The Ultimate Fighting Championship goes back home to “Sin City” for UFC Fight Night. American Brandon Royval (17-8-0) takes on Portugese fighter Manel Kape (21-7-0), as the main card’s flyweight marquee matchup.

In 2026, the promotion is targeting 13 marquee (numbered) events and 30 UFC Fight Night events for a total of 43 events in the calendar year, broadcast partner Paramount revealed Friday. That's one more event than the 42 it will have held in 2025 following the conclusion of this Saturday's UFC on ESPN 73.

With the UFC having concluded their 2025 schedule, a major change to their Apex events has been announced. This past Saturday, the premier promotion held their final event of 2025, and subsequently the final event of their long partnership with ESPN with UFC Vegas 112 headlined by Manel Kape and Brandon Royval.

Welcome to the Manel Kape show. In case UFC fans didn't get the memo during the main event of UFC Vegas 112, Kape (22-7 MMA) put the division on notice with a first-round TKO against former flyweight title challenger Brandon Royval to put a bow on the 2025 promotional calendar.

Due to a medical issue, former strawweight title challenger Amanda Lemos is out of her featured prelim bout vs. Gillian Robertson. The fight was to take place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.

UFC 324 will be the first of 13 marquee numbered events next year, and will be headlined by former interim UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, who will battle Paddy "The Baddy" Pimblett. The co-main event has Kayla Harrison putting her UFC women’s bantamweight champion on the line against UFC Hall of Famer Amanda Nunes.

Paramount confirms the official number of White'sevents for 2026, offering fans a major update on the annual schedule of Dana White promotion.

Joe Rogan and MMA fighter Brendan Allen warn that the planned White House UFC event for June 2026 could pose serious security and weather-related challenges.