UFC Fight Announcements: Luke Rockhold, Tatiana Suarez & More Booked

UFC Fight Announcements: Luke Rockhold, Tatiana Suarez & More Booked

Valentina Shevchenko, Kevin Lee, Luke Rockhold, and more! Over the past 14 days, the UFC has been working hard to fill up the second quarter schedule.

Mar 26, 2019
UFC Fight Announcements: Luke Rockhold, Tatiana Suarez & More Booked

Valentina Shevchenko, Kevin Lee, Luke Rockhold, and more. Over the past 14 days, the UFC has been working hard to fill up the second quarter schedule.

Here’s a list of all of the UFC fight announcements that were put out by notable outlets across the world over the past two weeks.

Bouts are not confirmed by the UFC unless noted otherwise (*). Below, view the matchup announcements as well as a bonus list of fighter signings and releases. 

March 30 | UFC on ESPN 2: Philadelphia

Bantamweight Bout*: Alex Perez (21-5, 3-1 UFC) vs. Mark De La Rosa (11-1, 2-1 UFC) - per The Philly Voice

Middleweight Bout*: Kevin Holland (14-4, 1-1 UFC) vs. Gerald Meerschaert (28-10, 4-2 UFC) - per The Philly Voice

Strawweight Bout*: With Alexa Grasso out, Jessica Aguilar steps in to fight Marina Rodriguez (11-0-1, 0-0-1 UFC) - per MMA Fighting

Bantamweight Bout: With Kyler Phillips out, Casey Kenney (11-1-1, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Ray Borg (11-3, 5-3 UFC)

April 13 | UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier

Welterweight Bout: Max Griffin (14-6, 2-4 UFC) vs. Zelim Imadaev (8-0, 0-0 UFC) - per ESPN

Welterweight Bout: Alan Jouban (16-6, 7-4 UFC) vs. Dwight Grant (9-2, 1-1 UFC) - per WSB

Lightweight Bout: Jalin Turner (8-4, 1-1 UFC) vs. Matt Frevola (6-1-1, 0-1-1 UFC) - per WSB

Welterweight Bout: Curtis Millender (17-4, 3-1 UFC) vs. Belal Muhammad (13-4, 5-3 UFC) - per Farah Hannoun

Bantamweight Bout: Brandon Davis (9-6, 1-3 UFC) vs. Randy Costa (4-0, 0-0 UFC) - per FloCombat

April 20 | UFC Fight Night 149: Saint Petersburg

Light Heavyweight Bout*: With Roman Dolidze out, Michal Oleksiejczuk (13-2 1NC, 1-0 1NC UFC) steps in to fight Gadzhimurad Antigulov (20-5, 2-1 UFC)

Lightweight Bout: Magomed Mustafaev (14-2, 2-1 UFC) vs. Rafael Fiziev (6-0, 0-0 UFC) - per MMA DNA

Lightweight Bout*: Islam Makhachev (16-1, 5-1 UFC) vs. Arman Tsarukyan (13-1, 0-0 UFC) - per Igor Lazorin

Middleweight Bout: With Roman Kopylov out, Alen Amedovski (8-0, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Krzysztof Jotko (19-4, 6-4 UFC) - per Denis Geyko

Featherweight Bout: With Marat Gafurov out, Seung Woo Choi (7-1, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Movsar Evloev (10-0, 0-0 UFC)

Light Heavyweight Bout*: With Abdul-Kerim Edilov out, Ivan Shtyrkov (16-0-1, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Devin Clark (9-3, 3-3 UFC) - per MMA DNA

April 27 | UFC Fight Night 149: Sunrise

Lightweight Bout*: Roosevelt Roberts (7-0, 1-0 UFC) vs. Thomas Gifford (17-7 2NC, 0-0 UFC) - per ESPN

May 5 | UFC Fight Night 150: Ottawa

Lightweight Bout*: Al Iaquinta (14-4-1, 9-3 UFC) vs. Donald Cerrone (35-11 1NC, 22-8 UFC) - per ESPN

May 11 | UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade

Welterweight Bout: Warlley Alves (12-3, 6-3 UFC) vs. Alberto Mina (13-1, 3-1 UFC) - per Combate

May 18 | UFC Fight Night 151: Rochester

Middleweight Bout*: Trevin Giles (11-0, 2-0 UFC) vs. Zak Cummings (22-6, 7-3 UFC)

