UFC 2023: Full Schedule and Biggest Fights
McGregor, who remains the face of the sport, has not competed since breaking his leg in July 2021 but is due to fight Michael Chandler this autumn, though new stars have emerged elsewhere to help keep audiences engaged.
In one of the biggest fights of 2023, lightweight champion Islam Makhachev retained his title against featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski, narrowly winning a decision on the latter’s home turf in Australia in February. Then, in March, light-heavyweight ‘GOAT’ Jon Jones moved up to heavyweight after three years away, submitting Ciryl Gane in the first round to win the title vacated by Francis Ngannou in January, when the latter left the UFC.
Later in March, Britain’s Leon Edwards retained the welterweight belt with a decision win over Kamaru Usman in London, seven months after taking the title from the “Nigerian Nightmare” with a stunning head kick. April then kicked off with Israel Adesanya finally beating long-time rival Alex Pereira, the 33-year-old knocking out the Brazilian to regain the middleweight belt that he
Mackenzie Dern vs Angela Hill (women’s strawweight)
Edmen Shahbazyan vs Anthony Hernandez (middleweight)
Emily Ducote vs Polyana Viana (women’s strawweight)
Andre Fialho vs Joaquin Buckley (welterweight)
Maheshate vs Viacheslav Borshchev (lightweight)
Diego Ferreira vs Michael Johnson (lightweight)
Prelims
Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Vanessa Demopoulos (women’s strawweight)
Orion Cosce vs Gilbert Urbina (welterweight)
Ilir Latifi vs Rodrigo Nascimento (heavyweight)
Chase Hooper vs Nick Fiore (lightweight)
Natalia Silva vs Victoria Leonardo (women’s flyweight)
Takashi Sato vs Themba Gorimbo (welterweight)
Kai Kara-France vs Amir Albazi (flyweight)
Miesha Tate vs Mayra Bueno Silva (women’s bantamweight)
Amanda Nunes (C) vs Irene Aldana (women’s bantamweight title)
Charles Oliveira vs Beneil Dariush (lightweight)
Nassourdine Imavov vs Chris Curtis (middleweight)
Marvin Vettori vs Jared Cannonier (middleweight)
Josh Emmett vs Ilia Topuria (featherweight)
Sean Strickland vs Abus Magomedov (middleweight)
Alexander Volkanovski (C) vs Yair Rodriguez (IC) (featherweight title)
Brandon Moreno (C) vs Alexandre Pantoja (flyweight title)
Robert Whittaker vs Dricus Du Plessis (middleweight)
Jalin Turner vs Dan Hooker (lightweight)
Robbie Lawler vs Niko Price (welterweight)
Tom Aspinall vs Marcin Tybura (heavyweight)
Molly McCann vs Julija Stoliarenko (women’s flyweight)
Nathaniel Wood vs Andre Fili (featherweight)
Jai Herbert vs Fares Ziam (lightweight)
Lerone Murphy vs Josh Culibao (featherweight)
Ketlen Vieira vs Pannie Kianzad (women’s bantamweight)
Marc Diakiese vs Joel Alvarez (lightweight)
Davey Grant vs Daniel Marcos (bantamweight)
Dustin Poirier vs Justin Gaethje (lightweight – vacant ‘BMF’ title)
Jan Blachowicz vs Alex Pereira (light-heavyweight)
Paulo Costa vs Ikram Aliskerov (middleweight)
Tony Ferguson vs Bobby Green (lightweight)
Michael Chiesa vs Kevin Holland (welterweight)
Aljamain Sterling (C) vs Sean O’Malley (bantamweight title)
Zhang Weili (C) vs Amanda Lemos (women’s strawweight title)
TBA vs TBA
TBA vs TBA
UFC Fight Night 224 – May 20, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC on ESPN 45 – June 3, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC 289 – June 10, 2023 – Rogers Arena, Vancouver, Canada
UFC on ESPN 46 – June 17, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC on ABC 5 – June 24, 2023 – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville
UFC Fight Night 225 – July 1, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC 290 – July 8, 2023 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
UFC Fight Night 226 – July 15, 2023 – TBC
UFC Fight Night 227 – July 22, 2023 – O2 Arena, London
UFC Fight Night 228 – August 19, 2023 – TBC
UFC on ABC 4 – May 13, 2023 – Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
UFC 288 – May 6, 2023 – Prudential Center, New Jersey
UFC Fight Night 223 – April 29, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC Fight Night 222 – April 22, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC on ESPN 44 – April 15, 2023 – T-Mobile Center, Kansas City
UFC 287 – April 8, 2023 – Miami-Dade Arena, Miami
UFC on ESPN 43 – March 25, 2023 – AT&T Center, San Antonio
UFC 286 – March 18, 2023 – The O2 Arena, London
UFC Fight Night 221 – March 11, 2023 – The Theater at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas
UFC 285 – March 4, 2023 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
UFC Fight Night 220 – February 25, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC Fight Night 219 – February 18, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC 284 – February 12, 2023 – RAC Arena, Perth
UFC Fight Night 218 – February 4, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
UFC 283 – January 21, 2023 – Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro
UFC Fight Night 217 – January 14, 2023 – UFC Apex, Las Vegas
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