Among them, the return of English star Michael “Venom” Page (25-3), who will stay with the welterweight division to take on Nursulton Ruziboev (37-9-2, 2NC).

UFC officials announced that booking, and several more, on social media on Wednesday. The additional fights include:

• Kurtis Campbell vs. Trevor Peek
• Mario Pinto vs. Ryan Spann
• Losene Keita vs. Muhammad Naimov
• Nora Cornolle vs. Klaudia Syguła
• Oumar Sy vs. Modestas Bukauskas

Page has split his time between welterweight and middleweight since arriving in the UFC from Bellator a few years back. A former title contender in that promotion, Page is 4-1 under the UFC banner and holds wins over Shara Bullet, Jared Cannonier, and Kevin Holland. His lone loss in the promotion came to Ian Machado Garry at UFC 303 in June 2024; Garry is now set to fight for welterweight gold next month.

Last time out, he returned to 170lbs to pick up a victory over Sam Patterson.

Uzbek Ruziboev is 5-1 under the UFC banner thus far, and has won three straight bouts inside the octagon. His lone loss in the company came in a welterweight bout against Joaquin Buckley, after which he returned to 185lbs. It’s another trip down to welterweight for Ruziboev here.

No main event has been announced for UFC Paris, which takes place on September 5, 2026 at the Accor Arena in Paris, France.

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“I’m so happy but I’m still a little upset, because I didn’t do what I should,” Sygula (8-2) told media outlets including Cageside Press following the bout, at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. “I should finish this fight before the time. But I’m so happy that I won, it means a lot to me.”

Before the fight, said Sygula, she felt she could knock Cachoeira out, or submit her. “During the fight, I knew that it would be not easy, because I had a little problem to take her down. So I decided to stay in striking, and she’s also tough, so it’s not easy to knock her out. I tried, but not this time.”

She’d later tell Cageside Press that she doesn’t have a name in mind for her next fight. She has faith in the promotion, and will leave that up to the matchmakers.

“You know, I think that UFC has a plan for me, and I believe in UFC. What name I will give? Okay, I’m prepared and I’m going to fight. I don’t choose opponents, it’s not important to me. For me, [what’s] important is to train, to make progress, to develop myself, and in every fight show that I’m just doing a good job.”

Sygula, who started her career in Europe, also spoke of making the jump from European regional MMA to the world’s largest mixed martial arts promotion. And it seems there’s quite a difference.

“I think that we can’t compare European fights to UFC. It’s a totally different level, totally different. Even [the] organization, everything is different,” stated Sygula.

“I think that being here requires preparing. Not only preparing in training, but also mental preparation. I remember that doing my debut, I thought that ‘oh it’s so easy, just a fight like everyone else. Nothing different.’ But it’s totally different, and I think every fighter who is here has to be prepared,” she continued. “Being here too fast is also not good. You have to be prepared to be in this place, and you have to put everything [one the table], do everything to be here and stay here. Not [just] give one fight and then be cut from the UFC.”

Watch the full UFC Vegas 113 post-fight press conference with Klaudia Sygula above.

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The preliminary show opener fought Sygula coming off the first win of her UFC run, with the Polish fighter 1-1 in the promotion to date. Cachoeira, with over twice as many fights as a pro, was entering her 13th UFC contest.

The newly named “Meta Apex” played host to the card, with expanded seating to allow a small smattering of fans to witness the action in person.

The hard-hitting Cachoeira took some big swings early in the fight, with plenty of back-and-forth in the opening minute. Sygula was happy to answer back, mixing in the occasional kick. Punches in bunches as well as single strikes flowed from both women, with Cachoeira more often the fighter pushing forward. Near the midway mark, one solid overhand got Sygula retreating, but she quickly regrouped. Cachoeira, meanwhile, was wearing a bit of blood around her nose.

A couple of minutes into round two, with more back-and-forth, And Sygula was showing some of her own damage. Cachoeira, meanwhile, was even more bloodied, but she stopped Sygula in her tracks, momentarily, with a jab. Sygula fired a big, looping right hook that missed. The pair exchanged fire, Cachoeira’s own hook just landing. Cachoeira stumbled off a knee, briefly going down, though it didn’t seem to be an actual knockdown.

Round three opened with Cachoeira holding center, and Sygula working from the outside. The very real possibility loomed that it was still anybody’s fight, meaning it might just come down to who wanted it more. Cachoeira was still showing more damage to her face, but both women had been bloodied.

The tit-for-tat battle continued as the third round played out, with both Sygula and Cachoeira having their moments. The bloodied “Zombie Girl” Cachoeira, has she had throughout the fight, was more likely to be leading the attacks, but Sygula had overtaken her in terms of volume. At the end of the round, Cachoeira dumped her opponent off a caught kick, finishing the fight on top.

Between the damage on Cachoeira and the volume of Klaudia Sygula, it’s clear how the judges viewed this one.

Official Result: Klaudia Sygula def. Priscila Cachoeira by unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

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Aleskeeva (5-2) won her UFC debut in 2023 before dropping her next fight against Melissa Mullins in October. Now with a few months to train she returned to fight at Baku against Sygula.

Sygula (6-2) made her UFC debut against Melissa Mullins last November on short notice. Now with a full camp she faced Alekseeva in Azerbaijan.

