| UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | January 24, 2026 | |||
| Venue | T-Mobile Arena | |||
| City | Paradise, Nevada, United States | |||
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UFC 324: Gaethje vs. Pimblett is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on January 24, 2026, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. [1]
This event is expected to be the first UFC broadcast under the new media rights agreement with Paramount Skydance, following the conclusion of their deal with ESPN. The deal has already expanded to include Latin America and Australia, as all the events will be available to stream at no additional cost on Paramount+ (including numbered events), with select cards appearing on CBS. [2] It will also mark the first numbered event to not air on pay-per-view in the United States since UFC 267 in 2021. [3]
An interim UFC Lightweight Championship bout between former interim champion (also former WSOF Lightweight Champion) Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett is expected to headline the event. [4] Current champion (also former UFC Featherweight Champion) Ilia Topuria announced that he would not be competing in the first quarter of 2026 due to personal reasons. [5]
A UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between the reigning champion Kayla Harrison and former two-time champion Amanda Nunes was originally scheduled to serve as the co-main event. [6] Nunes, who is considered the greatest women's fighter in UFC history, was supposed to return for her first bout since UFC 289 in June 2023, where she announced her retirement following a successful title defense against Irene Aldana. [7] However, Harrison withdrew from the bout after being diagnosed with herniated discs in her neck, which required surgery. The fight is expected to be rescheduled for a later date. [8]
Former UFC Women's Flyweight Champion Alexa Grasso and former two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas were expected to meet in a flyweight bout at the event. [9] However, Grasso pulled out on December 3 due to injury and was replaced by Natália Silva. [10]
| Main card (Paramount+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Justin Gaethje | vs. | Paddy Pimblett | [a] | |||
| Bantamweight | Sean O'Malley | vs. | Song Yadong | ||||
| Heavyweight | Waldo Cortes-Acosta | vs. | Derrick Lewis | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Natália Silva | vs. | Rose Namajunas | ||||
| Featherweight | Arnold Allen | vs. | Jean Silva | ||||
| Preliminary card (Paramount+) | |||||||
| Bantamweight | Umar Nurmagomedov | vs. | Deiveson Figueiredo | ||||
| Middleweight | Ateba Gautier | vs. | Andrey Pulyaev | ||||
| Light Heavyweight | Nikita Krylov | vs. | Modestas Bukauskas | ||||
| Flyweight | Alex Perez | vs. | Charles Johnson | ||||
| Lightweight | Michael Johnson | vs. | Alexander Hernandez | ||||
| Heavyweight | Josh Hokit | vs. | Denzel Freeman | ||||
| Bantamweight | Ricky Turcios | vs. | Cameron Smotherman | ||||
| Welterweight | Adam Fugitt | vs. | Ty Miller | ||||
