UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim
Mixed martial arts event in 2026
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim (also known as UFC Fight Night 278 and UFC Vegas 118) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 6, 2026, at the Meta Apex in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States.[2]
| UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
The poster for UFC Fight Night: Muhammad vs. Bonfim | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | June 6, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Meta Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
| ||||
Background
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad and former LFA Welterweight Champion Gabriel Bonfim served as the event headliner.[3]
A featherweight bout between Jordan Leavitt and Joanderson Brito took place at the event.[4] 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.[5]
Former KSW Bantamweight Champion Jakub Wikłacz was expected to face Marcus McGhee in a bantamweight bout at the event.[6] However, Wikłacz pulled out in early May due to injury and was replaced by John Yannis.[7][8]
A light heavyweight bout between Iwo Baraniewski and Billy Elekana was scheduled for the event.[9] However, Elekana withdrew for undisclosed reasons and was replaced by Junior Tafa.[10]
Matt Schnell and Imanol Rodríguez were scheduled to meet in a flyweight bout on the main card.[11] However, Rodríguez withdrew nine days before the event and was replaced by Alessandro Costa in a catchweight of 130 pounds.[12] Schnell and Costa were scheduled to face each other before at UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Brady in September 2024, but the latter was forced off the bout just days before the event due to a shoulder injury.[13]
In addition, Victor Henry was scheduled to face Bryce Mitchell in a bantamweight bout at the event.[14] However, Henry withdrew on May 28 and was replaced by Santiago Luna.[15]
Results
| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Gabriel Bonfim | def. | Belal Muhammad | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight | Brendan Allen | def. | Edmen Shahbazyan | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight | Tom Nolan | def. | Farès Ziam | Decision (unanimous) (29–28, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight | Bryce Mitchell | def. | Santiago Luna | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | 3 | 4:52 | |
| Light Heavyweight | Iwo Baraniewski | def. | Junior Tafa | TKO (leg kick and punches) | 1 | 1:25 | |
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Catchweight (130 lb) | Alessandro Costa | def. | Matt Schnell | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:28 | |
| Bantamweight | Marcus McGhee | def. | John Yannis | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight | Édgar Cháirez | def. | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:13 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Chelsea Chandler | def. | Priscila Cachoeira | Submission (armbar) | 1 | 3:42 | |
| Featherweight | Joanderson Brito | def. | Jordan Leavitt | Submission (ninja choke) | 1 | 4:19 | |
| Women's Flyweight | Jeisla Chaves | def. | Yuneisy Duben | Decision (split) (29–28, 28–29, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Ketlen Souza | def. | Ariane Carnelossi | KO (punches and head kick) | 1 | 1:34 | |
Bonus awards
The following fighters received $100,000 bonuses. The other finishes received $25,000 additional bonuses.[17]
- Fight of the Night: Brendan Allen vs. Edmen Shahbazyan
- Performance of the Night: Iwo Baraniewski and Édgar Cháirez
