ESPN UFC & MMA Schedule

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Tuesday, 9 September 2025

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Is there UFC on ESPN Tonight?

Erin Blanchfield is set to fight Maycee Barber in the main event of UFC Fight Night live on ESPN+ on US TV. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST. The fighters are expected to cage walk at around 11:10 PM EST / 8:10 PM PST at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States, which is around 4:10 AM BST in the UK. In the co-main event, Mateusz Gamrot is set to face Ludovit Klein in their Lightweight contest. On the main card, Ramiz Brahimaj will square off against Billy Goff in a Welterweight bout, Dustin Jacoby will fight Bruno Lopes at Light Heavyweight, Ketlen Vieira is set to face Macy Chiasson in their Women’s Bantamweight contest, and Zachary Reese will take on Dusko Todorovic in a Middleweight fight. On the prelim card, Allan Nascimento will square off against Jafel Filho in a Flyweight bout, Jordan Leavitt will fight Kurt Holobaugh at Lightweight, and Bolaji Oki is set to face Michael Aswell in their Lightweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST.

What time does the fight start on ESPN Tonight?

The broadcast of main card events of UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Barber will begin on ESPN+ at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST on Saturday.

What are some upcoming fights on ESPN’s mma schedule?

Merab Dvalishvili will fight Sean O’Malley in the main event of UFC 316 on Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark live on ESPN Pay Per View on US TV. In the co-main event, Julianna Pena is set to face Kayla Harrison in their Women’s Bantamweight contest. On the main card, Kelvin Gastelum will square off against Joseph Pyfer in a Middleweight bout, Vicente Luque will fight Kevin Holland at Welterweight, and Mario Bautista is set to face Patchy Mix in their Bantamweight contest. On the prelim card, Bruno Silva will square off against Joshua Van in a Flyweight bout, Ariane da Silva will fight Cong Wang at Women’s Flyweight, and Sergey Spivac is set to face Waldo Cortes-Acosta in their Heavyweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims.

Jason Jackson will square off against Thad Jean in the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament on Thursday 12th June at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville live on ESPN. ESPN will start showing the main card in the US from 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST. The main event is expected to start at around 12:40 AM EST / 9:40 PM PST at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, United States, which is around 5:40 AM BST in the UK. In the co-main event, Jesus Pinedo is set to face Gabriel Alves Braga in their Featherweight contest. On the main card, Logan Storley will square off against Masayuki Kikuiri in a Welterweight bout, and Movlid Khaybulaev will fight Tae Kyun Kim at Featherweight. On the prelim card, Jeremy Kennedy will square off against Adam Borics in a Featherweight bout, Joseph Luciano will fight Sarek Shields at Welterweight, and Mukhamed Berkhamov is set to face Kendly St. Louis in their Welterweight contest.

Kamaru Usman will square off against Joaquin Buckley in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 14th June at State Farm Arena in Atlanta live on ESPN+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST. In the co-main event, Rose Namajunas is set to face Miranda Maverick in their Women’s Flyweight contest. On the main card, Cody Brundage will square off against Mansur Abdul-Malik in a Middleweight bout, Michael Chiesa will fight Court McGee at Welterweight, Cody Garbrandt is set to face Raoni Barcelos in their Bantamweight contest, and Paul Craig will take on Rodolfo Bellato in a Middleweight fight. On the prelim card, Alonzo Menifield will square off against Oumar Sy in a Light Heavyweight bout, Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels will fight Tereza Bleda at Women’s Flyweight, and Edmen Shahbazyan is set to face Andre Petroski in their Middleweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST.

Kevin Lee is set to face the challenge of Gadzhi Rabadanov in the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament on Friday 20th June at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita live on ESPN. In the co-main event, Liz Carmouche is set to face Elora Dana in their Women’s Flyweight contest. On the main card, Justin Wetzell will square off against in a Bantamweight bout, and Marciley Alves will fight Jake Hadley at Bantamweight. On the prelim card, Jena Bishop will square off against Ekaterina Shakalova in a Women’s Flyweight bout, Brent Primus will fight Alfie Davis at Lightweight, and Magomed Magomedov is set to face Sarvadzhon Khamidov in their Bantamweight contest.

