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.
Women’s strawweight: Emilee King (3-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Ava Knight (1-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) (MMA Junkie)
Welterweight: Raymond Daniels (1-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Jason King (8-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Featherweight: Juan Archuleta (23-2 MMA, 5-1 BMMA) vs. Henry Corrales (17-4 MMA, 5-4 BMMA) (ESPN)
UFC 247: Feb. 8, Houston
Bantamweight: Journey Newson (9-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Domingo Pilarte (8-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (ESPN)
Next page: UFC on ESPN+ 25, Bellator Europe 7, UFC on ESPN+ 26, UFC on ESPN+ 27
UFC on ESPN+ 25: Feb. 15, Rio Rancho, N.M.
Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Tim Means (29-11-1, 11-8 UFC) (Albuquerque Journal)
Bellator Europe 7: Feb. 22, Dublin
Middleweight: Kyle Kurtz (10-7 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) vs. Charlie Ward (7-4 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) (The Irish Mirror)
Women’s flyweight: Elina Kallionidou (7-3 MMA, 0-3 BMMA) vs. Bec Rawlings (7-9 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) (The Irish Mirror)
Bantamweight: Ricky Bandejas (12-3 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) vs. Frans Mlambo (8-4 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) (MMA Fighting)
UFC on ESPN+ 26: Feb. 22, Auckland, New Zealand
Women’s strawweight: Hannah Goldy (5-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Loma Lookboonmee (4-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (New Zealand Herald)
Welterweight: Maki Pitolo (12-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Takashi Sato (15-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (New Zealand Herald)
Next page: UFC on ESPN+ 27, UFC 248, Bellator 241
UFC on ESPN+ 27: Feb. 29, Norfolk, Va.
Lightweight: Alex Munoz (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Luis Pena (7-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC)
UFC 248: March 7, Las Vegas
Welterweight: Max Griffin (15-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC) vs. Alex Oliveira (20-7-1 MMA, 9-6 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Middleweight: Saparbeg Safarov (9-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. Rodolfo Vieira (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Lightweight: Austin Hubbard (11-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Mark Madsen (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Bellator 241: March 13, Uncasville, Conn.
Featherweight: Patricio Freire (30-4 MMA, 18-4 BMMA) vs. Pedro Carvalho (11-3 MMA, 4-0 BMMA)
Featherweight: Emmanuel Sanchez (19-4 MMA, 11-3 BMMA) vs. Daniel Weichel (40-11 MMA, 9-3 BMMA)
Next page: UFC on ESPN+ 28, UFC on ESPN 8, UFC 249
UFC on ESPN+ 28: March 14, Brasilia, Brazil
Lightweight: John Makdessi (17-6 MMA, 10-6 UFC) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (24-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC)
Welterweight: Gilbert Burns (17-3 MMA, 10-3 UFC) vs. Demian Maia (28-9 MMA, 22-9 UFC) (Combate)
UFC on ESPN 8: March 28, Columbus, Ohio
Bantamweight: Randy Costa (5-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Martin Day (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Middleweight: Puna Soriano (7-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Eric Spicely (12-5 MMA, 2-5 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
UFC 249: April 18, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Women’s strawweight: Jessica Andrade (20-7 MMA, 11-5 UFC) vs. Rose Namajunas (8-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) (ESPN)
