| UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Allen | ||||
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| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 18, 2025 | |||
| Venue | Rogers Arena | |||
| City | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: de Ridder vs. Allen (also known as UFC Fight Night 262 and UFC on ESPN+ 120) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on October 18, 2025, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1]
The event will mark the promotion's seventh visit to Vancouver and first since UFC 289 in June 2023. [1]
A middleweight bout between former ONE Middleweight and Light Heavyweight World Champion Reinier de Ridder and former LFA Middleweight Champion Anthony Hernandez was scheduled to headline the event. [2] However, Hernandez was forced to withdraw from the bout due to an undisclosed injury and was replaced by fellow former LFA Middleweight Champion Brendan Allen. [3]
A bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Umar Nurmagomedov and Mario Bautista was reportedly scheduled to headline the event. [4] However, for unknown reasons, the bout was moved to UFC 321 one week later. [5]
A middleweight bout between former LFA Middleweight Champion Azamat Bekoev and promotional newcomer Yousri Belgaroui is scheduled for this event. [6] They were initially scheduled to compete at UFC on ESPN: Taira vs. Park in August but the bout was postponed to this event as a result of Belgaroui not being able to get a visa in time. [7]
| Fight card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Middleweight | Reinier de Ridder | vs. | Brendan Allen | ||||
| Welterweight | Kevin Holland | vs. | Mike Malott | ||||
| Bantamweight | Marlon Vera | vs. | Aiemann Zahabi | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Manon Fiorot | vs. | Jasmine Jasudavicius | ||||
| Bantamweight | Cody Gibson | vs. | Aori Qileng | ||||
| Lightweight | Kyle Nelson | vs. | Matt Frevola | ||||
| Bantamweight | Charles Jourdain | vs. | Davey Grant | ||||
| Flyweight | Bruno Gustavo da Silva | vs. | Park Hyun-sung | ||||
| Middleweight | Danny Barlow | vs. | Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos | ||||
| Lightweight | Kyle Prepolec | vs. | Drew Dober | ||||
| Women's Strawweight | Stephanie Luciano | vs. | Ravena Oliveira | ||||
| Middleweight | Azamat Bekoev | vs. | Yousri Belgaroui | ||||
