This week, the UFC officially begins its holiday season following the final pay-per-view event of the year.
UFC 296 took place at T-Mobile Arena last weekend, where welterweight champion Leon Edwards defended his throne against Colby Covington and flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja retained his title by defeating Brandon Royval.
Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature several familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.
Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing Dec. 21-24.
Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.
Upcoming event information from Tapology.
Last week's results
- Humberto Bandenay: Submission win vs. Welinton Benvenutti at FFC 70
- Aleksei Oleinik: Submission win vs. Fernando Rodrigues Jr. at RCC 17
- Maxim Grishin: Unanimous decision win vs. Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly at RCC 17
- Jose Torres: TKO loss vs. Nkosi Ndebele at Brave CF 80
- Anthony Pettis: Unanimous decision win vs. Benson Henderson at Karate Combat 43 (karate)
- Benson Henderson: Unanimous decision loss vs. Anthony Pettis at Karate Combat 43 (karate)
- Sam Alvey: Unanimous decision win vs. Ross Levine at Karate Combat 43 (karate)
- Trevin Jones: Unanimous decision loss vs. Roberto Hernandez at Cage Warriors 165
- Shane Campbell: TKO win vs. Darrell Horcher at Unified MMA 54
- Darrell Horcher: TKO loss vs. Shane Campbell at Unified MMA 54
- Reginaldo Vieira: TKO loss vs. Naertai Kezibayi at JCK Fight Night 76
- Rony Jason: Submission win vs. Tariel Abbasov at FNC 14
- Marco Beltran: Split decision loss vs. Darko Banovic at FNC 14
- Pawel Pawlak: Unanimous decision win vs. Michal Materla at KSW 89
- Marcin Held: TKO loss vs. Raul Tutarauli at KSW 89
- Viktor Pesta: Split decision loss vs. Szymon Bajor at KSW 89
- Charles Rosa: TKO win vs. Andrew Sosa at LeLeo Code MMA
Carls John de Tomas (10-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 21 vs. Fanil Rafikov at Naiza FC 56
- Last MMA fight: Submission loss vs. Bernard Soriano at URCC 88 on Sept. 19, 2023
- Last UFC fight: Submission loss vs. Alex Perez at UFC Fight Night 123 on Dec. 9, 2017
- Record since UFC exit: 2-1
Will Chope (42-20 MMA, 0-1 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 23 vs. Samat Mamedov at Octagon 53
- Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Islam Dulatov at Sparta Championship Fighting 3 on Oct. 7, 2023
- Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night 34 on Jan. 4, 2014
- Record since UFC exit: 23-14 MMA, 3-5 bareknuckle boxing, 0-1 lethwei, 0-1 boxing, 0-1 muay Thai
Yusuke Kasuya (13-7-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 24 vs. Tatsuya Saika at Pancrase 340
- Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Kazuki Kasai at Pancrase 333 on April 30, 2023
- Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Alexander Volkanovski at UFC Fight Night 101 on Nov. 26, 2016
- Record since UFC exit: 4-4
Yuki Kondo (64-39-9 MMA, 1-2 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 24 vs. Wataru Miki at Pancrase 340
- Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Takenori Sato at Pancrase 335 on July 8, 2023
- Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Vladimir Matyushenko at UFC 32 on June 29, 2001
- Record since UFC exit: 33-29-6 MMA, 2-0 custom rules
Albert Tumenov (23-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 24 vs. Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov at ACA 168
- Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Altynbek Mamashov at ACA 154 on March 17, 2023
- Last UFC fight: Submission loss vs. Leon Edwards at UFC 205 on Oct. 8, 2016
- Record since UFC exit: 7-0 MMA, 1-0 custom rules
Anderson Dos Santos (25-11 MMA, 1-3 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 24 vs. Alimardan Abdykaarov at ACA 168
- Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Apti Bimarzaev at ACA 162 on Sept. 2, 2023
- Last UFC fight: Knockout loss vs. Miles Johns at UFC 265 on Aug. 7, 2021
- Record since UFC exit: 4-2 MMA, 0-0-1 boxing
Levan Makashvili (20-7-1 MMA, 1-1-1 UFC)
- Next fight: Dec. 24 vs. Islam Meshev at ACA 168
- Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Vener Galiev at ACA 156 on April 28, 2023
- Last UFC fight: Majority draw vs. Damon Jackson at UFC on FOX 18 on Jan. 30, 2016
- Record since UFC exit: 9-5
