Fun fights are going down this summer.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is returning to “Music City” in two months on Sat., July 12, 2025, for

UFC Nashville

and it’s bringing along a pretty fun fight card.

The

main event for the card

has already been announced as former two-time UFC Heavyweight title challenger,

Derrick Lewis

, takes on surging, undefeated Brazilian prospect

Tallison Teixeira

.

Yesterday, the promotion announced some more fights to fill out the card, and here they are:


Chris Curtis

is dropping down to Welterweight after 10 fights at Middleweight, and UFC veteran

Max Griffin

will welcome him to the division.

Curtis (31-12) is coming off a literal last-second, controversial headkick knockout loss to

Roman Kopylov

at UFC Vegas 101 (

watch highlights

) and is riding a two-fight losing streak.

Griffin (20-11) got submitted by

Michael Chiesa

in his last outing at

UFC 310

(

watch highlights

) and has alternated wins and losses in his previous six fights.

In another Welterweight bout,

Chidi Njokuani

collides with Australia’s

Jake Matthews

.

After losing three straight fights, Njokuani (25-10) is now riding a three-fight win streak with his most recent win coming against

Elizeu Zaleski

via knockout (

watch highlights

).

Matthews (21-7) is riding a two-fight win streak with his most recent win coming against

Francisco Prado

at

UFC 312

.

UFC newbie

Ateba Gautier

a.k.a “

Mini Ngannou

,” makes his second appearance inside the Octagon against a The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) finalist,

Robert Valentin

.

Gautier (7-1) turned heads in his UFC debut by absolutely destroying

Jose Medina

in the first round at

UFC Mexico City

(

watch highlights

).

Valentin (10-5) will be looking to score his first UFC win in “Music City.” The Swiss fighter was submitted in his UFC debut, losing the TUF finals, and then lost his most recent fight by

getting out-grappled in an absolute snoozer

against

Torrez Finney

.

Here is what UFC Nashville looks like now:

Derrick Lewis vs. Tallison Teixeira

Calvin Kattar vs. Steve Garcia

Lauren Murphy vs. Eduarda Moura

Fatima Kline vs. Melissa Martinez

Vitor Petrino vs. Austen Lane

Chris Curtis vs. Max Griffin

Jake Matthews vs. Chidi Njokuani

Robert Valentin vs. Ateba Gautier

Junior Tafa vs. Tuco Tokkos