After a six-week hiatus, the 2026 UFC schedule of 43 planned events kicks off in January with two cards that feature two championship fights and a host of others with major implications across its 11 divisions.
Below is a look at what's on tap for January.
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UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett
Date: Saturday, January 24
Location: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas
Start time: 5 p.m. ET
Live stream: Paramount+, included with subscription
UFC 324 fight card, start time, how to watch
MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)
Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis
Natalia Silva vs. Natalia Silva
Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva
PRELIMS (Paramount+, 7 p.m. ET)
Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Umar Nurmagomedov
Ateba Gautier vs. Andrey Pulyaev
Modestas Bukauskas vs. Nikita Krylov
EARLY PRELIMS (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)
Charles Johnson vs. Alex Perez
Alexander Hernandez vs. Michael Johnson
Denzel Freeman vs. Josh Hokit
Cameron Smotherman vs. Ricky Turcios
Adam Fugitt vs. Ty Miller
More: Complete 2026 UFC and PFL schedule of events
UFC 325: Volkanovski vs. Lopes 2
Date: Saturday, January 31 (February 1 locally)
Location: Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, Australia
Start time: 5 p.m. ET
Live stream: Paramount+, included with subscription
UFC 325 fight card, start time, how to watch
MAIN CARD (Paramount+, 9 p.m. ET)
Dan Hooker vs. Benoit Saint Denis
Rafael Fiziev vs. Mauricio Ruffy
Tallison Teixeira vs. Tai Tuivasa
Quillan Salkilld vs. Rong Zhu
PRELIMS (Paramount+, 7 p.m. ET)
Billy Elekana vs. Junior Tafa
Cody Brundage vs. Cam Rowston
Torrez Finney vs. Jacob Malkoun
Oban Elliott vs. Jonathan Micallef
EARLY PRELIMS (Paramount+, 5 p.m. ET)
Kaan Ofli vs. Yi Zha
DomMar Fan vs. Sung Wook Kim
Keiichiro Nakamura vs. Sebastian Szalay
Lawrence Lui vs. Sulang Rangbo
Namsrai Batbayar vs. Aaron Tau
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC schedule 2026: What's on tap for January

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