UFC Fight Announcements: Max Holloway, Greg Hardy Get Fights

UFC Fight Announcements: Max Holloway, Greg Hardy Get Fights

Max Holloway, Greg Hardy, and Francis Ngannou highlight the latest round of UFC fight announcements. Full list here.

Apr 30, 2018 by FloCombat Staff
UFC Fight Announcements: Max Holloway, Greg Hardy Get Fights

By Nolan King


With fight announcements breaking each and every day, it’s hard to keep track of all the hustle and bustle in the world of mixed martial arts. 

Luckily, here at FloCombat, we’ve got you covered. Here’s a list of all of the UFC fight announcements that were put out by notable outlets across the world during the past two weeks. 

Bouts are not confirmed by the UFC unless noted otherwise (*). View the matchups below, as well as a bonus list of fighter signings and releases. 

May 12 - UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington

Middleweight Bout: James Bochnovic (8-2, 0-1 UFC) vs. Markus Perez (9-1, 0-1 UFC) - per Combate

May 19 - UFC Fight Night 129: Santiago

Welterweight Bout: Demian Maia (25-8, 19-8 UFC) replaces injured Santiago Ponzinibbio against Kamaru Usman (12-1, 7-0 UFC) - per Combate/MMAFighting

Flyweight Bout: Alexandre Pantoja (18-3, 2-1 UFC) replaces Ray Borg against Brandon Moreno (14-4, 3-1 UFC) - per Combate

May 27 - UFC Fight Night 130: Liverpool

Lightweight Bout: Don Madge (7-3-1, 0-0 UFC) out of bout against David Teymur (7-1, 3-0 UFC)

June 1 - UFC Fight Night 131: Utica

Lightweight Bout: Leonardo Santos (16-3-1, 5-0-1 UFC) out of bout against Nik Lentz (28-8-2, 1 NC; 12-5-1, 1 NC)

June 9 - UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2

Lightweight Bout*: Clay Guida (34-17, 14-11 UFC) vs. Bobby Green (24-8-1, 9-4-1 UFC) - per Walter Salcido, of Fansided

July 6 - The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Roxanne Modafferi (21-14, 0-2 UFC) vs. Barb Honchak (10-3, 0-1 UFC) - per Las Vegas Review-Journal

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Rachael Ostovich (4-3, 1-0 UFC) vs. Montana De La Rosa (8-4, 1-0 UFC) - per Las Vegas Review-Journal

Middleweight Bout: Julian Marquez (7-1, 1-0 UFC) vs. Alessio Di Chirico (11-2, 2-2 UFC) - per Las Vegas Review-Journal

July 7 - UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier

Welterweight Bout*: Mike Perry (11-3, 4-3 UFC) vs. Yancy Medeiros (15-5, 1 NC; 8-5, 1 NC) - per Las Vegas Review-Journal

Middleweight Bout*: Uriah Hall (13-8, 6-6 UFC) vs. Paulo Costa (11-0, 3-0 UFC) - per Combate

Heavyweight Bout*: Francis Ngannou (19-5, 1 NC; 3-6 UFC) vs. Derrick Lewis (11-2, 6-1 UFC) - per MMA Fighting

Featherweight Bout: Max Holloway (19-3, 15-3 UFC) vs. Brian Ortega (14-0, 1 NC; 6-0, 1 NC UFC) - per MMA Junkie

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Jamie Moyle (4-2, 1-1 UFC) vs. Emily Whitmire (2-2, 0-1 UFC) - per MMASoldier.net

July 14 - UFC Fight Night 133: Boise

Welterweight Bout: Sage Northcutt (10-2, 3-2 UFC) vs. Zak Ottow (16-5, 3-2 UFC) - per Fansided

Women’s Bantamweight Bout*: Cat Zingano (9-3, 2-3 UFC) vs. Marion Reneau (9-3-1, 5-2-1 UFC)

Flyweight Bout*: Justin Scoggins (11-4, 4-4 UFC) vs. Said Nurmagomedov (11-1, 0-0 UFC)

Women’s Flyweight Bout*: Liz Carmouche (11-6, 3-5 UFC) vs. Jennifer Maia (15-4-1, 0-0 UFC)

