UFC schedule 2020: Every upcoming event including Israel Adesanya’s UFC 253 fight and Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Justin Gaethje

Keep up to date with every UFC fight scheduled to take place in 2020 as the best mixed martial artists in the world do battle.

Like all sports, MMA and the Ultimate Fighting Championship have been seriously impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

But UFC supremo Dana White has been determined to keep the action going and put on a huge show at UFC 251 on ‘Fight Island’ in July.

The company are putting on regular events behind closed doors – including their historic UFC 250 card – and here’s the latest schedule…

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UFC on ESPN – August 22, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Pedro Munhoz vs. Frankie Edgar


• Ovince Saint Preux vs. Alonzo Menifield


• Marcin Prachnio vs. Mike Rodriguez


• Daniel Rodriguez vs. Takashi Sato

UFC Fight Night 175 – August 29, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Anthony Smith vs. Aleksandar Rakic


• Alexa Grasso vs. Ji Yeon Kim


• Christian Aguilera vs. Sean Brady


• Zak Cummings vs. Alessio Di Chirico

UFC Fight Night 176 – September 5, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Nicco Montano vs. Julia Avila


• Viviane Araujo vs. Montana De La Rosa


• Michel Pereira vs. Zelim Imadaev


• Mayra Bueno Silva vs. Mara Romero Borella


• Sijara Eubanks vs. Macy Chiasson

UFC Fight Night 177 – September 12, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Roxanne Modafferi vs. Andrea Lee


• Matt Schnell vs. Tyson Nam


• Tagir Ulanbekov vs. Bruno Gustavo da Silva


• Frank Camacho vs. Brok Weaver

UFC Fight Night 178 – September 19, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Tyron Woodley vs. Colby Covington


• Randy Costa vs. Journey Newson


• Marion Reneau vs. Ketlen Vieira


• Jessica-Rose Clark vs. Sarah Alpar

UFC 253 – September 26, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Israel Adesanya vs. Paulo Costa


• Randa Markos vs. Mackenzie Dern


• Hakeem Dawodu vs. Zubaira Tukhugov


• Shamil Abdurakhimov vs. Ciryl Gane


• Casey Kenney vs. Heili Alateng

UFC Fight Night 179 – October 3, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Holly Holm vs. Irene Aldana


• Yorgan de Castro vs. Carlos Felipe


• Loma Lookboonmee vs. Jinh Yu Frey


• Germaine de Randamie vs. Julianna Pena


• Andrei Arlovski vs. Tanner Boser

UFC Fight Night 180 – October 10, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Rodolfo Vieira vs. Markus Perez

UFC Fight Night 181 – October 17, 2020 – TBC

Event behind closed doors

• Gillian Robertson vs. Poliana Botelho


• Krzysztof Jotko vs. Makhmud Muradov


• Jimmy Crute vs. Modestas Bukauskas

UFC 254 – October 24, 2020 – TBC

• Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Justin Gaethje


• Alexander Volkov vs. Walt Harris


• Robert Whittaker vs. Jared Cannonier

UFC Fight Night 182 – October 31, 2020 – TBC

• Dustin Jacoby vs. Justin Ledet


• Greg Hardy vs. Maurice Greene

UFC Fight Night 183 – November 7, 2020 – TBC

• Sarah Moras vs. Vanessa Melo


• Ian Heinisch vs. Brendan Allen

UFC 255 – November 21, 2020 – TBC

• Deiveson Figueiredo (c) vs. Cody Garbrandt


• Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Jennifer Maia


• Brandon Moreno vs. Alex Perez


• Ariane Lipski vs. Antonina Shevchenko

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RESULTS IN 2020

UFC 252 – August 15, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Stipe Miocic (c) def. Daniel Cormier, Decision (unanimous)


• Marlon Vera def. Sean O’Malley, TKO (elbow and punches)


• Jairzinho Rozenstruik def. Junior dos Santos, TKO (punches)


• Daniel Pineda def. Herbert Burns, TKO (elbow)


• Merab Dvalishvili def. John Dodson, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night 174 – August 8, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Derrick Lewis def. Aleksei Oleinik, TKO (punches)


• Chris Weidman def. Omari Akhmedov, Decision (unanimous)


• Darren Stewart def. Maki Pitolo, Submission (guillotine choke)


• Yana Kunitskaya def. Julija Stoliarenko, Decision (unanimous)


• Beneil Dariush def. Scott Holtzman, KO (spinning backfist)

UFC Fight Night 173 – August 1, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Derek Brunson def. Edmen Shahbazyan, TKO (punches)


• Jennifer Maia def. Joanne Calderwood, Submission (armbar)


• Vicente Luque def. Randy Brown, KO (knee and punches)


