UFC announces Kansas City return as part of 'TKO Takeover' also involving WWE and PBR
The UFC is headed back to Kansas City, Mo. and it isn’t the only TKO property headed there this April.
In an announcement by the UFC and its overarching Endeavor-owned conglomerate TKO Group Holdings Inc., the promotion will make its return to T-Mobile Center on Saturday, April 26. Additionally, a Professional Bull Riders (PBR) event held Thursday, April 24 and WWE RAW on Monday, April 28, will be held in the same venue, as part of a three-event stretch the company is calling “TKO Takeover.”
The UFC Fight Night event does not currently have a publicly-known main event. The upcoming card marks the first time the UFC has been to Kansas City since April 2023 when Max Holloway defeated Arnold Allen in a five-round unanimous decision headliner.
While the “TKO Takeover” branding may be new, UFC and WWE have headed to the same cities back-to-back on multiple occasions since the companies merged into TKO in 2023.
The current UFC Fight Night lineup for April 26 includes:
- Abus Magomedov vs. Michel Pereira
- Giga Chikadze vs. David Onama
- Ikram Aliskerov vs. Andre Muniz
- Anthony Smith vs. Mingyang Zhang
- Ahmad Hassanzada vs. Mitch Ramirez
- Jaqueline Amorim vs. Polyana Viana
- Cameron Saaiman vs. Malcolm Wellmaker
- Chelsea Chandler vs. Joselyne Edwards
- Jimmy Flick vs. Matt Schnell
For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC Fight Night.