October 7, 2026. Featured image: AI-generated editorial illustration, not an event photograph. Stylized portraits of Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott wearing MMA gloves with Rogers Place and the Edmonton skyline in the background.
Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott are set to meet in a welterweight main event on October 17, 2026, at Rogers Place in Edmonton. UFC confirmed the matchup in its official event announcement.
Buckley enters with a 21-8 professional record, while Malott is listed at 14-2-1. The bout is not a title fight, but it gives both welterweights a high-profile main-event opportunity on the Edmonton card.
The lineup also includes Erin Blanchfield vs Jasmine Jasudavicius in the women’s flyweight division.
For viewers in Canada, UFC lists the main card for 8 p.m. ET on Sportsnet and TVA, with prelims at 6 p.m. ET and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass at 5 p.m. ET.
