UFC president Dana White officially announced his company’s next two events to ESPN on Friday. Both events will take place at the UFC’s Apex facility in Las Vegas.
A heavyweight bout between Curtis Blaydes and Alexander Volkov will headline UFC Fight Night on June 20, while a highly anticipated lightweight fight between Dustin Poirier and Dan Hooker will serve as the main event for a UFC Fight Night on June 27.
Both of these fights were originally targeted for different events before the coronavirus pandemic impacted the UFC’s schedule. Blaydes and Volkov were always supposed to fight on June 20, but the event was originally slated for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Poirier and Hooker were initially in talks to fight in May, but it was never official.
Blaydes (13-2) is knocking on the door of a UFC heavyweight title shot, with wins in eight of his last nine contests. Volkov (31-7), of Russia, is coming off a decision win against Greg Hardy in late 2019.
In addition to the heavyweight main event, the June 20 card will feature a notable featherweight contest between Josh Emmett (15-2) and Shane Burgos (13-1).
Poirier (25-6) has not fought since he came up short in a 155-pound title bid against Khabib Nurmagomedov in September. He’ll take on one of the hottest fighters in the division in Hooker (20-8), who fights out of New Zealand and has won seven of his last eight.
The event on June 27 will see a welterweight co-main event between Mike Perry (13-6) and Mickey Gall (6-2).
The full lineups as of today are as follows:
UFC Fight Night, June 20:
Heavyweight: Curtis Blaydes vs. Alexander Volkov
Featherweight: Josh Emmett vs. Shane Burgos
Bantamweight: Raquel Pennington vs. Marion Reneau
Welterweight: Belal Muhammad vs. Lyman Good
Catchweight 160 pounds: Jim Miller vs. Roosevelt Roberts
Lightweight: Clay Guida vs. Bobby Green
Strawweight: Tecia Torres vs. Brianna Van Buren
Middleweight: Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Oskar Piechota
Flyweight: Cortney Casey vs. Gillian Robertson
Lightweight: Matt Frevola vs. Frank Camacho
Flyweight: Roxanne Modafferi vs. Lauren Murphy
Lightweight: Joe Solecki vs. Austin Hubbard
UFC Fight Night, June 27:
Lightweight: Dustin Porier vs. Dan Hooker
Welterweight: Mike Perry vs. Mickey Gall
Middleweight: Ian Heinisch vs. Brendan Allen
Heavyweight: Gian Vilante vs. Maurice Greene
Bantamweight: Aspen Ladd vs. Sarah McMann
Flyweight: Jennifer Maia vs. Viviane Araujo
Lightweight: Luis Pena vs. Khama Worthy
Heavyweight: Philipe Lins vs. Tanner Boser
Catchweight 150 pounds: Sean Woodson vs. Kyle Nelson