Jamahal Hill is set to square off against Khalil Rountree in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 21st June at Baku Crystal Hall in Baku live on ESPN+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST. In the co-main event, Rafael Fiziev is set to face Ignacio Bahamondes in their Lightweight contest. On the main card, Curtis Blaydes will square off against Rizvan Kuniev in a Heavyweight bout, Nazim Sadykhov will fight Nikolas Motta at Lightweight, Muhammadjon Naimov is set to face Bogdan Grad in their Featherweight contest, and Myktybek Orolbay Uulu will take on Tofiq Musayev in a Lightweight fight. On the prelim card, Ismail Naurdiev will square off against Jun Yong Park in a Middleweight bout, Mohammed Usman will fight Hamdy Abdelwahab at Heavyweight, and Irina Alekseeva is set to face Klaudia Syguła in their Bantamweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST.

Fabian Edwards is set to face Joshua Silveira in the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament on Friday 27th June at Wintrust Arena in Chicago live on ESPN. In the co-main event, Phil Davis is set to face Sullivan Cauley in their Light Heavyweight contest. On the main card, Dalton Rosta will square off against Aaron Jeffery in a Middleweight bout, Ant nio Carlos J nior will fight Simeon Powell at Light Heavyweight, and Sergio Pettis is set to face Raufeon Stots in their Bantamweight contest. On the prelim card, Valentin Moldavsky will square off against Alexander Romanov in a Heavyweight bout, Rodrigo Nascimento will fight Oleg Popov at Heavyweight, and Biaggio Ali Walsh is set to face Ronnie Gibbs in their Lightweight contest.

Ilia Topuria will take on Charles Oliveira in the main event of UFC 317 on Saturday 28th June at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas live on ESPN Pay Per View. In the co-main event, Alexandre Pantoja is set to face Kai Kara France in their Flyweight contest. On the main card, Paulo Costa will square off against Roman Kopylov in a Middleweight bout, and Beneil Dariush will fight Renato Moicano at Lightweight. On the prelim card, Michael Johnson will square off against Daniel Zellhuber in a Lightweight bout, Brandon Royval will fight Manel Kape at Flyweight, and Jhonata Diniz is set to face Justin Tafa in their Heavyweight contest.

Derrick Lewis will take on Talisson Teixeira in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 12th July at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville live on ESPN+. Calvin Kattar will square off against Steve Garcia in a Featherweight bout, Jake Matthews will fight Chidi Njokuani at Welterweight, Chris Curtis is set to face Max Griffin in their Welterweight contest, and Stephen Thompson will take on Gabriel Bonfim in a Welterweight fight. On the prelim card, Lauren Murphy will square off against Eduarda Moura in a Women’s Flyweight bout, Fatima Kline will fight Melissa Martinez at Women’s Strawweight, and Vitor Petrino is set to face Austen Lane in their Heavyweight contest.

Max Holloway will square off against Dustin Poirier in the main event of UFC 318 on Saturday 19th July at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans live on ESPN Pay Per View. ESPN Pay Per View will start showing the main card in the US from 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST. Marvin Vettori will square off against Brendan Allen in a Middleweight bout. On the prelim card, Adam Fugitt will square off against Islam Dulatov in a Welterweight bout, Amanda Ribas will fight Tabatha Ricci at Women’s Strawweight, and Ikram Aliskerov is set to face Brunno Ferreira in their Middleweight contest.

Robert Whittaker will fight Reinier de Ridder in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 26th July at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi live on ESPN+. Nikita Krylov will square off against Bogdan Guskov in a Light Heavyweight bout, and Shara Magomedov will fight Marc Andr Barriault at Middleweight. On the prelim card, Asu Almabaev will square off against Ramazan Temurov in a Flyweight bout, and Ibo Aslan will fight Billy Elekana at Light Heavyweight.

PFL 2025 World Tournament is set to happen on Friday 1st August at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City live on ESPN. We don't currently have any card details for PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 1, please check back later.

UFC Fight Night is set to happen on Saturday 2nd August at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. Amir Albazi will square off against Tatsuro Taira in a Flyweight bout. On the prelim card, Andre Lima will square off against Felipe Bunes in a Flyweight bout, Piera Rodriguez will fight Ketlen Souza at Women’s Strawweight, and Karol Rosa is set to face Nora Cornolle in their Women’s Bantamweight contest.

Roman Dolidze is set to face Anthony Hernandez in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 9th August at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. Eryk Anders will square off against Christian Leroy Duncan in a Middleweight bout, and Iasmin Lucindo will fight Angela Hill at Women’s Strawweight. On the prelim card, Julius Walker will square off against Raffael Cerqueira in a Light Heavyweight bout, and Gabriella Hermogenes will fight Julija Stoliarenko at Women’s Flyweight.

PFL 2025 World Tournament is set to happen on Friday 15th August at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte live on ESPN. We don't currently have any card details for PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 2, please check back later.

