UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot
| 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 | ||
| 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 as UFC Fight Night 261 and UFC on ESPN+ 119) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on October 11, 2025, at the Farmasi Arena, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]
Background
[edit]This event marked the promotion's 13th visit to Rio de Janeiro, its first since UFC 301 in May 2024, and the first Fight Night hosted in the city since UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare in May 2015.[2]
A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira and Rafael 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 former KSW Featherweight and Lightweight Champion Mateusz Gamrot.[6]
A heavyweight bout between former LFA Light Heavyweight Champion Ryan Spann and Valter Walker was reportedly scheduled for this event.[7] However, the bout did not materialize, and Walker was later expected to face The 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 between Santiago Ponzinibbio and Vicente Luque was scheduled for the event.[10] However, Ponzinibbio was forced to pull out from the event due to injury, and was replaced by Joel Álvarez.[11]
A welterweight bout between former LFA Welterweight Champion Gabriel Bonfim and Randy Brown was scheduled for this event.[12] However, the bout was moved to UFC 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]
Results
[edit]| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Bonus awards
[edit]The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[16]
- Fight of the Night: No bonus awarded.
- Performance of the Night: Charles Oliveira, Vitor Petrino, Beatriz Mesquita, and Julia Polastri
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Mike Bohn (2025-10-12). "UFC Fight Night 261 post-event facts: Behold Charles Oliveira's epic octagon resume". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
- ^ a b Guilherme Cruz (2025-07-04). "UFC plans October event in Rio de Janeiro". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
- ^ Alexander K. Lee (2025-08-07). "Charles Oliveira vs. Rafael Fiziev announced for UFC Rio main event". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2025-09-19). "Rafael Fiziev out of UFC Rio main event fight with Charles Oliveira". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
- ^ Farah Hannoun (2025-09-24). "Rafael Fiziev opens up on severity of injury that forced UFC Rio withdrawal". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2025-09-23). "Charles Oliveira gets Mateusz Gamrot as new UFC Fight Night 261 main event opponent". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
- ^ Velber Viana (2025-08-02). "Walter Walker is on track to fight at UFC Rio; see opponent". superlutas.com.br. Retrieved 2025-08-26. (in Brazilian Portuguese)
- ^ Marina Magomedova (2025-08-28). "ESPN: Walker and Usman to Fight October 12 at UFC in Rio de Janeiro". telecomasia.net. Retrieved 2025-08-28.
- ^ Danny Segura and Nolan King (2025-10-09). "Mohammed Usman out of UFC Rio heavyweight bout vs. Valter Walker". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
- ^ Tristen Critchfield (2025-09-23). "UFC Rio gets Brazil vs. Argentina welterweight showdown". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2025-09-23.
- ^ Álvaro Colmenero (2025-09-22). "Joel Álvarez peleará contra Vicente Luque en el UFC de Río de Janeiro el 11 de octubre". abc.es. Retrieved 2025-09-23. (in Spanish)
- ^ Guilherme Cruz (2025-08-20). "Gabriel Bonfim booked for UFC Rio return after win over Stephen Thompson". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
- ^ Staff (2025-09-27). "Gabriel Bonfim vs. Randy Brown shifts to November as UFC Vegas 111 headliner". cagesidepress.com. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ^ Staff (2025-10-10). "UFC Rio weigh-ins: Headliners set, but Saimon Oliveira misses bantamweight by 8 pounds". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs. Gamrot". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved 2025-08-20.
- ^ Chris Taylor (2025-10-11). "UFC Rio Bonus Report: Charles Oliveira one of four fighters to take home $50k". bjpenn.com. Retrieved 2025-10-11.
