UFC confirms four more Meta Apex Fight Nights as Bonfim-Brady headlines November card
The UFC has locked in four additional events at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas for autumn 2026, with Raoni Barcelos vs. Raul Rosas Jr. set for Sept. 29 and Gabriel Bonfim facing Sean Brady on Nov. 7 in a welterweight headliner.
The UFC has added four events at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas to its 2026 calendar after the Nevada Athletic Commission approved permits for Fight Nights on Sept. 29, Oct. 10, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. Two of the four cards already have confirmed main events, while the headliners for the two October dates are still to be announced.
The Sept. 29 card, designated UFC Fight Night 289, will be topped by Raoni Barcelos against Raul Rosas Jr. — a contest that pitches an experienced MMA veteran against one of the promotion’s most talked-about young prospects.
The Nov. 7 event has a welterweight clash between Gabriel Bonfim and Sean Brady as its main event, a matchup that carries genuine divisional weight for both fighters.
Undercards for the two October events have already begun to take shape despite the absence of confirmed headliners. The Oct. 10 card features Andre Fili vs. Kai Kamaka III, Lupita Godinez vs. Ketlen Souza, Malcolm Wellmaker vs. Otari Tanzilovi, and Matheus Camilo vs. Jai Herbert, among others. The Oct. 31 bill includes Julian Erosa vs. Jeong Yeong Lee, Francis Marshall vs. Gaston Bolanos, Yana Santos vs. Luana Santos, and Andre Petroski vs. Azamat Bekoev.
If no further Meta Apex dates are added, the UFC will have staged 12 events at the venue across 2026 — matching the total it ran there in 2025.
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