UFC Fight Card Schedule For May 2025: Including UFC 315

The UFC has four fight cards scheduled for May 2025, with one of those events being the UFC 315 pay-per-view. Meanwhile. The promotion will be back at the UFC Apex, where it has not held a fight card since early April, for two events to close out the month. Below, we look at the full UFC schedule for May 2025.

UFC Schedule May 2025: UFC Des Moines

The first UFC fight card of May is the UFC Des Moines fight night, which takes place on Saturday, May 3 from Wells Fargo Center in Des Moines, Iowa. In the evening’s main event, Cory Sandhagen meets Deiveson Figueiredo in an important bantamweight scrap. Meanwhile, the co-main event will have some fallout at middleweight, as Reinier de Ridder faces Bo Nickal in that matchup.

UFC Des Moines Main Fight Card

Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo

Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal

Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez

Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos

Cameron Smotherman vs. Serhiy Sidey

Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones

UFC Des Moines Preliminary Fight Card

Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate

Ryan Loder vs. Azamat Bekoev

Marina Rodriguez vs. Gillian Robertson

Gaston Bolaños vs. Quang Le

Thomas Petersen vs. Don’Tale Mayes

Juliana Miller vs. Ivana Petrović

UFC Schedule May 2025: UFC 315 Pay-Per-View

The next UFC pay-per-view card, UFC 315, is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The ESPN+ streaming PPV event marks the promotion’s first fight card in Montreal in over 10 years. The last time the UFC visited Montreal was April 2015. That card, UFC 186, was headlined by a flyweight title fight between then-champion Demetrious Johnson and Kyoji Horiguchi. Two title fights are the card-topping contests for UFC 315. In the main event, Belal Muhammad puts his UFC welterweight title on the line against Jack Della Maddalena. Meanwhile, Valentina Shevchenko defends her flyweight belt against Manon Fiorot in the co-main event.

On a side note. UFC commentator Joe Rogan has said he will not work the UFC 315 pay-per-view card.

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UFC 315 Pay-Per-View Card

Belal Muhammad vs. Jack Della Maddalena

Valentina Shevchenko vs. Manon Fiorot

Alexa Grasso vs. Natália Silva

Benoît Saint Denis vs. Joel Álvarez

José Aldo vs. Aiemann Zahabi

UFC 315 Preliminary Card

Modestas Bukauskas vs. Ion Cuțelaba

Mike Malott vs. Charles Radtke

Jéssica Andrade vs. Jasmine Jasudavicius

Navajo Stirling vs. Ivan Ersla

UFC 315 Early Preliminary Card

Marc-André Barriault vs. Bruno Silva

Brad Katona vs. Bekzat Almakhan

UFC Schedule May 2025: UFC Vegas 106

Following four events on the road, the UFC is back at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for the May 17 fight card, UFC Vegas 106. The UFC Fight Night card has a main event bout between former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns and the rising Michael Morales.

Burns enters UFC Vegas 106 on a three-fight losing skid, while Morales is undefeated in his career and 5-0 under the UFC banner.

UFC Vegas 106 Main Card

Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales

Paul Craig vs. Rodolfo Bellato

Sodiq Yusuff vs. Mairon Santos

Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Nursulton Ruziboev

Julian Erosa vs. Melquizael Costa

Gabriel Green vs. Matheus Camilo

UFC Vegas 106 Preliminary card

Jared Gordon vs. Thiago Moisés

Luana Santos vs. Tainara Lisboa

Elise Reed vs. Denise Gomes

Park Hyun-sung vs. Carlos Hernandez

Tecia Pennington vs. Luana Pinheiro

UFC Schedule May 2025: UFC Vegas 107

The final UFC fight card of May, UFC Vegas 107 finds the promotion back at the Apex. The event takes place on May 31 and is headlined by a women’s flyweight matchup between Erin Blanchfield and Maycee Barber. Blanchfield is ranked No. 3 in the division, while Barber checks in at No. 4. The following bouts are official for UFC Vegas 107.

UFC Vegas 107 Main Card

Erin Blanchfield vs. Maycee Barber

Mateusz Gamrot vs. Ľudovít Klein

Zachary Reese vs. Duško Todorović

UFC Vegas 107 Preliminary Card

Jeremiah Wells vs. Andreas Gustafsson

Ramiz Brahimaj vs. Oban Elliott

Rayanne dos Santos vs. Alice Ardelean

*All fight cards are subject to change.

