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Gaethje still holds the lightweight title — inactive into 2027, no interim, no defense booked
Justin Gaethje remains Title Holder and rankings champion after unifying at UFC Freedom 250. No interim exists, no title bout is booked, and the wait points into 2027 without a printed return date.
Ulberg still holds the light heavyweight title — ACL rehab, no interim, early-2027 wait
Carlos Ulberg remains Title Holder and rankings champion after tearing his ACL winning the belt at UFC 327. No interim exists, no title or eliminator is booked, and the wait points to early 2027.
Vacant women’s flyweight title — Silva vs Wang Cong headlines UFC 332 in Salt Lake
Natalia Silva and Wang Cong fight for the vacant women’s flyweight title in the UFC 332 main event on Oct. 3 at the Delta Center — rankings still lag behind the vacancy.
Fight week at the APEX — Rosas Jr vs Barcelos headlines; Dumont–Perez keeps the WBW ladder moving
Fight-day eve at Meta APEX: #12 Raul Rosas Jr. vs. #13 Raoni Barcelos headlines Saturday, and #4 Norma Dumont vs. #5 Ailin Perez keeps ranked women’s bantamweight moving under Harrison–Nunes. Friday weigh-ins are posted.
Harrison vs Nunes booked for UFC 334 — Kayla’s first defense at MSG
Kayla Harrison’s first women’s bantamweight title defense against Amanda Nunes is set for Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden, co-main under Gane–Hokit.
Tsarukyan KO’s Ruffy — UFC frames him as lightweight’s No. 1 contender while Gaethje sits
Arman Tsarukyan stopped Mauricio Ruffy with elbows at 4:56 of Round 1 at UFC 331. UFC.com called him the cemented No. 1 contender; Justin Gaethje remains inactive with no interim.
Joshua Van retains — Pantoja rematch closed in a Fight of the Night war
Van took a unanimous decision over Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 331 (49-46, 48-47, 50-45), earned Fight of the Night, and closed the rematch on his second title defense.
Ciryl Gane is undisputed — first defense vs Josh Hokit booked for UFC 334
Ciryl Gane is the undisputed heavyweight champion. His first defense is Josh Hokit at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden. Athlete badges and rankings have caught up — Gane is Title Holder, and the rankings list him as champion.
UFC 333: Volkanovski–Evloev and Yan–Merab 3 headline Abu Dhabi’s double title night
Oct. 24 at Etihad Arena stacks two championship fights: Volkanovski defends against undefeated Evloev, and Yan meets Merab Dvalishvili in a trilogy first defense.
Tom Aspinall vacates the UFC heavyweight title — eye complications force the call
Aspinall vacated the heavyweight title on Sept. 14 rather than hold the division while eye complications blocked medical clearance. This is that vacate record. UFC.com news on Sep. 20 elevated Ciryl Gane to undisputed and booked Josh Hokit for UFC 334.
Where Tom Aspinall’s UFC heavyweight title stands — and what Dana White actually said
Superseded. As of Sept. 13, Aspinall was still the listed heavyweight champion, Gane held the interim, and Dana White had opened a conversation — not a strip. Aspinall vacated Sept. 14; UFC.com elevated Gane on Sept. 20. See the vacate story and the Gane–Hokit story.
UFC 331 week: Van–Pantoja 2 headlines LA — and a lightweight co-main the UFC won’t call a title shot
Crypto.com UFC 331 lands Saturday, Sept. 19, in Los Angeles with a flyweight title rematch unfinished business demanded — and a five-round lightweight co-main fighters are selling harder than Dana White will.
Noche UFC fallout: who actually moved the title pictures — and who only asked
Three Noche results reshaped the talk at featherweight, women’s flyweight, and men’s flyweight — without rewriting the Octagon calendar at UFC 331, 332, and 333.