
Fights on Tap is a weekly roundup of all the fights booked in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.
We can add another solid group of fights to the upcoming schedule of the UFC as twenty-three of them were either announced or finalized this week. Perhaps the most noteworthy were the recent additions to the already stacked line-up of UFC 268, which now includes a championship rematch between strawweight champion Rose Namajunas and No. 1 contender Zhang Weili. Namajunas reclaimed the championship with a first-round knockout of Weili at UFC 261 in April.
Another highlight among the group is a bantamweight clash between Frankie Edgar and Marlon “Chito” Vera. The former champion is returning from a devastating knockout loss to Cory Sandhagen that happened at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov in February.
Bellator travels abroad once again and revisits Ireland with an interesting bantamweight headliner between James Gallagher and Patrick “Patchy” Mix in November. Gallagher and Mix were previously scheduled to fight at Bellator 258 in May, but the former was forced out because of a shoulder injury suffered in training.
UFC Fight Night — September 4
Charles Jourdain vs. Julian Erosa — catchweight (150 lbs.)
Jack Shore vs. Liudvik Sholinian — bantamweight
David Zawada vs. Alex Morono — welterweight
UFC Fight Night — September 18
Emily Whitmire vs. Hannah Goldy — women’s strawweight
UFC Fight Night — October 2
Niko Price vs. Alex Oliveira — welterweight
Antonina Shevchenko vs. Casey O’Neill — women’s flyweight
UFC Fight Night — October 9
Charles Rosa vs. Damon Jackson — featherweight
Chas Skelly vs. Mike Trizano — featherweight
UFC Fight Night — October 16
Andrew Sanchez vs. Bruno Silva — middleweight
Timur Valiev vs. Daniel Santos — bantamweight
UFC Fight Night — October 23
Aaron Phillips vs. Kris Moutinho — bantamweight
UFC 267 — October 30
Volkan Oezdemir vs. Magomed Ankalaev — light heavyweight
Hu Yaozong vs. Alen Amedovski — light heavyweight
UFC 268 — November 6
Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili — women’s strawweight
Frankie Edgar vs. Marlon Vera — bantamweight
Al Iaquinta vs. Bobby Green — lightweight
Germaine de Randamie vs. Irene Aldana — women’s bantamweight
UFC Fight Night — November 13
Lando Vannata vs. Tucker Lutz — featherweight
Jessica Eye vs. Andrea Lee — women’s flyweight
UFC Fight Night — November 20
Cheyanne Buys vs. Loma Lookboonme — women’s strawweight
Terrance McKinney vs. Fares Ziam — lightweight
UFC Fight Night — December 4
Alex Perez vs. Matt Schnell — flyweight
UFC 269 — December 11
Priscila Cachoeira vs. Gillian Robertson — women’s flyweight
Announced Bellator fights:
Bellator 266 — September 18
Neiman Gracie vs. Mark Lemminger — welterweight
Christian Edwards vs. Ben Parrish — light heavyweight
Khalid Murtazaliev vs. Travis Davis — middleweight
Abraham Vaesau vs. Albert Gonzales — contract weight (175 lbs.)
Bellator 269 — October 23
Anatoly Tokov vs. Sharaf Davlatmurodov — middleweight
Bellator Dublin — November 5
James Gallagher vs. Patrick Mix — bantamweight
Peter Queally vs. Patricky Freire — lightweight
Daniele Scatizzi vs. Brian Hooi — lightweight
Ciaran Clarke vs. Jordan Barton — featherweight
Danni Neilan vs. Audrey Kerouche — women’s strawweight
Junior Morgan vs. Darragh Kelly — featherweight
Stephen Costello vs. Yusuf Nazokatov — welterweight
Announced Professional Fighters League (PFL) fights:
PFL 2021 Championship Event — October 27
Movlid Khaybulaev vs. Chris Wade — featherweight
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Marthin Hamlet — light heavyweight
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