The UFC has hit the ground running for its biggest year ever.Dana White’s promotion delivered classics in 2025, visiting staples like New York, London, Rio and Sydney while expanding its reach by debuting in Azerbaijan and Qatar.Oliveira hopes to get another shot at the undisputed lightweight title after winning the BMF title at UFC 326GettyUFC 324 then kicked off 2026 in style, with Justin Gaethje defeating Paddy Pimblett in the main event of the promotion’s first show of 2026.Sean O’Malley and Jean Silva also claimed wins on the main card of the Las Vegas event, which marked the beginning of an exclusive broadcast deal with CBS and Paramount+.MMA fans didn’t have much time to reflect on the Sin City show, as Alexander Volkanovski outpointed Diego Lopes to retain the featherweight title in the main event of UFC 325 just one week later.UFC 326 was the next numbered card and the promotion’s historic event at the White House is set for June 14.All of that is part of a hectic schedule for the upcoming UFC fights in 2026…UPCOMING UFC EVENTSUFC Fight Night 270 – March 14, Meta Apex, Las VegasJosh Emmett vs Kevin Vallejos – FeatherweightAmanda Lemos vs Gillian Robertson – Women’s StrawweightIon Cutelaba vs Oumar Sy – Light HeavyweightAndre Fili vs Jose Delgado – FeatherweightMarwan Rahiki vs Harry Hardwick – FeatherweightVitor Petrino vs Steven Asplund – HeavyweightUFC Fight Night 271 – March 21, The O2, LondonMovsar Evloev vs Lerone Murphy – FeatherweightLuke Riley vs Michael Aswell – FeatherweightMichael Page vs Sam Patterson – WelterweightIwo Baraniewski vs Austen Lane – Light heavyweightRoman Dolidze vs Christian Leroy Duncan – MiddleweightKurtis Campbell vs Danny Silva – FeatherweightUFC Fight Night 272 – March 28, Climate Pledge Arena, SeattleIsrael Adesanya vs Joe Pyfer – MiddleweightAlexa Grasso vs Maycee Barber 2 – Women’s flyweightNavajo Stirling vs Bruno Lopes – Light HeavyweightChase Hoopes vs Lance Gibson Jr – LightweightMarcin Tybura vs Valter Walker – HeavyweightMichael Chiesa vs Carlston Harris – WelterweightUFC Fight Night 273 – April 4, Meta Apex, Las VegasRenato Moicano vs Chris Duncan – LightweightEthyn Ewing vs Rafael Estevam – BantamweightJose Delano vs Robert Ruchala – FeatherweightEdmen Shahbazyan vs JunYong Park – MiddleweightGuilherme Pat vs Thomas Petersen – Light heavyweightAlice Pereira vs Hailey Cowan – Women’s bantamweightUFC 327 – April 11, Kaseya Center, MiamiJiri Prochazka vs Carlos Ulberg – UFC interim Light Heavyweight ChampionshipJoshua Van (c) vs Tatsuro Taira – UFC Flyweight ChampionshipCurtis Blaydes vs Josh Hokit – HeavyweightBeneil Dariush vs Manuel Torres – LightweightDominick Reyes vs Johnny Walker – Light heavyweightUFC Fight Night 274 – April 18, Canada Life Centre, WinnipegGilbert Burns vs Mike Malott – WelterweightJasmine Jasudavicius vs Karine Silva – Women’s flyweightAllan Nascimento vs Mitch Raposo – FlyweightJohn Castaneda vs Mark Vologdin – BantamweightAndre Lima vs DongHun Choi – FlyweightUFC Fight Night 275 – April 25, Meta Apex, Las VegasSean Brady vs Joaquin Buckley – WelterweightUFC 328, May 9, Prudential Center, New JerseyAteba Gautier vs Ozzy Diaz – MiddleweightRoman Kopylov vs Marco Tulio – MiddleweightClayton Carpenter vs Jose Ochoa – FlyweightUFC Fight Night 276 – May 16, Meta Apex, Las VegasKetlen Vieira vs Jacqueline Cavalcanti – Women’s bantamweightUFC Fight Night – May 30, Galaxy Arena, MacaoTBCUFC White House – June 14, White