Matchup Roundup: New UFC and Bellator fights announced in the past week (Dec. 30-Jan. 5)

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

Calvin Kattar (right) shakes hands with Chris Fishgold (left) at UFC Moncton

UFC 248: March 7, Las Vegas

Bantamweight: Danaa Batgerel (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) vs. Guido Cannetti (8-4 MMA, 2-3 UFC)

Lightweight: Nik Lentz (30-10-2 MMA, 14-7-1 UFC) vs. Nad Narimani (12-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC)

Bantamweight: Sean O’Malley (10-0 MMA, 2-0 UFC) vs. Jose Quinonez (8-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) moved from UFC 247 (MMA Junkie)

Featherweight: Calvin Kattar (20-4 MMA, 4-2 UFC) vs. Jeremy Stephens (28-17 MMA, 15-15 UFC) (MMA Junkie)

UFC on ESPN+ 28: March 14, Brasilia, Brazil

Middleweight: With Brad Tavares out, Makhmud Muradov (24-6 MMA, 2-0 UFC) steps in to fight Antonio Carlos Junior (10-4 MMA, 7-4 UFC)

UFC on ESPN+ 29: March 21, London

Featherweight: Gabriel Benitez (21-7 MMA, 5-3 UFC) vs. Lerone Murphy (8-0-1 MMA, 0-0-1 UFC) (Daily Express)

Lightweight: Marc Diakiese (14-3 MMA, 5-3 UFC) vs. Stevie Ray (23-9 MMA, 7-4 UFC) (Daily Express)

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