Everything you need to know as Britain's Arnold Allen returns to the Octagon against rising contender Melquizael Costa at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Despite suffering a decision loss at the hands of Jean Silva in his most recent outing, Allen remains one of the most popular fighters at featherweight and is ranked #7 in the world at 145lbs.
On Saturday the Ipswich-born striker will headline a UFC event for the third time in his career when he faces the Brazilian Costa over five rounds.
The 29-year-old is currently riding a six-fight win streak in the UFC, and won a performance of the night bonus for his first round finish of perennial contender Dan Ige in February.
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Costa - All you need to know
Date
This weekend's UFC event topped by Arnold Allen vs Melquizael Costa will take place on Saturday 14th June 2026 at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada USA.
Start time
The preliminary card for UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Costa is scheduled to get underway around 22:00 BST (14:00 PDT local time) with Ireland's Shauna Bannon taking on Nicolle Caliari.
The main event of Arnold Allen vs Melquizael Costa is expected to get underway at around 03:30 BST in the early hours of Sunday morning for UK fans, or 20:30 PDT local time.
Venue
UFC Fight Night: Allen vs Costa is set to be hosted at the UFC's home, the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Full Fight Card
Weight class | Fight |
Main Card | |
Featherweight | Arnold Allen vs Melquizael Costa |
Featherweight | Choi Doo-ho vs Daniel Santos |
Bantamweight | Malcolm Wellmaker vs Juan Diaz |
Light Heavyweight | Modestas Bukauskas vs Rodolfo Bellato |
Bantamweight | Timothy Cuamba vs Bernardo Sopaj |
Preliminary card | |
Light Heavyweight | Tuco Tokkos vs Ivan Erslan |
Women’s Bantamweight | Ketlen Vieira vs Jacqueline Cavalcanti |
Middleweight | Cody Brundage vs Andre Petroski |
Women’s Strawweight | Alice Ardelean vs Polyana Viana |
Flyweight | Daniel Barez vs Luis Gurule |
Welterweight | Khaos Williams vs Nikolay Veretennikov |
Women’s Strawweight | Shauna Bannon vs Nicolle Caliari |
* Card correct as of 12 May
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