UFC Oklahoma City Gets a Surprise New Fight!

What’s Happening?

The UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship — a big mixed martial arts, or MMA, fighting league) is adding a brand-new fight to its event in Oklahoma City at the very last minute!

This Saturday, the UFC is going to the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. Here’s what we know:

• The main event is a middleweight fight (a weight class for fighters around 185 lbs) between:
  • Dricus du Plessis (a former champion)
  • Kamaru Usman (a former champion from a lighter weight class called welterweight)
• On Tuesday, MMA Fighting (a news website about fighting) confirmed a late-added fight on the undercard (the smaller fights before the main event).
• The new fight is between two undefeated (never lost) young fighters:
  • Damien Anderson
  • Ezra Elliott
• They will fight in the featherweight division (fighters around 145 lbs).
• A person named Marcel Dorff was the first to share this news on social media (on X, formerly Twitter).

Meet Damien Anderson

Here are some simple facts about Damien Anderson:

• He is 29 years old and comes from Texas.
• His record is 5 wins and 0 losses (written as 5-0).
• Every time he has won, he finished the fight early (called a "stoppage") — meaning he didn’t go to a judge’s decision.
• He mostly fought in a smaller league called Fury FC.
• He is also really good at grappling (wrestling-style fighting on the ground) and even competed in a UFC grappling event in 2024.
• In his latest fight, he made Hondo Gutierrez give up using a "kneebar" (a leg lock that hurts the knee) at CFFC 150.

Meet Ezra Elliott

Now let’s look at Ezra Elliott:

• He is 26 years old and is from Arizona.
• He trains at a gym called MMA Lab.
• His record is 7 wins and 0 losses (7-0).
• Just like Anderson, all of his wins came by stoppage (early finish).
• His most recent win was over Ashtin Canigla at RUF 68 in May.

Other Cool Fights on the Card

Besides the big main event and the new Anderson vs. Elliott fight, there’s another important match:

• The co-main event (the second biggest fight of the night) is also in the middleweight division.
• It is between:
  • Jared Cannonier
  • Christian Leroy Duncan

Important Point: A "late addition" means the UFC added this fight only a few days before the event — so fans get a bonus match between two undefeated prospects!

Summary

To wrap it up:

• UFC Oklahoma City is this Saturday at Paycom Center.
• Main event: Dricus du Plessis vs. Kamaru Usman (middleweights).
• Late-added undercard fight: Damien Anderson (5-0) vs. Ezra Elliott (7-0) at featherweight.
• Both new fighters are young, undefeated, and have only won by early stoppage.
• Co-main event: Jared Cannonier vs. Christian Leroy Duncan (middleweights).

FAQ

1. What does "undefeated" mean?
It means the fighter has never lost a professional MMA fight — their win-loss record has zero losses.

2. What is a "stoppage" in MMA?
It’s when a fight ends early without the judges deciding, usually because one fighter wins by knockout, submission (making the other give up), or the referee stops it.

3. What is an undercard?
These are the fights that happen before the main event at a UFC show. They are still real fights, just not the headline match.

4. Why is this fight called a "late addition"?
Because it was added to the event only on Tuesday — just days before Saturday’s event.

5. What weight is featherweight?
Featherweight is a division for lighter fighters, usually around 145 pounds.