From Ciryl Gane being crowned as the new UFC interim heavyweight champion to Giga Chikadze shutting the lights out of Edson Barboza, UFC fans witnessed several exciting fights in August 2021. As August is about to end, here, we take a look at 5 UFC fights you do not want to miss in September 2021.
After a lot of hiatus, the #5 ranked UFC middleweight contender, Derek Brunson, and the #7 ranked contender, Darren Till, are now finally set to clash in Las Vegas on September 4.
A light-heavyweight clash between the #6 ranked contender, Anthony Smith, and the #11 ranked contender, Ryan Spann, will headline UFC Vegas 37 on September 18.
Alexander Volkanovski will defend his UFC featherweight title against the #2 UFC featherweight contender, Brian Ortega, at UFC 266 on September 25.
Valentina Shevchenko will defend her UFC women's flyweight title against the #3 ranked UFC women's flyweight contender, Lauren Murphy, in the co-main event at UFC 266.
17 years later, a rematch between Nick Diaz and Robbie Lawler will finally take place at UFC 266. Their first bout took place at UFC 47 back in 2004. The bout resulted in Diaz winning the fight via KO in the second round.