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MMA News has you covered with this week’s UFC matchmaking bulletin, featuring all the additions to the upcoming cards.

With UFC 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.

In recent days, a few notable fights were made official by the UFC or reported by reputable sources. For more information on those matchups, check out the links below:

• José Aldo vs. Mario Bautista – UFC 307 (October 5)
• Kayla Harrison vs. Ketlen Vieira – UFC 307 (October 5)
• Chris Curtis vs. Kevin Holland – UFC 307 (October 5)
• Carla Esparza vs. Tecia Pennington – UFC 307 (October 5)
• Brandon Royval vs. Tatsuro Taira – UFC Vegas 98 (October 12)
• Ilia Topuria vs. Max Holloway – UFC 308 (October 26)
• Robert Whittaker vs. Khamzat Chimaev – UFC 308 (October 26)
• Magomed Ankalaev vs. Aleksandar Raki? – UFC 308 (October 26)
• Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov – UFC 308 (October 26)

A number of lower-profile matchups also came together. For those, check out this week’s quick hits:

• Ovince Saint Preux vs. Ryan Spann – UFC Vegas 97 (September 7)
• Brad Tavares vs. JunYong Park – UFC Vegas 98 (October 12)
• Abdul Razak Alhassan vs. Josh Fremd – UFC Vegas 98 (October 12)
• Cory McKenna vs. Polyana Viana – UFC Vegas 98 (October 12)
• Rob Font vs. Kyler Phillips – UFC Vegas 99 (October 19)
• Robelis Despaigne vs. Austen Lane – UFC Vegas 99 (October 19)
• Sumudaerji vs. Charles Johnson – UFC Vegas 99 (October 19)
• Matheus Nicolau vs. Asu Almabayev – UFC Vegas 99 (October 19)
• Geoff Neal vs. Rafael dos Anjos – UFC 308 (October 26)
• Marcos Rogério de Lima vs. Kennedy Nzechukwu – UFC 308 (October 26)
• Jamey-Lyn Horth vs. Ivana Petrovi? – UFC Event TBA (November 2)
• Luana Pinheiro vs. Gillian Robertson – UFC Event TBA (November 9)

But it wasn’t all positive, with two fights falling through or being adjusted. For those, see below:

• Calvin Kattar (OUT, Steve Garcia IN) vs. Kyle Nelson – UFC Vegas 97 (September 7)
• Cody Garbrandt vs. Miles Johns – UFC Vegas 98 (October 12, rearranged For UFC event on November 9)

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