House, WashingtonIlia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje – UFC Lightweight ChampionshipAlex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane – interim UFC Heavyweight ChampionshipSean O’Malley vs Aiemann Zahabi – BantamweightMauricio Ruffy vs Michael Chandler – LightweightBo Nickal vs Kyle Daukaus – MiddleweightDiego Lopes vs Steve Garcia – FeatherweightTopuria headlines the UFC White House showGettyUFC Shanghai – August 29, Mercedes-Benz Arena, ShanghaiTBCRECENT UFC RESULTSUFC 326 – March 7, T-Mobile Arena, Las VegasCharles Oliveira def. Max Holloway, Decision (unanimous) to win BMF championship – LightweightCaio Borralho def. Reinier de Ridder, Decision (unanimous) – MiddleweightRaul Rosas Jr def. Rob Font, Decision (unanimous)- BantamweightDrew Dober def. Michael Johnson, KO (punch) – LightweightGregory Rodrigues def. Brunno Ferreira, KO (punch) – MiddleweightCody Garbrandt def. Xiao Long, Decision (unanimous) – BantamweightOliveira dominated Holloway in the main event of UFC 326GettyUFC Fight Night 269 – February 28, Arena CDMX, Mexico CityLone’er Kavanagh def. Brandon Moreno, Decision (unanimous) – FlyweightDavid Martinez def. Marlon Vera, Decision (unanimous) – BantamweightKing Green def. Daniel Zellhuber, TKO (punches) – LightweightEdgar Chairez def. Felipe Bunes, Decision (split) – FlyweightImanol Rodriguez def. Kevin Borjas, KO (punch) – FlyweightSantiago Luna def. Angel Pacheco, Decision (unanimous) – BantamweightUFC Fight Night 268 – February 21, Toyota Center, HoustonSean Strickland def. Anthony Hernandez, TKO (punches) MiddleweightUros Medica def. Geoff Neal, KO (punch) – WelterweightMelquizael Costa def. Dan Ige, KO (spinning back kick) – FeatherweightSerghei Spivac def. Ante Delija, Decision (unanimous) – HeavyweightJacobe Smith def. Josiah Harrell, TKO (punches) – WelterweightUFC Fight Night 266 – February 7, UFC Apex, Las VegasMario Bautista def. Vinicius Oliveira, Submission (rear naked choke) – BantamweightKyoji Horiguchi def. Amir Albazi, Decision (unanimous) – FlyweightRizvan Kuniev def. Jailton Almeida, Decision (unanimous) – HeavyweightMichal Oleksiejczuk def. Marc-Andre Barriault, Decision (unanimous) – MiddleweightFarid Basharat def. Jean Matsumoto, Decision (split) – BantamweightUFC 325 – February 1, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, AustraliaAlexander Volkanovski (c) def. Diego Lopes, Decision (unanimous) – defended UFC Featherweight ChampionshipBenoit Saint Denis def. Dan Hooker, TKO (punches) – LightweightMauricio Ruffy def. Rafael Fiziev, TKO (punches) – LightweightTallison Teixeira def. Tai Tuivasa, Decision (unanimous) – HeavyweightQuillan Salkilld def. Jamie Mullarkey, Submission (neck crank) – LightweightJustin Gaethje was crowned the new interim lightweight champion after five exhilarating rounds against Paddy Pimblett in the UFC 324 headlinerGettyAlexander Volkanovski defended the featherweight title against Diego Lopes in the second numbered card of 2026AFPUFC 324 – January 24, T-Mobile Arena, Las VegasJustin Gaethje def. Paddy Pimblett, Decision (unanimous) – won interim UFC Lightweight ChampionshipSean O’Malley def. Song Yadong, Decision (unanimous) – BantamweightWaldo Cortes-Acosta def. Derrick Lewis, TKO (punches) – HeavyweightNatalia Silva def. Rose Namajunas, Decision (unanimous) – Women’s FlyweightJean Silva def. Arnold Allen, Decision (unanimous) – FeatherweightUFC Vegas 112 – December 14, UFC Apex, Las VegasManel Kape def. Brandon Royval, KO (punches)Kevin Vallejos def. Giga