UFC Winnipeg fight week continues. This Saturday night, MMA’s No. 1 promotion, the UFC, heads to the western half of Canada for the first time in six months. Last October, Vancouver was the host city of a UFC Fight Night.

Now, as the spring schedule of UFC events is in full swing, Dana White and company head to the province of Manitoba for this week’s show. Live coverage of UFC Winnipeg begins in the late afternoon at 5 pm ET/ 2 pm PT with the prelims.

Main card action will cap the evening at 8 pm ET/ 5 pm PT. Inside the United States, the event can be seen gavel-to-gavel via Paramount Plus. If there are no adjustments to be made to the bout order between now and the weekend, the final version of UFC Winnipeg features a 12-bout slate on the third Saturday evening of the year’s fourth month after the postponement of the planned Mitch Raposo vs. Allan Nascimento fight due to illness.

Canada will be well-represented during Saturday night’s action inside the fabled Octagon. There are nine fighters from Canada slated to appear on the show in Winnipeg, including four such contests involving Canadians during the main card.

UFC Winnipeg Main Event: No. 11 Contender Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Malott

At the top of the bill in Manitoba this Saturday, the welterweights take to the cage when No. 11 contender Gilbert Burns (22-9 MMA, 15-9 UFC) meets Mike Malott (13-2-1 MMA, 6-1 UFC.) This is a five-round fight at five minutes per round to close the show.

The main event of UFC Winnipeg is a battle between two fighters going in opposite directions. Burns has posted a record of 1-4 in his last five contests.

He’s on a four-fight losing skid going into the weekend in Manitoba, however. Last year, he was on the receiving end of a first-round knockout from Michael Morales (19-0 MMA, 7-0 UFC) at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, NV. Burns will be fighting for the first time since sustaining a concussion during the Morales contest, one which caused him to think about retiring from MMA.

With a clean bill of health now afforded to him, can Burns get back to victory lane? Tune into the UFC Winnipeg co-main event and find out.

Across the way, Mike Malott enters this week’s main event with a mark of 4-1 in his last five fights. He’s won three contests in a row, including a unanimous decision win over Kevin Holland (29-15, 1 NC MMA, 16-12, 1 NC UFC) in October during UFC Vancouver.

Malott is not currently ranked at 170, but with a victory in UFC Winnipeg this week, he might have a number next to his name as soon as this coming Monday morning.

UFC Winnipeg Co-Main Event: Kyler Phillips vs. Charles Jourdain

Immediately prior to the headliner, the co-main attraction of UFC Winnipeg takes place at bantamweight. It’ll be a USA vs. Canada battle when Kyler Phillips (12-4 MMA, 6-3 UFC) clashes with Charles Jourdain (17-8-1 MMA, 8-7-1 UFC.) This is a three-round fight at five minutes per round.

Phillips makes the walk on Saturday night with a 3-2 record over the past five contests, but he’s been a streaky fighter of late, having dropped two fights in a row after winning three bouts in succession.

Back in July of last year, he was on the wrong end of a unanimous decision against Vinicius Oliveira (23-4 MMA, 4-1 UFC) during UFC 318 in New Orleans. Which version of Phillips shows up in UFC Winnipeg?

If it’s the version of Kyler Phillips who won three fights in a row, he’ll be in good shape this weekend. Meanwhile, Jourdain has a 3-2 mark in his last five bouts.

He’s won two fights consecutively and both have been recorded by way of submission due to a guillotine choke. In October during UFC Vancouver, he stopped Davey Grant (15-8 MMA, 8-7 UFC) in the first round of the contest.

If Jourdain’s recent history is anything to go by, all he needs to do is complete one takedown to seize momentum in this bout on Saturday night.

UFC Winnipeg: Mandel Nallo vs. Jai Herbert

Also on UFC Winnipeg’s main card, lightweight action will be seen when Mandel Nallo (14-3 MMA, UFC promotional debut) battles Jai Herbert (13-6-1 MMA, 3-5-1 UFC.) The former will be making the walk in his freshman UFC appearance this weekend sporting an undefeated 5-0 record in his last five appearances in the sport.

Nallo, a former champion in Samourai MMA, secured his UFC contract during the Sept. 2, 2025 edition of Dana White’s Contender Series. That late summer Tuesday, he knocked out Samuel Silva (13-6-1 MMA) with a straight right followed by ground and pound in the first round of the fight.

It goes without saying that this is the most important 15 minutes (or less) of action in Nallo’s 17-fight career. He’s fighting in front of his fellow countrymen and this tussle takes place on the main card. One question remains: How will he do when the spotlight is its brightest?

In the other corner, Jai Herbert has a mark of 2-2-1 in the past five outings. 13 months ago, he sustained a unanimous decision defeat at the hands of Chris Padilla (17-6-1 MMA, 4-0-1 UFC) in the 2025 edition of UFC London.

Although there was no specific rationale for the marathon hiatus between fights, Herbert is energized ahead of this affair. 

“I’m going to go out there and get the stoppage, get the victory, man,” Herbert said during Wednesday’s media availability.

Rest of the Card

The UFC Winnipeg main card is rounded out by the following fights:

A women’s flyweight tilt pairing No. 7 contender Jasmine Jasudavicius (14-4 MMA, 8-3 UFC) with No. 9 contender Karine Silva (19-6 MMA, 5-2 UFC,)
a lightweight fight versing Thiago Moises (19-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) against Gauge Young (10-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC,)
and a featherweight bout matching Dennis Buzukja (12-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) with Marcio Barbosa (17-2 MMA, UFC promotional debut.)

Which fights are you looking forward to on UFC Winnipeg? Let us know in the comments.