{"id":47528,"date":"2025-08-05T17:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/47528\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T17:43:08","slug":"2025-ufc-event-schedule-roman-dolidze-vs-anthony-hernandez-dricus-du-plessis-vs-khamzat-chimaev-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/47528\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 UFC event schedule: Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony Hernandez, Dricus du Plessis vs. Khamzat Chimaev on tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"ufc-wide-general-2024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ufc-wide-general-2024.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The UFC middleweight division takes center stage. Contender Anthony Hernandez and Roman Dolidze headline UFC Fight Night on Saturday, one week before UFC 319&#8217;s blockbuster title fight between Dricus du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n<p>Dolidze and Hernandez are running relatively hot hands. Dolidze is on a three-fight winning streak and hopes to reignite belief in a run to the top. &#8220;Fluffy&#8221; Hernandez has won seven straight, but only makes small incremental ranking gains due to UFC matchmaking. Another win for Hernandez sets him up, hopefully, for bigger names.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, UFC middleweight champion Du Plessis makes arguably his most anticipated title defense against Chimaev. Chimaev, long deemed a future champion, earned his shot by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/mma\/news\/robert-whittaker-suffers-gruesome-facial-injury-in-loss-to-khamzat-chimaev-at-ufc-308\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">violently submitting Robert Whittaker<\/a>. Du Plessis has exceeded everyone&#8217;s expectations. His dominant run includes wins over Israel Adesanya, Sean Strickland (twice) and Whittaker. Du Plessis vs. Chimaev headlines UFC 319. A late addition co-main event pits UFC debutant Aaron Pico against featherweight contender Lerone Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look below at the current UFC event schedule for 2025. Be sure to  check back on this page for more information on upcoming  UFC events throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming UFC ScheduleUFC Fight Night<br \/>Aug. 9Roman Dolidze vs. Anthony HernandezMiddleweightLas VegasESPN+UFC 319Aug. 16Dricus du Plessis (c) vs. Khamzat ChimaevMiddleweight titleChicagoESPN+ PPVUFC Fight Night<br \/>Aug. 23<br \/>Johnny Walker vs. Zhang MingyangLight heavyweightShanghaiESPN+UFC Fight Night  <br \/>Sept. 6Nassourdine Imavov vs. Caio BorralhoMiddleweightParisESPN+UFC Fight NightSept. 13Diego Lopes vs. Jean SilvaFeatherweightSan Antonio, TexasESPN+UFC FIght NightSept. 27Carlos Ulberg vs. Dominick ReyesLight heavyweightPerth, AustraliaESPN+UFC 320Oct. 4Magomed Ankalaev vs. Alex Pereira 2Light heavyweight titleLas VegasESPN+ PPVUFC Fight NightOct. 11TBATBARio de JaneiroESPN+UFC Fight NightOct. 18TBA  <br \/>TBA  <br \/>VancouverESPN+UFC 321Oct. 25Tom Aspinall vs. Ciryl GaneHeavyweight titleAbu DhabiESPN+ PPVUFC Fight NightNov. 22TBATBADoha, QatarESPN+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images The UFC middleweight division takes center stage. Contender Anthony Hernandez and Roman Dolidze headline UFC Fight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82,923,32969,32970],"class_list":{"0":"post-47528","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc-318","14":"tag-ufc-schedule","15":"tag-where-is-ufc-this-weekend"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}