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 June 15-21:
UFC on ESPN 12: Saturday, Las Vegas
Middleweight: With Ian Heinisch out, Kyle Daukaus (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Brendan Allen (14-3 MMA, 2-0 UFC)
Women’s flyweight: Miranda Maverick (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Mara Romero Borella (13-8 MMA, 2-4 UFC) (MMA DNA)
Welterweight: Ramiz Brahimaj (8-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Takashi Sato (15-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (Shu Hirata)
Featherweight: Jordan Griffin (18-7 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. Youssef Zalal (8-2 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (ESPN)
Strawweight: Kay Hansen (6-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jinh Yu Frey (9-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
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UFC 251: July 11, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Welterweight: Elizeu Zaleski Dos Santos (22-6 MMA, 8-2 UFC) vs. Muslim Salikhov (16-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) (Combate)
Heavyweight: Alexander Romanov (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Marcin Tybura (18-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC) (MMA.pl)
Bantamweight: Martin Day (9-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Davey Grant (11-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC)
Middleweight: John Phillips (22-9 MMA, 1-3 UFC) vs. Dusko Todorovic (9-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
UFC TBA: July 15, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Women’s flyweight: Diana Belbita (12-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Liana Jouja (7-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (Igor Lazorin)
Featherweight: Dan Ige (14-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) vs. Calvin Kattar (21-4 MMA, 5-2 UFC) (ESPN)
Bantamweight: Frankie Edgar (23-8-1 MMA, 17-8-1 UFC) vs. Pedro Munhoz (18-4 MMA, 8-4 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
Featherweight: Lerone Murphy (8-0-1 MMA, 0-0-1 UFC) vs. Ricardo Ramos (14-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC) (AG Fight)
Flyweight: Ryan Benoit (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC) vs. Tim Elliott (15-11-1 MMA, 4-9 UFC)
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UFC TBA: July 18, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Featherweight: Grant Dawson (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Nad Narimani (12-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Bantamweight: Montel Jackson (9-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Brett Johns (16-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)
Lightweight: Joel Alvarez (16-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Joe Duffy (16-4 MMA, 4-3 UFC)
UFC TBA: July 25, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Welterweight: Ramazan Emeev (18-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (12-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (Igor Lazorin)
Heavyweight: Tom Aspinall (7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jake Collier (11-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC)
Welterweight: Nicolas Dalby (18-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) vs. Danny Roberts (17-5 MMA, 6-4 UFC)
Welterweight: Alex Oliveira (21-7-1 MMA, 10-6 UFC) vs. Peter Sobotta (17-6-1 MMA, 4-5 UFC)
UFC TBA: Aug. 1, TBA
Light heavyweight: Ed Herman (25-14 MMA, 12-11 UFC) vs. Da Un Jung (13-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) (SpoTV)
Women’s bantamweight: Yana Kunitskaya (12-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. Ketlen Vieira (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Women’s flyweight: Viviane Araujo (8-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. Jennifer Maia (17-6-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
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UFC TBA: Aug. 8, TBA
Heavyweight: Cyril Gane (6-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Sergei Pavlovich (14-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (La Sueur)
Heavyweight: Derrick Lewis (23-7 MMA, 14-5 UFC) vs. Aleksei Oleinik (56-13-1 MMA, 8-4 UFC) (ESPN)
Middleweight: Omari Akhmedov (19-4-1 MMA, 7-3-1 UFC) vs. Chris Weidman (14-5 MMA, 10-5 UFC) (Igor Lazorin)
Women’s bantamweight: Julia Avila (8-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Nicco Montano (4-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
Middleweight: Andrew Sanchez (11-5 MMA, 4-3 UFC) vs. Wellington Turman (16-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (Combate)
Women’s strawweight: Miranda Granger (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Nadia Kassem (6-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) (MMA DNA)
UFC TBA: Aug. 22, TBA
Women’s flyweight: Mariya Agapova (9-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Shana Dobson (3-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC) (Combate)
UFC TBA: Aug. 29, TBA
Welterweight: Christian Aguilera (14-6 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Sean Brady (12-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
Light heavyweight: Aleksandar Rakic (12-2 MMA 4-1 UFC) vs. Anthony Smith (32-15 MMA, 8-5 UFC) (MMAPlay 365)
