UFC Rio (Oct 11, 2025): Headlined by Charles Oliveira vs Rafael Fiziev in a lightweight matchup. Other fights on the card include the debut of ADCC gold-medalist Beatriz Mesquita vs Irina Alekseeva, plus heavyweight bouts Vitor Petrino vs Thomas Petersen and Jhonata Diniz vs Mario Pinto.
UFC 323 (Dec 6, 2025): Big title fights announced: • Bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili is set to defend vs Petr Yan (a rematch). • Flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja will defend his title vs Joshua Van. Also on the card: ex-champ Henry Cejudo vs Payton Talbott; Jan Blachowicz vs Bogdan Guskov.
PFL Champions Series 3 / Road to Dubai (Oct 3, 2025, Dubai): The rematch between Usman Nurmagomedov vs Paul Hughes, among other high-stakes fights, drew attention in this regional PFL card. Wikipedia+2https://www.onearabia.me/+2
PFL Africa 3 (Oct 18, 2025, Kigali, Rwanda): Features the semifinals for the 2025 PFL Africa tournament in multiple weight classes (heavyweight, welterweight, featherweight, bantamweight).
Brave CF 99 (Oct 18, 2025, Vilnius, Lithuania): Brave Combat Federation’s event will take place in Lithuania, with a heavyweight title fight between Pavel Dailidko (champion) vs Grégory Robinet.
Oktagon 78 (Oct 18, 2025, Cologne, Germany): Headlined by Christian Eckerlin vs Ivica Trušček in a welterweight bout; also a bantamweight title fight between Igor Severino and Khurshed Kakhorov.
Cage Warriors 195 (Oct 4, 2025, Rome, Italy): Was supposed to feature a Middleweight Championship bout: Dario Bellandi vs Claudio Ribeiro. But Ribeiro came in ~5.6 lbs over the middleweight limit, so the title fight was scrapped and replaced by a catchweight main event: Daniele Scatizzi vs Adrian Kępa.
⚠️ Suspensions, Weight Issues & Incident Reports
Following UFC Rio, multiple fighters received medical suspensions (some as long as 6 months):
Lucas Almeida given 180-day suspension due to a suspected right-hand fracture, despite having used that hand in the fight.
Other fighters suspended: Vicente Luque (possible orbital fracture), Saimon Oliveira, Jhonata Diniz, Clayton Carpenter.
Saimon Oliveira weight miss: He came in 8 lbs over the non-title bantamweight limit (144 lbs vs 136 lbs). The bout will proceed as a catchweight; Oliveira likely to be fined.
🌍 Amateur / Regional Highlights
IMMAF World Championships in Georgia: Pakistan’s team had standout performances among 800+ fighters from 72 countries. Notables:
Shahab Ali won in lightweight after defeating several former world champs.
Abdul Manan beat the reigning world champ in strawweight.
Ayan Hussain won in featherweight against a Bulgarian opponent.
WKF World Kickboxing, Boxing, MMA Championships (7-12 Oct, Colombo, Sri Lanka): Multi-discipline combat event (kickboxing, boxing, MMA, extreme combat sports) with multiple age categories, including amateur MMA fight segments.
