MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 28: Brandon Moreno of Mexico prepares to face Lone'er Kavanagh of England in a flyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Arena CDMX on February 28, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Noche UFC 2026 has officially been announced for Saturday, September 12th at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona and will features two Mexican former champions. The annual Mexican Independence Day tradition started in 2023 and has quickly become a popular series of events, stacked high with some of the UFC’s best Mexican talent. The debut Noche UFC featured then-women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso, while the second Noche UFC was held at the Sphere. Noche UFC 3 was supposed to be the first Noche actually held in Mexico, but construction delays on Arena Guadalajara pushed them north of the border to Texas. On Saturday night during UFC Oklahoma City, the UFC confirmed the fourth Noche UFC in Arizona and announced six fights for the card including two previous beltholders in former men’s flyweight champion Brandon Moreno and former women’s flyweight champion Alexa Grasso. #NocheUFC is coming to Glendale, AZ! 📺 @paramountplus pic.twitter.com/hTTr35B88r — UFC on Paramount+ (@UFConParamount) July 19, 2026 The full list of fights announced: Alexa Grasso vs. Manon Fiorot Brandon Moreno vs. Joseph Morales Waldo Cortes Acosta vs. Curtis Blaydes Kelvin Gastelum vs. Yousri Belgaroui Tim Elliott vs. Edgar Chairez JJ Aldrich vs. Regina Tarin MORE #NocheUFC bouts 🇲🇽 LIVE September 12 on @ParamountPlus! pic.twitter.com/uGUIlIUFZu — UFC (@ufc) July 19, 2026 According to commentators on the UFC Oklahoma City broadcast, the main event for Noche UFC 2026 has yet to be announced and will be revealed in the next week. Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, June 31st. September 12th will be a busy night for Dana White as he’ll be overseeing Zuffa Boxing’s big Ryan Garcia vs. Conor Benn event in Las Vegas, Nevada while Noche UFC goes down in Glendale, Arizona. This is the second year in a row that TKO is counter-programming itself. Last year, Noche UFC 3 headlined by Diego Lopes vs. Jean Silva was overshadowed by the big Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford boxing superfight.