Fantasy · never booked

Fantasy matchups

Fights that have never been made, between fighters who are ranked right now. Every pairing below is two currently ranked fighters who have never met in the Octagon — run through the same statistical reads we use on real cards, with the betting market taken out, because there is no market on a fight nobody has booked.

None of this is a pick. Nothing here is timestamped against a result, nothing here is graded, and none of it counts towards our public record. For the fights that are real and the calls we can be held to, start at this week's card.

Flyweight

6 matchups that have never happened

Joshua Van vs Manel Kape

Flyweight champion · #2 at Flyweight

Alexandre Pantoja vs Tatsuro Taira

#1 at Flyweight · #4 at Flyweight

Alexandre Pantoja vs Kyoji Horiguchi

#1 at Flyweight · #5 at Flyweight

Manel Kape vs Tatsuro Taira

#2 at Flyweight · #4 at Flyweight

Brandon Royval vs Kyoji Horiguchi

#3 at Flyweight · #5 at Flyweight

Tatsuro Taira vs Kyoji Horiguchi

#4 at Flyweight · #5 at Flyweight

Bantamweight

5 matchups that have never happened

Merab Dvalishvili vs Song Yadong

#1 at Bantamweight · #3 at Bantamweight

Merab Dvalishvili vs Mario Bautista

#1 at Bantamweight · #5 at Bantamweight

Sean O'Malley vs Umar Nurmagomedov

#2 at Bantamweight · #4 at Bantamweight

Sean O'Malley vs Mario Bautista

#2 at Bantamweight · #5 at Bantamweight

Song Yadong vs Mario Bautista

#3 at Bantamweight · #5 at Bantamweight

Featherweight

2 matchups that have never happened

Diego Lopes vs Aljamain Sterling

#2 at Featherweight · #4 at Featherweight

Aljamain Sterling vs Jean Silva

#4 at Featherweight · #5 at Featherweight

Lightweight

7 matchups that have never happened

Justin Gaethje vs Arman Tsarukyan

Lightweight champion · #2 at Lightweight

Ilia Topuria vs Arman Tsarukyan

#1 at Lightweight · #2 at Lightweight

Ilia Topuria vs Paddy Pimblett

#1 at Lightweight · #5 at Lightweight

Arman Tsarukyan vs Max Holloway

#2 at Lightweight · #4 at Lightweight

Arman Tsarukyan vs Paddy Pimblett

#2 at Lightweight · #5 at Lightweight

Charles Oliveira vs Paddy Pimblett

#3 at Lightweight · #5 at Lightweight

Max Holloway vs Paddy Pimblett

#4 at Lightweight · #5 at Lightweight

Welterweight

8 matchups that have never happened

Islam Makhachev vs Carlos Prates

Welterweight champion · #2 at Welterweight

Islam Makhachev vs Michael Morales

Welterweight champion · #3 at Welterweight

Ian Machado Garry vs Michael Morales

#1 at Welterweight · #3 at Welterweight

Ian Machado Garry vs Jack Della Maddalena

#1 at Welterweight · #4 at Welterweight

Ian Machado Garry vs Gabriel Bonfim

#1 at Welterweight · #5 at Welterweight

Carlos Prates vs Michael Morales

#2 at Welterweight · #3 at Welterweight

Carlos Prates vs Gabriel Bonfim

#2 at Welterweight · #5 at Welterweight

Michael Morales vs Jack Della Maddalena

#3 at Welterweight · #4 at Welterweight

Middleweight

7 matchups that have never happened

Khamzat Chimaev vs Nassourdine Imavov

#1 at Middleweight · #3 at Middleweight

Khamzat Chimaev vs Brendan Allen

#1 at Middleweight · #4 at Middleweight

Khamzat Chimaev vs Caio Borralho

#1 at Middleweight · #5 at Middleweight

Dricus Du Plessis vs Nassourdine Imavov

#2 at Middleweight · #3 at Middleweight

