MMA schedule and results 2025

Kayla Harrison submitted Julianna Pena in June to become UFC bantamweight champion

2025 schedule

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5 July

Brussels, Belgium

• PFL Europe: Patrick Habirora v Danny Roberts (welterweight)

12 July

London, England

• Cage Warriors 192: Shajidul Haque v Jawany Scott (Cage Warriors flyweight title)

19 July

New Orleans, USA

• UFC 318: Max Holloway v Dustin Poirier 3 (lightweight)

Cape Town, South Africa

• PFL Africa: Johnny Eblen v Costello van Steenis (middleweight title)

• Dakota Ditcheva v Sumiko Inaba (flyweight)

26 July

Abu Dhabi, UAE

• UFC Fight Night: Robert Whittaker v Reinier de Ridder (middleweight)

16 August

Chicago, USA

• UFC 319: Dricus Du Plessis v Khamzat Chimaev (UFC middleweight world title)

• Michael 'Venom' Page v Jared Cannonier (middleweight)

6 September

Paris, France

• UFC Paris: Nassourdine Imavov v Caio Borralho (middleweight)

• Mason Jones v Bolaji Oki (lightweight)

• Shauna Bannon v Sam Hughes (strawweight)

25 October

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

• UFC 321

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18 January

California, USA

• UFC 311: Islam Makhachev submits Renato Moicano to break Khabib Nurmagomedov's record (UFC lightweight world title)

• Merab Dvalishvili outpoints Umar Nurmagomedov over five rounds (UFC bantamweight world title)

25 January

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• PFL: Usman Nurmagomedov narrowly beats Paul Hughes on points (Bellator lightweight title)

1 February

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

• UFC Fight Night: Israel Adesanya stopped by Nassourdine Imavov (middleweight)

• Michael Page becomes first man to beat Shara Magomedov (welterweight)

9 February

Sydney, Australia

• UFC 312: Dricus du Plessis outclasses Sean Strickland to retain title (UFC middleweight world title)

• Zhang Weili ends Tatiana Suarez's undefeated streak (UFC strawweight world title)

22 February

• UFC Fight Night: Song Yadong defeats Henry Cejudo by technical decision (bantamweight)

8 March

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC 313: Magomed Ankalaev upsets Alex Pereira with points win (UFC light-heavyweight world title)

• Justin Gaethje defeats Rafael Fiziev on points (lightweight)

Rome, Italy

• Cage Warriors 183: Liam Gittins v Alessandro Giordano ends in no contest (Cage Warriors bantamweight title)

• Dario Bellandi retains his title by defeating Naglis Kanisauskas (Cage Warriors middleweight title)

21 March

London, England

• Cage Warriors 186: Harry Hardwick wins via technical decision after Javier Garcia fight stopped due to clash of heads (Cage Warriors featherweight title)

• Cage Warriors 186: George Hardwick suffers points defeat to Samuel Silva (Cage Warriors lightweight title)

22 March

London, England

• UFC Fight Night: Leon Edwards submitted by Sean Brady (welterweight)

• Molly McCann retires after submission loss to Istela Nunes (strawweight)

• Shauna Bannon submits Puja Tomar in brilliant comeback win (strawweight)

3 April

Florida, USA

• 2025 PFL Tournament: Taekyun Kim defeats Nathan Kelly by submission in first round (featherweight)

5 April

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Lerone Murphy dominates Josh Emmett to win decision (featherweight)

• Rhys McKee drops Daniel Frunza four times in stoppage win (welterweight)

11 April

Florida, USA

• 2025 PFL Tournament: Jake Hadley submits Matheus Matthos in third round (bantamweight)

12 April

Miami, Florida

• UFC 314: Alexander Volkanovski beats Diego Lopes by unanimous decision (UFC featherweight world title)

• Paddy Pimblett stops Michael Chandler in third round (lightweight)

• Yair Rodriguez outpoints Patricio Pitbull (featherweight)

18 April

Florida, USA

• 2025 PFL Tournament: Fabian Edwards stops Impa Kasanganay to reach semi-finals (middleweight)

• Gadzhi Rabadanov knocks out Briton Marc Diakiese (lightweight)

• Josh Silveira outpoints England's Mike Shipman (middleweight)

• Londoner Alfie Davis stops Clay Collard with spinning back elbow (lightweight)

26 April

Dublin, Ireland

• Cage Warriors 188: James Webb stops John Allan in two rounds (Cage Warriors light-heavyweight title)

• Justin Burlinson submits hometown fighter James Sheehan (Cage Warriors welterweight title)

Missouri, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Ian Machado Garry survives scare to beat Carlos Prates (welterweight)

1 May

Florida, USA

• 2025 PFL Tournament: Antonio Carlos Jr beats Karl Moore by split decision (light-heavyweight)

• Simeon Powell stops Karl Albrektsson to reach semi-final (light-heavyweight)

• Abraham Bably beaten by Rodrigo Nascimento on points (heavyweight)

3 May

Iowa, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Welshman Mason Jones beats Jeremy Stephens by points in UFC return (lightweight)

10 May

Montreal, Canada

• UFC 315: Jack Della Maddalena dethrones Belal Muhammad (UFC welterweight world title)

• Valentina Shevchenko defeats Manon Fiorot by points (UFC flyweight world title)

Belfast, Northern Ireland

• PFL Europe: Paul Hughes stops Bruno Miranda in 42 seconds (lightweight)

• Lewis McGrillen extends winning run by submitting Alan Philpott (bantamweight)

17 May

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Paul Craig v Rodolfo Bellato cancelled on fight night (light-heavyweight)

7 June

New Jersey, USA

• UFC 316: Merab Dvalishvili submits Sean O'Malley in the third round (UFC bantamweight world title)

• Kayla Harrison submits Julianna Pena in the second round (UFC bantamweight world title)

• Mario Bautista beats Patchy Mix by unanimous decision (bantamweight)

15 June

Atlanta, USA

• UFC Fight Night: Kamaru Usman beats Joaquin Buckley by points (welterweight)

• Paul Craig v Rodolfo Bellato ends in no-contest after illegal up-kick (light-heavyweight)

20 June

Kansas, USA

• 2025 PFL Tournament: Marcirley Alves beats Jake Hadley by unanimous decision (bantamweight semi-final)

• Alfie Davis beats Brent Primus by unanimous decision (lightweight semi-final)

• Darragh Kelly submits Mike Hamel in the third round (lightweight)

21 June

Baku, Azerbaijan

• UFC Fight Night: Oban Elliott defeated by Seokhyeon Ko (welterweight)

27 June

Chicago, USA

• 2025 PFL Tournament: Fabian Edwards beats Josh Silveira by unanimous decision (middleweight semi-final)

• Antonio Carlos Jr beats Simeon Powell by unanimous decision (light-heavyweight semi-final)

• Sergio Pettis beats Raufeon Stots by unanimous decision (bantamweight)

28 June

Las Vegas, USA

• UFC 317: Ilia Topuria knocks out Charles Oliveira in the first round (UFC lightweight world title)

• Alexandre Pantoja submits Kai Kara-France in the third round (UFC flyweight world title)

Manchester, England

• Cage Warriors 191: Liam Gittins v Alessandro Giordano 2 cancelled after weigh-in melee (Cage Warriors bantamweight title)

• Omar Tugarev defeats James Power by last-round stoppage (Cage Warriors interim lightweight title)

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