UFC Des Moines Fight Card: Cory Sandhagen

Cory Sandhagen (17-5) joined the UFC in 2018 with a 7-1 record. He went unbeaten in his first five fights with the promotion. That run, culminating with decision wins over John Lineker and Raphael Assuncao, earned the then 28-year-old the No. 4 ranking in the UFC’s 135 weight class and a matchup against the No. 2 ranked Aljamain Sterling.

The slick Sterling submitted Sandhagen in the first round, earning himself a shot at the UFC bantamweight title, a belt he won in his next outing. As for Sandhagen, the submission setback did not hurt him in the rankings, as he remained at No. 4.

Following his first UFC loss, the UFC booked Sandhagen against the No. 1 ranked Marlon Moraes. Sandhagen won that fight and a “Performance of the Night” bonus with a highlight-reel spinning wheel kick KO.

That stunning stoppage earned Sandhagen the No. 2 ranking in the division and a fight against former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar. Sandhagen dispatched Edgar with a vicious flying knee 28 seconds into that bout. He again earned a “Performance of the Night” bonus for his effort.

A decision loss to former UFC bantamweight champ T.J. Dillashaw followed Sandhagen’s win over Edgar. He then faced ex-135-pound champ Petr Yan for the interim UFC bantamweight belt in October 2021. The scrap was “Fight of the Night” on the UFC 267 pay-per-view card, but Yan picked up the victory and the belt via unanimous decision.

Following that setback, Sandhagen, who is now 33, was on a three-fight winning streak with victories over Song Yadong, Marlon “Chito” Vera, and Rob Font. Sandhagen saw that run come to a halt in August 2024 when he dropped a decision to Umar Nurmagomedov in a bantamweight title eliminator.

Sandhagen is the No. 4 fighter in the official UFC bantamweight rankings.

UFC Des Moines Fight Card: Deiveson Figueiredo

Deiveson Figueiredo (24-4-1) is a former two-time UFC flyweight champion. The 36-year-old first claimed UFC gold in July 2020 when he scored a submission over Joseph Benavidez. He defended the title twice, beating Alex Perez and fighting Brandon Moreno to a draw. Figueiredo surrendered the belt to Moreno in a June 2021 rematch, losing by submission.

Figueiredo regained the 125-pound title in January 2020 when he defeated Moreno via decision. The two met for a fourth time in January 2023. Moreno regained the belt in that matchup, winning via doctor stoppage TKO.

The loss to Moreno was Figueiredo’s final fight at 125 pounds. The 36-year-old moved up to bantamweight in December 2023, defeating Rob Font by decision in that scrap. After that, Figueiredo picked up two more wins at 135, submitting former UFC champ Cody Garbrandt and beating recent UFC title challenger Marlon “Chito” Vera by decision in August.

Figueiredo’s winning ways ended in November when he lost to former UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan via decision.

Figueiredo enters UFC Des Moines as the No. 5 fighter in the UFC’s bantamweight division.

UFC 315 Fight Card Main Event: Belal Muhammad Vs. Jack Della Maddalena

Belal Muhammad (24-3-0-1) joined the UFC with a perfect 9-0 record. Not long after Muhammad claimed the Titan FC welterweight crown, the UFC came knocking. Muhammad signed with the promotion in 2016. At the time, he was 27. Bloody Elbow described him as, “In the cage he is largely a volume puncher, tending to work at the edges of range keeping a constant jab going and working behind it. He does well to work a kicking game in with his boxing, and puts some real power behind those kicks, but the focus is definitely on being a combination puncher. To that end, Muhammad does a good job feinting and changing rhythm, to keep his opponent from guessing his timing too easily.

“Muhammad uses his footwork well at range, circling away, maintaining distance and not walking himself into the pocket. As such he’s got pretty solid takedown defense. His focus is on accuracy and timing, and he rarely puts himself in a bad position to be taken down. Just because of his style, Muhammad hasn’t been much of a finisher to date in his MMA career, but he’s got the kind of style that’s great for breaking down opponents over time.”

Muhammad had a rough go of things in the UFC. He went 1-2 with his losses, a decision to Alan Jouban, and a knockout setback at the hands of Vicente Luque, bookending a TKO victory over Augusto Montaño. The loss to Jouban, Muhammad’s UFC debut, earned the combatants “Fight of the Night” honors.

After the loss to Luque, Muhammad won four straight decisions. That winning streak ended in 2019 when Geoff Neal topped Muhammad via decision. That loss is the most recent blemish on Muhammad’s record.

