| UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | October 11, 2025 (2025-10-11) | |||
| Venue | Farmasi Arena | |||
| City | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||
| Attendance | 16,297[1] | |||
| Total gate | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot (also known asUFC Fight Night 261 andUFC on ESPN+ 119) was a mixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 11, 2025, at theFarmasi Arena, inRio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
This event marked the promotion's 13th visit to Rio de Janeiro, its first sinceUFC 301 in May 2024, and the first Fight Night hosted in the city sinceUFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare in May 2015.[2]
A lightweight bout between formerUFC Lightweight ChampionCharles Oliveira andRafael Fiziev was scheduled to headline the event.[3] However, Fiziev withdrew from the bout due to a knee injury.[4][5] He was replaced by formerKSW Featherweight andLightweight ChampionMateusz Gamrot.[6]
A heavyweight bout between formerLFA Light Heavyweight ChampionRyan Spann and Valter Walker was reportedly scheduled for this event.[7] However, the bout did not materialize, and Walker was later expected to faceThe Ultimate Fighter: Team Peña vs. Team Nunes heavyweight winner Mohammed Usman.[8] Usman subsequently withdrew for undisclosed reasons two days before the event and the pairing was scrapped.[9]
A welterweight bout betweenSantiago Ponzinibbio andVicente Luque was scheduled for the event.[10] However, Ponzinibbio was forced to pull out from the event due to injury, and was replaced byJoel Álvarez.[11]
A welterweight bout between formerLFA Welterweight ChampionGabriel Bonfim andRandy Brown was scheduled for this event.[12] However, the bout was moved toUFC Fight Night: Bonfim vs. Brown to serve as the main event.[13]
At the weigh-ins, Saimon Oliveira weighed in at 144 pounds, eight pounds over the bantamweight non-title fight limit. The bout proceeded at catchweight and he was fined a percentage of his purse, which went to his opponent Luan Lacerda.[14]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | Charles Oliveira | def. | Mateusz Gamrot | Submission (face crank) | 2 | 2:48 | |
| Bantamweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Montel Jackson | Decision (split) (28–29, 29–28, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight | Joel Álvarez | def. | Vicente Luque | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight | Mário Pinto | def. | Jhonata Diniz | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:10 | |
| Featherweight | Kaan Ofli | def. | Ricardo Ramos | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:02 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Featherweight | Michael Aswell | def. | Lucas Almeida | TKO (punches and elbow) | 1 | 1:42 | |
| Flyweight | Jafel Filho | def. | Clayton Carpenter | Submission (kimura) | 1 | 4:42 | |
| Heavyweight | Vitor Petrino | def. | Thomas Petersen | KO (punches) | 3 | 0:26 | |
| Women's Bantamweight | Beatriz Mesquita | def. | Irina Alekseeva | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:14 | |
| Flyweight | Lucas Rocha | def. | Stewart Nicoll | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 30–27) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Julia Polastri | def. | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | TKO (head kick and punches) | 3 | 2:56 | |
| Catchweight (144 lb) | Luan Lacerda | def. | Saimon Oliveira | Submission (armbar) | 2 | 3:55 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[16]
