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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (March 2-8)

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, 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 March 2-8:

Bellator 241: Friday, Uncasville, Conn.

Bantamweight: With Johnny Campbell out, Dominic Mazzotta (15-3 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) steps in to fight Leandro Higo (19-5 MMA, 2-3 BMMA) (MMA Fighting)

UFC on ESPN+ 30: April 11, Portland, Ore.

Lightweight: Davi Ramos (10-3 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (14-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (ESPN MMA)

Welterweight: Phil Rowe (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Cole Williams (11-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (ESPN MMA)

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

Light heavyweight: Magomed Ankalaev (14-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) vs. Ion Cutelaba (15-5 MMA, 4-4 UFC) (ESPN)

More matchups on the next page:

Charles Rosa

UFC on ESPN+ 31: April 25, Lincoln, Neb.

Featherweight: Peter Barrett (11-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Danny Henry (12-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (The Scrap)

Flyweight: Jordan Espinosa (14-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. Zhalgas Zhumagulov (13-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (MMA Junkie)

Featherweight: Gavin Tucker (11-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. Billy Quarantillo (13-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (MMA Junkie)

UFC Oklahoma City: May 2, Oklahoma City

Featherweight: Bryce Mitchell (12-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Charles Rosa (3-3 UFC) (MyMMANews)

Featherweight: Ryan Hall (7-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Ricardo Lamas (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC)

Light heavyweight: Devin Clark (11-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC) vs. Alonzo Menifield (9-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) (The Oklahoman)

UFC 250: May 9, Sao Paulo

Women’s featherweight: Amanda Nunes (18-4 MMA, 11-1 UFC) vs. Felicia Spencer (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (ESPN)

Heavyweight: Carlos Felipe (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Sergey Spivak (10-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC)

Bellator 242: May 9, San Jose, Calif.

Women’s strawweight: Keri Melendez (4-0 MMA, 4-0 BMMA) vs. Emilee King (4-3 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) (ESPN)

Middleweight: Ivan Batinich (4-1 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs, Joe Kropschot (4-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

Featherweight: Hyder Amil (4-0 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) vs. Brandon Laroco (5-2 MMA, 1-1 BMMA)

Welterweight: Gabriel Pacheco (4-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Abraham Vesau (5-3 MMA, 2-1 BMMA)

Welterweight: Rhalan Gracie (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Dominic Sumner (1-3 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) (KHON2)

Flyweight: Ryan Attebery (0-2 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Mike Howard (0-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

Bantamweight: Daniel Oseguera (1-1 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) vs. Sorcrates Hernandez (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

More matchups on the next page:

Curtis Blaydes

UFC San Diego: May 16, San Diego

Flyweight: Kai Kara-France (21-8 MMA, 4-1 UFC) vs. Alex Perez (22-5 MMA, 4-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)

UFC 251: Perth, Australia

Heavyweight: Jarjis Danho (6-1-1 MMA, 0-1-1 UFC) vs. Tai Tuivasa (8-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC)

UFC Kazakhstan: June 13, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Light heavyweight: Roman Dolidze (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Khadis Ibragimov (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) (MMA DNA)

UFC Saskatoon: June 20, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Women’s flyweight: Gillian Robertson (7-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Taila Santos (15-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (The Star Phoenix)

Middleweight: Marc-Andre Barriault (11-4 MMA, 0-3 UFC) vs. Oskar Piechota (11-3-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) (The Star Phoenix)

Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes (13-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) vs. Alexander Volkov (31-7 MMA, 5-1 UFC) (Sports.ru)

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