April 2025 was one of the most exciting months for MMA fans, with fighters like Paddy Pimblett, Michael Chandler, Jean Silva, Alexander Volkanovski, Bryce Mitchell, Josh Emmett, Lerone Murphy, Diego Lopes, and others all putting in their best to establish their legitimacy for the ultimate title run in their respective weight categories. While not each one of them was successful owing to unexpected results and outcomes, the fighters have not given up and are gearing up for their respective next targets. Meanwhile, the fans are in for a treat with another set of Octagon events lined up for May 2025. Let us take a look at the upcoming fight cards scheduled for the month
UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo
Scheduled for May 3, 2025, the first event of the month is the UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo. The event will be headlined by the bantamweight bout between Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo. The rest of the cards that will follow are –
- Middleweight bout – Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal
- Welterweight bout – Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez
- Bantamweight bout – Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos
- Bantamweight bout – Cameron Smotherman vs. Serhiy Sidey
- Lightweight bout – Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones
Prelims
- Women’s bantamweight bout – Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate
- Middleweight bout – Ryan Loder vs. Azamat Bekoev
- Women’s strawweight bout – Marina Rodriguez vs. Gillian Robertson
- Bantamweight bout – Gaston Bolaños vs. Quang Le
- Heavyweight bout – Thomas Petersen vs. Don’Tale Mayes
- Women’s flyweight bout – Juliana Miller vs. Ivana Petrovic
UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena
UFC 315 is one of the most anticipated events of the UFC owing to the fact that the event will feature two title fights within the main card bouts. The bouts have been scheduled for May 10, 2025.
Main-card
- Welterweight title bout – Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena
- Women’s flyweight title bout – Valentina Shevchenko vs. Manon Fiorot
- Bantamweight bout – José Aldo vs. Aiemann Zahabi
- Women’s flyweight bout – Alexa Grasso vs. Natalia Silva
- Lightweight bout – Benoît Saint Denis vs. Joel Álvarez
Prelims
- Welterweight bout – Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke
- Women’s flyweight bout – Jessica Andrade vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius
- Light heavyweight bout – Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cutelaba
- Light heavyweight bout – Navajo Stirling vs. Ivan Erslan
Early Prelims
- Middleweight bout – Marc-Andre Barriault vs. Bruno Silva
- Featherweight bout – JeongYeong Lee vs. Daniel Santos
- Bantamweight bout – Brad Katona vs. Bekzat Almakhan
UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales
Following the events of UFC 315, the month of May will be wrapped up by the UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Morales, scheduled for May 17, 2025. The cards fixed for the event are as follows –
Main card
- Welterweight bout – Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales
- Light heavyweight bout – Paul Craig vs. Rodolfo Bellato
- Lightweight bout – Sodiq Yusuff vs. Mairon Santos
- Middleweight bout – Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
- Featherweight bout – Julian Erosa vs. Melquizael Costa
- Lightweight bout – Gabe Green vs. Matheus Camilo
Prelims
- Lightweight bout – Jared Gordon vs. Thiago Moisés
- Women’s bantamweight bout – Luana Santos vs. Tainara Lisboa
- Women’s strawweight bout – Elise Reed vs. Denise Gomes
- Flyweight bout – Park Hyun-sung vs. Carlos Hernandez
- Women’s strawweight bout – Luana Pinheiro vs. Tecia Pennington
Also read: “It was not a bullsh*t offer” – WBC heavyweight champion Tyrone Spong reflects on a failed negotiation with UFC boss Dana White
May 2025 is lined up with some of the most interesting fights that would change the dynamics of UFC’s upcoming fixtures. Fans even believe that the UFC 315 is one of the major reasons for the cards of UFC 317 still being open.
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