Matchup Roundup: New UFC fights announced in the past week (July 7-12)

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 July 7-July 12:

UFC on ESPN 13: Wednesday, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Featherweight: Jimmie Rivera (22-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) vs. Cody Stamann (19-2-1 MMA, 5-1-1 UFC) (MMA Fighting)

Middleweight: With Dusko Todorovic out, Khamat Chimaev (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight John Phillips (22-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC) (Igor Lazorin)

Light heavyweight: With Timo Feucht removed, Jorge Gonzalez (16-4 MMA, 0-0 MMA) steps in to fight Kenneth Bergh (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (C. Contreras Legaspi)

UFC on ESPN+ 30: Saturday, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Flyweight: With Aleksandr Doskalchuk out, Amir Albazi (12-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Malcolm Gordon (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC)

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Sean O’Malley

UFC TBA: July 25, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi

Bantamweight: With Umar Nurmagomedov out, John Castaneda (17-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Nathaniel Wood (16-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)

UFC TBA: Aug. 8, Las Vegas

Lightweight: Nasrat Haqparast (11-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) vs. Alex Munoz (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (BILD)

Welterweight: Tim Means (29-12-1 MMA, 11-9 UFC) vs. Laureano Staropoli (9-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC)

UFC TBA: UFC 252, Las Vegas

Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley (12-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) vs. Marlon Vera (15-6-1 MMA, 9-5 UFC)

Bantamweight: Frankie Edgar (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC) vs. Pedro Munhoz (18-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC)

UFC TBA: Aug. 29, Las Vegas

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

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Thiago Santos

UFC TBA: Sept. 5, TBA

Women’s bantamweight: Julia Avila (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Nicco Montano (4-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC)

UFC TBA: Sept. 12, TBA

Light heavyweight: Thiago Santos (21-7 MMA, 13-6 UFC) vs. Glover Teixeira (30-7 MMA, 13-5 UFC) (ESPN)

UFC 253: Sept. 19, TBA

Women’s strawweight: Mackenzie Dern (8-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Randa Markos (10-8-1 MMA, 6-7-1 UFC) (MMA Fighting)

UFC TBA: Sept. 26, TBA

Women’s bantamweight: Sarah Alpar (9-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jessica-Rose Clark (9-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) (MMA Fighting)