Featherweight Bout: Mike Trizano (8-0, 2-0 UFC) vs. Grant Dawson (13-1, 1-0 UFC) - per Democrat & Chronicle

Light Heavyweight Bout: Patrick Cummins (10-6, 6-6 UFC) vs. Ed Herman (23-14 1NC, 10-11 1NC UFC) - per Democrat & Chronicle

Welterweight Bout: Rafael Dos Anjos (28-11, 17-9 UFC) vs. Kevin Lee (17-4, 10-4 UFC) - per Democrat & Chronicle 

Middleweight Bout: Antonio Carlos Junior (10-2 1NC, 7-2 1NC UFC) vs. Ian Heinisch (12-1, 1-0 UFC) - per Combate

Women's Featherweight Bout: Megan Anderson (9-3, 1-1 UFC) vs. Felicia Spencer (6-0, 1-0 UFC) - per The Daily Telegraph

June 1 | UFC Fight Night 152: Stockholm

Lightweight Bout: Nick Hein (14-4 1NC, 4-3 UFC) vs. Luigi Vendramini (7-1, 0-1 UFC) - per Combate

Featherweight Bout*: Makwan Amirkhani (14-3, 4-1 UFC) vs. Chris Fishgold (18-2-1, 1-1 UFC)

Light Heavyweight Bout: Jimi Manuwa (17-5, 6-5 UFC) vs. Aleksandar Rakic (11-1, 3-0 UFC) - per ESPN

Light Heavyweight Bout: Ilir Latifi (14-6 1NC, 7-4 UFC) vs. Volkan Oezdemir (1504, 3-3 UFC) - per ESPN

Women's Featherweight Bout: Duda Santana (3-0, 0-0 UFC) vs. Bea Malecki (1-0, 0-0 UFC) - per Combate

June 8 | UFC 238: TBA vs. TBA

Women’s Strawweight: Tatiana Suarez (7-0, 4-0 UFC) vs. Nina Ansaroff (10-5, 4-2 UFC) - per Chicago Tribune

Women’s Flyweight Bout: Katlyn Chookagian (11-2, 4-2 UFC) vs. Joanne Calderwood (13-3, 5-3 UFC) - per Chicago Tribune

Women’s Flyweight Bout*: Valentina Shevchenko (16-3, 5-2 UFC) vs. Jessica Eye (14-6 1NC, 4-5 1NC UFC) - per ESPN

Heavyweight Bout*: Tai Tuivasa (8-1, 3-1 UFC) vs. Blagoy Ivanov (17-2 1NC, 1-1 UFC) - per Telegraph Sport

Women's Strawweight Bout*: Felice Herrig (14-8, 5-3 UFC) vs. Yan Xioanan (10-1 1NC, 3-0 UFC) - per Combate

June 22 | UFC Fight Night 153: Greenville

Heavyweight Bout: Allen Crowder (10-3 1NC, 1-1 UFC) vs. Jaizinho Rozenstruik (7-0, 1-0 UFC)

Strawweight Bout: Ashley Yoder (6-4, 1-3 UFC) vs. Syuri Kondo (6-2, 1-2 UFC) - per The Greenville News

Middleweight Bout: Darren Stewart (9-4 1NC, 2-4 1NC UFC) vs. Bevon Lewis (5-1, 0-1 UFC) - per The Greenville News

July 6 | UFC 239: TBA vs. TBA

Light Heavyweight Bout: Luke Rockhold (16-4, 6-3 UFC) vs. Jan Blachowicz (23-8, 6-5 UFC) - per ESPN


UFC Signings

Norma Dumont – Bantamweight (4-0) – Shooto Brasil

Kyle Phillips – Lightweight (6-1) – LFA

Liana Jojua – Bantamweight (7-2) – EFN

Movsar Evloev – Bantamweight (10-0) – M-1 Challenge

Muin Gafurov – Bantamweight (17-2) – ONE Championship

Michel Pereira – Welterweight (21-9, 2NC) – Road FC

Ivan Shtyrkov – Welterweight (16-0-1) – RCC

Arman Tsarukyan – Welterweight (13-1) – S-70

Randy Costa – Featherweight (4-0) – Cage Titans

Casey Kenney – Bantamweight (11-1-1) – LFA


UFC Departures:

Tyler Diamond – Featherweight (9-1, 0-1 UFC) – Released

Jeon Chan-Mi – Strawweight (5-2, 0-2 UFC) – Released, Signed with Double G

Jordan Johnson – Light Heavyweight (10-0, 4-0 UFC) – Signed with PFL