UFC prepares for a big 2022 event schedule following the company’s feverish pace of pay-per-views and Fight Nights in 2021. Championships are at stake, revenge schemes are plotted and opportunities are rife for fresh faces to cement their place as the next big thing.
The promotion has seen a pair of its champions stand tall to start the year as heavyweight king Francis Ngannou turned away interim titleholder Ciryl Gane in January while middleweight champ Israel Adesanya did the same to former titleholder Robert Whittaker for a second time.
Now as we keep rolling through February, a late change was made to the main event set for Feb. 19. Lightweights Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev were set to throw down from the Apex facility in Las Vegas, but Fiziev had issues with his visa and the fight was moved back to UFC 272 in March. In its place slides a light heavyweight contest between Johnny Walker and Jamahal Hill.
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Then in March, things really get going when the epic grudge match at welterweight lands in Las Vegas as Colby Covington and Jorge Masvidal battle it out. The pair of former title challengers have shared bad blood since a nasty split from American Top Team for Covington despite being former roommates and training partners. Now, they’ll settle it inside the cage.
Take a look below at the current UFC event schedule for 2022. Be sure to check back in on this page when we have more information on upcoming UFC events throughout the year.
Upcoming UFC Schedule
| UFC Fight Night | Feb. 19 | Johnny Walker vs. Jamahal Hill | Light heavyweight | Las Vegas | ESPN+ |
| UFC Fight Night | Feb. 26 | Beneil Dariush vs. Islam Makhachev | Lightweight | Las Vegas | ESPN+ |
| UFC 272 | March 5 | Colby Covington vs. Jorge Masvidal | Welterweight | Las Vegas | ESPN+ PPV |
| UFC Fight Night | March 12 | Thiago Santos vs. Magomed Ankalaev | Light heavyweight | Las Vegas | ESPN+ |
| UFC Fight Night | March 19 | Alexander Volkov vs. Tom Aspinall | Heavyweight | London | ESPN+ |
| UFC Fight Night | March 26 | Curtis Blaydes vs. Chris Daukaus | Light heavyweight | Columbus, Ohio | ESPN+ |
| UFC 273 | April 9 | Alexander Volkanovski (c) vs. Chan Sung Jung | Featherweight title | Jacksonville, Florida | ESPN+ PPV |
| UFC Fight Night | April 16 | Vicente Luque vs. Belal Muhammad | Welterweight | TBD | ESPN+ |
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