MMA fight announcements are hard to keep track of. 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 Oct. 21–Oct. 27:
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UFC on ESPN+ 21: Nov. 9, Moscow
Heavyweight bout: With Junior Dos Santos out, Greg Hardy (5-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) steps in to fight Alexander Volkov (30-7 MMA, 4-1 UFC) (ESPN)
Lightweight bout: With Vinc Pichel out, Alexander Yakovlev (24-8-1 MMA, 3-4 UFC) steps in to fight Roosevelt Roberts (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (ESPN)
Bellator 234: Nov. 15, Tel Aviv, Israel
Welterweight bout: Haim Gozali (11-6 MMA, 3-3 BMMA) vs. Artur Pronin (16-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Lightweight bout: Aviv Gozali (3-0 MMA, 3-0 BMMA) vs. Zaka Fatullazade (14-8 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Light heavyweight bout: Vladimir Fedin (15-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Adam Keresh (3-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA)
Welterweight bout: Robson Gracie Jr. (2-0 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) vs. Ameer Basheer (0-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Light heavyweight bout: Eli Aronov (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Sari Hleihil (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Featherweight bout: Kirill Medvedovski (11-7 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) vs. Akhmed Fararzha (6-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Lightweight bout: Simon Smotritsky (5-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Ilya Gladkiy (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Middleweight bout: Nika Ben Tuashy (2-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Rafael Aronov (1-3 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Welterweight bout: Tomer Maslis (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. David Malka (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Welterweight bout: Artem Kazartsev (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Ron Becker (3-2 MMA, 0-2 BMMA)
Featherweight bout: Itzik Rubinov (3-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Itay Litwin (0-0 MMA, 0-1 BMMA)
Light heavyweight bout: Noam Voldman (0-5 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Nizim Rosales (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Bantamweight bout: Raz Bring (4-2 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) vs. Nazariy Danylyuk (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
Welterweight bout: Gustavo Wurlitzer (22-23 MMA, 0-1 BMMA) vs. Fadi Haiyadre (1-2 MMA, 0-1 BMMA)
Lightweight bout: Elias Mamadov (1-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Itay Tratner (2-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)
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UFC on ESPN+ 22: Nov. 16, Sao Paulo
Middleweight bout: With Alessio Di Chirico out, Andre Muniz (18-4 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Antonio Arroyo (9-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
UFC on ESPN 7: Dec. 7, Washington, D.C.
Strawweight bout: With Claudia Gadelha out, Marina Rodriguez (13-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) steps in to fight Cynthia Calvillo (8-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) (ESPN)
UFC 245: Dec. 14, Las Vegas
Bantamweight bout: Jose Aldo (28-5 MMA, 10-4 UFC) vs. Marlon Moraes (22-6-1 MMA, 4-2 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Bantamweight bout: Petr Yan (13-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) vs. Urijah Faber (35-10 MMA, 11-6 UFC) (ESPN)
Bellator Japan: Dec. 29, Tokyo
Catchweight (160-pounds): Michael Chandler (19-5 MMA, 16-5 BMMA) vs. Benson Henderson (28-8 MMA, 5-3 BMMA)
UFC TBA: Jan. 18, TBA
Lightweight bout: Nasrat Haqparast (11-2 MMA, 3-1 UFC) vs. Drew Dober (21-9 MMA, 7-5 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
