UFC on ESPN 67: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo is set to take place today, May 3, 2025, at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.

This event marks the UFC’s return to Iowa for the first time since UFC 26 in 2000 .

🥊 Main Card UFC on ESPN 67 (ESPN/ESPN+ at 10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT)

• Bantamweight Main Event: Cory Sandhagen (17-5-0) vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (24-4-1)

• Middleweight Co-Main Event: Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal

• Welterweight Bout: Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Daniel Rodriguez

• Bantamweight Bout: Montel Jackson vs. Daniel Marcos

• Bantamweight Bout: Cameron Smotherman vs. Serhiy Sidey

• Lightweight Bout: Jeremy Stephens vs. Mason Jones .

🔥 UFC on ESPN 67 Preliminary Card  (ESPN/ESPN+ at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT)

• Women’s Bantamweight Bout: Yana Santos vs. Miesha Tate

• Middleweight Bout: Ryan Loder vs. Azamat Bekoev

• Women’s Strawweight Bout: Marina Rodriguez vs. Gillian Robertson

• Bantamweight Bout: Gaston Bolanos vs. Quang Le

• Heavyweight Bout: Thomas Petersen vs. Don’Tale Mayes

• Women’s Flyweight Bout: Juliana Miller vs. Ivana Petrovic 

UFC on ESPN All fighters successfully made weight, and the event is set to proceed as scheduled.

You can watch the event via UFC Fight Pass or through local broadcasters that carry ESPN content.

Main Event Breakdown UFC on ESPN 67

🥇 Cory Sandhagen vs. Deiveson Figueiredo (Bantamweight)

• Sandhagen: Dynamic striker with excellent movement, known for creative attacks and cardio.

• Figueiredo: Former Flyweight champ, now moving up to Bantamweight—powerful, aggressive, and dangerous on the ground.

• Storyline: A win here could put either fighter into title contention at 135 lbs.

🥈 Co-Main Event: Reinier de Ridder vs. Bo Nickal (Middleweight)

• de Ridder: Former ONE Championship double champ (MW/LHW), elite grappler.

• Nickal: NCAA wrestling phenom with a fast rise in the UFC, still relatively new to MMA.

• What to Watch: Ground battle of elite grapplers—one from BJJ, one from wrestling.