📍 June 14 – Kamaru Usman vs Joaquin Buckley 🇺🇸🇳🇬
📍 Atlanta, Georgia – State Farm Arena
💥 A big welterweight banger — power vs pressure. Fans are hyped.
📍 June 21 – Jamahal Hill vs Khalil Rountree Jr 🇺🇸
📍 Baku, Azerbaijan – UFC’s first time there!
💥 Light heavyweight clash — both guys hit like trucks. Might not go the distance.
📍 June 28 – Ilia Topuria vs Charles Oliveira 🇪🇸🇧🇷
📍 Las Vegas – T-Mobile Arena
🏆 For the vacant lightweight title
🇪🇸 Topuria trying to become Spain’s first champ.
🇧🇷 Oliveira wants to reclaim the belt. Instant classic incoming.
📍 July 12 – Derrick Lewis vs Tallison Teixeira 🇺🇸🇧🇷
📍 Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Arena
🐻❄️ Derrick Lewis back again with KO power. Teixeira making a big leap up.
📍 July 19 – Max Holloway vs Dustin Poirier 3 🇺🇸
📍 New Orleans – Smoothie King Center
🏆 BMF title on the line
🔥 Trilogy fight. Max coming off that KO win over Gaethje. Poirier says this might be his last.
📍 July 26 – Robert Whittaker vs Reinier de Ridder 🇦🇺🇳🇱
📍 Abu Dhabi – Etihad Arena
👑 Middleweight legends collide. Whittaker vs the ONE FC double champ.
📍 August 2 – UFC Vegas 108
📍 UFC Apex – Las Vegas
🕶 No main event announced yet. Expect a stacked card with rising names.
📍 August 9 – UFC Fight Night 257
📍 UFC Apex – Las Vegas
🔁 Back-to-back Apex weekends. Might feature lightweight or bantamweight contenders.
📍 August 16 – Dricus du Plessis vs Khamzat Chimaev 🇿🇦🇷🇺
📍 Chicago – United Center
🏆 Middleweight title fight
🦁 South Africa vs Chechnya. This one’s wild — undefeated monster vs relentless champ.
📍 August 23 – UFC Fight Night Shanghai 🇨🇳
📍 Shanghai Indoor Stadium
🐉 UFC’s return to China. Great local talent expected, card still developing.
📍 October 18 – UFC Fight Night Vancouver 🇨🇦
📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver
🍁 Canada finally gets a card again. No fights announced yet but expect top names.
💡 Quick Notes
✅ Big title fights: Topuria vs Oliveira, Du Plessis vs Chimaev, Holloway vs Poirier 3 ✅ First ever UFC in Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 ✅ BMF title and lightweight belt both on the line ✅ Expect more fights added for Abu Dhabi, China, and Vancouver soon
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