Check out all the fights announced over the past week in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.
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We have made it through the holiday break! Fights are back, and we start our 2023 with ONE on Prime Video 6 on Friday and UFC Vegas 67 on Saturday. With those events coming up, let’s take a look at what else we have on the schedule.
The UFC either announced or finalized 23 fights this week, and a pair of ranked women’s flyweights is the latest addition to UFC 286.
For her next UFC appearance, undefeated contender Casey O’Neill gets a one-time title challenger in Jennifer Maia. The women’s flyweight fight is joining the line-up of UFC 286, the upcoming pay-per-view event scheduled for March 18 at the O2 in London.
O’Neill is 4-0 in the UFC, with her most recent win coming against MMA pioneer Roxanne Modafferi at UFC 271 this past February. As the ‘King’ was preparing for her next fight — Jessica Eye at UFC 276 — she was forced to withdraw after suffering a ‘fully torn’ ACL in training. As for Maia, she snapped a two-fight losing streak with a unanimous decision over Maryna Moroz at UFC Vegas 65 in November.
UFC 283 — January 21
Thiago Moisés vs. Melquizael Costa — lightweight
First rep. by Guilherme Cruz of MMA Fighting
UFC Vegas 68 — February 4
Anshul Jubli vs. Jeka Saragih — lightweight
Jeong Young Lee vs. Yi Zha — featherweight
Toshiomi Kazama vs. Rinya Nakamura — bantamweight
Seung Guk Choi vs. Sung Hyun Park — flyweight
UFC 284 — February 11
Jack Della Maddalena vs. Randy Brown — welterweight
First rep. by Brown on Twitch and later confirmed by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland
Jamie Mullarkey vs. Francisco Prado — lightweight
First rep. by Gaston Reyno
UFC Vegas 69 — February 18
Josh Parisian vs. Jamal Pogues — heavyweight
First rep. by Iridium Sports Agency
UFC Vegas 70 — February 25
Mike Malott vs. Yohan Lainesse — welterweight
José Johnson vs. Garrett Armfield — bantamweight
First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland
Alex Reyes vs. Trevor Peek — lightweight
First rep. by Nolan King of MMA Junkie
Tatiana Suarez vs. Montana De La Rosa — women’s flyweight
First rep. by De La Rosa on OnlyFans
Nurullo Aliev vs. Rafael Alves — lightweight
First rep. by Nolan King of MMA Junkie
UFC 285 — March 4
Geoff Neal vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov — welterweight
Neal vs. Rakhmonov was already confirmed, but shifted from UFC Vegas 67 to UFC 285, per Brett Okamoto of ESPN
Kamuela Kirk vs. Esteban Ribovics — lightweight
First rep. by Carlos Contreras Legaspi of ESPN Deportes
Bo Nickal vs. Jamie Pickett — middleweight
Nickal vs. Pickett was already confirmed, but shifted from UFC 282 to UFC 285, per Nolan King of MMA Junkie
UFC Vegas 71 — March 11
Raphael Assunção vs. Kyler Phillips —bantamweight
First rep. by Iridium Sports Agency
UFC 286 — March 18
Jennifer Maia vs. Casey O’Neill — women’s flyweight
First rep. by Dama De Ferro MMA
Jai Herbert vs. ?udovít Klein — lightweight
First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland
Lerone Murphy vs. Nathaniel Wood — featherweight
First rep. by Al Zullino
UFC San Antonio — March 25
Daniel Pineda vs. Tucker Lutz — featherweight
First rep. by Nolan King of MMA Junkie
Trevin Giles vs. Preston Parsons — welterweight
First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland
UFC 287 — April 8
Cynthia Calvillo vs. Lupita Godinez — women’s strawweight
First rep. by Carlos Contreras Legaspi of ESPN Deportes
Announced Bellator fights:
Bellator 290 — February 4
Steve Mowry vs. Ali Isaev — heavyweight
Lorenz Larkin vs. Mukhamed Berkhamov — welterweight
Darrion Caldwell vs. Nikita Mikhailov — bantamweight
Isaiah Hokit vs. Peter Ishiguro — featherweight
Announced Professional Fighters League (PFL) fights:
PFL Challenger Series Week 4 — February 17
Elvin Espinoza vs. Damir Ferhatbegovic — lightweight
Mandel Sousa vs. Paulo Henrique — lightweight
Antonio Caruso vs. Anthony Romero — lightweight
Charlie Decca vs. Jose Aguayo — lightweight
Announced KSW fights:
KSW 78 — January 21
Roman Szyma?ski vs. Raul Tutarauli — lightweight
Borys Dzikowski vs. Damian Mieczkowski — middleweight