MMA schedule and results 2026

Paddy Pimblett made short work of Benoit Saint-Denis in his comeback from his first UFC defeat in July [Getty Images]2026 scheduleThe BBC is not responsible for any changes to dates and fixtures.

>7 August

>Charlotte, USA

PFL Charlotte: Bryan Battle v Dalton Rosta (middleweight)8 August

>Las Vegas, USA

Mateusz Gamrot v Quillan Salkilld (lightweight) - live on TNT Sports15 August

>Philadelphia, USA

UFC 330: Islam Makhachev (c) v Ian Machado Garry (UFC welterweight world title) - live on TNT Sports • >Mackenzie Dern v Gillian Robertson (UFC strawweight world title)22 August

>Florida, USA

PFL Tampa: Cris Cyborg (c) v Ketlen Vieira (PFL featherweight world title)23 August

>Sacramento, USA

UFC Fight Night: Anthony Hernandez v Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight) - live on TNT Sports • >Shanelle Dyer v Elise Reed (strawweight)29 August

>Shanghai, China

UFC Fight Night: Umar Nurmagomedov v Song Yadong (bantamweight) - live on TNT Sports5 September

>Paris, France

UFC Paris: Dan Hooker v Salahdine Parnasse (lightweight) - live on TNT Sports • >Michael 'Venom' Page v Nursulton Ruziboev (middleweight) • >Oumar Sy v Modestas Bukauskas (light-heavyweight) • >Kurtis Campbell v Trevor Peek (featherweight)12 September

>Arizona, USA

UFC Noche: Waldo Cortez Acosta v Curtis Blaydes (heavyweight) - live on TNT Sports19 September

>Los Angeles, USA

UFC 33126 September

>Dublin, Ireland

Cage Warriors 210: Paddy McCorry (c) v Julio Spadaccini (Cage Warriors middleweight title) - live on UFC Fight Pass17 October

>Edmonton, Canada

UFC Fight Night: Joaquin Buckley v Mike Malott (welterweight) - live on TNT Sports*(c) denotes defending champion

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>Las Vegas, USA

UFC 324: Justin Gaethje beats Paddy Pimblett on points (UFC lightweight interim world title) • >Arnold Allen defeated by Jean Silva (featherweight)31 January

>Sydney, Australia

UFC 325: Alexander Volkanovski outclasses Diego Lopes to tie Jose Aldo's record (UFC featherweight world title) • >Jonathan Micallef submits Oban Elliott in round two (welterweight)7 February

>Dubai, United Arab Emirates

PFL Dubai: Usman Nurmagomedov submits Alfie Davis in three rounds (PFL lightweight world title) • >Luke Trainer returns from long lay-off to submit Rob Wilkinson (light-heavyweight) • >Ramazan Kuramagomedov outpoints Shamil Musaev to win vacant title (PFL welterweight world title)21 February

>Dublin, Ireland

Cage Warriors 200: Nik Bagley outclasses Solomon Simon (Cage Warriors featherweight title) • >Paddy McCorry stops Dario Bellandi in one round (Cage Warriors middleweight title)28 February

>Mexico City, Mexico

UFC Mexico: Lone'er Kavanagh upsets former champion Brandon Moreno in huge win (flyweight)7 March

>Las Vegas, USA

UFC 326: Charles Oliveira dominates Max Holloway to win BMF title (lightweight)14 March

>Manchester, England

Cage Warriors 202: Omiel Brown stops Samuel Silva in three rounds (Cage Warriors lightweight title)Las Vegas, USA

UFC Fight Night: Kevin Vallejos stops Josh Emmett in one round (featherweight) • >Marwan Rahiki finishes Harry Hardwick for Briton's second straight loss in the UFC (featherweight)20 March

>Madrid, Spain

PFL Madrid: Costello van Steenis stops Fabian Edwards in three rounds (PFL middleweight world title) • >Linton Vassel finishes Jose Augusto (heavyweight) • >Gino van Steenis produces big knockout against Scotland's Mark Ewen (lightweight)London, England

Cage Warriors 203: Weslley Maia outpoints Ollie Sarwa (Cage Warriors bantamweight title)21 March

>London, England

UFC London: Lerone Murphy struggles with hip injury from in loss to Movsar Evloev (featherweight) • >Luke Riley beats Michael Aswell by unanimous decision (featherweight) • >Michael 'Venom' Page beats Sam Patterson by unanimous decision in drab affair (welterweight)28 March

>Pittsburgh, USA

PFL Pittsburgh: Johnny Eblen beats Bryan Battle (middleweight) • >Bryce Meredith v Jack Cartwright (bantamweight)Seattle, USA

UFC Fight Night: Joe Pyfer stops former champion Israel Adesanya (middleweight) • >Casey O'Neill returns from near two-year lay-off to knock out Gabriella Fernandes (flyweight)4 April

>Las Vegas, USA

UFC Fight Night: Renato Moicano defeats Chris Duncan by submission in the second round (lightweight)11 April

>Chicago, USA

PFL Chicago: Mitch McKee beats Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision (bantamweight)Miami, USA

