UFC Winnipeg predictions

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - OCTOBER 18: Mike Malott prepares to face Kevin Holland in a welterweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at Rogers Arena on October 18, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC) Mike Malott, you’re just the third Canadian ever—along with Georges St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald—to headline a UFC event in your native country, you’re it’s current best hope to contend for a championship, and you’re expected to dominate a longtime welterweight contender or see your hype train be derailed forever. No pressure.

Saturday’s UFC Winnipeg headliners have no illusions about what this fight means to them; for Malott, a win over Gilbert Burns would by far be the most meaningful of his 17-fight pro run; for Burns, he’s out to prove there’s still something left in the tank after losing his past four fights and that he’s not just a stepping stone for the current generation of welterweight stars. Objectively speaking, tonight’s card is on the weaker side if we’re comparing it to the UFC’s usual non-numbered road show fare, but the stakes at the top of the card couldn’t be higher for Malott and Burns at this stage of their careers. In other main card action, Charles Jourdain continues his resurgent bantamweight campaign when he fights Kyler Phillips, Bellator veteran Mandel Nallo makes his long-awaited UFC debut as he takes on Jai Herbert in a lightweight contest, flyweight contender Jasmine Jasudavicius looks to bounce back from a streak-busting loss as she fights Karine Silva, and lightweight veteran Thiago Moises faces Gauge Young.

What: UFC Winnipeg Where: Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada When: Saturday, April 18. The seven-fight early preliminary card begins at 5 p. m.

ET, followed by a five-fight main card at 8 p. m. ET.