Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (April 20-26)

MMA fight announcements are hard to follow. With so many outlets and channels available, it’s nearly impossible to organize.

But here at MMA Junkie, we’ve got your back.

Each week, we’ll compile all the newly surfaced fights in one spot. Every Monday, expect a feature listing everything you might have missed from the UFC and Bellator.

Here are the fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie from April 20-26:

UFC 249: May 9, Jacksonville, Fla.

Lightweight: Tony Ferguson (25-3 MMA, 15-1 UFC) vs. Justin Gaethje (21-2 MMA, 4-2 UFC)

Bantamweight: Henry Cejudo (15-2 MMA, 9-2 UFC) vs. Dominick Cruz (22-2 MMA, 5-1 UFC)

Heavyweight: Francis Ngannou (14-3 MMA, 9-2 UFC) vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik (10-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC)

Featherweight: Calvin Kattar (20-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Jeremy Stephens (28-17 MMA, 15-16 UFC)

Welterweight: Donald Cerrone (35-14 MMA, 22-11 UFC) vs. Anthony Pettis (22-10 MMA, 9-9 UFC)

Heavyweight: Yorgan De Castro (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Greg Hardy (5-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

Heavyweight: Aleksei Oleinik (55-13-1 MMA, 7-4 UFC) vs. Fabricio Werdum (23-8-1 MMA, 11-5 UFC)

Light heavyweight: Sam Alvey (33-13 MMA, 10-8 UFC) vs. Ryan Spann (17-5 MMA, 3-0 UFC)

Women’s strawweight: Carla Esparza (15-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) vs. Michelle Waterson (17-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC)

Middleweight: Uriah Hall (15-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) vs. Ronaldo Souza (26-8 MMA, 8-5 UFC)

Welterweight: Vicente Luque (17-7-1 MMA, 10-3 UFC) vs. Niko Price (14-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC)

Featherweight: Bryce Mitchell (12-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) vs. Charles Rosa (12-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC)

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