The UFC had a fantastic month in May, crowning a new Lightweight champion as well as highlighting several rising stars.
Following the final event of May, the UFC will take a week off before returning June 5th.
June brings its fair share of hype as well, with three Fight Night card and a Pay-Per-View in UFC 263 that will be sure to make headlines, with two titles on the line.
The first event of June will be UFC Vegas 28 with thirteen bouts at time of writing. The main event features dynamite striker Jairzinho Rozenstruik taking on Augusto Sakai in a five round contest, with many other highlights on the card. The card has suffered some recent cancellations, but they should be sorted out come fight Night.
- Jairzinho Rozenstruik vs. Augusto Sakai (HW)
- Walt Harris vs. Marcin Tybura (HW)
- Roman Dolidze vs. Laureano Staropoli (MW)
- Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza (WW)
- Dusko Todorovic vs. Gregory Rodrigues (MW)
- Tom Breese vs. Antonio Arroyo (MW)
- Makwan Amirkhani vs. TBA
- Montana De La Rosa vs. Ariane Lipski (FLW)
- Tanner Boser vs. Ilir Latifi (HW)
- Alan Patrick vs. Mason Jones (LW)
- Maryna Moroz vs. Manon Fiorot (FLW)
- Youssef Zalal vs. Sean Woodson (FTW)
- Claudio Puelles vs. Jordan Leavitt (LW)
From there, we get into June’s PPV offering. UFC 263 brings two title fights with both the Middleweight and Flyweight titles on the line in rematches, while Leon Edwards and Nate Diaz go at it at Welterweight. This massive card has fifteen bouts on it, as of right now, with many prospects looking to make statements!
- Israel Adesanya vs. Marvin Vettori II (MW)
- Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Brandon Moreno II (FLW)
- Leon Edwards vs. Nate Diaz (WW)
- Demian Maia vs. Belal Muhammad (WW)
- Paul Craig vs. Jamahal Hill (LHW)
- Drew Dober vs. Brad Riddell (LW)
- Eryk Anders vs. Darren Stewart II (MW)
- Lauren Murphy vs. Joanne Calderwood (FLW)
- Movsar Evloev vs. Hakeem Dawodu (FTW)
- Pannie Kianzad vs. Alexis Davis (BW)
- Frank Camacho vs. Matt Frevola (LW)
- Sijara Eubanks vs. Karol Rosa (BW)
- Chase Hooper vs. Steven Peterson (FTW)
- Fares Ziam vs. Luigi Vendramini (LW)
- Carlos Felipe vs. Jake Collier (HW)
Our third event of the month will be a Fight Night card from the Apex facility in Las Vegas. The card has fifteen fights at time of writing, with a fireworks main event that will see the Korean Zombie return to action against Dan Ice.
- Chan Sung Jung vs. Dan Ige (FTW)
- Marlon Vera vs. Davey Grant (BW)
- Alexey Oleynik vs. Sergey Spivak (HW)
- Virna Jandiroba vs. Kanako Murata (SW)
- Matt Brown vs. Dhiego Lima (WW)
- Francisco Trinaldo vs. Muslim Salikhov (WW)
- Joaquim Silva vs. Rick Glenn (LW)
- Tyson Nam vs. Tagir Ulanbekov (FLW)
- Khaos Williams vs. Matthew Semelsberger (WW)
- Julian Erosa vs. Seung Woo Choi (FTW)
- Wellington Turman vs. Bruno Silva (MW)
- Casey O’Neill vs. Lara Procopio (FLW)
- Aleksa Camur vs. Nicolae Negumereanu (LHW)
- Josh Parisian vs. Roque Martinez (HW)
The final event of the month will be UFC Vegas 30 from the Apex, with a match of Heavyweight contenders in our main event as Ciryl Gane meets Alexander Volkov. There are currently eleven bouts set, so expect more fight announcements for this card shortly.
- Ciryl Gane vs. Alexander Volkov (HW)
- Tim Elliot vs. Su Mudaerji (FLW)
- Raoni Barcelos vs. Timur Valiev (FTW)
- Ed Herman vs. Danilo Marques (LHW)
- Ovince St. Preux vs. Maxim Grishin (LHW)
- Michel Prazares vs. Shavkat Rakhmonov (WW)
- Warlley Alves vs. Ramazan Emeev (WW)
- Renato Moicano vs. Jai Herbert (LW)
- Punahele Soriano vs. Anthony Hernandez (MW)
- Charles Rosa vs. Justin Jaynes (FTW)
- Marcin Prachnio vs. Ike Villanueva (LHW)
One quick note, the final two Fight Night events of the month do not have currently confirmed bout orders, so stay tuned to our home page for upcoming news on those cards, as well as any card shake-ups!
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