UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott
Mixed martial arts event in 2026
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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott (also known as UFC Fight Night 273) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 18, 2026, at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[1]
| UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 18, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Canada Life Centre | |||
| City | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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Background
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Winnipeg and first since UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos in December 2017.[1] There were initial reports that the event was expected to take place in Ottawa, Ontario, but it was later shifted to Winnipeg for undisclosed reasons.[2]
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and Mike Malott is scheduled to headline the event.[3]
A flyweight bout between Road to UFC Season 3 flyweight winner Choi Dong-hun and undefeated prospect André Lima is scheduled for this event.[4] The bout was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 327 one week before, but was moved to this event for undisclosed reasons.[5]
A featherweight bout between Choi Doo-ho and Gavin Tucker was briefly linked to this event.[6] However, Tucker had not signed a bout agreement and subsequently announced his retirement from mixed martial arts due to injuries.[7][8]
Fight card
| Fight card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Gilbert Burns | vs. | Mike Malott | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | vs. | Jamey-Lyn Horth | ||||
| Middleweight | Julien Leblanc | vs. | Robert Valentin | ||||
| Heavyweight | Tanner Boser | vs. | Gökhan Saricam | ||||
| Flyweight | Choi Dong-hun | vs. | André Lima | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jasmine Jasudavicius | vs. | Karine Silva | ||||
| Flyweight | Mitch Raposo | vs. | Allan Nascimento | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Melissa Croden | vs. | Darya Zheleznyakova | ||||
| Bantamweight | John Castañeda | vs. | Mark Vologdin | ||||
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Charles Jourdain vs. Kyler Phillips[10]
- Lightweight bout: Jai Herbert vs. Mandel Nallo[11]