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The next Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) pay-per-view (PPV) event promises to be a big one. UFC 266 is set to go down on Sept. 25, 2021, inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring an amazing lineup with two title fights.

Headlining the event will be a Featherweight title fight between division kingpin, Alexander Volkanovski, defending his belt against Brian Ortega. The two men were scheduled to face off earlier this year before COVID-19 ruined those plans. As a result, the two were then tasked to resurrect The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) before finally settling their score inside the Octagon.

In UFC 266’s co-main event, Valentina Shevchenko will attempt to defend her women’s Strawweight title for the sixth time when she takes on No. 1 contender Lauren Murphy. And, of course, without disrespecting the two title fights, perhaps what people are really looking forward to is the return of none other than Nick Diaz.

The Stockton, Calif., slugger will make his long-awaited comeback to the fight game after a 6.5-year hiatus to face Robbie Lawler in a rematch 17 years in the making. Diaz originally knocked out Lawler at UFC 47 way back in 2004.

The promotion has released the first trailer for the highly-anticipated event, which will also feature an intriguing Heavyweight bout between Jairzinho Rozenstruik and Curtis Blaydes, as well as Marlon Moraes taking on Merab Dvalishvili.

To see the entire UFC 266 line up click here.

Julia Budd said she’s looking for big fights in the near future.

Former Bellator featherweight champion Julia Budd is currently a free agent. And she might be looking to continue her fighting career somewhere other than the Bellator cage—a place that has been her home for the past six years.

The 38-year-old recently spoke to MMA Junkie from her home in Port Moody, British Columbia and revealed she fought out her contract with a split decision win over Dayana Silva at Bellator 257 in April.

She told that outlet that she was eager ti test free agency for the first time since leaving Invicta Fighting Championships in 2013.

“At this stage of my career, I’m looking for big fights, money, being valued with the organization, and conversation,” said Budd. “I think as being a four-time champion for Bellator I deserve that sit down with Scott Coker and seeing what the next step for my career is there, if that’s an opportunity. It’s all of the above.”

Though she is interested in re-upping with Bellator, Budd said that Coker has competition for her signature.

“It would be good to talk to (the UFC), it would be good to talk to PFL and Bellator, But I want those top fights. I would love to be fighting for the UFC title, in the PFL tournament. Just the schedule of that is exciting. Then obviously with Bellator. I know for a fact Budd vs. Cyborg 2 would be amazing. If the right opportunity at any of those organizations came along (I would be interested).”

Budd debuted for Bellator in 2015 with a win over Holloway. Prior to that she had a successful four fight stint with Invicta. Budd started her pro career with Coker’s Strikeforce organization in 2010. She went 2-2 with that promotion with wins over Shana Nelson and Germaine de Randamie and losses to Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes.

Budd’s Bellator career started with a seven fight winning streak that saw her capture the company’s inaugural women’s featherweight title with a TKO win over Marloes Coenen in 2017. She defended that title three times.

In 2020 Budd took her first loss in almost a decade when she was defeated by Cris Cyborg. Since losing her title to Cyborg, Budd has rebounded with back-to-back victories.

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Bellator 264: “Mousasi vs Salter” will take place later this week (Fri., Aug 13, 2021) from inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. Headlining the Showtime-televised event will be a Middleweight title fight between division champion Gegard Mousasi taking on No. 1 contender, John Salter.

In the co-main event of the evening, Andrey Koreshkov (23-4) will take on Sabah Homasi (15-9) in what should be a thrilling Welterweight scrap.

Several select fighters are scheduled to participate in what the promotion is calling a “Virtual Media Day” this afternoon (Weds., Aug. 11, 2021), starting at 1:30 p.m. ET.

Expected participants include:

• Gegard Mousasi
• John Salter
• Sabah Homasi
• Andrey Koreshkov
• Raufeon Stots
• Magomed Magomedov
• Davion Franklin
• Everett Cummings
• Ty Gwerder
• Pam Sorenson

MMAmania.com will deliver coverage of Bellator 264 on Showtime. To check out the latest Bellator MMA-related news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive news archive right here.

Bellator 264, which is set to go down this Friday night (Aug. 13, 2021) inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., has lost a couple of fights. According to the promotion, a Featherweight fight between Nekruz Mirkhojaev and James Adcock was pulled from the event due to health and safety protocols.

Furthermore, a Bantamweight fight between Danny Sabatello and Johnny Campbell was pulled after Sabatello tested positive for COVID-19 according to MMA Fighting. Winner of five straight, Sabatello was in search of his second straight win for the Viacom-owned company, while Campbell was also looking to make it two-for-two under the Bellator banner.

Both fights were expected to go down on the “Prelims.” As a result, the event will proceed with 10 bouts.

Bellator 264 will be headlined by a Middleweight title fight as division champion Gegard Mousasi defends his belt against No. 1 contender, John Salter. In further action, Andrey Koreshkov (23-4) will battle Sabah Homasi (15-9) in a Welterweight co-main event.

To check out the latest Bellator MMA-related news and notes be sure to hit up our comprehensive news archive right here.