The UFC returns to Perth, Australia in May for a Fight Night card that now features a main event.
During Saturday’s UFC Mexico City broadcast, promotion officials announced that former welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena (18-3) will face Brazilian contender Carlos Prates (23-7) in the headliner of UFC Perth.
The event will take place on May 2, 2026 at the RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.
After losing the first two fights of his professional MMA career, Maddalena went on an incredible 18-fight win streak that took him all the way to a UFC championship. Maddalena defeated the likes of Randy Brown, Kevin Holland and Gilbert Burns along the way and defeated Belal Muhammad last May to capture welterweight gold.
However, his first title defense would come against future Hall of Famer Islam Makhachev, who scored a dominant five-round decision victory to hand JDM his first defeat under the UFC banner.
Prates is 6-1 under the UFC banner and is coming off a knockout of another former champion, Leon Edwards, last November. Before that, it was another knockout win for The Fighting Nerds star when he delivered a running elbow to sideline Geoff Neal at UFC 319 in August.
No other fights have been announced or reported for the UFC’s return to Perth.
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