Another year of UFC action is upon us. Fans anticipate the long-awaited return of Conor McGregor, but MMA’s flagship promotion is producing more stars with each passing year, and many of them already have bouts scheduled for 2024.
While McGregor’s planned fight with Michael Chandler is seemingly set for June, the year kicked off with Dricus Du Plessis taking the middleweight title from Sean Strickland in a closely-fought bout. At the next two pay-per-views, featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski and bantamweight star Sean O’Malley will defend their titles, before UFC 300 rolls around in April.
Volkanovski is set for a stern test against rising contender Ilia Topuria in February, while O’Malley is preparing for a March rematch with the only man to beat him: Marlon “Chito” Vera. Then, at UFC 300, Zhang Weili defends her strawweight belt against Chinese compatriot Yan Xiaonan, and Justin Gaethje defends the ‘BMF’ title against Max Holloway.
And there are plenty more intriguing fights coming up. Check out all of the UFC’s confirmed fights for 2024, below (cards subject to change):
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Saturday 3 February – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
UFC middleweight contender Roman Dolidze— (Getty Images)
Main card
Roman Dolidze vs Nassourdine Imavov (middleweight)
Renato Moicano vs Drew Dober (lightweight)
Randy Brown vs Muslim Salikhov (welterweight)
Aliaskhab Khizriev vs Makhmud Muradov (middleweight)
Gilbert Urbina vs Charles Radtke (welterweight)
Viviane Araujo vs Natalia Silva (women’s flyweight)
Prelims
Luana Carolina vs Julija Stoliarenko (women’s flyweight)
Molly McCann vs Diana Belbita (women’s strawweight)
Azat Maksum vs Charles Johnson (flyweight)
Themba Gorimbo vs Kiefer Crosbie (welterweight)
Jeongyeong Lee vs Blake Bilder (featherweight)
Landon Quinones vs Marquel Mederos (lightweight)
Thomas Petersen vs Jamal Pogues (heavyweight)
Saturday 10 February – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
UFC middleweight veteran Jack Hermansson— (Getty Images)
Main card
Jack Hermansson vs Joe Pyfer (middleweight)
Dan Ige vs Lerone Murphy (featherweight)
Robert Bryczek vs Albert Duraev (middleweight)
Brad Tavares vs Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)
Michael Johnson vs Darrius Flowers (lightweight)
Rodolfo Vieira vs Armen Petrosyan (lightweight)
Prelims
Trevin Giles vs Carlos Prates (welterweight)
Damir Hadzovic vs Bolaji Oki (lightweight)
Loma Lookboonmee vs Bruna Brasil (women’s strawweight)
Devin Clark vs Marcin Prachnio (light-heavyweight)
Max Griffin vs Jeremiah Wells (welterweight)
Zac Pauga vs Bogdan Guskov (light-heavyweight)
Melsik Baghdasaryan vs Hyder Amil (featherweight)
Daniel Marcos vs Aoriqileng (bantamweight)
Saturday 17 February – UFC 298 – Honda Center, Anaheim, US
Alexander Volkanovski celebrates his stoppage victory over Yair Rodriguez— (Getty Images)
Alexander Volkanovski (C) vs Ilia Topuria (featherweight title)
Geoff Neal vs Ian Machado Garry (welterweight)
Merab Dvalishvili vs Henry Cejudo (bantamweight)
Anthony Hernandez vs Ikram Aliskerov (middleweight)
Amanda Lemos vs Mackenzie Dern (women’s strawweight)
Marcos Rogerio de Lima vs Justin Tafa (heavyweight)
Zhang Mingyang vs Brendson Ribeiro (light-heavyweight)
Yusaku Kinoshita vs Danny Barlow (welterweight)
Andrea Lee vs Miranda Maverick (women’s flyweight)
Saturday 24 February – UFC Fight Night – Arena CDMX, Mexico City, Mexico
Former two-time UFC flyweight champion Brandon Moreno— (Getty Images)
Brandon Moreno vs Brandon Royval 2 (flyweight)
Yair Rodriguez vs Brian Ortega 2 (featherweight)
Cristian Quinonez vs Raoni Barcelos (bantamweight)
Daniel Zellhuber vs Francisco Prado (lightweight)
Manuel Torres vs Chris Duncan (lightweight)
Raul Rosas Jr vs Ricky Turcios (bantamweight)
Luis Rodriguez vs Denys Bondar (flyweight)
Jesus Aguilar vs Mateus Mendonca (flyweight)
Yazmin Jauregui vs Sam Hughes (women’s strawweight)
Edgar Chairez vs Daniel Lacerda (flyweight)
Victor Altamirano vs Felipe dos Santos (flyweight)
Saturday 9 March – UFC 299 – Kaseya Center, Miami, US
Sean O’Malley celebrates his second-round knockout of Aljamain Sterling— (Getty Images)
Sean O’Malley (C) vs Marlon “Chito” Vera 2 (bantamweight title)
Dustin Poirier vs Benoit Saint-Denis (lightweight – five rounds)
Gilbert Burns vs Jack Della Maddalena (welterweight)
Kevin Holland vs Michael “Venom” Page (welterweight)
Curtis Blaydes vs Jailton Almeida (heavyweight)
Katlyn Chookagian vs Maycee Barber (women’s flyweight)
Mateusz Gamrot vs Rafael dos Anjos (lightweight)
Petr Yan vs Song Yadong (bantamweight)
Pedro Munhoz vs Kyler Phillips (bantamweight)
Robelis Despaigne vs Josh Parisian (heavyweight)
Michel Pereira vs Michal Oleksijczuk (middleweight)
CJ Vergara vs Assu Almabayev (flyweight)
Saturday 16 March – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex – Las Vegas, US
Tai Tuivasa celebrates after knocking out Derrick Lewis at UFC 271— (Getty Images)
Tai Tuivasa vs Marcin Tybura (heavyweight)
Saturday 23 March – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex – Las Vegas, US
Rose Namajunas vs Amanda Ribas (women’s flyweight)
Saturday 30 March – UFC Fight Night – Boardwalk Hall, New Jersey, US
Sean Brady vs Vicente Luque (welterweight)
Erin Blanchfield vs Manon Fiorot (women’s flyweight)
Chris Weidman vs Bruno Silva (middleweight)
Saturday 6 April – UFC Fight Night – TBA
Marvin Vettori vs Brendan Allen (middleweight)
Saturday 13 April – UFC 300 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, US
Justin Gaethje (left) defends the ‘BMF’ title against Max Holloway— (Getty Images)
TBA vs TBA
Zhang Weili (C) vs Yan Xiaonan (women’s strawweight title)
Justin Gaethje (C) vs Max Holloway (‘BMF’ title – lightweight)
Charles Oliveira vs Arman Tsarukyan (lightweight)
Jiri Prochazka vs Aleksandar Rakic (light-heavyweight)
Holly Holm vs Kayla Harrison (women’s bantamweight)
Calvin Kattar vs Aljamain Sterling (featherweight)
Bo Nickal vs Cody Brundage (middleweight)
Deiveson Figueiredo vs Cody Garbrandt (bantamweight)
Jim Miller vs Bobby Green (lightweight)
Sodiq Yusuff vs Diego Lopes (featherweight)
Saturday 22 June – UFC Fight Night – Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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