Three confirmed title fights headline the UFC’s next two months, giving fans plenty to circle on the calendar through October.
## Flyweight: Joshua Van vs Alexandre Pantoja 2 (UFC 331, September 19)
Van won the belt from Pantoja in December 2025 after a first-round TKO caused by an arm injury Pantoja suffered just 26 seconds into their fight. The rematch, headlining UFC 331 in Los Angeles, gives Pantoja a chance to reclaim the title he defended four times before that abrupt ending.
## Women’s Flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko vs Natália Silva (UFC 332, October 3)
Shevchenko, the UFC’s longest-reigning current champion, puts her belt on the line against Silva in Salt Lake City. A win would push Shevchenko further up the list of the division’s most dominant champions in company with names like Amanda Nunes.
## Featherweight: Alexander Volkanovski vs Movsar Evloev (UFC 333, October 24)
Volkanovski defends his second featherweight reign against the undefeated Evloev in Abu Dhabi. Volkanovski himself has publicly advocated for Evloev to earn this title shot, a rare case of a champion pushing for his own toughest available challenger.
## Bantamweight: Petr Yan vs Merab Dvalishvili 3 (UFC 333, October 24)
The same Abu Dhabi card features a bantamweight trilogy fight, with Yan defending the belt he reclaimed from Dvalishvili in December 2025 after Dvalishvili had beaten him in their first meeting back in 2023.
## Why This Stretch Matters
Four title fights across three events in six weeks is an unusually dense run even by UFC standards, giving the fall of 2026 a genuine championship-season feel.
For the full list of who currently holds each belt, see our complete UFC champions list. If you want the wider event calendar around these fights, check our 2026 UFC schedule and our September 2026 preview.
## Final Word
Between Los Angeles, Salt Lake City and Abu Dhabi, this stretch of the calendar could reshape three separate divisions before the year is out.