• Bobby Green def. Lando Vannata, Decision (unanimous)

UFC on ESPN – July 26, 2020 – Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Event behind closed doors

• Robert Whittaker def. Darren Till, Decision (unanimous)


• Mauricio Rua def. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, Decision (split)


• Fabricio Werdum def. Alexander Gustafsson, Submission (armbar)


• Carla Esparza def. Marina Rodriguez, Decision (split)


• Paul Craig def. Gadzhimurad Antigulov, Submission (triangle choke)

UFC Fight Night 172 – July 19, 2020 – Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Event behind closed doors

• Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benavidez, Submission (rear-naked choke)


• Jack Hermansson def. Kelvin Gastelum, Submission (heel hook)


• Rafael Fiziev def. Marc Diakiese, Decision (unanimous)


• Ariane Lipski def. Luana Carolina, Submission (kneebar)


• Askar Askarov def. Alexandre Pantoja, Decision (unanimous)

UFC on ESPN – July 16, 2020 – Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Event behind closed doors

• Calvin Kattar def. Dan Ige, Decision (unanimous)


• Tim Elliott def. Ryan Benoit, Decision (unanimous)


• Jimmie Rivera def. Cody Stamann, Decision (unanimous)


• Talia Santos def. Molly McCann, Decision (unanimous)


• Mounir Lazzez def. Abdul Razak Alhassan, Decision (unanimous)

UFC 251 – July 11, 2020 – Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Event behind closed doors

• Kamaru Usman (c) def. Jorge Masvidal, Decision (unanimous)


• Alexander Volkanovski (c) def. Max Holloway, Decision (split)


• Petr Yan def. Jose Aldo, TKO (punches)


• Rose Namajunas def. Jessica Andrade, Decision (split)


• Amanda Ribas def. Paige VanZant, Submission (armbar)

UFC on ESPN – June 27, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Dustin Poirier def. Dan Hooker, Decision (unanimous)


• Mike Perry def. Mickey Gall, Decision (unanimous)


• Maurice Greene def. Gian Villante, Submission (arm-triangle choke)


• Brendan Allen def. Kyle Daukaus, Decision (unanimous)


• Takashi Sato def. Jason Witt, TKO (punches)

UFC on ESPN – June 20, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Curtis Blaydes def. Alexander Volkov, Decision (unanimous)


• Josh Emmett def. Shane Burgos, Decision (unanimous)


• Belal Muhammad def. Lyman Good, Decision (unanimous)


• Raquel Pennington def. Marion Reneau, Decision (unanimous)


• Jim Miller def. Roosevelt Roberts, Submission (armbar)

UFC on ESPN – June 13, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Cynthia Calvillo def. Jessica Eye, Decision (unanimous)


• Marvin Vettori def. Karl Roberson, Submission (rear naked choke)


• Charles Rosa def. Kevin Aguilar, Decision (split)


• Andre Fili def. Charles Jourdain, Decision (split)

UFC 250 – June 6, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Amanda Nunes def. Felicia Spencer, Decision (unanimous)


• Cody Garbrandt def. Raphael Assuncao, KO (punches)


• Aljamain Sterling def. Cory Sandhagen, Submission (rear naked choke)


• Sean O’Malley def. Eddie Wineland, KO (punches)


• Neil Magny def. Anthony Rocco Martin, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night – May 30, 2020 – UFC APEX Centre, Las Vegas, NV

Event behind closed doors

• Gilbert Burns def. Tyron Woodley, Decision (unanimous)


• Augusto Sakai def. Blagoy Ivanov, Decision (split)


• Billy Quarantillo def. Spike Carlyle, Decision (unanimous)


• Roosevelt Roberts def. Brok Weaver, Submission (rear naked choke)


• Mackenzie Dern def. Hannah Cifers, Submission (kneebar)

UFC Fight Night – May 16, 2020 – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida

Event behind closed doors

• Alistair Overeem def. Walt Harris, TKO (punches)


• Claudia Gadelha def. Angela Hill, Decision (split)


• Dan Ige def. Edson Barboza, Decision (split)


• Krzysztof Jotko def. Eryk Anders, Decision (unanimous)


• Song Yadong def. Marlon Vera, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night – May 13, 2020 – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida

Event behind closed doors

• Glover Teixeira def. Anthony Smith, TKO (punches)


• Ben Rothwell def. Ovince Saint Preux, Decision (split)


• Drew Dober def. Alexander Hernandez, TKO (punches)


• Ricky Simon def. Ray Borg, Decision (split)


• Andrei Arlovski def. Philipe Lins, Decision (unanimous)


• Thiago Moises def. Michael Johnson, Submission (straight foot lock)

UFC 249 – May 9, 2020 – VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida

