Nunes-Pena, Blachwoicz-Teixeira among 18 UFC bouts finalized

Amanda Nunes after her win against Megan Anderson at UFC 259 | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

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


Amanda Nunes after her win against Megan Anderson at UFC 259
Amanda Nunes after her win against Megan Anderson at UFC 259 | Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

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.

There were 18 fights finalized in the UFC this week, among those were two title fights. Two-weight champion Amanda Nunes will attempt to defend her bantamweight title against Julianna Pena at UFC 265, and Jan Blachowicz will fight Glover Teixeira for the light heavyweight belt at UFC 266.

UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw – May 8
Carlos Diego Ferreira vs Gregor Gillespie – lightweight
Phil Hawes vs Kyle Daukaus – middleweight
Francisco Figueiredo vs JP Buys – flyweight

UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt – May 22
Claudio Silva vs Court McGee – welterweight
Yancy Medeiros vs Damir Hadzovic – lightweight
Sarah Alpar vs Stephanie Egger – women’s bantamweight
Joshua Culibao vs Yilan Sha – featherweight

UFC Fight Night – June 5
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs Miguel Baeza – welterweight
Tom Breese vs Antonio Arroyo – middleweight

UFC 263 – June 12
Matt Frevola vs Frank Camacho – lightweight

UFC Fight Night – June 26
Renato Moicano vs Jai Herbert – lightweight
Ramazan Emeev vs Warlley Alves – welterweight

UFC Fight Night – July 17
Billy Quarantillo vs Herbert Burns – featherweight
Cameron Else vs Aaron Phillips – bantamweight

UFC Fight Night – July 24
Trevin Jones vs Tony Kelley – bantamweight

UFC Fight Night – July 31
Chris Gruetzemacher vs Rafa Garcia – lightweight

UFC 265 – August 7
Amanda Nunes vs Julianna Peña – for UFC women’s bantamweight title

UFC 266 – September 4
Jan Blachowicz vs Glover Teixeira – for UFC light heavyweight title

Announced Bellator fights:

Bellator 258 – May 7
Michael ‘Venom’ Page vs Derek Anderson – welterweight

Bellator 259 – May 21
Aviv Gozali vs Sean Felton – lightweight

Bellator 260 – June 11
Douglas Lima vs Yaroslav Amosov – for Bellator welterweight title
Tywan Claxton vs Justin Gonzales – featherweight
Nick Newell vs Bobby King – lightweight