UFC 327: Carlos Ulberg knocks out Jiri Prochazka in the first round (UFC light-heavyweight title)Fukuoka, Japan

Danny Sabatello beats Joji Goto on points (RIZIN bantamweight title) • >Kazumasa Majima submits James Gallagher in round three (featherweight)16 April

>Belfast, Northern Ireland

PFL Belfast: Jay-Jay Wilson upsets home crowd with knockout of Darragh Kelly (lightweight)18 April

>Winnipeg, Canada

UFC Fight Night: Gilbert Burns retires after knockout loss to Mike Malott (welterweight) • >Jai Herbert defeats Mandel Nallo by first-round stoppage (lightweight)Warsaw, Poland

KSW 117: Pawel Pawlak stops Mamed Khalidov in four rounds (KSW middleweight title) • >Briton Phil De Fries submits Marcin Wojcik in one round (KSW heavyweight title)2 May

>Perth, Australia

UFC Perth: Carlos Prates destroys and stops Jack Della Maddalena in three rounds (welterweight) • >Louie Sutherland produces upset win on week's notice against Tai Tuivasa (heavyweight)9 May

>Newark, USA

UFC 328: Sean Strickland upsets Khamzat Chimaev to win by split decision (UFC middleweight world title) • >Joshua Van stops Tatsuro Taira in the fifth round (UFC flyweight world title)Las Vegas, USA

UFC Fight Night: Arnold Allen outpoints Melquizael Costa (featherweight) • >Shauna Bannon submitted in final round against Nicolle Caliari (strawweight)16 May

>California, USA

Ronda Rousey submits Gina Carano in 15 seconds (featherweight) • >Francis Ngannou stops Philipe Lins in one round (heavyweight) • >Mike Perry bloodies and beats Nate Diaz (welterweight)23 May

>Brussels, Belgium

PFL Brussels: Patrick Habirora stops Benson Henderson in 20 seconds (welterweight) • >Joe Schilling quits fight after headbutt from Donegi Abena (light-heavyweight)30 May

>Macau, China

UFC Fight Night: Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in the second round (bantamweight)6 June

>Las Vegas, USA

UFC Fight Night: Gabriel Bonfim beats Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision (welterweight)14 June

>Washington, USA

UFC Freedom 250: Justin Gaethje shocks Ilia Topuria to win undisputed lightweight title (UFC lightweight world title) • >Ciryl Gane stops Alex Pereira in the second round to win interim heavyweight title (UFC heavyweight interim title)20 June

>Manchester, England

Cage Warriors 207: Ieuan Davies submits Omiel Brown to win title (Cage Warriors lightweight title)Las Vegas, USA

UFC Fight Night: Manel Kape knocks out Kyoji Horiguchi in revenge win (flyweight) • >Bia Mesquita inflicts more heartbreak on Briton Melissa Mullins (bantamweight)27 June

>Baku, Azerbaijan

UFC Fight Night: Rafael Fiziev stops Manuel Torres in two rounds (lightweight) San Diego, USA

PFL San Diego: AJ McKee outpoints Salamat Isbulaev (featherweight) • >Alfie Davis suffers defeat to Alexander Shabliy (lightweight)London, England

Cage Warriors 208: Nik Bagley submits Aiden Lee (Cage Warriors featherweight title)4 July

>Newcastle, England

Cage Warriors 209: George Hardwick defeats Gavin Hughes by split decision (lightweight)11 July

>Las Vegas, USA

UFC 329: Conor McGregor comeback ends in TKO defeat to Max Holloway after Irishman injures knee (welterweight) • >Paddy Pimblett submits Benoit Saint-Denis in 52 seconds (lightweight) • >Brandon Royval submits Lone'er Kavanagh (flyweight) • >Luke Riley earns stoppage win over Kai Kamaka (featherweight)18 July

>Oklahoma, USA

UFC Fight Night: Dricus du Plessis defeats Kamaru Usman (middleweight) • >Christian Leroy Duncan outpoints Jared Cannonier (middleweight)Texas, USA

PFL Austin: Johnny Eblen finishes Impa Kasanganay to claim interim belt (PFL interim middleweight title) • >Rafael do Nascimento submits Lewis McGrillen (bantamweight) • >Caolan Loughran suffers decision loss to Julio Arce (featherweight)25 July

>Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

UFC Abu Dhabi: Magomed Ankalaev stops Bogdan Guskov to retain title with fifth-round stoppage (light-heavyweight) • >Santiago Ponzinibbio beaten by Sam Patterson in second-round TKO at UFC Abu Dhabi (welterweight)26 July

>Washington, USA

PFL Washington DC: Thad Jean beats fill-in Ernesto Rodriguez to win first world title (PFL welterweight world title)31 July

>New York, USA

PFL New York: Usman Nurmagomedov knocks out Archie Colgan in the first round to retain title (PFL lightweight world title) • >Dakota Ditcheva beats Denise Kielholtz by unanimous decision (flyweight)1 August

>Belgrade, Serbia

UFC Serbia: Uros Medic knocks out Daniel Rodriguez in the first round (welterweight) • >Michael Oliveira knocks out Oban Elliott in the first round (welterweight)2025 MMA results

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