MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring all the additions to upcoming cards. With events being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby have their matchmaking work cut out if they’re to fill them, meaning new bouts are confirmed each and every week. Between Monday, November 18, and Sunday, […]
MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring all the additions to upcoming cards.
With events being held most weekends, Mick Maynard and Sean Shelby have their matchmaking work cut out if they’re to fill them, meaning new bouts are confirmed each and every week.
Between Monday, November 18, and Sunday, November 24, a number of notable fights were made official by the UFC or reported as being in the works by reputable sources. For more information on those matchups, check out the links below:
- Ji?í Procházka vs. Jamahal Hill – UFC 311 (January 18)
- Israel Adesanya vs. Nassourdine Imavov – UFC Saudi Arabia (February 1)
- Jasmine Jasudavicius vs. Mayra Bueno Silva – UFC Saudi Arabia (February 1)
- Brendan Allen vs. Anthony Hernandez – UFC Event TBA (February 22)
Plenty of lower-profile matchups also came together. For those, check out this week’s quick hits:
- Chris Weidman vs. Eryk Anders – UFC 310 (December 7)
- Victoria Dudakova vs. Fatima Kline – UFC Vegas 101 (January 11)
- Grant Dawson vs. Carlos Diego Ferreira – UFC 311 (January 18)
- Ricky Turcios vs. Benardo Sopaj – UFC 311 (January 18)
- Bogdan Grad vs. Lucas Alexander – UFC Saudi Arabia (February 1)
- Shamil Gaziev vs. Thomas Petersen – UFC Saudi Arabia (February 1)
- Julia Avila vs. Jacqueline Cavalcanti – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
- Jose Delgado vs. Connor Matthews – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
- Jacob Malkoun vs. Rodolfo Vieira – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
- Juliana Miller vs. Carli Judice – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
- Gabriel Bonfim vs. Rinat Rakhretdinov – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
- Ismael Bonfim vs. Nazim Sadykhov – UFC Vegas 102 (February 15)
- Lucas Almeida vs. Danny Silva – UFC Vegas 103 (March 1)
- Édgar Cháirez vs. CJ Vergara – UFC Mexico (March 29)
But it wasn’t all positive, with two fights falling through or being adjusted. For those, see below:
- Tallison Teixeira (OUT, Kennedy Nzechukwu IN) vs. ?ukasz Brzeski – UFC 310 (December 7)
- Martin Buday (OUT) vs. Rizvan Kuniev – UFC 310 (December 7)