MMA schedule and results 2026
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2026 schedule
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4 July
Newcastle, England
- Cage Warriors 209: George Hardwick v Gavin Hughes (lightweight)
11 July
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC 329: Conor McGregor v Max Holloway 2 (welterweight) - live on TNT Sports
- Paddy Pimblett v Benoit Saint Denis (lightweight)
- Lone'er Kavanagh v Brandon Royval (flyweight)
- Luke Riley v Kai Kamaka (featherweight)
18 July
Oklahoma, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Jared Cannonier v Christian Leroy Duncan (middleweight) - live on TNT Sports
Texas, USA
- PFL Austin: Johnny Eblen v Impa Kasanganay (PFL interim middleweight title)
- Sergio Pettis v Lewis McGrillen (bantamweight)
25 July
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- UFC Abu Dhabi: Magomed Ankalaev v Khalil Rountree Jr (light-heavyweight) - live on TNT Sports
26 July
Washington, USA
- PFL Washington: Thad Jean v Shamil Musaev (PFL welterweight world title)
- Antonio Carlos Jr v Luke Trainer (light-heavyweight)
31 July
New York, USA
- PFL New York: Usman Nurmagomedov (c) v Archie Colgan (PFL lightweight world title)
- Dakota Ditcheva v Denise Kielholtz (flyweight)
1 August
Belgrade, Serbia
- UFC Serbia: Uros Medic v Daniel Rodriguez (welterweight) - live on TNT Sports
- Oban Elliott v Michael Oliveira (welterweight)
15 August
Philadelphia, USA
- UFC 330: Islam Makhachev (c) v Ian Machado Garry (UFC welterweight world title) - live on TNT Sports
- Mackenzie Dern v Gillian Robertson (UFC strawweight world title)
22 August
Florida, USA
- PFL Tampa: Cris Cyborg (c) v Ketlen Vieira (PFL featherweight world title)
5 September
Paris, France
- UFC Paris - live on TNT Sports
*(c) denotes defending champion
2026 results
24 January
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC 324: Justin Gaethje beats Paddy Pimblett on points (UFC lightweight interim world title)
- Arnold Allen defeated by Jean Silva (featherweight)
31 January
Sydney, Australia
- UFC 325: Alexander Volkanovski outclasses Diego Lopes to tie Jose Aldo's record (UFC featherweight world title)
- Jonathan Micallef submits Oban Elliott in round two (welterweight)
7 February
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- PFL Dubai: Usman Nurmagomedov submits Alfie Davis in three rounds (PFL lightweight world title)
- Luke Trainer returns from long lay-off to submit Rob Wilkinson (light-heavyweight)
- Ramazan Kuramagomedov outpoints Shamil Musaev to win vacant title (PFL welterweight world title)
21 February
Dublin, Ireland
- Cage Warriors 200: Nik Bagley outclasses Solomon Simon (Cage Warriors featherweight title)
- Paddy McCorry stops Dario Bellandi in one round (Cage Warriors middleweight title)
28 February
Mexico City, Mexico
- UFC Mexico: Lone'er Kavanagh upsets former champion Brandon Moreno in huge win (flyweight)
7 March
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC 326: Charles Oliveira dominates Max Holloway to win BMF title (lightweight)
14 March
Manchester, England
- Cage Warriors 202: Omiel Brown stops Samuel Silva in three rounds (Cage Warriors lightweight title)
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Kevin Vallejos stops Josh Emmett in one round (featherweight)
- Marwan Rahiki finishes Harry Hardwick for Briton's second straight loss in the UFC (featherweight)
20 March
Madrid, Spain
- PFL Madrid: Costello van Steenis stops Fabian Edwards in three rounds (PFL middleweight world title)
- Linton Vassel finishes Jose Augusto (heavyweight)
- Gino van Steenis produces big knockout against Scotland's Mark Ewen (lightweight)
London, England
- Cage Warriors 203: Weslley Maia outpoints Ollie Sarwa (Cage Warriors bantamweight title)
