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Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (June 12-18)

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC or Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie or officially announced by a promotion from June 12-18.

UFC on ABC 5, Jacksonville, Fla., Saturday

Lightweight: With Victor Martinez out, Jose Mariscal (13-6 MMA, 0-0 UFC) steps in to fight Trevor Peek (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (Eurosport NL)

Flyweight: With Felipe Bunes out, Joshua Van (7-1) steps in to fight Zhalgas Zhumagulov (14-8 MMA, 1-5 UFC) (Eurosport NL)

Middleweight: With Puna Soriano out, Cody Brundage (8-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) steps in to fight Sedriques Dumas (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) (MMA Fighting)

UFC Fight Night, Las Vegas, July 1

UFC Fight Night, Las Vegas, July 15

Feb 12, 2023; Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA; Josh Culibao (red gloves) fights Melsik Baghdasaryan (blue gloves) during UFC 284 at RAC Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasmin Frank-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 12, 2023; Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA; Josh Culibao (red gloves) fights Melsik Baghdasaryan (blue gloves) during UFC 284 at RAC Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jasmin Frank-USA TODAY Sports

Featherweight: Melsik Baghdasaryan (7-2 MMA, 2-1 UFC) vs. Tucker Lutz (12-3 MMA, 1-2 UFC)

UFC Fight Night, Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 5

Bantamweight: Umar Nurmagomedov (16-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) vs. Cory Sandhagen (16-4 MMA, 9-3 UFC)

Featherweight: Steve Garcia (14-5 MMA, 3-2 UFC) vs. Sean Woodson (9-1-1 MMA, 3-1-1 UFC)

UFC Fight Night, Las Vegas, Aug. 12

Featherweight: Isaac Dulgarian (5-0 MMA, 0-0 UFC) vs. Francis Marshall (7-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) (MMA Fighting)

UFC 292, Boston, Aug. 19

Welterweight: Ian Machado Garry (11-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) vs. Geoff Neal (15-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) (RT Sport)

Women’s flyweight: Andrea Lee (13-7 MMA, 5-5 UFC) vs. Natalia Silva (15-5-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC)

UFC Fight Night, Singapore, Aug. 26

Featherweight: Max Holloway (24-7 MMA, 20-7 UFC) vs. Chan Sung Jung (18-7 MMA, 7-4 UFC)

Heavyweight: Lukasz Brzeski (8-3-1 MMA, 0-2 UFC) vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta (9-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) (ESPN Deportes)

UFC Fight Night, Paris, Sept. 2

French mixed martial arts fighter Ciryl Gane warms up ahead of his fight against US mixed martial arts fighter <a class="link " href="https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/449504" data-i13n="sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link" data-ylk="slk:Jon Jones;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0">Jon Jones</a> during their UFC 285 heavyweight title bout at T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 4, 2023. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: AFP_33AK3N8.jpg

Heavyweight: Ciryl Gane (11-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) vs. Serghei Spivac (16-3 MMA, 7-3 UFC)

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