UFC 221

UFC 221 is an upcoming mixed martial arts event presented by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) that will be held on February 11, 2018 at Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

UFC 221 Fight Card

So far the fights officially announced are:

Middleweight bout: Luke Rockhold vs Yoel Romero
Flyweight bout: Ben Nguyen vs. Jussier Formiga
Light Heavyweight bout: Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov
Lightweight bout: Mizuto Hirota vs. Ross Pearson
Featherweight bout: Alexander Volkanovski vs. Jeremy Kennedy
Lightweight bout: Jake Matthews vs Li Jingliang
Lightweight bout: Luke Jumeau vs Daichi Abe

Rumors

Although never officially announced, the UFC was hoping for a title unification fight between new middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre and interim middleweight champion Robert Whittaker.

Georges St-Pierre and Robert Whittaker.

St-Pierre captured his second divisional title when he defeated Michael Bisping at UFC 217 in Madison Square Garden. However, GSP announced that he would be relinquishing the title since he needed to address some health concerns.

Robert Whittaker defeated Yoel Romero last July at UFC 213 in an interim middleweight title bout, and has been rehabbing a knee injury since then. With St-Pierre no longer champion, the UFC announced that the champion Robert Whittaker would now fight Luke Rockhold in the main event.

However, Whittaker was then removed from the card due to an injury/ As a result. the UFC announced Yoel Romero and Luke Rockhold will now fight for the interim middleweight title.

A recent rumor stated the UFC is also currently targeting a strawweight title fight between champion “Thug” Rose Namajunas and Tecia Torres. However, it was later revealed that Torres will fight Jessica Andrade at UFC On Fox 28.