Chikadze, KO (spinning backfist)Cezary Oleksiejczuk def. Cesar Almeida, Decision (unanimous)Melquizael Costa def. Morgan Charriere, KO (kick)Kennedy Nzechukwu vs Marcus Buchecha, Draw (unanimous)King Green def. Lance Gibson Jr, Decision (split)UFC 323 – December 6, T-Mobile Arena, Las VegasPetr Yan def. Merab Dvalishvili (c), Decision (unanimous)Joshua Van def. Alexandre Pantoja (c), TKO (arm injury)Tatsuro Taira def. Brandon Moreno, TKO (punches)Payton Talbott def. Henry Cejudo, Decision (unanimous)Jan Blachowicz vs. Bogdan Guskov, Draw (majority)UFC Fight Night 265 – November 22, ABHA Arena, Doha, QatarArman Tsarukyan def. Dan Hooker, Submission (arm triangle)Ian Machado Garry def. Belal Muhammad, Decision (unanimous)Volkan Oezdemir def. Alonzo Menifield, KO (punches)Myktybek Orolbai def. Jack Hermansson, KO (punch)Waldo Cortes-Acosta def. Shamil Gaziev, KO (punch)Kyoji Horiguchi def. Tagir Ulanbekov, Submission (rear naked choke)UFC 322 – November 15, Madison Square Garden, New YorkIslam Makhachev (c) def. Jack Della Maddalena, Decision (unanimous) – for UFC Welterweight ChampionshipValentina Shevchenko (c) def. Zhang Weili, Decision (unanimous) – for UFC Women’s Flyweight ChampionshipMichael Morales def. Sean Brady, TKO (punches)Carlos Prates def. Leon Edwards, KO (punches)Benoit Saint Denis def. Beneil Dariush, KO (punches)Makhachev scored a convincing win over Della Maddalena at UFC 322 to become a two-division championGettyUFC Fight Night 264 – November 9, UFC Apex, Las VegasGabriel Bonfim def. Randy Brown, KO (knee)Joseph Morales def. Matt Schnell, Submission (guillotine choke)Uros Medic def. Muslim Salikhov, KO (punch)Chris Padilla def. Ismael Bonfim, TKO (punches)Christian Leroy Duncan def. Marco Tulio, KO (punch)UFC Fight Night 263 – November 9, UFC Apex, Las VegasSteve Garcia def. David Onama, TKO (punches)Waldo Cortes Acosta def. Ante Delija, KO (punch)Jeremiah Wells def. Themba Gorimbo, Decision (unanimous)Yadier del Valle def. Isaac Dulgarian, Submission (rear naked choke)Charles Radtke def. Daniel Frunza, Submission (rear naked choke)UFC 321 – October 25, Etihad Arena, Abu DhabiTom Aspinall (c) vs Ciryl Gane, No-contestMackenzie Dern def. Virna Jandiroba, Decision (unanimous)Umar Nurmagomedov def. Mario Bautista, Decision (unanimous)Alexander Volkov def. Jailton Almeida, Decision (split)Azamat Murzakanov def. Aleksandar Rakic, KO (punches)UFC Fight Night 262 – October 18, Rogers Arena, CanadaBrendan Allen def. Reinier de Ridder, TKOMike Malott def. Kevin Holland, Decision (unanimous)Aiemann Zahabi def. Marlon Vera, Decision (split)Manon Fiorot def. Jasmine Jasudavicius, KO (punches)Charles Jourdain def. Davey Grant, Submission (guillotine choke)UFC Fight Night 261 – October 18, Farmasi Arena, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCharles Oliveira def. Mateusz Gamrot, Submission (rear naked choke)Deiveson Figueiredo def. Montel Jackson, Decision (split)Joel Alvarez def. Vicente Luque, Decision (unanimous)Mario Pinto def. Jhonata Diniz, KO (punches)Kaan Ofli def. Ricardo Ramos, Submission (rear naked choke)UFC 320 – October 4, T-Mobile Arena, Las VegasAlex Pereira (c) def. Magomed Ankalaev, TKO (elbows) for UFC Light Heavyweight ChampionshipMerab Dvalishvili (c) def. Cory Sandhagen, Decision (unanimous) for UFC Bantamweight ChampionshipJiri Prochazka def. Khalil Rountree, KO (punches)Youssef Zalal def. Josh Emmett, Submission (armbar)Joe Pyfer def. Abus Magomedov, Submission (rear naked choke)