Wrestlers in MMA Calendar

Welcome to a new running feature that we'll use to keep track of ex-wrestlers who are now competing in MMA. As more fights are agreed upon, they will be added to this article. 

Sept. 30 Polaris 25 (UFC Fight Pass)

Aljamain Sterling (Cortland) vs. Mike Grundy – Grappling match

Oct. 1 RIZIN Landmark 6 (FITE)

Shinobu Ota (2019 World gold and 2016 Olympic silver in Greco) vs. Shoko Sato

Oct. 6 Fighting Alliance Championship 21

Jackson Hemauer (Fresno State/Northern Colorado) vs. Rey Martinez

Timothy Prescott (St. Cloud State) vs. Bryan Herrera

Oct. 6 LFA 169 (UFC Fight Pass)

Aaron La Farge (Oklahoma City) vs. Alden Coria

Oct. 7 UFC Fight Night (ESPN+)

Kanako Murata (2013 University bronze) vs. Vanessa Demopoulos

Oct. 7 Bellator 300 (Showtime/YouTube)

Ryan Bader (Arizona State) vs. Linton Vassell

Sara McMann (2004 Olympic silver - Lock Haven) vs. Leah McCourt

Romero Cotton (Nebraska Kearney) vs. Grant Neal

Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs. Miguel Peimbert

Josh Hokit (Fresno State) vs. Spencer Smith

Davion Franklin (Iowa Lakes) vs. Slim Trabelsi

Oct. 7 Shogun Fights 27

Mansur Abdul-Malik (Maryland) vs. Donelei Benedetto

Oct. 10 Dana White’s Contender Series (ESPN+)

Torrez Finney (Chattanooga) vs. Yuri Panferov

Oct. 13 CFFC 126

CJ LaFragola (Brown) vs. Alonzo Turner

Thomas Lane (Cal Poly) vs. Isaiah Sackey-El

Oct. 14 UFC Fight Night (ESPN+)

Terrance McKinney (Chadron State) vs. Chris Duncan

Oct. 20 247 FC

Gavin Teasdale vs. Lucas Seibert (West Virginia) – Grappling

Oct. 21 UFC 294 (ESPN+/PPV)

Khamzat Chimaev (Swedish national champ) vs. Paulo Costa

Tim Elliott (Central Oklahoma) vs Muhammad Mokaev

Oct. 22 Fury Challenger Series 8 (UFC Fight Pass)

Anthony Cassar (Penn State) vs. John Gianatsio II