21 March
London, England
- UFC London: Lerone Murphy struggles with hip injury from in loss to Movsar Evloev (featherweight)
- Luke Riley beats Michael Aswell by unanimous decision (featherweight)
- Michael 'Venom' Page beats Sam Patterson by unanimous decision in drab affair (welterweight)
28 March
Pittsburgh, USA
- PFL Pittsburgh: Johnny Eblen beats Bryan Battle (middleweight)
- Bryce Meredith v Jack Cartwright (bantamweight)
Seattle, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Joe Pyfer stops former champion Israel Adesanya (middleweight)
- Casey O'Neill returns from near two-year lay-off to knock out Gabriella Fernandes (flyweight)
4 April
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Renato Moicano defeats Chris Duncan by submission in the second round (lightweight)
11 April
Chicago, USA
- PFL Chicago: Mitch McKee beats Sergio Pettis via unanimous decision (bantamweight)
Miami, USA
- UFC 327: Carlos Ulberg knocks out Jiri Prochazka in the first round (UFC light-heavyweight title)
Fukuoka, Japan
- Danny Sabatello beats Joji Goto on points (RIZIN bantamweight title)
- Kazumasa Majima submits James Gallagher in round three (featherweight)
16 April
Belfast, Northern Ireland
- PFL Belfast: Jay-Jay Wilson upsets home crowd with knockout of Darragh Kelly (lightweight)
18 April
Winnipeg, Canada
- UFC Fight Night: Gilbert Burns retires after knockout loss to Mike Malott (welterweight)
- Jai Herbert defeats Mandel Nallo by first-round stoppage (lightweight)
Warsaw, Poland
- KSW 117: Pawel Pawlak stops Mamed Khalidov in four rounds (KSW middleweight title)
- Briton Phil De Fries submits Marcin Wojcik in one round (KSW heavyweight title)
2 May
Perth, Australia
- UFC Perth: Carlos Prates destroys and stops Jack Della Maddalena in three rounds (welterweight)
- Louie Sutherland produces upset win on week's notice against Tai Tuivasa (heavyweight)
9 May
Newark, USA
- UFC 328: Sean Strickland upsets Khamzat Chimaev to win by split decision (UFC middleweight world title)
- Joshua Van stops Tatsuro Taira in the fifth round (UFC flyweight world title)
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Arnold Allen outpoints Melquizael Costa (featherweight)
- Shauna Bannon submitted in final round against Nicolle Caliari (strawweight)
16 May
California, USA
- Ronda Rousey submits Gina Carano in 15 seconds (featherweight)
- Francis Ngannou stops Philipe Lins in one round (heavyweight)
- Mike Perry bloodies and beats Nate Diaz (welterweight)
23 May
Brussels, Belgium
- PFL Brussels: Patrick Habirora stops Benson Henderson in 20 seconds (welterweight)
- Joe Schilling quits fight after headbutt from Donegi Abena (light-heavyweight)
30 May
Macau, China
- UFC Fight Night: Song Yadong submits Deiveson Figueiredo in the second round (bantamweight)
6 June
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Gabriel Bonfim beats Belal Muhammad by unanimous decision (welterweight)
14 June
Washington, USA
- UFC Freedom 250: Justin Gaethje shocks Ilia Topuria to win undisputed lightweight title
- Ciryl Gane stops Alex Pereira in the second round to win interim heavyweight title
20 June
Manchester, England
- Cage Warriors 207: Ieuan Davies submits Omiel Brown to win title (Cage Warriors lightweight title)
Las Vegas, USA
- UFC Fight Night: Manel Kape knocks out Kyoji Horiguchi in revenge win (flyweight)
- Bia Mesquita inflicts more heartbreak on Briton Melissa Mullins (bantamweight)
27 June
Baku, Azerbaijan
- UFC Fight Night: Rafael Fiziev stops Manuel Torres in two rounds (lightweight)
San Diego, USA
- PFL San Diego: AJ McKee outpoints Salamat Isbulaev (featherweight)
- Alfie Davis suffers defeat to Alexander Shabliy (lightweight)
London, England
- Cage Warriors 208: Nik Bagley submits Aiden Lee (Cage Warriors featherweight title)