UFC Fight Night 257 | ||||
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Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
Date | August 23, 2025 | |||
Venue | Shanghai Indoor Stadium | |||
City | Shanghai, China | |||
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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]
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]
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