Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is done for 2025 and won’t be returning to action until it makes its debut on the Paramount+ streaming network with UFC 324; “Gaethje vs. Pimblett” on Sat., Jan. 24,
2026 from inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The promotion finished up its ESPN programming deal just last week.
Fight fans still jonesing for some MMA action this month can watch Professional Fighters League (PFL) wrap up its 2025 fight campaign with the upcoming PFL Africa: “Ndebele vs. Henniene” event on Dec. 20 at Sofitel Dome in Cotonou, Benin, streaming on ESPN+.
Here’s a look at the first quarter schedule for UFC in 2026:
January:
Sat., Jan. 24: UFC 324 “Gaethje vs. Pimblett” in Las Vegas
Sat., Jan. 31: UFC 325 “Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2” in Sydney
February:
Sat., Feb. 7: UFC Vegas 113 “Bautista vs. Oliveira”
Sat., Feb. 21: UFC Houston “Strickland vs. Hernandez”
Sat., Feb. 28: UFC Mexico City “Moreno vs. Almabayev”
March:
Sat., March 7: UFC 326 in Las Vegas “Holloway vs. Oliveira 2” in Las Vegas
Sat., March 14: UFC Vegas 114
Sat., March 21: UFC London
Sat., March 28: UFC Seattle
Outside of cage fighting, we still have the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua boxing match on Fri. night (Dec. 19) at Kaseya Center in Miami, available on Netflix. The boys (and girls) of bare knuckle boxing will also see action with BKFC and BKB holding live events on Dec. 20 (Uncasville) and Jan. 9 (Biloxi), respectively.
In addition, Real American Freestyle (RAF) returns to the mats this weekend in Indianapolis.
“The amount of marketing that these guys [at Paramount] are going to do for the UFC on their platform, it’s impossible for the sport not to get even bigger,” UFC CEO Dana White said at the UFC 323 post-fight press conference. “It was $1,200 or $1,300 bucks to be a fan this year. It’s going to be $120 next year or something like that for the entire year. We have huge fights coming up, the White House fight alone will be madness.”
For much more on the historic UFC White House card in 2026 click here.
