per UFCFightersInfo