Charles Oliveira may not officially be the lightweight champion, but he’s still getting top billing for UFC 280. Oliveira will face Islam Makhachev for the vacant UFC lightweight title on Oct. 23 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, and an official poster for the event was released on Tuesday, with the bantamweight title fight between Aljamain Sterling and T.J. Dillashaw and the marquee bantamweight matchup between Petr Yan and Sean O’Malley also being featured on the poster.

The UFC has booked a strawweight clash between Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan to headline an October event, multiple sources told ESPN on Friday. Dern (12-2) is closing in on a potential title shot with victories in five of her past six contests. Her only loss during that time came in a main event slot against Marina Rodriguez last October. Rodriguez has won four in a row and is currently hunting her own title shot as the No. 3-ranked strawweight in the division.

A high-profile matchup between bantamweight contenders Cory Sandhagen and Song Yadong is set to headline the UFC’s Fight Night event on September 18.

This September, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin will meet for the third time face to face in the ring. After stopping Caleb Plant in November to become the first ever undisputed champion at 168 pounds, attempting to become a two-time champion against WBA titlist, Dmitry Bivol stopped him in his tracks handing him his first loss in eight years. Alvarez and Golovkin will battle it out for the unified WBA, WBC, IBF, IBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight championship.

In a world first for boxing, heavyweight prize fighter, Paul Gallen, will fight BOTH Justin Hodges and Ben Hannant back to back on the same night. Taking ‘Origin’ to new levels, Gallen, the NSW icon, will take on the two QLD Origin stars in back-to-back fights. While Harry Garside puts his Australian lightweight title on the line against Miles Zalweski.

The headline fight has been announced for UFC 279, which will feature Khamzat Chimaev and Nate Diaz in what is said to be Diaz’s final fight on his UFC contract and will likely be the toughest test of Chimaev’s career so far.

A recharged Tai Tuivasa recently spoke to ESPN about his upcoming fight against Ciryl Gane. He is ready to upset the world again and earn a crack at the UFC heavyweight title in the process when he heads to France to fight the division's No. 1 contender.

UFC 278 is set for the 21st of August, with welterweight champion and arguably one of the greatest fighters in the UFC defending his belt against number one contender, Leon Edwards in the main event. The two have crossed paths before, early in their UFC careers, with Usman getting the victory decision. But that was a while ago, and the two having emerged as the two best fighters in the division will be set to give us a show.

This top 10 contender fight will see Thiago Santos (#6) and Jamahal Hill (#10) clash in a light heavyweight bout. Santos looks to bounce back after a recent loss, while Hill looks to extend his two fight streak. Which fighter will take the win, and get a step closer to the title fight?

Two of the best female fighters in the Octagon, what’s not to love? Bantamweight champ, Julianna Pena defends her belt against former champ, Amanda Nunes. Plus Brandon Moreno takes on Kai Kara-France in the flyweight division.