Round 1 Sygula came out on a mission to land big shots and get a knockout. Alekseeva ate a bunch of shots early and then began firing back. Sygula would throw a big shot and Alekseeva would try to rush back and land herself.

Alekseeva seemed to just stomp forward throwing wild shots as Sygula would back up and land counters. Sygula kept landing overhand rights clean over and over again.

Clearly Sygula showed up with a chip on her shoulder and looking for a knockout.

Round 2 the ladies took no time to get to it with Alekseeva throwing a flurry and Sygula firing back one of her own. They both threw those combinations on repeat until Sygula landed a low shot forcing a time. out from the ref.

No point taken away from Sygula as it was the second low kick of the fight. Alekseeva stomped forward throwing heavy and sitting on her shots. Sygula’s movement didn’t allow for much landing clean.

Once again constant flurries from both women with Sygula seemingly getting the better of the exchanges. Alekseeva would try to pressure Sygula to the cage and then cutting off any escape to land her combos. Sygula did well to not throw too many single shots. Everything was a combination.

Alekseeva ended the round very aggressively in the last minute, but it was still a very close round.

Round 3 Sygula got a bit more aggressive with the pressure before she Alekseeva blitzed her with shots and then looked for a takedown. Instead ended up clinchign Sygula on the fence looking to land shots in close and find her takedown.

Sygula didn’t allow it circling around the fence and getting away.

A big shot dropped Alekseeva who went to the body clinch looking for a takedown, but Sygula instead was the one who got the fight down. Landing shots in close and Alekseeva seemed to not have much to offer off her back to get up.

Sygula got to full mount with 60 seconds left in the fight and Alekseeva’s last gasp was looking for reversal, but she had nothing left there.

The fight ended with Sygula landing damage on Alekseeva as the seconds ticked away.

Official Result: Klaudia Sygula def. Irina Alekseeva via Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)

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Mullins had missed weight for the fight on Friday, the second consecutive weight miss for the British fighter.

Saturday’s Fight Night card, not exactly the deepest of events, marked the 100th Fight Night show held at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas since the coming and going of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the first round, it was a feeling-out process for the first bit of the fight. Mullins was the one coming forward and Syguła was touching her with some pop shots. Syguła would clinch up with Mullins and push her to the cage. She used the head and arm throw to sneak to the back of Mullins standing. Mullins was able to work in double underhooks and get the takedown away from the cage. Mullins would land some short right hands while in half-guard. She would move to mount and land some heavy ground and pound in the last ten seconds.

In round two, the action started with Syguła coming forward but eating some clubbing blows by Mullins. Syguła got overzealous and walked into another bodylock takedown. This time Mullins was able to move into mount with much more time left on the clock. Mullins was landing a lot of unanswered punches. She did a great job controlling the wrist with one hand and unloading with the other. Syguła was not getting out and the ref would step in.

Official Result: Melissa Mullins def. Klaudia Syguła by TKO (ground n’ pound), round 2, 1:20

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Klaudia Syguła
Standing at five-foot-eight
Fighting at 135 lbs (bantamweight)
25-years-old
Fighting out of Łódź, Poland
Training out of Ankos MMA Poznań
A pro record of 6-1
2 KO/TKOs, 1 Submission
Pro comp; Juliana Miller

How Sygula will fare in the UFC

Syguła is taking this fight on short notice in a unexpected signing. Syguła has been active fighting every year and fighting in some custom bouts. She had a good amount of amateur fights as well going 5-4. Her only loss as a professional was her pro debut to PFL‘s Karolina Sobek. The loss isn’t aging well as Sobek has lost her last three. She doesn’t have any notable wins and half of her losses are to fighters with losing records.

On the feet, Syguła is more volume than anything. That volume doesn’t mean a whole lot if you don’t have any power. And while Syguła does lack power, her hand speed is pretty slow as well. She’s basically touching her opponents and in a ruleset that favors damage more than anything, Syguła isn’t dealing that. Defensively she’s slow and doesn’t move her head. She stands tall so she’s open to the body shots.

Syguła is a BJJ purple belt and it’s where she does her best work. She doesn’t have any traditional wrestling skills. She does do a great job of using her cage wrestling to get the takedowns. Syguła does very well at creating trips and using knee traps to get the fight down. She’s capable of finding a submission or landing enough GNP for the TKO. So far she’s easily been able to move through guard into a dominant position but mostly against girls that are clueless off her back. What’s going to hurt her is her lack of physicality. She can move well on the mat but when it comes to holding a position she has trouble. That also shows in her takedown defense.

Overall, I see Sygula struggling to get wins in the UFC. She is only 25 and has a skillset to build off of. She is better at 135 compared to 145 where she was fighting at. Even at 135 it just seems like she’d be at a physical disadvantage against almost anyone. Syguła needed more time outside the UFC and I think it will show in her UFC run.

How she matches up against Mullins

Mullins is a heavy 135er (missed weight last fight, and for this one) and that’s not great for Sygula. I only see Sygula winning if she can catch Mullins in a sub. On the feet Mullins is going to be more physical and what she lands will be harder. Sygula will want to use her grappling but Mullins, again, is likely to be more physical and that is where Mullins is best.

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