Dricus Du Plessis vs Brendan Allen

#2 at Middleweight · #4 at Middleweight

Dricus Du Plessis vs Caio Borralho

#2 at Middleweight · #5 at Middleweight

Brendan Allen vs Caio Borralho

#4 at Middleweight · #5 at Middleweight

Light Heavyweight

4 matchups that have never happened

Carlos Ulberg vs Magomed Ankalaev

Light Heavyweight champion · #1 at Light Heavyweight

Carlos Ulberg vs Alex Pereira

Light Heavyweight champion · #3 at Light Heavyweight

Magomed Ankalaev vs Jiri Prochazka

#1 at Light Heavyweight · #2 at Light Heavyweight

Magomed Ankalaev vs Khalil Rountree Jr.

#1 at Light Heavyweight · #4 at Light Heavyweight

Heavyweight

5 matchups that have never happened

Ciryl Gane vs Sergei Pavlovich

#1 at Heavyweight · #3 at Heavyweight

Ciryl Gane vs Josh Hokit

#1 at Heavyweight · #4 at Heavyweight

Ciryl Gane vs Curtis Blaydes

#1 at Heavyweight · #5 at Heavyweight

Alexander Volkov vs Josh Hokit

#2 at Heavyweight · #4 at Heavyweight

Sergei Pavlovich vs Josh Hokit

#3 at Heavyweight · #4 at Heavyweight

Women's Strawweight

7 matchups that have never happened

Mackenzie Dern vs Zhang Weili

Women's Strawweight champion · #1 at Women's Strawweight

Mackenzie Dern vs Tatiana Suarez

Women's Strawweight champion · #2 at Women's Strawweight

Zhang Weili vs Virna Jandiroba

#1 at Women's Strawweight · #3 at Women's Strawweight

Zhang Weili vs Denise Gomes

#1 at Women's Strawweight · #4 at Women's Strawweight

Tatiana Suarez vs Virna Jandiroba

#2 at Women's Strawweight · #3 at Women's Strawweight

Tatiana Suarez vs Denise Gomes

#2 at Women's Strawweight · #4 at Women's Strawweight

Virna Jandiroba vs Denise Gomes

#3 at Women's Strawweight · #4 at Women's Strawweight

Women's Flyweight

3 matchups that have never happened

Valentina Shevchenko vs Natalia Silva

Women's Flyweight champion · #1 at Women's Flyweight

Natalia Silva vs Manon Fiorot

#1 at Women's Flyweight · #3 at Women's Flyweight

Natalia Silva vs Erin Blanchfield

#1 at Women's Flyweight · #4 at Women's Flyweight

Women's Bantamweight

8 matchups that have never happened

Kayla Harrison vs Raquel Pennington

Women's Bantamweight champion · #2 at Women's Bantamweight

Kayla Harrison vs Joselyne Edwards

Women's Bantamweight champion · #3 at Women's Bantamweight

Julianna Pena vs Joselyne Edwards

#1 at Women's Bantamweight · #3 at Women's Bantamweight

Julianna Pena vs Norma Dumont

#1 at Women's Bantamweight · #4 at Women's Bantamweight

Julianna Pena vs Ailin Perez

#1 at Women's Bantamweight · #5 at Women's Bantamweight

Raquel Pennington vs Joselyne Edwards

#2 at Women's Bantamweight · #3 at Women's Bantamweight

Raquel Pennington vs Norma Dumont

#2 at Women's Bantamweight · #4 at Women's Bantamweight

Raquel Pennington vs Ailin Perez

#2 at Women's Bantamweight · #5 at Women's Bantamweight

Why these pairings and not others? The list is built from the current official rankings — each division's champion and its top fifteen — and then everything the record books already answer is removed: if two of them have already fought in the UFC, there is a real result to read instead, so the pairing is dropped. What is left is the set of fights the sport has not settled. Want any other two fighters side by side, booked or not? The build-your-own head-to-head takes any pair we hold data on.