UFC Fight Night 261 is filling up with fight announcements coming fast and furiously.
On Thursday, the promotion made a whopping seven bouts official for the Oct. 11 event at Farmasi Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
The card is headlined by a lightweight contender bout between Charles Oliveira (35-11 MMA, 23-11 UFC) and Rafael Fiziev (13-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC). Also on the card, Deiveson Figueiredo (24-5-1 MMA, 13-5-1 UFC) battles Montel Jackson (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC).
Among Thursday’s most notable additions were a heavyweight bout between Valter Walker (14-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC) and Mohammed Usman (11-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC), which was first reported by ESPN Brazil, as well as a welterweight clash between Gabriel Bonfim (18-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) and Randy Brown (20-6 MMA, 14-6 UFC), which was first reported by MMA Latino Americo.
Check out the rest of the new additions below:
With the additions, the UFC Fight Night 261 lineup includes:
- Charles Oliveira vs. Rafael Fiziev
- Thomas Petersen vs. Vitor Petrino
- Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Julia Polastri
- Vicente Luque vs. Santiago Ponzinibbio
- Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Montel Jackson
- Gabriel Bonfim vs. Randy Brown
- Stewart Nicoll vs. Lucas Rocha
- Jhonata Diniz vs. Mario Pinto
- Irina Alekseeva vs. Beatriz Mesquita
- Clayton Carpenter vs. Jafel Filho
- Lucas Almeida vs. Michael Aswell
- Kaaon Ofli vs. Ricardo Ramos
- Mohammed Usman vs. Valter Walker
