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 29-July 6:
UFC 251: Saturday, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Heavyweight: With Alexander Romanov out, Maxim Grishin (30-7-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Marcin Tybura (18-6 MMA, 5-5 UFC (Igor Lazorin)
Welterweight: With Gilbert Burns out, Jorge Masvidal (35-13 MMA, 12-6 UFC) steps in to fight Kamaru Usman (16-1 MMA, 11-0 UFC)
UFC TBA: July 15, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Strawweight: Carla Esparza (16-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) vs. Marina Rodriguez (12-0-2 MMA, 2-0-2 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
Light heavyweight: With Vinicius Moreira out, Andreas Michailidis (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Modestas Bukauskas (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (Sportas.it)
Bantamweight: With Anderson dos Santos out, Aaron Phillips (12-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC) steps in to fight Jack Shore (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
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UFC TBA: July 18, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Flyweight: With Umar Nurmagomedov out, Malcolm Gordon (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Aleksandr Doskalchuk (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (TSN)
UFC TBA: July 25, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
Lightweight: Jai Herbert (10-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Francisco Trinaldo (25-7 MMA, 15-6 UFC) (Combate)
Light heavyweight: Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-6 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. Paul Craig (12-4-1 MMA, 4-4-1 UFC)
Welterweight: With Danny Roberts out, Jesse Ronson (21-10 MMA, 0-3 UFC) steps in to fight Nicolas Dalby (18-3-1 MMA, 2-2-1 UFC) (TSN)
Welterweight: With Shavkat Rakhmonov out, Niklas Stolze (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Ramazan Emeev (18-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) (Igor Lazorin)
UFC TBA: Aug. 1, Las Vegas
Bantamweight: Frankie Saenz (13-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) vs. Jonathan Martinez (11-3 MMA, 2-2 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Bantamweight: Chris Gutierrez (15-4 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Luke Sanders (13-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
UFC TBA: Aug. 8, Las Vegas
Featherweight: Peter Barrett (11-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Steve Garcia (11-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
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UFC TBA: Aug. 22, Las Vegas
Women’s strawweight: Angela Hill (12-8 MMA, 7-8 UFC) vs. Michelle Waterson (17-8 MMA, 5-4 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Light heavyweight: Shamil Gamzatov (14-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Ovince Saint Preux (24-14 MMA, 12-9 UFC)
UFC TBA: Aug. 29, Las Vegas
Featherweight: Ryan Hall (7-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Ricardo Lamas (19-7 MMA, 10-5 UFC) (Combate)
UFC TBA: Sept. 12, Las Vegas
Flyweight: Tyson Nam (19-11-1 MMA, 1-2 UFC) vs. Matt Schnell (13-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
Women’s flyweight: Andrea Lee (11-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) vs. Roxanne Modafferi (24-17 MMA, 3-5 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
UFC TBA: Sept. 26, Las Vegas
Women’s strawweight: Claudia Gadelha (18-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC) vs. Yan Xiaonan (12-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) (Combate)
