UFC Fight Announcements: Cain Velasquez, Gregor Gillespie Return
UFC Fight Announcements: Cain Velasquez, Gregor Gillespie Return
View the latest round of UFC fight announcements, including the returns of Cain Velasquez and Gregor Gillespie and much more.
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 in the past three weeks.
Bouts are not confirmed by the UFC unless noted otherwise (*). Below, view the matchup announcements as well as a bonus list of fighter signings and releases.
Jan. 19 | UFC Fight Night 143: Brooklyn
Flyweight Bout*: Joseph Benavidez (26-5, 13-3 UFC) vs. Dustin Ortiz (19-7, 8-5 UFC) - per Newsday
Lightweight Bout*: Gregor Gillespie (12-0, 5-0 UFC) vs. Yancy Medeiros (15-5 1NC, 6-5 1NC UFC) - per Newday
Bantamweight Bout*: John Lineker (31-8, 12-3 UFC) vs. Cory Sandhagen (9-1, 2-0 UFC) - per ESPN
Lightweight Bout*: Dennis Bermudez (16-9, 9-7 UFC) vs. Te Edwards (6-2, 0-1 UFC) - per Newsday
Feb. 2 | UFC Fight Night 144: Fortaleza
Bantamweight Bout*: Ricardo Ramos (12-1, 3-0 UFC) vs. Said Nurmagomedov (12-1, 1-0 UFC) - per Akhmat MMA
Featherweight Bout*: Jose Aldo (27-4, 9-3 UFC) vs. Renato Carneiro (13-1-1, 5-1 UFC) - per Combate
Women’s Strawweight Bout*: Livia Renata Souza (12-1, 1-0 UFC) vs. Sarah Frota (9-0, 0-0 UFC) - per Combate
Feb. 9 | UFC 234: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
Women’s Flyweight Bout*: Montana De La Rosa (9-4, 2-0 UFC) vs. Nadia Kassem (6-0, 1-0 UFC) - per The Daily Telegraph
Light Heavyweight Bout*: Jim Crute (9-0, 1-0 UFC) vs. Ryan Spann (15-5, 1-0 UFC) - per The Courier Mail
Bantamweight Bout*: Wuliji Buren (10-6, 0-2 UFC) vs. Jonathan Martinez (9-2, 0-1 UFC)
Featherweight Bout: Austin Arnett (16-5, 1- UFC) vs. Shane Young (11-4, 1-1 UFC) - per NZ Herald
Bantamweight Bout*: Teruto Ishihara (10-6-2, 3-4-1 UFC) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (14-8-0-1, 3-2-0-1 UFC) - per Rank5
Feb. 17 | UFC on ESPN 1: Phoenix
Women’s Flyweight Bout: With Lauren Murphy out, Andrea Lee (9-2, 1-0 UFC) steps in to fight Ashlee Evans-Smith (6-3, 3-3 UFC) - per MyMMANews
Featherweight Bout*: Myles Jury (17-3, 8-3 UFC) vs. Andre Fili (18-6, 6-5 UFC) - per FloCombat
Women’s Strawweight Bout*: Jessica Penne (12-5, 1-3 UFC) vs. Jodie Esquibel (6-2, 0-2 UFC)
Bantamweight*: Jimmie Rivera (22-2, 6-1 UFC) vs. Aljamain Sterling (16-3, 8-3 UFC) - per AZ Central Sports
Lightweight Bout*: Scott Holtzman (12-2, 5-2 UFC) vs. Nik Lentz (29-9-2 1NC, 13-6-1 1NC UFC) - per ESPN
Bantamweight Bout*: Renan Barao (34-7-1, 9-6 UFC) vs. Luke Sanders (12-3, 2-3 UFC) - per ESPN
Heavyweight Bout*: Cain Velasquez (14-2, 12-2 UFC) vs. Francis Ngannou (12-3, 7-2 UFC) - per ESPN
Feb. 23 | UFC Fight Night 145: Prague
Women’s Flyweight Bout*: Liz Carmouche (12-6,4-4 UFC) vs. Lucie Pudilova (8-3, 2-2 UFC)
Light Heavyweight Bout*: Jan Blachowicz (23-7, 6-4 UFC) vs. Thiago Santos (19-6, 11-5 UFC)
Heavyweight Bout*: Stefan Struve (28-11, 12-9 UFC) vs. Marcos Rogerio de Lima (16-5-1, 5-3 UFC)
Welterweight Bout: Michel Prazeres (26-2, 10-2 UFC) vs. Ramazan Emeev (18-3, 3-0 UFC) - per MMA Brasil
March 2 | UFC 235: TBA vs. TBA
Welterweight Bout*: Diego Sanchez (28-11, 17-11 UFC) vs. Mickey Gall (5-1, 4-1 UFC)
Featherweight Bout*: Jeremy Stephens (28-15, 15-14 UFC) vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov (16-1, 4-0 UFC) - per ESPN
Women’s Bantamweight Bout*: Holly Holm (12-4, 5-4 UFC) vs. Aspen Ladd (7-0, 2-0 UFC)
Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Gina Mazany (5-2, 1-2 UFC) vs. Macy Chiasson (3-0, 1-0 UFC) - per Las Vegas Review Journal
March 9 | UFC Fight Night 146: Wichita
Lightweight Bout: Beneil Dariush (15-4-1, 9-4-1 UFC) vs. Drew Dober (20-8-0-1, 6-4-0-1 UFC) - per Farah Hannoun
March 16 | UFC Fight Night 147: London
Middleweight Bout: Alessio Di Chirico (12-2, 3-2 UFC) vs. Tom Breese (11-1, 4-1 UFC) - per Sherdog
Middleweight Bout*: Jack Marshman (22-8, 2-3 UFC) vs. John Phillips (21-8 1NC, 0-2 UFC)
Welterweight Bout*: Danny Roberts (16-3, 5-2 UFC) vs. Claudio Silva (12-1, 3-0 UFC)
Light Heavyweight Bout: Gokhan Saki (1-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Saparbeg Safarov (8-2, 0-2 UFC) - per Red Fury MMA
UFC Signings
Sabina Mazo – Women’s Flyweight (6-0) – LFA (per ESPN)
Deron Winn – Middleweight (5-0) – Golden Boy MMA
UFC Departures:
Elias Garcia – Flyweight (6-2, 0-2 UFC) – Released
Dmitry Smolyakov – Heavyweight (8-2, 0-2 UFC) – Signed with KSW
Adam Milstead – Heavyweight (8-2 1NC, 1-2 1NC UFC) – Retired