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We are here with another edition of Fights on Tap for you! This is a weekly roundup of all the fights booked in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.
The UFC either announced or finalized nine fights this week, and we have some violence ahead of us on upcoming Fight Nights.
In this new group of fights, I have to shine a light on the 155ers because Joel Alvarez vs. Mateusz Rebecki and Michael Johnson vs. Matt Frevola are really fun! Given their similar specialties, I am excited to see how Alvarez vs. Rebecki unfolds on the ground.
Then we have Johnson vs. Frevola, a fight that most people are expecting to end early. In three of his four recent Octagon appearances, the ’Steamrolla’ has steamrolled (sorry) his opponents, finishing Genaro Valdez, Ottman Azaitar and Drew Dober within the first round. He recently found himself on the receiving end of a first-round finish courtesy of Benoit Saint-Denis, but Frevola has bounced back from worse.
Johnson recently bounced back from a loss with a decision against Darrius Flowers and said that was the ‘best Michael Johnson’ we have seen, so I am curious to see how Michael Johnson 3.0 does against Frevola. Either way, we are in for a fun fight.
Announced UFC fights
UFC Vegas 87 — March 2
- Raul Rosas Jr. vs. Ricky Turcios — bantamweight
UFC Atlantic City — March 30
- Pat Sabatini vs. Nate Landwehr — featherweight
UFC Vegas 91 — April 27
- Joel Alvarez vs. Mateusz Rebecki — lightweight (First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland)
UFC Fight Night — May 11
- Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg — light heavyweight (Menifield vs. Ulberg was already finalized, but shifted from UFC Atlantic City to this UFC Fight Night, per Nolan King and Farah Hannoun of MMA Junkie)
- Jared Gooden vs. Kevin Jousset — welterweight (First rep. by Marcel Dorff of Eurosport Nederland)
- Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Torres — strawweight (First rep. by Ricci on the Remember the Show podcast)
- Michael Johnson vs. Matt Frevola — lightweight (First rep. by Frevola on X)
UFC Fight Night — May 18
- Tamires Vidal vs. Hailey Cowan — bantamweight (First rep. by Nolan King of MMA Junkie)
- Luana Pinheiro vs. Angela Hill — strawweight (First rep. by Nolan King of MMA Junkie)
Announced Cage Warriors fights
Cage Warriors 167 — March 15
- Matthew Camilleri vs. Niccolo Solinas — lightweight
Cage Warriors 168 — March 16
- Qendrim Pallata vs. Mario Mingaj — middleweight
Cage Warriors 169 — March 30
- Rhi-Rhi Hudson vs. Indy Briar — strawweight
Cage Warriors 170 — April 6
- Scott Harvey vs. Enrico Di Gangi — bantamweight
Mario Mingaj is a great signing for Cage Warriors! The Italian is 5-0 with four finishes, so hopefully we see more of those from him. Qendrim Pallata is a tough test, though, so this fight is interesting.
Announced KSW fights
KSW 94 — May 11
- Arkadiusz Wrzosek vs. Artur Szpilka — heavyweight
- Robert Ruchala vs. Patryk Kaczmarczyk — featherweight
Something tells me we are getting a knockout in Arkadiusz Wrzosek vs. Artur Szpilka, so thank you KSW for scheduling this fight.