Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott headline the UFC’s return to Edmonton. The No. 10 welterweight meets the No. 13 Canadian at Rogers Place on Saturday, October 17, 2026, on a Fight Night card billed Buckley vs Malott.
Buckley, listed at 21-8 and fighting out of St. Louis, brings named wins over Colby Covington, Stephen Thompson and Vicente Luque. Malott, 14-2-1 out of Fonthill, Ontario, is a Contender Series signee in his second UFC main event, with memorable victories the promotion lists over Gilbert Burns, Kevin Holland and Charles Radtke.
The co-main pairs No. 4 women’s flyweight Erin Blanchfield with No. 7 Jasmine Jasudavicius. Blanchfield, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt listed at 14-2 out of Elmwood Park, New Jersey, has submission wins the UFC names against Tracy Cortez, Jessica Andrade and Molly McCann. Jasudavicius, 15-4 out of Niagara, Ontario, enters off an April win over Karine Silva, with finishes also named against Jessica Andrade, Ariane da Silva and Priscila Cachoeira.
UFC’s August announcement put the main card at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and TVA Sports, with prelims at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT and early prelims on UFC Fight Pass at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT. The event page lists a 5:00 p.m. ET prelims window and an 8:00 p.m. ET main card.
Also listed: lightweight Mandel Nallo (14-4, 1 NC, Montreal) vs Nate Landwehr (18-8); middleweight Marc-Andre Barriault (17-11, 1 NC) vs Kyle Daukaus (17-5, 1 NC); hometown heavyweight Tanner Boser (22-11-1, Edmonton) vs Jhonata Diniz (9-2, Curitiba); Jamey-Lyn Horth (9-3, Squamish) vs former flyweight title challenger Katlyn Cerminara (18-6); No. 15 women’s bantamweight Melissa Croden (8-3, Calgary) vs Chelsea Chandler (7-4); Contender Series graduate Louis Jourdain (9-3, Montreal) making his UFC debut against Timmy Cuamba (10-4) at bantamweight; and, on the current event page, Julien Leblanc vs Gilbert Urbina at middleweight.
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