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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Dec. 23-29)

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels for news to break through, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Dec. 23-29:

Bellator 238: Jan. 25, Inglewood, Calif.

Catchweight (175lbs): Dillon Danis (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) vs. Kegan Gennrich (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

UFC 247: Feb. 8, Houston

Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Jose Quinonez (8-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC)

Next page: UFC, Auckland, UFC Norfolk, UFC 248

UFC TBA: Feb. 22, Auckland, New Zealand

Flyweight: Kai Kara-France (20-8 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Tyson Nam (18-10-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (NZ Stuff)

Welterweight: Callan Potter (18-8 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Kenan Song (15-5 MMA, 3-1 UFC) (NZ Herald)

Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey (12-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Jalin Turner (9-5 MMA, 1-2 UFC) (Sydney Morning Herald)

UFC TBA: February 29, Norfolk, Va.

Featherweight: T.J. Brown (14-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jordan Griffin (17-7 MMA, 0-2 UFC) (Virginian Pilot)

Featherweight: Aalon Cruz (8-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Steven Peterson (18-9 MMA, 2-3 UFC) (Virginian Pilot)

Welterweight: Sean Brady (11-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Ismail Naurdiev (19-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (theScore)

UFC 248: March 7, Las Vegas

Women’s strawweight: Polyana Viana (10-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) vs. Emily Whitmire (4-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

Next page: UFC Brasilia, UFC London

Jussier Formiga (red gloves) and Deiveson Figueiredo (blue gloves) during UFC Fight Night (Christopher Hanewinckel, USA TODAY Sports)

UFC TBA: March 14, Brasilia, Brazil

Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos (21-6 MMA, 7-2 UFC) vs. Alexey Kunchenko (20-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (Combate)

Women’s bantamweight: Veronica Macedo (6-3-1 MMA, 1-3 UFC) vs. Bea Malecki (3-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Flyweight: Jussier Formiga (22-6 MMA, 8-5 UFC) vs. Brandon Moreno (16-5-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC)

Bantamweight: Enrique Barzola (16-5-1 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. Rani Yahya (26-10 MMA, 11-4 UFC)

UFC TBA: March 21, London

Welterweight: Nicolas Dalby (18-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) vs. Danny Roberts (17-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC)

Next page: UFC Columbus, UFC TBA, UFC 249

Greg Hardy. (USA TODAY Sports)

UFC on ESPN 8: March 28, Columbus

Heavyweight: Yorgan De Castro (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Greg Hardy (5-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

Light heavyweight: Sam Alvey (33-13 MMA, 10-8 UFC) vs. Khalil Rountree (8-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC)

Bantamweight: Davey Grant (11-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) vs. Louis Smolka (16-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC)

Women’s strawweight: Mizuki Inoue (14-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Tecia Torres (10-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC)

UFC TBA: April 11, TBA

Middleweight: Alessio Di Chirico (12-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Women’s bantamweight: Julia Avila (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Karol Rosa (12-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (Combate)

UFC 249: April 18, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Middleweight: Uriah Hall (15-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) vs. Ronaldo Souza (26-8-1 MMA, 8-5 UFC) (ESPN)

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