UFC veterans in MMA action Dec. 21-24
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)
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