For the second straight year, the UFC is giving London more than one event.
During a series of announcements made by UFC president Dana White on Thursday, the promotion confirmed that a UFC Fight Night event will take place at The O2 on July 22. No fights were announced for the card.
UFC Fight Night on July 22 marks the promotion’s second show of the year. UFC 286 took place in March at The O2, and was headlined by the welterweight trilogy bout between champion Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman. Edwards retained his title by majority decision.
The UFC had plans of having another pay-per-view event in London with welterweight champion Edwards headlining, but Edwards said he’s targeting a return at UFC 294 October in Abu Dhabi.
Tom Aspinall, who headlined both UFC Fight Night 204 and UFC Fight Night 208 in 2022, wants to return on the July 22 event and expressed interest in facing Marcin Tybura. Aspinall tore his ACL in a first-round TKO loss to Curtis Blaydes in the UFC Fight Night 208 headliner last July.
