| UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 11, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Farmasi Arena | |||
| City | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
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UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Fiziev (also known as UFC Fight Night 261 and UFC on ESPN+ 119) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 11, 2025, at the Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1]
This event will mark the promotion's 13th visit to Rio de Janeiro, its first since UFC 301 in May 2024, and the first Fight Night hosted in the city since UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare in May 2015. [1]
A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and Rafael Fiziev was scheduled to headline the event. [2] However, Fiziev withdrew from the bout due to an injury. A replacement is currently being sought. [3]
A heavyweight bout between former LFA Light Heavyweight Champion Ryan Spann and Valter Walker was reportedly scheduled for this event. [4] However, the bout did not come to fruition and it was later reported that Walker will instead face The Ultimate Fighter: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes heavyweight winner Mohammed Usman. [5]
A welterweight bout between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Vicente Luque was secluded for the event. [6] However, Ponzinibbio was force to pull out from the event due to injury, and he was replaced by Joel Álvarez [7]
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | vs. | Montel Jackson | ||||
| Welterweight | Gabriel Bonfim | vs. | Randy Brown | ||||
| Heavyweight | Jhonata Diniz | vs. | Mário Pinto | ||||
| Heavyweight | Valter Walker | vs. | Mohammed Usman | ||||
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Flyweight | Jafel Filho | vs. | Clayton Carpenter | ||||
| Featherweight | Lucas Almeida | vs. | Michael Aswell | ||||
| Heavyweight | Vitor Petrino | vs. | Thomas Petersen | ||||
| Featherweight | Ricardo Ramos | vs. | Kaan Ofli | ||||
| Flyweight | Lucas Rocha | vs. | Stewart Nicoll | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Julia Polastri | vs. | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | ||||
