The UFC is set to return to Abu Dhabi to kick off its 2021 schedule with three “Fight Island” events in the space of eight days.
The triple-header fight week kicks off with a UFC Fight Night card headlined by former featherweight champion Max Holloway (21-6 MMA, 17-6 UFC) meeting Calvin Kattar (22-4 MMA, 6-2 UFC), while the UFC Fight Night event on Jan. 20 now has a confirmed headliner in Leon Edwards (18-3 MMA, 10-2 UFC) vs. Khamzat Chimaev (9-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC).
Edwards and Chimaev originally were booked to face off at UFC Fight Night 183 this past weekend, but the matchup was pushed back after Edwards tested positive for COVID-19.
The week will round off in style with the UFC’s first pay-per-view of the year, as former interim lightweight champion Dustin Poirier (26-6 MMA, 18-5 UFC) welcomes former two-division champ Conor McGregor (22-4 MMA, 10-2 UFC) back to the octagon in the main event of UFC 257.
Below are up-to-date lineups for all three events happening on “Fight Island.”
There it is. One week of some amazing headliners for fight island part 3 pic.twitter.com/YfGspDUso3
— Spinnin Backfist (@SpinninBackfist) December 22, 2020
UFC Fight Night on Jan. 16
Max Holloway vs. Calvin Kattar
Sara McMann vs. Julianna Pena
Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Muslim Salikhov
Mike Grundy vs. Nik Lentz
Brian Kelleher vs. Ricky Simon
Jacob Kilburn vs. Austin Lingo
Tim Elliott vs. Jordan Espinosa
Carlos Felipe vs. Justin Tafa
Punahele Soriano vs. Dusko Todorovic
Anthony Hernandez vs. Rodolfo Vieira
Bethe Correia vs. Wu Yanan
Christian Aguilera vs. Warlley Alves
Omari Akhmedov vs. Tom Breese
Ramazan Emeev vs. David Zawada
We learned to always listen to @Bisping 🎙 pic.twitter.com/1gu4RrvA83
— UFC (@ufc) December 22, 2020
UFC Fight Night on Jan. 20
Leon Edwards vs. Khamzat Chimaev
Viviane Araujo vs. Roxanne Modafferi
Tyson Nam vs. Matt Schnell
Francisco Figueredo vs. Jerome Rivera
These main events are all happening on Fight Island in the first eight days of UFC's 2021 schedule 🔥 pic.twitter.com/a6WOjISFsf
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) December 22, 2020
UFC 257 on Jan. 23
Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor
Andre Muniz vs. Andrew Sanchez
Joanne Calderwood vs. Jessica Eye
Marcin Prachnio vs. Khalil Rountree
Amanda Ribas vs. Marina Rodriguez
Antonio Carlos Junior vs. Brad Tavares
Ottman Azaitar vs. Matt Frevola
Shane Burgos vs. Hakeem Dawodu
Nasrat Haqparast vs. Arman Tsarukyan
