Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 12-18)

Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL, Bellator fights announced in the past week (Feb. 12-18)

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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, PFL, and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by the promotions from Feb. 12-18.

Bellator 302, Belfast, March 22

Lightweight: Manoel Sousa (10-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Tim Wilde (17-4-1 MMA, 5-1 BMMA)

Bantamweight: Ciaran Clarke (8-0 MMA, 8-0 BMMA) vs. Darius Mafi (4-1 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

Lightweight: Alfie Davis (16-4-1 MMA, 7-1-1 BMMA) vs. Tofiq Musayev (22-5 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) (MMA Junkie)

Featherweight: Nathan Kelly (9-2 MMA, 1-0 BMMA) vs. Vikas Singh Ruhil (12-7 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

Heavyweight: Abraham Bably (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) vs. Isaiah Pinson (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BMMA)

UFC Fight Night, Las Vegas, March 23

Feb 12, 2022; Houston, Texas, UNITED STATES; AJ Dobson (red gloves) fights Jacob Malkoun (blue gloves) during UFC 271 at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

Middleweight: With Dusko Todorovic out, AJ Dobson (7-2 MMA, 1-2 UFC) steps in to fight Edmen Shahbazyan (12-4 MMA, 5-4 UFC)

Women’s strawweight: With Shauna Bannon and Josefine Knutsson out, Stephanie Luciano (5-1-1 MMA, 0-0 UFC) fights Julia Polastri (12-3 MMA, 0-0 UFC) (Ag. Fight)

UFC Fight Night, Atlantic City, N.J., March 30

Joaquin Buckley

Welterweight: With Sean Brady out, Joaquin Buckley (17-6 MMA, 7-4 UFC) steps in to fight Vicente Luque (22-9-1 MMA, 15-5 UFC)

UFC 300, Las Vegas, April 13

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 25: (R-L) Don’Tale Mayes battles Augusto Sakai of Brazil in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on February 25, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Lightweight: Michal Figlak (8-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Austin Hubbard (15-7 MMA, 3-5 UFC) (MMA Mania)

Heavyweight: Caio Machado (8-2-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Don’Tale Mayes (10-6 MMA, 3-4 UFC)

Lightweight: Gabe Green (11-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC) vs. James Llontop (14-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC)

UFC 301, Rio de Janeiro, May 4

Light heavyweight: Champion Alex Pereira (9-2 MMA, 6-1 UFC) vs. Jamahal Hill (12-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC) – for light heavyweight title

UFC Fight Night, TBA, May 11

Terrance McKinney def. Brendon Marotte

Lightweight: Terrance McKinney (15-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC) vs. Esteban Ribovics (12-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (Commentator Gaston Reyno)

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