ESPN UFC & MMA Schedule

There is no UFC on ESPN tonight, the next live show is on Friday, 4 July 2025.

Friday, 4 July 2025

Saturday, 5 July 2025

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Saturday, 19 July 2025

Saturday, 26 July 2025

Friday, 1 August 2025

Saturday, 2 August 2025

Saturday, 9 August 2025

Friday, 15 August 2025

Saturday, 16 August 2025

Thursday, 21 August 2025

Saturday, 23 August 2025

Saturday, 6 September 2025

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

Saturday, 13 September 2025

Tuesday, 16 September 2025

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Saturday, 4 October 2025

Is there UFC on ESPN Tonight?

There is no UFC on ESPN tonight, the next card will be on Friday 4th July when Omar El Dafrawy will take on Daniele Miceli in the main event of PFL MENA 2, live on ESPN+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST. The fighters are expected to cage walk at around 8:10 PM UTC at The Green Halls, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is 4:10 PM EST or 1:10 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:10 PM BST in the UK. In the co-main event, Omar Hussein is set to face Mohammad Alaqraa in their Welterweight contest. On the main card, Mohamed Zarey will square off against Ayman Galal in a Welterweight bout, Xavier Alaoui will fight Ziad Ayman Kareem at Bantamweight, Moktar Benkaci is set to face Marcel Adur in their Bantamweight contest, and Badreddine Diani will take on Ahmed Abdel Baset in a Welterweight fight. Rounding off the main portion of the card, Rostem Akman is set to face the challenge of Amir Fazli in a Welterweight bout.

What time does the fight start on ESPN Tonight?

The broadcast of main card events of PFL MENA 2: Riyadh 2025 will begin on ESPN+ at around 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST on Friday.

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

Patrick Habirora is set to face Danny Roberts in the main event of PFL Europe 2 on Saturday at ING Arena in Brussels live on ESPN+ on US TV. In the co-main event, Taylor Lapilus is set to face Ali Taleb in their Bantamweight contest. On the main card, Mahio Campanella will square off against Matiss Zaharovs in a Bantamweight bout, Anas Azizoun will fight Gustavo Oliveira at Bantamweight, Julien Lopez is set to face Jan Ciepłowski in their Bantamweight contest, and Boris Mbarga Atangana will take on Bruno Santos in a Light Heavyweight fight. Rounding off the main portion of the card, Ibragim Ibragimov is set to face the challenge of Mathys Duragrin in a Featherweight bout.

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+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST. The main event is expected to start at around 11:40 PM EST / 8:40 PM PST at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, United States, which is around 4:40 AM BST in the UK. In the co-main event, Stephen Thompson is set to face Gabriel Bonfim in their Welterweight contest. On the main card, Vitor Petrino will square off against Austen Lane in a Heavyweight bout, Calvin Kattar will fight Steve Garcia at Featherweight, Junior Tafa is set to face Tuco Tokkos in their Light Heavyweight contest, and Nate Landwehr will take on Morgan Charriere in a Featherweight 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 Jake Matthews is set to face Chidi Njokuani in their Welterweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST.

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. Both fighters are scheduled to make their way to the cage at around 12:10 AM EST / 9:10 PM PST at Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, United States, which is around 5:10 AM BST in the UK. Michael Johnson will square off against Daniel Zellhuber in a Lightweight bout, Ateba Abega Gautier will fight Robert Valentin at Middleweight, Dan Ige is set to face Patricio Pitbull in their Featherweight contest, and Paulo Costa will take on Roman Kopylov in a Middleweight fight. On the prelim card, Marvin Vettori will square off against Brendan Allen in a Middleweight bout, Adam Fugitt will fight Islam Dulatov at Welterweight, and Ikram Aliskerov is set to face Brunno Ferreira in their Middleweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST.

Johnny Eblen is set to face Costello van Steenis in the main event of PFL Champions Series – Cape Town on Saturday 19th July at GrandWest Arena in Cape Town live on ESPN+. In the co-main event, Dakota Ditcheva is set to face Sumiko Inaba in their Women’s Flyweight contest. On the main card, Corey Anderson will square off against Denis Goltsov in a Heavyweight bout, Makkasharip Zaynukov will fight Takeshi Izumi at Lightweight, and AJ McKee Jr is set to face Akhmed Magomedov in their Featherweight contest. On the prelim card, Jashell Ticha Awa will square off against Justin Clarke in a Heavyweight bout, Abdoullah Kane will fight Mohammad Ben Yahia at Heavyweight, and Nkosi Ndebele is set to face Mahmoud Atef in their Bantamweight 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. In the co-main event, Movsar Evloev is set to face Aaron Pico in their Featherweight contest. On the main card, Shara Magomedov will square off against Marc Andr Barriault in a Middleweight bout, Petr Yan will fight Marcus McGhee at Bantamweight, and Bryce Mitchell is set to face Said Nurmagomedov in their Bantamweight contest. On the prelim card, Asu Almabaev will square off against Ramazan Temurov in a Flyweight bout, Ibo Aslan will fight Billy Elekana at Light Heavyweight, and Nikita Krylov is set to face Bogdan Guskov in their Light Heavyweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST.

