January 9, 2023 10: 30 am ET
MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.
But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.
Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.
Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from Jan. 2-8.
UFC 283, Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 21
Lightweight: With Guram Kutateladze out, Melquizael Costa (19-5 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Thiago Moises (16-6 MMA, 5-4 UFC) (MMA Fighting)
UFC Fight Night 218, Las Vegas, Feb. 4
Flyweight: Seung Guk Choi (6-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Sung Hyun Park (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) – Road to UFC final
Bantamweight: Toshiomi Kazama (10-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Rinya Nakamura (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) – Road to UFC final
Featherweight: Jeong Yeong Lee (9-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Yi Zha (21-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) – Road to UFC final
Lightweight: Anshul Jubli (6-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Jeka Saragih (13-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) – Road to UFC final
Bellator 290, Inglewood, Calif., Feb. 4
Welterweight: Mukhamed Berkhamov (14-0 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Lorenz Larkin (24-7 MMA, 6-2 BMMA)
Heavyweight: Ali Isaev (9-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Steve Mowry (10-0 MMA, 6-0 BMMA) (Severe MMA)
Bantamweight: Darrion Caldwell (15-6 MMA, 12-6 BMMA) vs. Nikita Mikhailov (9-2 MMA, 2-1 BMMA)
Featherweight: Isaiah Hokit (2-1 MMA, 2-1 BMMA) vs. Peter Ishiguro (2-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA)
UFC 284, Perth, Australia, Feb. 11
Welterweight: Randy Brown (16-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) vs. Jack Della Maddalena (13-2 MMA, 3-0 UFC)
Lightweight: Jamie Mullarkey (15-5 MMA, 3-3 UFC) vs. Francisco Prado (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (MMA commentator Gaston Reyno)
UFC Fight Night 219, Las Vegas, Feb. 18
Heavyweight: Josh Parisian (15-5 MMA, 2-2 UFC) vs. Jamal Pogues (9-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC)
UFC Fight Night 220, Las Vegas, Feb. 25
Welterweight: Yohan Lainesse (9-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Mike Mallott (8-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)
Bantamweight: Garrett Armfield (8-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Jose Johnson (15-7 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (Eurosport NL)
Lightweight: Trevor Peek (7-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Alex Reyes (13-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Lightweight: Nurullo Aliev (8-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Rafael Alves (20-11 MMA, 1-2 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
UFC 285, Las Vegas, March 4
Lightweight: Kamuela Kirk (12-5 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Esteban Ribovics (11-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (ESPN Deportes)
UFC 286, London, March 18
Women’s flyweight: Jennifer Maia (20-9-1 MMA, 5-5 UFC) vs. Casey O’Neill (9-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) (Dama de Ferro)
Lightweight: Jai Herbert (12-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) vs. Ludovit Klein (19-4 MMA, 3-2 UFC) (Eurosport NL)
Featherweight: Lerone Murphy (11-0-1 MMA, 3-0-1 UFC) vs. Nathaniel Wood (19-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) (MMA reporter Al Zullino)
UFC on ESPN 43, San Antonio, Texas, March 25
Featherweight: Tucker Lutz (12-2 MMA, 1-1 UFC) vs. Daniel Pineda (27-14 MMA, 4-5 UFC) (MMA Junkie)
Welterweight: Trevin Giles (15-4 MMA, 6-4 UFC) vs. Preston Parsons (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (Eurosport NL)
UFC 287, TBA, April 8
Women’s strawweight: Cynthia Calvillo (9-5-1 MMA, 6-5-1 UFC) vs. Loopy Godinez (8-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) (ESPN Deportes)