UFC officially announces return to St. Louis

The UFC will touch down in St. Louis this year for only the second time in the promotion’s history.

The UFC is headed back to Missouri, and this time it’s St. Louis.

Thirteen months after the promotion held an event in Kansas City, the promotion will return to the state with a UFC Fight Night event May 11 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, it was announced Saturday during the UFC 299 broadcast. Eurosport NL first reported the location as a frontrunner.

The event marks the second time the promotion has held an event in St. Louis. The first event was a UFC Fight Night headlined by Jeremy Stephens vs. Doo Ho Choi in January 2018.

While no fights have been officially announced by the promotion, much of the lineup has surfaced from independent news sources in recent weeks. No main event has been revealed yet.

Although more fight announcements are still to come, the current lineup already has some local flavor with St. Louis natives Michael Johnson and Charles Johnson on the card.

The current UFC Fight Night lineup for May 11 includes:

  • Alonzo Menifield vs. Carlos Ulberg
  • Jared Gooden vs. Kevin Jousset
  • Tabatha Ricci vs. Tecia Torres
  • Matt Frevola vs. Michael Johnson
  • Jake Hadley vs. Charles Johnson
  • Terrance McKinney vs. Esteban Ribovics
  • Viacheslav Borshchev vs. Chase Hooper
  • Billy Goff vs. Trey Waters