With the new year less than four weeks away, the UFC has finally announced its full first quarter schedule for 2026. The UFC is hitting the road with many familiar spots and also a couple of home base events at the UFC Apex. The announcements came Friday during the promotion's "It's On" press conference at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

UFC 323 is set to go down tomorrow (December 6), and today 28 fighters will step on the scale in Las Vegas, NV to weigh-in for the event.

The 34-year-old enters on a 14-match winning streak and is 21-4. A victory over the 32-year-old Yan (19-5) would move Dvalishvili into a tie with Kamaru Usman for the third-longest streak in UFC history. The record holders are Anderson Silva and Islam Makhachev with 16 each.

In the co-feature, flyweight king Alexandre Pantoja (30-5 MMA, 14-3 UFC) tests 24-year-old Joshua Van (15-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC), who attempts to become the second-youngest champion in company history behind Jon Jones. Pantoja was 125 and was the second fighter to weigh in. Van was a half-pound under the title limit at 124.5.

On Friday, at the promotion’s “It’s On” 2026 seasonal press conference to promote the start of next year, the UFC revealed its scheduled for the opening quarter, with nine events in total, including three numbered cards, two APEX events, and four Fight Night events on the road.

The main card will be on ESPN pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET, with prelims beginning at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN2, Disney+ and in the ESPN App, and early prelims beginning at 6 p.m. ET in the ESPN App.

Danis, 32, was supposed to fight Bellator alumni Anthony Taylor (7-5) in a 180-pound bout and would've aimed to make it two wins in the same calendar year for the first time in his career. In August, he competed in his first MMA bout since 2019. He defeated debutant Warren Spencer by 15-second submission.

After a week off, the UFC is back, and with UFC 323 this Saturday, we're in for another great fight card. With two champions defending their belts this week, we'll either have a big shake-up in these standings,

Seems like every year we get closer and closer to those fake vacations from Rekall. After failing to get the UFC NFT program off the ground (you were warned), UFC has now partnered with Telegram to peddle “digital collectibles” featuring some of the promotion’s top fighters,

Heavyweights beware! It’s not a question of if, but when Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA Division I Heavyweight champion Gable Steveson enters the UFC. And when he does, UFC broadcaster Joe Rogan sees dark days ahead for the current Heavyweight division.