Fights on Tap: Edwards vs. Masvidal among 17 UFC fights announced

Fights on Tap: Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal among 17 UFC fights announced

Check out all the fights announced over the past week in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions. Fights on Tap is a weekly roundup of all the…


Fights on Tap: Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal among 17 UFC fights announced
Fights on Tap: Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal among 17 UFC fights announced

Check out all the fights announced over the past week in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.

Fights on Tap is a weekly roundup of all the fights booked in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.

The end-of-year schedule for the UFC keeps getting better and better. The promotion announced or finalized 17 fights this week, and the two welterweights involved in one of the most infamous moments in recent memory finally have a chance to settle their beef.

It took almost two years, but the wait is now over. Leon Edwards and Jorge Masvidal are expected to meet at UFC 269 in December. Edwards and Masvidal have been on each other’s radars since their performances at UFC on ESPN+ 5, where ‘Rocky’ earned a split decision over Gunnar Nelson and ‘Gamebred’ knocked out Darren Till. The welterweights sized each other up after a backstage interview between Masvidal and reporter Laura Sanko was interrupted by Edwards, who appeared to be angling for a fight. Some words were exchanged, and then Masvidal calmly walked over to Edwards, delivered a few punches (or a three-piece and a soda) and left.

Although a fight between Edwards and Masvidal made a lot of sense, especially after that moment, it was never made. Edwards instead fought Rafael dos Anjos, Belal Muhammad and Nate Diaz. At the same time, Masvidal ascended to unimaginable heights with knockouts over Ben Askren and the previously mentioned Diaz before coming up short in two back-to-back championship fights against Kamaru Usman at UFC 251 and UFC 261 respectively.

Bellator was quiet again this week and confirmed the lineup of their upcoming debut in Russia.

UFC 267 — October 30

Hu Yaozong vs. Andre Petroski — middleweight

UFC 268 — November 6

Phil Hawes vs. Chris Curtis — middleweight

UFC Fight Night — November 13

Miguel Baeza vs. Khaos Williams — welterweight

UFC Fight Night — December 4

Jake Matthews vs. Jeremiah Wells — welterweight

UFC 269 — December 11

Leon Edwards vs. Jorge Masvidal — welterweight

Geoff Neal vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio — welterweight

Maybe Barber vs. Erin Blanchfield — women’s flyweight

UFC 270 — January 22

Brandon Moreno vs. Deiveson Figueiredo — flyweight

Michael Morales vs. Trevin Giles — welterweight

Matt Frevola vs. Genaro Valdez — lightweight

UFC Fight Night — February 5

Ian Heinisch vs. Sam Alvey — middleweight

Hakeem Dawadu vs. Mike Trizano — featherweight

UFC 271 — February 12

Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo — bantamweight

UFC Fight Night — February 19

Jesse Strader vs. Chad Anheliger — bantamweight

Austin Lingo vs. Jonathan Pearce — featherweight

UFC Fight Night — February 26

Ignacio Bahamondes vs. Rongzhu — lightweight

UFC Fight Night — TBD

Warlley Alves vs. Jack Della — welterweight

Announced Bellator fights:

Bellator 269 — October 23

Anatoly Tokov vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov — middleweight

Bellator 271 — November 12

Aaron Pico vs. Justin Gonzeles — featherweight

Announced RIZIN fights:

RIZIN 32 — November 20

Rena Kubota vs. Miyuu Yamamoto — women’s super atomweight

Mitsuhisa Sunabe vs. Yutaro Muramoto — flyweight

Tomohiro Adinaya vs. Yuichi Miyagi — flyweight