Bloody Elbow · May 17, 2021
Fights on Tap: Costa vs Cannonier, Santos vs Walker among 16 UFC fights finalized
Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC Paulo Costa whilst fighting Israel Adesanya at UFC 253 in September 2020Fights on Tap is a weekly roundup of all the fights booked in the UFC, Bellator and other promotions.
The UFC finalized 16 fights this week, with most of those building up their scheduled Fight Night events in the summer. Among the announced fights included an important middleweight matchup on August 21st between top middleweight contenders Paulo Costa and Jared Cannonier.
UFC Fight Night - May 22
Ben Rothwell vs Chris Barnett - heavyweight
Sarah Alper vs Lupitz Godinez - women’s bantamweight
UFC 263 - June 12
Pannie Kianzad vs Alexis Davis - women’s bantamweight
UFC Fight Night - June 19