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UFC Fight Night 137: Santos vs. Anders was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on September 22, 2018 at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil. A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Glover Teixeira and Jimi Manuwa was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, Teixeira pulled out on August 14 due to a shoulder injury. He was replaced by Thiago Santos. In turn, Manuwa pulled out on September 16 due to a torn hamstring and was replaced by Eryk Anders.

UFC Fight Night 269: Emmett vs. Vallejos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 14, 2026, at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. A featherweight bout between former interim UFC Featherweight Championship challenger Josh Emmett and Kevin Vallejos headlined the event.

UFC 330: Makhachev vs. Machado Garry live at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on 8/15/2026

Submission Underground 22 took place April 25th from Portland, Oregon.

UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on September 17, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A bantamweight bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong headlined the event.

Submission Underground 23 takes place on May 23, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

UFC Fight Night 183: Thompson vs. Neal was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 19, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Stephen Thompson and Geoff Neal served as the event headliner.

UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 11, 2021, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between current champion Charles Oliveira and former interim champion Dustin Poirier served as the event headliner.

UFC Fight Night 247: Magny vs. Prates was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 9, 2024, at the UFC Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. A welterweight bout between Neil Magny and Carlos Prates served as the event headliner.

Submission Underground 26 takes place on August 13, 2021 in Portland, Oregon.

FURY Professional Grappling returns to the historic 2300 Arena in South Philadelphia on Dec. 30 2021. UFC Champion Rose Namajunas was injured and later replaced by Carla Esparza. Carla will take on grappling sensation Danielle Kelly!

UFC Fight Night 145: Błachowicz vs. Santos was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on February 23, 2019 at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. A light heavyweight bout between former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion Jan Błachowicz and Thiago Santos served as the event headliner.

UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 20, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Sean Strickland and former KSW Welterweight Champion Dricus du Plessis headlined the event.

UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 27, 2019 at Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A UFC Featherweight Championship bout between champion Max Holloway and former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar headlined the event. The pairing was scheduled twice before, first at UFC 218 and then at UFC 222, but scrapped for Edgar and Holloway injuries, respectively.

UFC on ESPN 67: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 3, 2025 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. A bantamweight bout between former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen and former two-time UFC Flyweight Champion Deiveson Figueiredo headlined the event.

UFC Fight Night 180: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 18, 2020 at the du Forum on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. A featherweight bout between former UFC Featherweight Championship challengers Brian Ortega and Chan Sung Jung served as the event headliner.

Fury Pro Grappling 6 was a grappling event that took place on Friday, December 30, 2022 at the old ECW Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show will be main evented by a women’s super fight at 135 as UFC flyweight Gillian Robertson takes on former UFC strawweight champion Rose Namajunas at 135 pounds. The co-main event will also pit UFC fighters against each other in a grappling setting as UFC featherweight riser Chase Hooper battles UFC Hall of Famer Clay Guida at 175 pounds.

UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 27, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. A UFC Heavyweight Championship rematch bout between current two-time champion Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou headlined this event. The pairing met previously at UFC 220 on January 20, 2018, where Miocic won via unanimous decision and broke the record for most consecutive title defenses for the division with his third.

Submission Underground 17 is a grappling event that was held on Sunday 08.30.2020 at 12:00 PM ET in Portland, Oregon.