The 36-year-old is on a 10-0-0-1 run since then. Following the loss to Neal, Muhammad went 4-0. That run put him in the main event of UFC Vegas 21 opposite Leon Edwards. At the time, Edwards was the No. 3 competitor in the official UFC welterweight rankings, while Muhammad checked in at No. 13. Edwards was a -270 betting favorite, while Muhammad was the +220 betting underdog.

The contest did not last long as Edwards poked Muhammad in the eye 18 seconds into the second round. The eye poke left Muhammad unable to continue, and the fight was ruled a no contest.

Over the next two years, Muhammad rang up five more victories against progressively tougher competition. He defeated Demian Maia, Stephen Thompson, Vicente Luque, Sean Brady, and Gilbert Burns during that run. The triumph over Burns earned Muhammad the No. 2 ranking in the division and a date with Edwards at UFC 304. Edwards was the reigning UFC welterweight champion at the time and was looking to make a third defense of that belt against Muhammad. Edwards was on a 12-fight unbeaten run when he stepped into the Octagon as the -265 favorite over the +215 Muhammad.

After the fight, which Muhammad won via decision, I wrote, “Belal Muhammad had the perfect game plan for Leon Edwards at UFC 304. Not only did he and his team have that strategy mapped out, but Muhammad seamlessly executed that plan of attack.

Muhammad used pressure and high-output striking to remove time and space from Edwards. That approach forced Edwards to retreat, and once Muhammad had his opponent’s back to the fence, he added his wrestling and ground control to the mix.

Edwards landed a decent percentage of his strikes at 66 percent, but the pressure from Muhammad limited his attempts to just 71 significant strikes. Edwards threw over 100 strikes in his two most recent bouts. Muhammad was especially effective in his wrestling, racking up nine takedowns on 13 attempts and picking up 12:02 of control time.

“With the win, Muhammad won the UFC welterweight title and extended his unbeaten streak to 11 fights. His last loss came in January 2019, when Geoff Neal defeated him via decision.”

Muhammad was booked to face Shavkat Rakhmonov at UFC 310, but a bone infection prevented Muhammad from competing on that card. With Rakhmonov unable to compete at UFC 314, the UFC opted to book Muhammad against Della Maddalena in Montreal.

Jack Della Maddalena (17-2) signed with the UFC in September 2021 following a decision win over Ange Loosa on a Dana White’s Contender Series card. Before the bout, UFC matchmaker Sean Shelby said of Della Maddalena, “I thinkDella Maddalena is probably the best prospect out of New Zealand or Australia at welterweight. He’s a big guy. He throws a ton of offense, and he’s really good in the clinch. The win over Loosa marked the first time Della Maddalena had won a fight via decision. He went into the bout on a run of nine stoppages (eight knockouts, one submission) after opening his professional career at 0-2 with two stoppage setbacks. Della Maddalena was the reigning and defending Eternal MMA welterweight titleholder heading into the DWCS card.

The Australian scrapper opened his official UFC run with four first-round stoppage wins and three “Performance of the Night” bonuses. He finished Pete Rodriguez, Ramazan Emeev, and Danny Roberts by knockout before stopping Randy Brown via submission.

In his first fight to go the distance under the UFC banner, Della Maddalena was in a “Fight of the Night” bonus-winning affair with Bassil Hafez, which Della Maddalena won via split decision. He followed that with another split decision, topping Kevin Holland in September 2023.

The 28-year-old got to finishing fights in his most recent outing, knocking out former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns in the third round of their UFC 299 meeting.

I wrote of Della Maddalena’s “Performance of the Night” bonus-winning stoppage, “Jack Della Maddalena was focused and poised throughout his matchup with the higher-ranked Gilbert Burns. The 27-year-old’s striking was on point throughout the fight. He used combinations and mixed up his targets well. Even when things were not going his way, thanks to Burns’ grappling skills, Della Maddalena never panicked. That composure led to him landing a knee in the third round after a scramble to get off the mat and setting up the ground strikes that finished the fight at the 3:43 mark of Round 3.

“Della Maddalena showed a gap in his overall skills in this fight, struggling with his defensive grappling, but at just 27, the Australian has time to shore up that weakness in the future.

“Look for Della Maddalena to jump up in the official UFC welterweight rankings following UFC 299, as he entered the fight at No. 11, and Burns was No. 4. He is now 7-0 in the UFC and 17-2 as a pro.

“Also, it must be noted, that Burns was up 20-18 on two scorecards heading into the third round.

Della Maddalena is the No. 5 fighter in the official UFC welterweight rankings heading into UFC 315.

We will have news, updates and changes to the UFC May 2025 schedule as news breaks.