The UFC on Wednesday announced the entire thirteen-fight card of UFC 324 in January, marking the promotion’s debut on streaming service Paramount+.
Barring any last-minute withdrawals or additions, the card appears to be a solid numbered event, featuring two previously announced title fights and several former champions and title challengers. Headlined by Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett battling for an interim lightweight championship, UFC 324 takes place on January 24, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes in a women’s bantamweight title fight, another previously announced bout, serves as a co-headliner. Nunes returns from retirement for the fight, which pits two of the best female mixed martial artists of all time against each other.
Nunes is a former UFC doubles champion (bantamweight and featherweight, often referred to as the female GOAT). Harrison is a former two-time PFL women’s lightweight champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist in judo and the current 135-pound champion in the UFC.
Among the fights confirmed by the UFC on Wednesday, ex-flyweight title challenger Alex Perez will meet Charles “Inner G” Johnson, in a bout between the promotion’s #11 and #13 ranked 125’ers. Veteran Michael Johnson takes on Alexander Hernandez in the lightweight division, while No. 13-ranked light heavyweight Nikita Krylov takes on former Cage Warriors star Modestas Bukauskas.
Bukauskas will almost certainly crack the top 15 during his second stint in the UFC with a win in January.
The full slate of fights officially announced for UFC 324 is as follows:
- Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett – for the interim UFC lightweight championship
- Kayla Harrison (c) vs. Amanda Nunes – for the UFC women’s bantamweight championship
- Sean O’Malley vs. Song Yadong
- Waldo Cortes-Acosta vs. Derrick Lewis
- Arnold Allen vs. Jean Silva
- Natalia Silva vs. Rose Namajunas
- Umar Nurmagomedov vs. Deiveson Figueiredo
- Ateba Gautier vs. Andrey Pulyaev
- Nikita Krylov vs. modest Bukauskas
- Alex Perez vs. Charles Johnson
- Michael Johnson vs. Alexander Hernandez
- Josh Hotkit vs. Denzel Freeman
- Ricky Turcios vs. Cameron Smotherman
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