Overview

• The UFC confirmed at Friday’s weigh-ins that Mohammed Usman was medically unfit, canceling his heavyweight bout with Valter Walker.
• Saimon Oliveira came in at 144 pounds for a bantamweight fight, was fined 50% of his purse for the catchweight, and lost to Luan Lacerda by second-round armbar on the prelims.
• Charles Oliveira headlines against short-notice replacement Mateusz Gamrot after Rafael Fiziev withdrew from the planned main event.
• Deiveson Figueiredo faces Montel Jackson in the co-main event and has said a win could move him closer to a shot at Merab Dvalishvili.
• Brazilian fighters have lost the vast majority of UFC main events in 2025, with a reported 85.71% defeat rate shaping the stakes of Oliveira’s homecoming.