UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
Mixed martial arts event in 2026
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UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim (also known as UFC Fight Night 278 and UFC Vegas 118) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on June 6, 2026, at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[1]
| UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 6, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Meta Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad and former LFA Welterweight Champion Gabriel Bonfim is expected to serve as the event headliner.[2]
A featherweight bout between Jordan Leavitt and Joanderson Brito is scheduled for the event.[3] The pairing was originally scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Costa two weeks prior, but the bout was moved to this card for undisclosed reasons.[4]
Former KSW Bantamweight Champion Jakub Wikłacz was expected to face Marcus McGhee in a bantamweight bout at the event.[5] However, Wikłacz pulled out in early May due to injury and a replacement is expected to be sough.[6]
Fight card
| Fight card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Belal Muhammad | vs. | Gabriel Bonfim | ||||
| Middleweight | Brendan Allen | vs. | Edmen Shahbazyan | ||||
| Bantamweight | Bryce Mitchell | vs. | Victor Henry | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Iwo Baraniewski | vs. | Billy Elekana | ||||
| Flyweight | Imanol Rodríguez | vs. | Matt Schnell | ||||
| Flyweight | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | vs. | Édgar Cháirez | ||||
| Featherweight | Jordan Leavitt | vs. | Joanderson Brito | ||||
| Lightweight | Farès Ziam | vs. | Tom Nolan | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Ketlen Souza | vs. | Ariane Carnelossi | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Priscila Cachoeira | vs. | Chelsea Chandler | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jeisla Chaves | vs. | Yuneisy Duben | ||||
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Marcus McGhee vs. TBA[6]