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. 22 LFA 168 (UFC Fight Pass)

Mitch McKee (Minnesota) vs. Sean McPadden

Griffin Parriott (Purdue) vs. Tyler Mathison (St. Cloud State)

Brett Bye (South Dakota State) vs. CJ Hays

Sept. 23 Bellator 299 (Showtime/YouTube)

Title fight: Johnny Eblen (Missouri) vs. Fabian Edwards, for Eblen’s Bellator middleweight title

Aaron Pico (Cadet World Champ) vs. Pedro Carvalho

Sept. 23 UFC Fight Night (ESPN+)

Dan Argueta (UW Parkside) vs. Miles Johns

Cody Brundage (Newberry College) vs. Jacob Malkoun

Sept. 23 Rizin 44 (FITE)

Erson Yamamoto (2013 Cadet World Champ in Greco) vs. Ryuya Fukuda

Sept. 24 Fury Challenger Series 7 (UFC Fight Pass)

Freddie Rodriguez (SIUE) vs. Alex De La Cruz

Oct. 1 RIZIN Landmark 6 (FITE)

Shinobu Ota (2019 World gold and 2016 Olympic silver in Greco) vs. Naoki Inoue

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) vs. Leah McCourt

Romero Cotton (Nebraska Kearney) vs. Grant Neal

Bryce Meredith (Wyoming) vs. Miguel Peimbert

Josh Hokit (Fresno State) vs. Spencer Smith

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

Torrez Finney (Chattanooga) vs. Yuri Panferov

Oct. 13 CFFC 126

CJ LaFragola (Brown) vs. Alonzo Turner

Oct. 14 UFC Fight Night (ESPN+)

Terrance McKinney (Chadron State) vs. Chris Duncan

Oct. 21 UFC 294 (ESPN+/PPV)

Khamzat Chimaev (Swedish national champ) vs. Paulo Costa

Tim Elliott (Central Oklahoma) vs Muhammad Mokaev