{"id":163401,"date":"2026-08-11T05:32:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/163401\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T05:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T05:32:31","slug":"ufc-edmonton-four-new-fights-added-to-october-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/163401\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Edmonton: Four new fights added to October event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 10, 2026, 6:50 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The UFC&#8217;s upcoming event in Edmonton is filling up quickly with Canadian fighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Monday, the promotion officially announced the addition of four matchups for UFC Fight Night 291 taking place at Rogers Center in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Oct. 17, each featuring a Canadian fighter: Marc-Andre Barriault, Tanner Boser, Melissa Croden, and Jamey-Lyn Horth. The event is headlined by a welterweight matchup between Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a middleweight bout, Barriault (17-11 MMA, 6-10 UFC) takes on Kyle Daukaus. Barriault will aim to get on track after back-to-back losses to Shara Magomedov and Michal Oleksiejczuk, while Daukaus (17-5 MMA, 4-5 UFC) looks to rebound from a loss against <a data-autotag=\"f4a8aea0-16e6-4619-8db3-1430ae967a48\" href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/fighters\/bo-nickal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bo Nickal<\/a> at UFC Freedom 250.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At heavyweight, Boser (22-11-1 MMA, 5-6 UFC) looks for the first win in his second UFC stint, following a loss to Gokhan Saricam in April. He takes on Jhonata Diniz (9-2 MMA, 3-2 UFC), who was stopped by Mario Pinto in October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In a women&#8217;s flyweight bout, Horth (9-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) seeks redemption after a decision loss to JJ Aldrich in April. She faces former title challenger Katlyn Cerminara (18-6 MMA, 11-6 UFC), who returns to action for the first time since March 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At women&#8217;s bantamweight, Croden (8-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) looks to keep the momentum going after a unanimous decision win over Darya Zheleznyakova. Her opponent is Chelsea Chandler (7-4 MMA, 3-3 UFC), who also won her last fight, submitting Priscila Cacoeira in the first round in June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the addition, the current UFC Fight Night 291 lineup includes:<\/p>\n<p>Joaquin Buckley vs. Mike MalottErin Blanchfield vs. Jasmine JasudaviciusTimmy Cuamba vs. Louis JourdainNate Landwehr vs. Mandel NalloMarc-Andre Barriault vs. Kyle DaukausTanner Boser vs. Jhonata DinizKatlyn Cerminara vs. Jamey-Lyn HorthChelsea Chandler vs. Melissa Croden<img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/86527193007-ufc-320-t-mobile-arena-las-vegas-prefight-octagon-no-fans-crowd-2-via-ufc.png\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aug. 10, 2026, 6:50 p.m. ET The UFC&#8217;s upcoming event in Edmonton is filling up quickly with Canadian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":163402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[4363,52,52541,52542,52543,52544,6854,52545,4771,4375,52546,4366],"class_list":["post-163401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-accessfree","tag-edmonton","tag-sourcemma-junkie","tag-sstssportsufc","tag-sstsnufc","tag-tagbo-nickal","tag-tagcanada","tag-tagmartial-arts","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagufc-freedom-250","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}