UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev
| UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 11, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Farmasi Arena | |||
| City | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev (also known as UFC Fight Night 261) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 11, 2025, at the Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1]
Background
This event will mark the promotion's 13th visit to Rio de Janeiro, its first since UFC 301 in May 2024, and the first Fight Night hosted in the city since UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare in May 2015.[1]
A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and Rafael Fiziev is scheduled to headline the event.[2]
Fight card
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Charles Oliveira | vs. | Rafael Fiziev | ||||
| Welterweight | Vicente Luque | vs. | Santiago Ponzinibbio | ||||
Announced bouts
- Heavyweight bout: Jhonata Diniz vs. Mário Pinto[4]
- Women's Strawweight bout: Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs. Julia Polastri[5]
- Flyweight bout: Stewart Nicoll vs. Lucas Rocha[6]
- Heavyweight bout: Vitor Petrino vs. Thomas Petersen[7]
- Women's Bantamweight bout: Beatriz Mesquita vs. Irina Alekseeva[8]
- Flyweight bout: Jafel Filho vs. Clayton Carpenter[9]
- Bantamweight bout: Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Montel Jackson[10]
See also
References
- ^ a b Guilherme Cruz (2025-07-04). "UFC plans October event in Rio de Janeiro". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ Alexander K. Lee (2025-08-07). "Charles Oliveira vs. Rafael Fiziev announced for UFC Rio main event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2025-07-15). "Jhonata Diniz vs. Mario Pinto booked for UFC's return to Rio de Janeiro". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ Gaspar Bruno (2025-07-21). "Duelo de gerações! Ultimate encaminha Julia Polastri vs Karolina Kowalkiewicz para o UFC Rio". agfight.com. Retrieved 2025-07-21. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ Gaspar Bruno (2025-07-22). "Ultimate encaminha Lucas Fenômeno vs Stewart Nicoll para o UFC Rio". agfight.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ Cruz, Guilherme (2025-07-22). "UFC Rio gets second heavyweight fight with Vitor Petrino vs. Thomas Petersen". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
- ^ Behunin, Alexander (2025-07-30). "Report: UFC signs BJJ 'GWOAT', will debut against 'Russian Ronda' at UFC Rio on Oct. 11". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2025-08-08). "Flyweights Jafel Filho, Clayton Carpenter set for UFC Rio showdown". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
- ^ Albano, Thomas (2025-08-18). "Deiveson Figueiredo vs. Montel Jackson Booked For UFC Rio On Oct. 11". MMA News | UFC News Since 2002. Retrieved 2025-08-19.
