Smith (9-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) will return to action in a bantamweight bout against SuYoung You (16-3 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at UFC Fight Night 269 on March 14 at the Meta APEX in Las Vegas (Paramount+), and he's relieved to finally put pen to paper and hopefully kick off a busy year.

UFC's Seattle return has its main event. Israel Adesanya vs. Joe Pyfer will headline UFC Fight Night on March 28. UFC CEO Dana White announced the fight, which streams exclusively on Paramount+, on Tuesday via Instagram. The card will also feature a pivotal women's flyweight showdown between Alexa Grasso and Maycee Barber.

The 34-year-old came into 2025 on two-fight skid after he dropped back-to-back decisions to former middleweight titleholders Sean Strickland and Robert Whittaker but got back on track when he defeated Roman Kopylov at UFC 318, and Costa currently sits at #13 in the promotion’s middleweight rankings.

Basharat brothers return at UFC Vegas 113, featuring Farid vs Jean Matsumoto and Javid vs Said Nurmagomedov in pivotal bantamweight clashes.

A UFC fighter has seemingly leaked the main-event for the promotion's card in London, with a British star set to headline. The UFC returns to England on March 21 with a Fight Night card at London's O2 Arena. It will mark the company's 17th visit to London and the first since UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Brady in March 2025.

Martinez (13-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC) scored the biggest win of his career when he defeated perennial contender Rob Font on short notice at UFC Fight Night 259. The 27-year-old is on a nine-fight winning streak.

Conor McGregor headlining UFC White House against Michael Chandler is probably the most logical matchup for the fight night, as Bo Nickal opined. However, not all opinions are as simple as that, with Nickal’s P4P pick questioning the rankings set in stone.