Event behind closed doors

• Justin Gaethje def. Tony Ferguson, TKO (punches)


• Henry Cejudo def. Dominick Cruz, TKO (knee and punches)


• Francis Ngannou def. Jairzinho Rozenstruik, KO (punches)


• Calvin Kattar def. Jeremy Stephens, TKO (elbows and punches)


• Greg Hardy def. Yorgan De Castro, Decision (unanimous)


• Anthony Pettis def. Donald Cerrone, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night – May 2, 2020 – TBA – POSTPONED (coronavirus pandemic)

• Jack Hermansson vs. Chris Weidman


• Claudia Gadelha vs. Marina Rodriguez


• Andrei Arlovski vs. Philipe Lins

UFC Fight Night – April 25, 2020 – TBA – POSTPONED (coronavirus pandemic)

• Anthony Smith vs. Glover Teixeira


• Billy Quarantillo vs. Gavin Tucker


• Cynthia Calvillo vs. Antonina Shevchenko

UFC 249 – April 18, 2020 – TBA – POSTPONED (coronavirus pandemic)

• Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje


• Jessica Andrade vs Rose Namajunas Women’s


• Greg Hardy vs Yorgan de Castro


• Vicente Luque vs Niko Price


• Jeremy Stephens vs Calvin Kattar

UFC Fight Night – April 11, 2020 – TBA – POSTPONED (coronavirus pandemic)

• Main Event – Alistair Overeem vs Walt Harris


• Vicente Luque vs Randy Brown


• Carla Esparza vs Michelle Waterson


• Eryk Anders vs Krzysztof Jotko

UFC Fight Night – March 28, 2020 – TBA – POSTPONED (coronavirus pandemic)

• Main Event – Francis Ngannou vs Jairzinho Rozenstruik


• Raphael Assuncao vs Cody Garbrandt


• Matt Brown vs Miguel Baeza

UFC Fight Night – March 21, 2020 – TBA – POSTPONED (coronavirus pandemic)

• Main Event – Tyron Woodley vs Leon Edwards


• Jack Marshman vs Kevin Holland


• Danny Roberts vs Nicolas Dalby

UFC Fight Night – March 14, 2020 – Ginasio Nilson Nelson – Brasilia, Brazil

• Main Event – Charles Oliveira def. Kevin Lee, Submission (guillotine choke)


• Gilbert Burns def. Demian Maia, TKO (punches)


• Renato Moicano def. Damir Hadzovic, Submission (rear-naked choke)

UFC 248 – March 7, 2020 – T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, NV

• Main Event – Israel Adesanya def. Yoel Romero, Decision (unanimous)


• Zhang Weili def. Joanna Jedrzejczyk, Decision (split)


• Beneil Dariush def. Drakkar Klose, KO (punch)


• Neil Magny def. Li Jingliang, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night – February 29, 2020 – Chartway Arena – Norfolk, Virginia

• Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benavidez, TKO (punches)


• Felicia Spencer def. Zarah Fairn dos Santos, TKO (elbows and punches)


• Magomed Ankalaev def. Ion Cutelaba, TKO (head kicks and punches)

UFC Fight Night – February 22, 2020 – SPARK Arena – Auckland, New Zealand

• Main Event – Dan Hooker def. Paul Felder, Decision (split)


• Jimmy Crute def. Michał Oleksiejczuk, Submission (kimura)


• Yan Xiaonan def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night – February 15, 2020 – Santa Ana Star Center – Rio Rancho, NM

• Main Event – Jan Błachowicz def. Corey Anderson, KO (punch)


• Diego Sanchez def. Michel Pereira, DQ (illegal knee)


• Montana De La Rosa def. Mara Romero Borella, Decision (unanimous)

UFC 247 – February 8, 2020 – Toyota Center – Houston, TX

• Main Event – Jon Jones def. Dominick Reyes, Decision (unanimous)


• Valentina Shevchenko def. Katlyn Chookagian, TKO (elbows and punches)


• Justin Tafa def. Juan Adams, TKO (punches)


• Dan Ige def. Mirsad Bektic, Decision (split)


• Derrick Lewis def. Ilir Latifi, Decision (unanimous)

UFC Fight Night – January 25, 2020 – PNC Arena – Raleigh, NC

• Main Event – Curtis Blaydes def. Junior Dos Santos, TKO (punches)


• Michael Chiesa def. Rafael dos Anjos, Decision (unanimous)


• Alex Perez def. Jordan Espinosa, Submission

UFC 246 – January 18, 2020 – T-Mobile Arena – Las Vegas, NV

• Main Event – Conor McGregor def. Donald Cerrone, TKO (punches)


• Holly Holm def. Raquel Pennington, Decision (unanimous)


• Aleksei Oleinik def. Maurice Greene, Submission

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