Thad Jean will take on Logan Storley in the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament on Friday 1st August at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City live on ESPN. In the co-main event, Movlid Khaybulaev is set to face Jesus Pinedo in their Featherweight contest.

Amir Albazi is set to face Tatsuro Taira in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 2nd August at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. In the co-main event, Karol Rosa is set to face Nora Cornolle in their Women’s Bantamweight contest. On the main card, Rodolfo Vieira will square off against Tresean Gore in a Middleweight 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 Nick Klein is set to face Andrey Pulyaev in their Middleweight 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+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST. Eryk Anders will square off against Christian Leroy Duncan in a Middleweight bout, Iasmin Lucindo will fight Angela Hill at Women’s Strawweight, Mayra Bueno Silva is set to face Joselyne Edwards in their Women’s Bantamweight contest, and Alex Perez will take on Steve Erceg in a Flyweight fight. On the prelim card, Julius Walker will square off against Raffael Cerqueira in a Light Heavyweight bout, Gabriella Hermogenes will fight Julija Stoliarenko at Women’s Flyweight, and Miles Johns is set to face Jean Matsumoto in their Featherweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims from 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST.

Gadzhi Rabadanov is set to face the challenge of Alfie Davis in the main event of PFL 2025 World Tournament on Friday 15th August at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte live on ESPN. In the co-main event, Liz Carmouche is set to face Jena Bishop in their Women’s Flyweight contest. On the main card, Marciley Alves will square off against Justin Wetzell in a Bantamweight bout.

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. Tim Elliott will square off against Kai Asakura in a Lightweight bout, Jared Cannonier will fight Michael Page at Middleweight, and Edson Barboza is set to face Drakkar Klose in their Lightweight contest. On the prelim card, Karine Silva will square off against JJ Aldrich in a Women’s Flyweight bout, Alexander Hernandez will fight Chase Hooper at Lightweight, and Nursulton Ruziboev is set to face Bryan Battle in their Middleweight contest. UFC Fight Pass will be broadcasting the prelims.

PFL 2025 World Tournament is set to happen on Thursday 21st August at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood live on ESPN. Oleg Popov will square off against Alexander Romanov in a Heavyweight bout, Ant nio Carlos J nior will fight Sullivan Cauley at Light Heavyweight, and Fabian Edwards is set to face Dalton Rosta in their Middleweight contest.

Johnny Walker is set to square off against Mingyang Zhang in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 23rd August at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai live on ESPN+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 7:00 AM EST / 4:00 AM PST. In the co-main event, Brian Ortega is set to face Aljamain Sterling in their Featherweight contest. On the main card, Michel Pereira will square off against Marco Tulio Silva in a Middleweight bout, Sergei Pavlovich will fight Waldo Cortes-Acosta at Heavyweight, and Mudaerji Su is set to face Kevin Borjas in their Flyweight contest. On the prelim card, Diyar Nurgozhay will square off against Uran Satybaldiev in a Light Heavyweight bout, and Lone’er Kavanagh will fight Charles Johnson at Flyweight.

Nassourdine Imavov will face Caio Borralho in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 6th September at Accor Arena in Paris live on ESPN+. Bolaji Oki will square off against Mason Jones in a Lightweight bout, Rinat Fakhretdinov will fight Andreas Berg Gustafsson at Welterweight, and Oumar Sy is set to face Brendson Ribeiro in their Light Heavyweight contest.

Guilherme Pat is set to fight Anthony Guarascio in the main event of Contender Series 2025 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, Cam Teague is set to face Lerryan Douglas in their Featherweight contest, and Chasen Blair will take on Samuel Sanches in a Lightweight fight.

Diego Lopes is set to fight Jean Silva in the main event of UFC Fight Night on Saturday 13th September at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio live on ESPN+. ESPN+ will start showing the main card in the US from 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST. Jared Gordon will square off against Rafa Garcia in a Lightweight bout.

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+. Rafael Tobias will square off against Jair de Oliveira in a Light Heavyweight bout, and Jeisla Chaves will fight Regina Tarin at Women’s Bantamweight.

