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UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 — March 7, 2026, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Charles Oliveira delivered a grappling masterclass to defeat Max Holloway via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) and claim the BMF title, becoming the first fighter to hold both the BMF and undisputed lightweight titles. Caio Borralho defeated Reinier de Ridder in the co-main.

UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 — February 1, 2026, Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney. Alexander Volkanovski defended the featherweight title with a unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 50-45) over Diego Lopes, tying Jose Aldo's record of eight UFC featherweight title defenses. His first title defense on home soil. Benoit Saint Denis TKO'd Dan Hooker in the co-main.

UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett — January 24, 2026, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The first UFC event on Paramount+. Justin Gaethje defeated Paddy Pimblett via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) to win the interim lightweight title in a Fight of the Year contender. Sean O'Malley defeated Song Yadong. Bonus structure increased to $100,000.

UFC 323: Dvalishvili vs. Yan 2 — December 6, 2025, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The final UFC pay-per-view event before the promotion's move to Paramount+. Petr Yan defeated Merab Dvalishvili via unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) to reclaim the bantamweight title. Joshua Van won the flyweight title after Alexandre Pantoja suffered a freak arm injury 26 seconds in.

UFC 322: Della Maddalena vs. Makhachev — November 15, 2025, Madison Square Garden, New York. Islam Makhachev dominated Jack Della Maddalena via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45) to win the welterweight title and become the UFC's 11th two-division champion, tying Anderson Silva's record of 16 consecutive UFC wins. Valentina Shevchenko defeated Zhang Weili 50-45 in the co-main.

UFC 321: Aspinall vs. Gane — October 25, 2025, Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. The heavily anticipated heavyweight title fight between Tom Aspinall and Ciryl Gane ended in a No Contest after Gane accidentally poked Aspinall in the eye at 4:35 of round one. Mackenzie Dern defeated Virna Jandiroba to win the vacant strawweight title in the co-main.

UFC 320: Ankalaev vs. Pereira 2 — October 4, 2025, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Alex Pereira reclaimed the UFC light heavyweight title by TKO of Magomed Ankalaev at 1:20 of round one, avenging his UFC 313 loss. Merab Dvalishvili defeated Cory Sandhagen via unanimous decision to retain the bantamweight title. Jiri Prochazka KO'd Khalil Rountree.

UFC 319: Du Plessis vs. Chimaev — August 16, 2025, United Center, Chicago. Khamzat Chimaev dominated Dricus du Plessis for five rounds to win the middleweight title via unanimous decision (50-44, 50-44, 50-44) in one of the most one-sided championship performances in UFC history. Lerone Murphy and Carlos Prates both won with first-round spinning back elbow KOs.

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UFC 318: Holloway vs. Poirier 3 — July 19, 2025, Smoothie King Center, New Orleans. Max Holloway defeated Dustin Poirier via unanimous decision (48-47, 49-46, 49-46) in the BMF title fight, spoiling Poirier's retirement fight in his home state of Louisiana. Paulo Costa defeated Roman Kopylov. Poirier's final UFC fight.

UFC 317: Topuria vs. Oliveira — June 28, 2025, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas (International Fight Week). Ilia Topuria became the UFC's tenth simultaneous double champion by knocking out Charles Oliveira at 2:27 of round one to claim the vacant lightweight title. Alexandre Pantoja submitted Kai Kara-France in round three to retain the flyweight title.

UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 — June 7, 2025, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Merab Dvalishvili retained the bantamweight title in the rematch with Sean O'Malley via unanimous decision, going 2-0 in the series. Alexandre Pantoja defended the flyweight title. The summer Las Vegas card closed the first half of 2025.