ESPN UFC & MMA Schedule

There is no UFC on ESPN tonight, the next live show is on Saturday, 17 May 2025.

Saturday, 17 May 2025

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Friday, 1 August 2025

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Saturday, 16 August 2025

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Saturday, 13 September 2025

Is there UFC on ESPN Tonight?

There is no UFC on ESPN tonight, the next card will be on Saturday 17th May when Gilbert Burns will face Michael Morales in the main event of UFC Fight Night, live on ESPN+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST. The fighters are expected to cage walk at around 9:10 PM EST / 6:10 PM PST at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States, which is around 2:10 AM BST in the UK. In the co-main event, Paul Craig is set to face Rodolfo Bellato in their Light Heavyweight contest. On the main card, Sodiq Yusuff will square off against Mairon Santos in a Featherweight bout, Nursulton Ruziboev will fight Dustin Stoltzfus at Middleweight, and Julian Erosa is set to face Melquizael Costa in their Featherweight contest. On the prelim card, Matheus Camilo will square off against Gabe Green in a Welterweight bout, Jared Gordon will fight Thiago Moises at Lightweight, and Connor Matthews is set to face Yadier DelValle in their Featherweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 4:00 PM EST / 1:00 PM PST.

What time does the fight start on ESPN Tonight?

The broadcast of main card events of UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales will begin on ESPN+ at around 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST on Saturday.

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

Erin Blanchfield is set to fight Maycee Barber in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 31st May at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+ on US TV. In the co-main event, Mateusz Gamrot is set to face Ludovit Klein in their Lightweight contest. On the main card, Dustin Jacoby will square off against Bruno Lopes in a Light Heavyweight bout, Zachary Reese will fight Du ko Todorovi at Middleweight, and Seok Hyun Ko is set to face Billy Goff in their Welterweight contest. On the prelim card, Allan Nascimento will square off against Jafel Filho in a Flyweight bout, Rayanne dos Santos will fight Alice Ardelean at Women’s Strawweight, and Ketlen Vieira is set to face Macy Chiasson in their Women’s Bantamweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims.

Merab Dvalishvili will fight Sean O’Malley in the main event of UFC 316 on Saturday 7th June at Prudential Center in Newark 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. In the co-main event, Julianna Pena is set to face Kayla Harrison in their Women’s Bantamweight contest. On the main card, Mario Bautista will square off against Marlon Vera in a Bantamweight bout, Kelvin Gastelum will fight Joseph Pyfer at Middleweight, and Vicente Luque is set to face Kevin Holland in their Welterweight 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 from 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST.

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. 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, Magomed Umalatov will fight Andrey Koreshkov at Welterweight, and Joseph Luciano is set to face Sarek Shields 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+. In the co-main event, Rose Namajunas is set to face Miranda Maverick in their Women’s Flyweight contest. On the main card, Alonzo Menifield will square off against Oumar Sy in a Light Heavyweight bout, Edmen Shahbazyan will fight Andre Petroski at Middleweight, Cody Brundage is set to face Mansur Abdul-Malik in their Middleweight contest, and Michael Chiesa will take on Court McGee in a Welterweight fight. Rounding off the main portion of the card, Cody Garbrandt is set to face the challenge of Raoni Barcelos in a Bantamweight bout. On the prelim card, Jamey-Lyn Horth Wessels will square off against Tereza Bleda in a Women’s Flyweight bout, and Cody Durden will fight Jose Ochoa at Flyweight.

Gadzhi Rabadanov is set to square off against Jay Jay Wilson 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, Ismail Naurdiev will square off against Jun Yong Park in a Middleweight bout, Curtis Blaydes will fight Rizvan Kuniev at Heavyweight, and Tagir Ulanbekov is set to face Kyoji Horiguchi in their Flyweight contest. On the prelim card, Mohammed Usman will square off against Hamdy Abdelwahab in a Heavyweight bout, Irina Alekseeva will fight Klaudia Syguła at Bantamweight, and Dariya Zheleznyakova is set to face Melissa Mullins in their Women’s Bantamweight contest.

PFL 2025 World Tournament is set to happen on Friday 27th June at Wintrust Arena in Chicago live on ESPN. Fabian Edwards will square off against Joshua Silveira in a Middleweight bout, Dalton Rosta will fight Aaron Jeffery at Middleweight, Valentin Moldavsky is set to face Alexander Romanov in their Heavyweight contest, and Rodrigo Nascimento will take on Oleg Popov in a Heavyweight fight. Rounding off the main portion of the card, Phil Davis is set to face the challenge of Sullivan Cauley in a Light Heavyweight bout.

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. ESPN Pay Per View will start showing the main card in the US from 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST. 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. 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. 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+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 3:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST. Ibo Aslan will square off against Billy Elekana in a Light Heavyweight bout, Nikita Krylov will fight Bogdan Guskov at Light Heavyweight, and Shara Magomedov is set to face Marc Andr Barriault in their Middleweight contest. On the prelim card, Asu Almabaev will square off against Ramazan Temurov in a Flyweight bout.

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, and Piera Rodriguez will fight Ketlen Souza at Women’s Strawweight.

UFC Fight Night is set to happen on Saturday 9th August at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. Julius Walker will square off against Raffael Cerqueira in a Light Heavyweight bout.

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. We don't currently have any card details for UFC 319, please check back later.

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 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.

What MMA is on ESPN?

Date	Event	Venue	Main Event	Program Start	Main card fights
Saturday, 17 May 2025	UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Burns vs Morales	07:00 PM EST / 04:00 PM PST	Craig vs Bellato Yusuff vs Santos Ruziboev vs Stoltzfus Erosa vs Costa
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 Jacoby vs Lopes Reese vs Todorovic Ko vs Goff
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 Bautista vs Vera Gastelum vs Pyfer Luque vs Holland
Thursday, 12 June 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 1	Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, United States	Jackson vs Jean	TBC	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 Menifield vs Sy Shahbazyan vs Petroski Brundage vs Abdul-Malik Chiesa vs McGee Garbrandt vs Barcelos Simon vs Jourdain
Friday, 20 June 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 2	INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kansas, United States	Rabadanov vs Wilson	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 Naurdiev vs Park Blaydes vs Kuniev Ulanbekov vs Horiguchi
Friday, 27 June 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Semifinals 3	Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois, United States	TBA	TBC	Edwards vs Silveira Rosta vs Jeffery Moldavsky vs Romanov Nascimento vs Popov Davis vs Cauley Carlos Jr. vs Powell
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
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	Aslan vs Elekana 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	TBA	TBC
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
Thursday, 21 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 3	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States	TBA	TBC
Saturday, 13 September 2025	UFC 320	Arena Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Afghanistan	TBA	TBC