UFC Fight Night 257

UFC Fight Night 257
Promotion	Ultimate Fighting Championship
Date	August 23, 2025 (2025-08-23)
Venue	Shanghai Indoor Stadium
City	Shanghai, China
Event chronology
UFC 319: du Plessis vs. Chimaev UFC Fight Night 257 UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho

UFC Fight Night 257 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on August 23, 2025, at the Shanghai Indoor Stadium in Shanghai, China. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Background

The event will mark the promotion's second visit to Shanghai and first since UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum in November 2017. It will also be the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic that the UFC has returned to Mainland China. ^[1] The promotion was originally expected to make their return to the location at UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez in December 2023, before moving that event to Las Vegas due to undisclosed reasons. ^[6]

A light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Zhang Mingyang is scheduled to headline this event. ^[2]

Announced bouts

• Light Heavyweight bout: Johnny Walker vs. Zhang Mingyang ^[2]
• Light Heavyweight bout: Diyar Nurgozhay vs. Uran Satybaldiev ^[7]
• Flyweight bout: Charles Johnson vs. Lone'er Kavanagh ^[8]
• Women's Strawweight bout: Shi Ming vs. Bruna Brasil ^[9]
• Middleweight bout: Michel Pereira vs. Marco Tulio ^[10]
• Heavyweight bout: Sergei Pavlovich vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta ^[11]
• Featherweight bout: Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling ^[12]
• Flyweight bout: Kevin Borjas vs. Su Mudaerji ^[12]

See also

• 2025 in UFC
• List of current UFC fighters
• List of UFC events

References

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2. Marina Magomedova (2025-05-21). "Source: Walker to Fight Zhang on August 23 at UFC Shanghai Event". telecomasia.net. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
3. Bartłomiej Stachura (2025-05-21). "Mingyang Zhang wystąpi w walce wieczoru sierpniowej gali UFC Fight Night w Szanghaju – znamy nazwisko rywala". lowking.pl. Retrieved 2025-05-22.(in Polish)
4. Min Jungu (2025-05-22). "UFC, the world's best MMA group, announced on the 22nd (Korea time) that it will hold the semi-finals of ROAD TO UFC Season 4 with UFC Fight Night Shanghai in Shanghai". mk.co.kr. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
5. France 24 (2025-05-22). "Zhang Weili confident of UFC's future in China as Fight Night announced". france24.com. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
6. Damon Martin (2023-11-15). "UFC Shanghai card expected to shift to Las Vegas on Dec. 9". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-05-22.
7. "Первый в истории UFC бой Казахстан vs Кыргызстан пройдет в Китае". Sportilinet.kz (in Kazakh). Retrieved 2025-06-01.
8. King, Nolan. "Matchup Roundup: New UFC, PFL fights announced in the past week (May 26-June 1)". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
9. Bruno, Gaspar (2025-06-12). "Ambiente hostil! Bruna Brasil enfrenta rival chinesa no UFC Xangai, em agosto". Ag. Fight (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-06-12.
10. Luís Antonio Cardoso (2025-06-12). "Duelo eletrizante entre brasileiros é anunciado para UFC China; veja detalhes". superlutas.com.br. Retrieved 2025-06-13.(in Brazilian Portuguese)
11. Damon Martin (2025-06-18). "Sergei Pavlovich vs. Waldo Cortes-Acosta booked for UFC Shanghai". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
12. Bohn, Mike. "Brian Ortega vs. Aljamain Sterling added to UFC Shanghai; Walker vs. Zhang headlines". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2025-06-25.