July 22 - UFC Fight Night 134: Hamburg

Lightweight Bout: Marc Diakiese (12-2, 3-2 UFC) vs. Nasrat Haqparast (8-2, 0-1 UFC) - per gnp1.de

Heavyweight Bout: Stefan Struve (28-10, 12-8) vs. Marcin Tybura (16-4, 3-3 UFC) - per MMANytt

Light Heavyweight Bout*: Volkan Oezdemir (15-2, 3-1 UFC) vs. Mauricio Rua (25-10, 9-8 UFC)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Glover Teixeira (27-6, 10-4 UFC) vs. Ilir Latifi (14-5, 7-3 UFC) - per Kimura.se

July 28 - UFC on FOX 30: Calgary

Lightweight Bout: Kajan Johnson (23-12-1, 4-1 UFC) vs. Islam Makhachev (15-1, 4-1 UFC) - per TASS

Featherweight Bout: Hakeem Dawodu (7-1-1, 0-1 UFC) vs. Austin Arnett (15-4, 0-1 UFC) - per MMA Fighting

Lightweight Bout: Ross Pearson (20-14 1 NC; 11-11, 1 NC UFC) vs. John Makdessi (15-6, 8-6 UFC) - per Calgary Sun

Flyweight Bout: Matheus Nicolau (13-1-1, 3-0 UFC) vs. Dustin Ortiz (18-7, 7-5 UFC) - per Calgary Sun

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Alexis Davis (19-7, 8-3 UFC) vs. Katlyn Chookagian (10-1, 3-1 UFC) - per Calgary Sun

Welterweight Bout: Jordan Mein (30-12, 4-4 UFC) vs. Alex Morono (13-4, 1 NC; 3-1 1 NC UFC) - per Calgary Sun

Light Heavyweight Bout: Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-4, 2-0 UFC) vs. Ion Cutelaba (13-3, 1 NC; 2-2 UFC) - per Calgary Sun


CONTENDER SERIES

6/12 - Heavyweight Bout: Greg Hardy (0-0) vs. Brandon Sayles (5-1) - per MMA Today

6/12 - Welterweight Bout: Chris Curtis (18-5) vs. Sean Lally (8-2) - per MMA Today

6/12 - Bantamweight Bout: Rico DiSciullo (9-1) vs. Montel Jackson (5-0) - per MMA Today

6/19 - Lightweight Bout: Sodiq Yusuf (6-1) vs. Mike Davis (5-0) - per MMA Today

6/19 - Welterweight Bout: Tyler Hill (8-1) vs. Dwight Grant (7-1) - per MMA Today

6/19 - Middleweight Bout: Anthony Hernandez (6-0) vs. Jordan Wright (9-0) - MMA Fighting

6/19 - Light Heavyweight Bout: Ryan Spann vs. Emiliano Sordi - per MMA Today

6/19 - Lightweight Bout: Matt Sayles (6-1) vs. Yazan Hajeh (6-0) - per MMA Today

6/26 - Lightweight Bout: Te Edwards (5-1) vs. Austin Tweedy (10-1) - per MMA Today

6/26 - Featherweight Bout: Jamall Emmers (13-3) vs. Julian Erosa (21-5)

7/3 - Flyweight Bout: Jordan Espinosa (12-5) vs. Riley Dutro (13-3) - per MMA Today

7/3 - Middleweight Bout: Alton Cunningham (5-0) vs. Bevon Lewis (4-0) - per MMA Today

7/17 - Welterweight Bout: Maki Pitolo (10-4) vs. Chibwikem Onyenegecha (6-0) - per MMA Today

7/31 - Heavyweight Bout: Juan Adams (3-0) vs. Shawn Teed (5-1) - per MMA Today

8/7 - Light Heavyweight Bout: Kennedy Nzechukwu (4-0) vs. Dennis Bryant (5-1) - per MMA Today


UFC Signings

Blagoy Ivanov – Heavyweight (16-1, 1 NC) – WSOF



UFC Departures

Leslie Smith – Women’s Bantamweight (10-7-1, 4-3 UFC) – Released by promotion

Timothy Jonson – Heavyweight (12-4, 4-3 UFC) – Signed with Bellator MMA

Bojan Velickovic – Welterweight (15-5-1, 2-3-1 UFC) – Signed with PFL

Anthony Hamilton – Heavyweight (15-9, 3-7 UFC) – Signed with Combat Games