{"id":581773,"date":"2026-04-04T13:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581773\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T13:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:29:11","slug":"ufc-schedule-fight-cards-what-to-watch-for-in-spring-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/581773\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC schedule: Fight cards, what to watch for in Spring 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UFC schedule of events for the second quarter of 2026 is set, highlighted by a one-of-a-kind event and the first title defense for one of the promotion’s biggest stars.<\/p>\n

UFC Freedom 250, almost a year since President Donald Trump first made mention of fights at the White House<\/a>, is finally on the verge of coming to fruition. Khamzat Chimaev<\/a>, who claimed the middleweight championship last August, will face Sean Strickland<\/a> in a title fight that could have a “real ugly” buildup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Three numbered events and nine Fight Nights make up the slate that runs through June 27, which is comprised of six arena shows, five META Apex events, and the highly anticipated White House card. Of the 12 UFC events in April, May and June, four will take place outside the U.S.<\/p>\n

While not every card is completely filled out (and changes are commonplace), five championship bouts are official: Jiri Prochazka vs. Carlos Ulberg for the vacant light heavyweight title (UFC 327 main event); Joshua Van<\/a> vs. Tatsuro Taira for the flyweight title (UFC 327 co-main event); Chimaev vs. Strickland for the middleweight title (UFC 328 main event); Ilia Topuria<\/a> vs. Justin Gaethje<\/a> lightweight title unifier (UFC Freedom 250 main event); and Ciryl Gane vs. Alex Pereira<\/a> for the interim heavyweight title (UFC Freedom 250 co-main event).<\/p>\n

Below is the UFC schedule of events with dates and locations. All cards will stream on Paramount+<\/a>, with UFC Freedom 250 also set to air live on CBS.<\/p>\n

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UFC Fight Night 272: Moicano vs. Duncan<\/p>\n

Location: META Apex, Las Vegas<\/p>\n

UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg<\/p>\n

Location: Kaseya Center, Miami<\/p>\n

More: Carlos Ulberg sees Jiri Prochazka UFC 327 matchup as ‘chaos vs. order’<\/a><\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 273: Burns vs. Malott<\/p>\n

Location: Canada Life Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 274: Sterling vs. Zalal<\/p>\n

Location: META Apex, Las Vegas<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 275: Della Maddalena vs. Prates<\/p>\n

Location: RAC Arena, Perth, Australia<\/p>\n

UFC 328: Chimaev vs. Strickland<\/p>\n

Location: Prudential Center, Newark, N.J.<\/p>\n

More: Chael Sonnen would be surprised if Khamzat Chimaev finishes Sean Strickland<\/a><\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 276: Allen vs. Costa<\/p>\n

Location: META Apex, Las Vegas<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 277: Song vs. Figueiredo<\/p>\n

Location: Galaxy Arena, Cotai, Macau<\/p>\n

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UFC Fight Night 278: Muhammad vs. Bonfim<\/p>\n

Location: META Apex, Las Vegas<\/p>\n

UFC Freedom 250: Topuria vs. Gaethje\"Ilia<\/p>\n

Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje<\/p>\n

Location: The White House, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

More: Triple Take: Is the UFC Freedom 250 card a complete letdown?<\/a><\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 279: Kape vs. Horiguchi 2<\/p>\n

Location: META Apex, Las Vegas<\/p>\n

UFC Fight Night 280<\/p>\n

Location: Baku Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC schedule 2026: Fight cards, dates, locations for second quarter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC schedule of events for the second quarter of 2026 is set, highlighted by a one-of-a-kind event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":581774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,25099,641,48473,5899,222667,638,862,35696,82,640,206958,1971],"class_list":{"0":"post-581773","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-carlos-ulberg","11":"tag-fighting","12":"tag-jiri-prochazka","13":"tag-khamzat-chimaev","14":"tag-meta-apex","15":"tag-mma","16":"tag-president-donald-trump","17":"tag-sean-strickland","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-ufc","20":"tag-ufc-freedom-250","21":"tag-white-house"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581773","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=581773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}