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The UFC may not have held an event this weekend, but the promotion was still hard at work with fight announcements. Fourteen bouts were either announced or finalized in the past few days, and fans should certainly have some interesting fights to look forward to in the upcoming weeks.
Former lightweight star Kevin Lee is returning to the welterweight division to meet a short-notice replacement in Daniel Rodriguez, who steps in for undefeated prospect Sean Brady at UFC Vegas 35. Another highlight is a middleweight fight between Edmen Shahbazyan and Nassourdine Imavov, which joins the line-up of UFC 268 in November.
Bellator announced a handful of fights as well, with a light heavyweight fight between Yoel Romero and Phil Davis set as the headliner for Bellator 266. This will be the promotional debut for Romero, who was expected to meet Anthony Johnson in the ongoing light heavyweight Grand Prix earlier this year, but was unable to obtain medical clearance for an eye issue.
UFC Vegas 34 — August 21
Mana Martinez vs. Trevin Jones — bantamweight
UFC Vegas 35 — August 28
Alessio Di Chirico vs. Aliaskhab Khizriev — middleweight
Makhmud Muradov vs. Gerald Meerschaert — middleweight
Kevin Lee vs. Daniel Rodriguez — welterweight
UFC Vegas 36 — September 4
Jonathan Martinez vs. Marcelo Rojo — bantamweight
Charles Jourdain vs. Lerone Murphy — featherweight
Tom Aspinall vs. Sergei Pavlovich — heavyweight
Marc-André Barriault vs. Dalcha Lungiambula — middleweight
UFC Fight Night — September 18
Arman Tsarukyan vs. Christos Giagos — lightweight
UFC 266 — September 25
Matthew Semelsberger vs. Martin Sano Jr. — welterweight
UFC Fight Night — October 2
Alexander Hernandez vs. Leonardo Santos — lightweight
UFC Fight Night — October 23
Jun Yong Park vs. Gregory Rodrigues — middleweight
UFC 267 (Not a PPV event – airing on ESPN+) — October 30
Zubaira Tukhugov vs. Ricardo Ramos — featherweight
UFC 268 — November 6
Edmen Shahbazyan vs. Nassourdine Imavov — middleweight
Announced Bellator fights:
Bellator 266 — September 18
Yoel Romero vs. Phil Davis — light heavyweight
DeAnna Bennett vs. Alejandra Lara — women’s flyweight
Adam Piccolotti vs. Saul Rogers — lightweight
Grant Neal vs. Alex Polizzi — light heavyweight
Bellator 267 — October 1
Jack Grant vs. Nathan Jones — welterweight
Bellator 268 — October 16
Henry Corrales vs. Vladislav Parubchenko — featherweight
Announced Professional Fighters League (PFL) fights:
PFL 2021 #9 — August 27
Brendan Loughnane vs. Movlid Khaybulaev — featherweight
Chris Wade vs. Bubba Jenkins — featherweight
Emiliano Sordi vs. Antonio Carlos Junior — light heavyweight
Cezar Ferreira vs. Marthin Hamlet — light heavyweight
Sheymon Moraes vs. Lazar Stojadinovic — featherweight
Chris Camozzi vs. Cory Hendricks — light heavyweight
Anthony Dizy vs. Jesse Stirn — featherweight
Jason Knight vs. Bobby Moffett — featherweight
Alejandro Flores vs. Carl Deaton — featherweight
Brandon Jenkins vs. TBA — lightweight
PFL 2021 Championship Event — October 27
Ray Cooper III vs. Magomed Magomedkerimov — welterweight
Loik Radzhabov vs. Raush Manfio — lightweight
Claressa Shields vs. Abigail Montes — women’s lightweight
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