The UFC will open its 2027 calendar with a Fight Night at Dallas's American Airlines Center on Jan. 16; no bouts are booked, and the arena has not announced a ticket on-sale date.
From 8 reports by 7 outlets
What we know
- UFC Dallas is a Fight Night at American Airlines Center on Jan. 16, 2027, announced during the UFC 333 broadcast.
- No main event or other bouts have been announced for the card.
- The event will be the UFC's first of 2027 and ends its usual mid-December to mid-January holiday break.
- The event streams live on Paramount+, according to the UFC's own post on X.
Reported, not confirmed
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Tickets are expected to go on sale next month.
Cageside Press
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The arena's event listing shows the general ticket sale date as to be announced, and the UFC has given no start time.
MiddleEasy
Disputed
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One early report listed the date as Jan. 26, but the UFC's own post gives Jan. 16.
Knockout Daily
The UFC has a date and a building in Dallas, and nothing else. The promotion announced the Jan. 16 Fight Night on Saturday, Oct. 24, with no main event, no co-main and no other bouts attached. The card is a blank sheet, and the first fights announced will set its tone.
The date matters for the calendar. Dallas will be the first UFC event of 2027, ending the holiday break the promotion now habitually takes from mid-December to mid-January. It lands two weeks before UFC 336 in Toronto on Jan. 30, which already carries Joshua Van's flyweight title defense against Manel Kape and an interim welterweight title fight between Carlos Prates and Michael Morales. Dallas has to be built without that kind of billing.
The format also sets expectations. Previous Dallas visits were numbered pay-per-views. This one is a Fight Night, which usually means fewer marquee names at the top. The last trip was UFC 277 on July 30, 2022, when Amanda Nunes beat Julianna Pena by unanimous decision in a women's bantamweight title rematch. Brandon Moreno stopped Kai Kara-France in the third round of the co-main event to win the interim flyweight title. Nunes is now booked to challenge Kayla Harrison at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden.
It will be the UFC's seventh visit to the city, and all earlier events were held at the American Airlines Center. In the US the event streams on Paramount+ as part of the UFC's deal with the service.
Ticketing is still open. Cageside Press reported that tickets are expected to go on sale next month, but the arena's own listing marks the general sale as to be announced, according to MiddleEasy. The UFC's post only asks fans to register interest. Watch for the first bout announcements over the coming weeks, and for an official start time, which has not been given.
The date matters for the calendar. Dallas will be the first UFC event of 2027, ending the holiday break the promotion now habitually takes from mid-December to mid-January. It lands two weeks before UFC 336 in Toronto on Jan. 30, which already carries Joshua Van's flyweight title defense against Manel Kape and an interim welterweight title fight between Carlos Prates and Michael Morales. Dallas has to be built without that kind of billing.
The format also sets expectations. Previous Dallas visits were numbered pay-per-views. This one is a Fight Night, which usually means fewer marquee names at the top. The last trip was UFC 277 on July 30, 2022, when Amanda Nunes beat Julianna Pena by unanimous decision in a women's bantamweight title rematch. Brandon Moreno stopped Kai Kara-France in the third round of the co-main event to win the interim flyweight title. Nunes is now booked to challenge Kayla Harrison at UFC 334 on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden.
It will be the UFC's seventh visit to the city, and all earlier events were held at the American Airlines Center. In the US the event streams on Paramount+ as part of the UFC's deal with the service.
Ticketing is still open. Cageside Press reported that tickets are expected to go on sale next month, but the arena's own listing marks the general sale as to be announced, according to MiddleEasy. The UFC's post only asks fans to register interest. Watch for the first bout announcements over the coming weeks, and for an official start time, which has not been given.
- Summary
- The UFC will open its 2027 calendar with a Fight Night at Dallas's American Airlines Center on Jan. 16; no bouts are booked, and the arena has not announced a ticket on-sale date.
- Key points (one per line)
- UFC Dallas is a Fight Night on Jan. 16, 2027 at American Airlines Center, streaming on Paramount+.
No main event or other bouts have been announced.
It is the UFC's first event of 2027 and ends the usual mid-December to mid-January holiday break.
- Also reported by (Name | URL per line)
- Cageside Press | https://cagesidepress.com/2026/10/24/ufc-heads-back-to-dallas-on-january-16-2027/
MMA Fighting | https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/517719/ufc-returns-to-dallas-for-fight-night-event
Yahoo Sports MMA / Uncrowned | https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ufc-returns-dallas-fight-night-210000143.html
Combat Sports UK | https://combatsportsuk.com/news/2cf16ca1-3a8f-4be5-9624-2a3274a7bf85/on-saturday-the-ufc-announced-a-dallas-fight-night-for-16-january
Knockout Daily | https://knockoutdaily.com/news/ufc-cuts-its-holiday-break-short-and-drops-a-surprise-dallas-card-on-jan-16
Yahoo Sports MMA / Uncrowned | https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/ufc-returns-texas-first-event-225024175.html
X: @MMAFighting | https://x.com/MMAFighting/status/2114463822752915516
MiddleEasy | https://middleeasy.com/mma-news/ufc-dallas-january-16-2027-american-airlines-center/
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