Dricus Du Plessis is set to square off against Khamzat Chimaev in the main event of UFC 319 on Saturday 16th August at United Center in Chicago live on ESPN Pay Per View. ESPN Pay Per View will start showing the main card in the US from 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST. Tim Elliott will square off against Kai Asakura in a Lightweight bout.

PFL 2025 World Tournament is set to happen on Thursday 21st August at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood live on ESPN. We don't currently have any card details for PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 3, please check back later.

UFC Fight Night Shanghai is set to happen on Saturday 23rd August at N/A in Shanghai live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for UFC Fight Night Shanghai, please check back later.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 9th September at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. Shanelle Dyer will square off against Carol Foro in a Flyweight bout, Ivan Gnizditskiy will fight Felipe Franco at Light Heavyweight, and Cam Teague is set to face Lerryan Douglas in their Featherweight contest.

UFC 320 is set to happen on Saturday 13th September at Arena Guadalajara in Guadalajara live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for UFC 320, please check back later.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 16th September at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. In Soo Hwang will square off against Will Currie in a Middleweight bout.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 23rd September at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for Contender Series 2025, please check back later.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 30th September at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for Contender Series 2025, please check back later.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 7th October at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for Contender Series 2025, please check back later.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 14th October at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for Contender Series 2025, please check back later.

What MMA is on ESPN?

Date	Event	Venue	Main Event	Program Start	Main card fights
Saturday, 31 May 2025	UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Barber	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Blanchfield vs Barber	09:00 PM EST / 06:00 PM PST	Gamrot vs Klein Brahimaj vs Goff Jacoby vs Lopes Vieira vs Chiasson Reese vs Todorovic
Saturday, 7 June 2025	UFC 316	Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States	Dvalishvili vs O’Malley II	10:00 PM EST / 07:00 PM PST	Pena vs Harrison Gastelum vs Pyfer Luque vs Holland Bautista vs Mix
Friday, 13 June 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 1	Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, United States	Jackson vs Jean	11:00 PM EST / 08:00 PM PST	Pinedo vs Braga III Storley vs Kikuiri Khaybulaev vs Kim
Saturday, 14 June 2025	UFC Fight Night: Usman vs. Buckley	State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia, United States	Usman vs Buckley	10:00 PM EST / 07:00 PM PST	Namajunas vs Maverick Brundage vs Abdul-Malik Chiesa vs McGee Garbrandt vs Barcelos Craig vs Bellato
Friday, 20 June 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 2	INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas, United States	Lee vs Rabadanov	TBC	Carmouche vs Dana Wetzell vs Gutierrez Alves vs Hadley
Saturday, 21 June 2025	UFC Fight Night: Hill vs. Rountree	Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan	Hill vs Rountree Jr.	03:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST	Fiziev vs Bahamondes Blaydes vs Kuniev Sadykhov vs Motta Naimov vs Grad Orolbai vs Musayev
Friday, 27 June 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 3	Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Edwards vs Silveira	TBC	Davis vs Cauley Rosta vs Jeffery Carlos Jr. vs Powell Pettis vs Stots
Saturday, 28 June 2025	UFC 317	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Topuria vs Oliveira	10:00 PM EST / 07:00 PM PST	Pantoja vs Kara-France Costa vs Kopylov Dariush vs Moicano
Saturday, 12 July 2025	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, United States	Lewis vs Teixeira	TBC	Kattar vs Garcia Matthews vs Njokuani Curtis vs Griffin Thompson vs Bonfim
Saturday, 19 July 2025	UFC 318	Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States	Holloway vs Poirier	10:00 PM EST / 07:00 PM PST	Vettori vs Allen
Saturday, 26 July 2025	UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. de Ridder	Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Whittaker vs Ridder	03:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST	Krylov vs Guskov Magomedov vs Barriault
Friday, 1 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 1	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	TBA	TBC
Saturday, 2 August 2025	UFC Fight Night	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	TBA	TBC	Albazi vs Taira
Saturday, 9 August 2025	UFC Fight Night	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Dolidze vs Hernandez	TBC	Anders vs Duncan Lucindo vs Hill
Friday, 15 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 2	Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	TBA	TBC
Saturday, 16 August 2025	UFC 319	United Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States	Plessis vs Chimaev	10:00 PM EST / 07:00 PM PST	Elliott vs Asakura
Thursday, 21 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 3	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States	TBA	TBC
Saturday, 23 August 2025	UFC Fight Night Shanghai	N/A, Shanghai, China	TBA	TBC
Tuesday, 9 September 2025	Contender Series 2025	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	TBA	TBC	Dyer vs Foro Gnizditskiy vs Franco Teague vs Douglas
Saturday, 13 September 2025	UFC 320	Arena Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico	TBA	TBC