IT'S FIGHT DAY! The UFC will be making their return to the United Kingdom this year for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MMA fans in the UK have been long awaiting a return of the biggest mixed martial arts company on the planet, and now a strong card has been revealed for their return to London.

Several notable names in the UK and Irish MMA field will be making their presence felt on the highly anticipated return of the company to UK shores.

Here’s everything you need to know about UFC’s return to London, including the date of the event, how to get tickets, start time, fight card and more.

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Latest News

UPDATE 19th March: Tom Aspinall taps Alexander Volkov in the main event of UFC London!

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UPDATE 19th March: Paddy Pimblett's insane body transformation!

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UPDATE 19th March: Molly McCann's all-out war with Ji Yeon Kim revisited!

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UPDATE 16th March 2022: Dan Hooker is confident Arnold Allen has never faced anyone like him before!

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UPDATE 16th March 2022: Paddy Pimblett has made a surprising admission about Goodison Park!

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UPDATE 16th March 2022: Tom Aspinall has thanked Tyson Fury for changing his life!

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UPDATE 16th March 2022: Paddy Pimblett and IIia Topuria nearly got into it at the fighter hotel!

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Paddy Pimblett and Ilia Topuria had to be held back after a brief scuffle in a London hotel lobby


UPDATE 14th March 2022: The best British fighters in MMA history have been ranked!

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UFC London Main Card Predictions

Check out our predictions for the event below!

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UFC London Date

The UFC will be making their return to the UK on Saturday 19th March 2022 from the O2 Arena in London, England.

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Tickets

Tickets for the UFC’s return to London are currently available to purchase via Ticketmaster. The starting price point for tickets is £302.75 for higher sections all the way up to £1822 for cageside!

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Time

UFC Fight Night London is set to start at 8 pm on Saturday 19th March 2022 and will be available to watch on BT Sport 1.

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Fight Card

The company has confirmed that the following fights will be taking place on the card for UFC Fight Night London:

Prelims – SAT, MAR 19 / 5:00 PM GMT

  • Mike Grundy vs Makwan Amirkhani – Featherweight Bout
  • Shamil Abdurakhimov vs Sergei Pavlovich - Heavyweight Bout
  • Nikita Krylov vs Paul Craig - Light Heavyweight Bout
  • Jack Shore vs Timur Valiev – Bantamweight Bout
  • Cory McKenna vs Elise Reed – Women’s Strawweight Bout
  • Muhammad Mokaev vs Cory Durden – Flyweight Bout

Main Card – SAT, MAR 19 / 8:00 PM GMT

  • Alexander Volkov vs Tom Aspinall – Heavyweight Bout
  • Arnold Allen vs Dan Hooker – Featherweight Bout
  • Paddy Pimblett vs Kazula Vargas – Lightweight Bout
  • Gunnar Nelson vs Takashi Sato – Welterweight Bout
  • Molly McCann vs Luana Carolina – Women’s Flyweight Bout
  • Jai Herbert vs Ilia Topuria – Lightweight Bout

Fans will be wanting to keep an eye on the likes of Paddy Pimblett and Tom Aspinall, as they are regarded as two names that will be making a huge splash in the MMA world in the next year or so.

Pimblett has promised fans that his entrance for the event will be memorable. Speaking to SportsMail, he said: “A fight is a fight for me lad. It doesn't matter where it is at the end of the day. Obviously, it is going to be great when I walk out, because Vargas is never going to have been in an atmosphere like that.

“He's going to be like ‘What is going on here, this is a festival,’ this is like a festival with everyone screaming his name, that's going to get to him. That'll happen wherever I fight now when there's a crowd.

“It's going to be the greatest entrance the UFC has ever seen and it isn't even a title fight or contender fight. People will be talking about this entrance for the next 10-20 years.”

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Volkov vs Aspinall Betting Lines

Here are the betting lines on the main event!

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