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Spanish flyweight Fabià Sintes will make his UFC debut against fellow newcomer Michael Aljarouj at UFC Paris on Saturday. Sintes arrives as a former WOW FC flyweight champion, while Aljarouj enters on a seven-fight unbeaten run. UFC's official event listing confirms the matchup.
Dana White awarded UFC contracts to Adam Livingston, Gabriel Lorenco, Silvestre Sanchez, Modestino Rodrigues and Adam Darby after Season 10, Week 4. The card produced four stoppages, including Rodrigues' 15-second TKO, while Livingston advanced via split decision.
Mairon Santos is out of Saturday's UFC Paris featherweight bout through illness. Undefeated newcomer Pavel Andrusca has accepted the fight on short notice and will make his promotional debut against Nathaniel Wood. UFC lists Andrusca at 8-0 with seven finishes.
The latest UFC rankings reflect two major Shanghai results. Song Yadong rose three places to No. 3 at bantamweight after stopping Umar Nurmagomedov, while Denise Gomes climbed five places to No. 4 at strawweight following her win over Yan Xiaonan.
UFC has booked Brendan Allen against Christian Leroy Duncan as the five-round middleweight main event on 10 October at Meta APEX in Las Vegas. Allen enters on a three-fight winning run; Duncan has won five straight and will headline a UFC card for the first time.
Liz Carmouche and Jena Bishop will meet again in the main event of PFL Chicago on 16 October, this time for the promotion's inaugural women's flyweight championship. Their rematch headlines the card at Wintrust Arena.
Unbeaten former PFL featherweight champion Timur Khizriev is set to return against Gabriel Braga in a 16 October rematch in Chicago. It will be Khizriev's first bout since recovering from multiple gunshot wounds sustained earlier in 2026.
UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje says both hands remain too sore to punch following his June title win over Ilia Topuria, and he does not expect to compete again until 2027. Gaethje also said a longstanding knee bruise has not fully healed.
Joshua Pacio will defend the ONE strawweight MMA world title against Keito Yamakita at ONE SAMURAI 5 in Tokyo on 18 November. The champion faces a Japanese challenger who earned the opportunity on a four-fight winning run in ONE.