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The last two months of the yr are heating up with memorable moments that ought to stand the take a look at of time contained in the UFC Octagon. Islam Makhachev, the pupil of former champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, cemented himself as UFC light-weight champion with a second-round submission over Charles Oliveira at UFC 280 on Oct. 22. August performed host to a number one candidate for upset of the yr. Leon Edwards, seemingly on his option to shedding a choice, shocked the world with a head-kick knockout of pound-for-pound nice Kamaru Usman within the last minute of their UFC welterweight title battle. The listing of championship upsets grew in November with Alex Pereira’s fifth-round stoppage of Israel Adesanya to seize the middleweight title.
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There’s solely three occasions left in 2022 because the promotion begins to get ready for subsequent yr. After taking the week off for Thanksgiving, UFC heads right down to Orlando, Florida to host a Fight Night occasion on the Amway Center. Welterweights Stephen Thompson and Kevin Holland maintain it down in the principle occasion. Then, it is proper again to Las Vegas for the ultimate PPV occasion of the yr when mild heavyweight champion Jiri Prochaka takes on former titleholder Glover Teixeira in a rematch of top-of-the-line fights of the yr on Dec. 10.
Take a glance under on the present UFC occasion schedule for 2022. Be positive to examine again in on this web page when we have now extra data on upcoming UFC occasions all year long.
Upcoming UFC Schedule
UFC Fight NightDec. 3Stephen Thompson vs. Kevin HollandWelterweightsOrlandoESPNUFC 282Dec. 10Jiri Prochazka (c) vs. Glover TeixeiraGentle heavyweight titleLas VegasESPN+ PPVUFC Fight NightDec. 17Jared Cannonier vs. Sean StricklandMiddleweightsLas VegasESPN+
