Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Dec. 23-29)

All the UFC and Bellator fight announcements that were broken or confirmed by MMA Junkie in the past week.

Greg Hardy. (USA TODAY Sports)

UFC on ESPN 8: March 28, Columbus

Heavyweight: Yorgan De Castro (6-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Greg Hardy (5-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

Light heavyweight: Sam Alvey (33-13 MMA, 10-8 UFC) vs. Khalil Rountree (8-4 MMA, 4-4 UFC)

Bantamweight: Davey Grant (11-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC) vs. Louis Smolka (16-6 MMA, 7-6 UFC)

Women’s strawweight: Mizuki Inoue (14-5 MMA, 1-0 UFC) vs. Tecia Torres (10-5 MMA, 6-5 UFC)

UFC TBA: April 11, TBA

Middleweight: Alessio Di Chirico (12-4 MMA, 3-4 UFC) vs. Abu Azaitar (14-1-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC)

Women’s bantamweight: Julia Avila (7-1 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Karol Rosa (12-3 MMA, 1-0 UFC) (Combate)

UFC 249: April 18, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Middleweight: Uriah Hall (15-9 MMA, 8-7 UFC) vs. Ronaldo Souza (26-8-1 MMA, 8-5 UFC) (ESPN)

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