UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott
| UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | April 18, 2026 | |||
| Venue | Canada Life Centre | |||
| City | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott (also known as UFC Fight Night 273) is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on April 18, 2026, at the Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.[1]
Background
The event will mark the promotion's third visit to Winnipeg and first since UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos in December 2017.[1] There were initial reports that the event was expected to take place in Ottawa, Ontario, but it was later shifted to Winnipeg for undisclosed reasons.[2]
A welterweight bout between former UFC Welterweight Championship challenger Gilbert Burns and Mike Malott is scheduled to headline the event.[3]
A flyweight bout between Road to UFC Season 3 flyweight winner Choi Dong-hun and undefeated prospect André Lima is scheduled for this event.[4] The bout was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 327 one week before, but was moved to this event for undisclosed reasons.[5]
A featherweight bout between Choi Doo-ho and Gavin Tucker was briefly linked to this event.[6] However, Tucker had not signed a bout agreement and subsequently announced his retirement from mixed martial arts due to injuries.[7][8]
Fight card
| Fight card (Paramount+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Gilbert Burns | vs. | Mike Malott | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | JJ Aldrich | vs. | Jamey-Lyn Horth | ||||
| Middleweight | Julien Leblanc | vs. | Robert Valentin | ||||
| Heavyweight | Tanner Boser | vs. | Gökhan Saricam | ||||
| Flyweight | Choi Dong-hun | vs. | André Lima | ||||
| Women's Flyweight | Jasmine Jasudavicius | vs. | Karine Silva | ||||
| Flyweight | Mitch Raposo | vs. | Allan Nascimento | ||||
| Women's Bantamweight | Melissa Croden | vs. | Darya Zheleznyakova | ||||
| Bantamweight | John Castañeda | vs. | Mark Vologdin | ||||
Announced bouts
- Bantamweight bout: Charles Jourdain vs. Kyler Phillips[10]
- Lightweight bout: Jai Herbert vs. Mandel Nallo[11]
See also
References
- ^ a b Drew Beaupre (2026-02-20). "UFC reportedly moving fight card to city that's waited almost 10 years for UFC return". si.com. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ^ Drew Beaupre (2026-02-13). "Pivotal UFC contender fight booked for first UFC Ottawa card in nearly 7 years". si.com. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
- ^ Mike Bohn. "Gilbert Burns vs. Mike Malott headlines UFC Fight Night 273 in Winnipeg". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
- ^ Kenai Andrews (2026-02-16). "UFC Ottawa: Canadian women's flyweight Jasmine Jasudavicius returns against Karine Silva". mmacrossfire.com. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ^ David Tees (2026-01-24). "Report: Andre Lima Faces Dong Hun Choi at UFC 327". pwinsiderxtra.com. Retrieved 2026-01-25.
- ^ Park Geondo (2026-02-27). "Korean Superboy Choi Doo-ho is finally coming back... it's been 10 years, trying to win 3 UFC bouts in a row". starnewskorea.com. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ Kang Daeho (2026-02-27). "Korean Superboy Choi Doo-ho's 10th UFC appearance will be delayed". mk.co.kr. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ Nolan King (2026-03-09). "UFC fighter Gavin Tucker retires". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Burns vs. Malott". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
- ^ Nolan King (2026-03-12). "UFC Winnipeg adds exciting bantamweight banger". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2026-03-13.
- ^ Paul Browne (2026-03-13). "Chimaev vs. Strickland confirmed as Dana White announces multiple fights". fightersonly.com. Retrieved 2026-03-14.