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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
Five days out from Meta APEX: #12 Raul Rosas Jr. vs #13 Raoni Barcelos headlines, while #4 Norma Dumont vs #5 Ailin Perez keeps ranked women’s bantamweight moving under Harrison–Nunes.
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
UFC.com news Sunday named Gane undisputed heavyweight champion and booked Josh Hokit for Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden. Athlete pages and rankings still lag.
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 stepped aside Monday rather than hold up the division while eye complications block medical clearance. Ciryl Gane remains interim champion; elevation to undisputed is expected but not yet UFC-announced.
Where Tom Aspinall’s UFC heavyweight title stands — and what Dana White actually said
Tom Aspinall remains the UFC heavyweight Title Holder, Ciryl Gane holds the interim, and Dana White has opened a conversation about the belt — not a strip, and not a vacate.
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.