Contender Series 2025 is set to happen on Tuesday 30th September at UFC Apex in Las Vegas live on ESPN+. Luis Felipe Dias will square off against Jonathan Figueroa in a Catchweight bout.

UFC 320 is set to happen on Saturday 4th October at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas live on ESPN Pay Per View. We don't currently have any card details for UFC 320, 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.

UFC Fight Night Vancouver is set to happen on Saturday 18th October at Rogers Arena in Vancouver live on ESPN+. We don't currently have any card details for UFC Fight Night Vancouver, please check back later.

What MMA is on ESPN?

Date	Event	Venue	Main Event	Program Start	Main card fights
Friday, 4 July 2025	PFL MENA 2: Riyadh 2025	The Green Halls, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Dafrawy vs Miceli	12:00 PM EST / 09:00 AM PST	Hussein vs Alaqraa Zarey vs Galal Alaoui vs Mokhtar Benkaci vs Adur Diani vs Baset Akman vs Fazli Boudegzdame vs Saadi Abzakh vs Yazbeck
Saturday, 5 July 2025	PFL Europe 2: Brussels 2025	ING Arena, Brussels, Belgium	Habirora vs Roberts	11:00 AM EST / 08:00 AM PST	Lapilus vs Taleb Campanella vs Zaharovs Azizoun vs Oliveira Lopez vs Cieplowski Atangana vs Santos Ibragimov vs Duragrin Franco vs Safta Pirrello vs Liga Khaled vs Batchelor Meskini vs Ferranti Abaev vs Pedro Ibragimov vs Fanny Garnett vs Gronvall Wisniewska vs Cunha Giudice vs Belghazi
Saturday, 12 July 2025	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Teixeira	Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, United States	Lewis vs Teixeira	09:00 PM EST / 06:00 PM PST	Thompson vs Bonfim Petrino vs Lane Kattar vs Garcia Tafa vs Tokkos Landwehr vs Charriere
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	Johnson vs Zellhuber Gautier vs Valentin Ige vs Pitbull Costa vs Kopylov
Saturday, 19 July 2025	PFL Champions Series – Cape Town	GrandWest Arena, Cape Town, South Africa	Eblen vs Steenis	TBC	Ditcheva vs Inaba Anderson vs Goltsov Zaynukov vs Izumi McKee Jr. vs Magomedov
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	Evloev vs Pico Magomedov vs Barriault Yan vs McGhee Mitchell vs Nurmagomedov
Friday, 1 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 1	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Jean vs Storley	TBC	Khaybulaev vs Pinedo
Saturday, 2 August 2025	UFC Fight Night: Albazi vs. Taira	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Albazi vs Taira	06:00 PM EST / 03:00 PM PST	Rosa vs Cornolle Vieira vs Gore
Saturday, 9 August 2025	UFC Fight Night: Dolidze vs. Hernandez	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Dolidze vs Hernandez	09:00 PM EST / 06:00 PM PST	Anders vs Duncan Lucindo vs Hill Silva vs Edwards Perez vs Erceg
Friday, 15 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 2	Bojangles Coliseum, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States	Rabadanov vs Davis	TBC	Carmouche vs Bishop Alves vs Wetzell
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 Cannonier vs Page Barboza vs Klose
Thursday, 21 August 2025	PFL 2025 World Tournament: Championships 3	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, United States	TBA	TBC	Popov vs Romanov Carlos Jr. vs Cauley Edwards vs Rosta
Saturday, 23 August 2025	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Zhang	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai, China	Walker vs Zhang	07:00 AM EST / 04:00 AM PST	Ortega vs Sterling Pereira vs Tulio Pavlovich vs Cortes-Acosta Sumudaerji vs Borjas
Saturday, 6 September 2025	UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho	Accor Arena, Paris, France	Imavov vs Borralho	03:00 PM EST / 12:00 PM PST
Tuesday, 9 September 2025	Contender Series 2025	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Pat vs Guarascio	TBC	Dyer vs Foro Gnizditskiy vs Franco Teague vs Douglas Blair vs Sanches
Saturday, 13 September 2025	UFC Fight Night: Lopes vs. Silva	Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States	Lopes vs Silva	10:00 PM EST / 07:00 PM PST
Tuesday, 16 September 2025	Contender Series 2025	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	TBA	TBC	Hwang vs Currie
Tuesday, 23 September 2025	Contender Series 2025	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	TBA	TBC	Tobias vs Oliveira Chaves vs Tarin
Tuesday, 30 September 2025	Contender Series 2025	UFC Apex, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	TBA	TBC	Dias vs Figueroa
Saturday, 4 October 2025	UFC 320	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	TBA	TBC