UFC 2023 schedule: Fans eagerly anticipate Conor McGregor’s long-awaited return to the Octagon and some significant title battles as another UFC season begins in 2023. MMA fans are looking forward to Jon Jones’ comeback in 2023. They will witness Alexander Volkanovski attempting to win two titles and Kamaru Usman trying to get back his crown against Leon Edwards. Follow UFC News Updates with InsideSport.In
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Will Conor McGregor and Jon Jones return in 2023?
McGregor, who continues to be the face of the sport, hasn’t participated since fracturing his leg in July 2021. However, he’s still been vocal about making a comeback, even though other sports have seen the emergence of new stars that will keep fans interested.
Islam Makhachev, who was just declared lightweight champion, will defend his belt against featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski in one of the biggest fights of 2023. The two are set to face off in February on Volkanovski’s home soil of Australia. In addition, Kamaru Usman, the previous No. 1 fighter in terms of pound-for-pound rankings, is anticipated to attempt to reclaim the welterweight championship from Leon Edwards, who deposed the Nigerian-American with a spectacular knockout in August 2022.
After Edwards’ title victory earned him only the second British UFC champion ever, the pair’s rematch—their third encounter—may even serve as the main event of March’s London card. Will ‘GOAT’ Jon Jones, a light heavyweight, finally switch to heavyweight? If so, will the champion Francis Ngannou recover in time to compete against him?
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Each match and event that UFC has announced for the upcoming weeks and months are listed here (cards are subject to change):
Saturday 14 January – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
Kelvin Gastelum vs Nassourdine Imavov (middleweight)
UFC 2023 Schedule: Saturday, 21 January – UFC 283 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Glover Teixeira vs Jamahal Hill (vacant light heavyweight title)
Deiveson Figueiredo (C) vs Brandon Moreno (IC) 4 (flyweight title)
Gilbert Burns vs Neil Magny (welterweight)
Lauren Murphy vs Jessica Andrade (women’s flyweight)
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs Ihor Potieria (light heavyweight)
Paul Craig vs Johnny Walker (light heavyweight)
Brad Tavares vs Gregory Rodrigues (middleweight)
Thiago Moises vs Guram Kutateladze (lightweight)
Gabriel Bonfim vs Mounir Lazzez (welterweight)
Shamil Abdurakhimov vs Jailton Almeida (heavyweight)
Ismael Bonfim vs Terrance McKinney (lightweight)
Warlley Alves vs Nicolas Dalby (welterweight)
Josiane Nunes vs Zarah Fairn (women’s featherweight)
UFC 2023 Schedule: Saturday 11 February – UFC 284 – Perth, Australia
Islam Makhachev (C) vs Alexander Volkanovski (featherweight champion) (lightweight title)
Yair Rodriguez vs Josh Emmett (interim featherweight title)
Robert Whittaker vs Paulo Costa (middleweight)
Kai Kara-France vs Alex Perez (flyweight)
Justin Tafa vs Parker Porter (heavyweight)
Tyson Pedro vs Zhang Mingyang (light heavyweight)
Jimmy Crute vs Alonzo Menifield (light heavyweight)
Josh Culibao vs Melsik Baghdasaryan (featherweight)
Shannon Ross vs Kleydson Rodrigues (flyweight)
Jack Jenkins vs Don Shainis (featherweight)
Saturday 18 February – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
TBA vs TBA
Saturday 25 February – UFC Fight Night – UFC Apex, Las Vegas, US
TBA vs TBA
Saturday 4 March – UFC 285 – T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, US
TBA vs TBA
Saturday 11 March – UFC Fight Night – The Theater, Las Vegas, US
TBA vs TBA
Saturday 18 March – UFC Fight Night – O2 Arena, London, UK
TBA vs TBA
Saturday 25 March – UFC Fight Night – AT&T Center, San Antonio, US
TBA vs TBA
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Editors pick
