In short
- 42 UFC events on the 2026 calendar: 12 numbered cards, 29 Fight Nights and the Freedom 250 special event.
- Next up: UFC 332 on October 3 in Salt Lake City.
- Last numbered event of the year: UFC 335 on December 12 in Las Vegas.
- Only one event in France this season: UFC Paris on September 5.
Below is every UFC event of the 2026 season, past and upcoming. Dates are U.S. dates: for a card in the United States, European viewers watch the main card in the early hours of the following morning.
Upcoming UFC events
| Date | Event | City | Main event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 3 | UFC 332 | Salt Lake City, U.S. | Natália Silva vs. Wang Cong, women’s flyweight title |
| Oct. 10 | UFC Fight Night | Las Vegas, U.S. | Brendan Allen vs. Christian Leroy Duncan |
| Oct. 17 | UFC Fight Night | Edmonton, Canada | Joaquin Buckley vs. Mike Malott |
| Oct. 24 | UFC 333 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evloev |
| Oct. 31 | UFC Fight Night | TBA | Renato Moicano vs. Tom Nolan |
| Nov. 7 | UFC Fight Night | Las Vegas, U.S. | Gabriel Bonfim vs. Sean Brady |
| Nov. 14 | UFC 334 | New York, U.S. | Ciryl Gane vs. Josh Hokit, heavyweight title; co-main: Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes, women’s bantamweight title |
| Nov. 21 | UFC Fight Night | Al Rayyan, Qatar | TBA |
| Dec. 12 | UFC 335 | Las Vegas, U.S. | not yet officially announced |
This week’s card, with start times for every segment, is on UFC tonight.
Key dates
November 14 at Madison Square Garden is the one circled by French fans. Ciryl Gane makes his first defense of the heavyweight title against No. 4 Josh Hokit. Gane won the interim belt on June 14 by stopping Alex Pereira in the second round, then was elevated to undisputed champion on September 14 when Tom Aspinall vacated the title for medical reasons.
UFC 335 on December 12 could host a middleweight title fight between champion Sean Strickland and Nassourdine Imavov. Both sides say a deal is close, but the UFC has not confirmed it.
UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on October 24 runs on a Middle East schedule, which puts the main card in the afternoon for U.S. East Coast viewers and in the evening in Europe.
UFC events already held in 2026
| Date | Event | City |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 24 | UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | Las Vegas |
| Feb. 1 | UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2 | Sydney |
| Feb. 7 | UFC Fight Night: Bautista vs. Oliveira | Las Vegas |
| Feb. 21 | UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Hernandez | Houston |
| Feb. 28 | UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Kavanagh | Mexico City |
| Mar. 7 | UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2 | Las Vegas |
| Mar. 14 | UFC Fight Night: Emmett vs. Vallejos | Las Vegas |
| Mar. 21 | UFC Fight Night: Evloev vs. Murphy | London |
| Mar. 28 | UFC Fight Night: Adesanya vs. Pyfer | Seattle |
| Apr. 4 | UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. Duncan | Las Vegas |
| Apr. 11 | UFC 327: Procházka vs. Ulberg | Miami |
| Apr. 18 | UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott | Winnipeg |
| Apr. 25 | UFC Fight Night: Sterling vs. Zalal | Las Vegas |
| May 2 | UFC Fight Night: Della Maddalena vs. Prates | Perth |
| May 9 | UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland | Newark |
| May 16 | UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa | Las Vegas |
| May 30 | UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Figueiredo | Macau |
| June 6 | UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | Las Vegas |
| June 14 | UFC Freedom 250 | Washington, D.C. |
| June 20 | UFC Fight Night: Kape vs. Horiguchi | Las Vegas |
| June 27 | UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Torres | Baku |
| July 11 | UFC 329: McGregor vs. Holloway 2 | Las Vegas |
| July 18 | UFC Fight Night: Du Plessis vs. Usman | Oklahoma City |
| July 25 | UFC Fight Night: Ankalaev vs. Guskov | Abu Dhabi |
| Aug. 1 | UFC Fight Night: Medić vs. Rodriguez | Belgrade |
| Aug. 8 | UFC Fight Night: Gamrot vs. Salkilld | Las Vegas |
| Aug. 15 | UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry | Philadelphia |
| Aug. 22 | UFC Fight Night: Hernandez vs. Rodrigues | Sacramento |
| Aug. 29 | UFC Fight Night: Nurmagomedov vs. Song | Shanghai |
| Sept. 5 | UFC Paris: Hooker vs. Parnasse | Paris |
| Sept. 12 | UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Delgado | Glendale |
| Sept. 19 | UFC 331: Van vs. Pantoja 2 | Los Angeles |
| Sept. 26 | UFC Fight Night: Rosas Jr. vs. Barcelos | Las Vegas |
Numbered events and Fight Nights
A numbered event such as UFC 332 is a major card, usually with one or two titles on the line. A Fight Night is a shorter card, often held at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, where rising fighters build their records. Freedom 250 sits outside the numbering.
Dates move. A headliner can fall through ten days out, and a city can be confirmed late. Lines marked TBA are updated as soon as the UFC announces them. Follow the pecking order on our UFC rankings page.
Frequently asked questions
When is the next UFC event?
UFC 332 on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, headlined by Natália Silva vs. Wang Cong for the women’s flyweight title.
How many UFC events are there in 2026?
42: 12 numbered events from UFC 324 to UFC 335, 29 Fight Nights and the Freedom 250 special event.
When is UFC 334?
November 14, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York, with Ciryl Gane defending the heavyweight title against Josh Hokit.