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, PFL, and Bellator.
Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from May 6-12.
2024 PFL 4, Uncasville, Conn., June 13
Heavyweight: With Blagoy Ivanov out, Marcelo Nunes (11-2) steps in to fight Oleg Popov (17-1)
Heavyweight: With Steve Mowry out, Danilo Marques (15-5) steps in to fight Gokhan Saricam (9-2)
Women’s flyweight: With Kaytlin Neil out, Saray Orozco (8-5) steps in to fight Sumiko Inaba (6-1)
Women’s flyweight: Melissa Balic (0-0) vs. Kristina Katsikis (1-2)
2024 PFL 5, Salt Lake City, June 21
Light heavyweight: With Laurynas Urbonavicius out, Ibrahim Chuzhigaev (18-5) steps in to fight Karl Albrektsson (14-5) (ESPN)
2024 PFL 6, Sioux Falls, S.D., June 28
2023 PFL 4: Atlanta at the OTE Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (Cooper Neill / PFL)
Featherweight: Tyler Diamond (13-3) vs. Jose Perez (8-1)
UFC 303, Las Vegas, June 29
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – MARCH 23: (L-R) Payton Talbott punches Cameron Saaiman of South Africa in a bantamweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on March 23, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Bantamweight: Payton Talbott (8-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Yanis Ghemmouri (12-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
Heavyweight: Andrei Arlovski (34-23 MMA, 23-17 UFC) vs. Martin Buday (13-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) (ESPN)
UFC Fight Night, Las Vegas, July 20
Featherweight: Hyder Amil (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. JeongYeong Lee (11-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) (Eurosport NL)
Bantamweight: Cody Gibson (19-10 MMA, 1-5 UFC) vs. Brian Kelleher (24-15 MMA, 8-8 UFC)
UFC Fight Night, Abu Dhabi, Aug. 3
Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov (17-0 MMA, 5-0 UFC) vs. Cory Sandhagen (17-4 MMA, 10-3 UFC)
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