UFC veterans in MMA action Dec. 21-24

This week, the UFC officially begins its holiday season following the final pay-per-view event of the year.

UFC 296 took place at T-Mobile Arena last weekend, where welterweight champion Leon Edwards defended his throne against Colby Covington and flyweight champion Alexandre Pantoja retained his title by defeating Brandon Royval.

Elsewhere, many other combat sports events are taking place that feature several familiar names that have competed under the UFC banner.

Check out which veterans of the global MMA leader are competing Dec. 21-24.

Scroll below to see how the UFC veterans fared last week, and see the names and details of this weekend’s competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

Last week's results

• Humberto Bandenay: Submission win vs. Welinton Benvenutti at FFC 70

• Aleksei Oleinik: Submission win vs. Fernando Rodrigues Jr. at RCC 17

• Maxim Grishin: Unanimous decision win vs. Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly at RCC 17

• Jose Torres: TKO loss vs. Nkosi Ndebele at Brave CF 80

• Anthony Pettis: Unanimous decision win vs. Benson Henderson at Karate Combat 43 (karate)

• Benson Henderson: Unanimous decision loss vs. Anthony Pettis at Karate Combat 43 (karate)

• Sam Alvey: Unanimous decision win vs. Ross Levine at Karate Combat 43 (karate)

• Trevin Jones: Unanimous decision loss vs. Roberto Hernandez at Cage Warriors 165

• Shane Campbell: TKO win vs. Darrell Horcher at Unified MMA 54

• Darrell Horcher: TKO loss vs. Shane Campbell at Unified MMA 54

• Reginaldo Vieira: TKO loss vs. Naertai Kezibayi at JCK Fight Night 76

• Rony Jason: Submission win vs. Tariel Abbasov at FNC 14

• Marco Beltran: Split decision loss vs. Darko Banovic at FNC 14

• Pawel Pawlak: Unanimous decision win vs. Michal Materla at KSW 89

• Marcin Held: TKO loss vs. Raul Tutarauli at KSW 89

• Viktor Pesta: Split decision loss vs. Szymon Bajor at KSW 89

• Charles Rosa: TKO win vs. Andrew Sosa at LeLeo Code MMA

Carls John de Tomas (10-3 MMA, 0-2 UFC)

Will Chope (42-20 MMA, 0-1 UFC)

• Next fight: Dec. 23 vs. Samat Mamedov at Octagon 53

• Last MMA fight: TKO loss vs. Islam Dulatov at Sparta Championship Fighting 3 on Oct. 7, 2023

• Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Max Holloway at UFC Fight Night 34 on Jan. 4, 2014

• Record since UFC exit: 23-14 MMA, 3-5 bareknuckle boxing, 0-1 lethwei, 0-1 boxing, 0-1 muay Thai

Yusuke Kasuya (13-7-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC)

• Next fight: Dec. 24 vs. Tatsuya Saika at Pancrase 340

• Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision win vs. Kazuki Kasai at Pancrase 333 on April 30, 2023

• Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Alexander Volkanovski at UFC Fight Night 101 on Nov. 26, 2016

• Record since UFC exit: 4-4

Yuki Kondo (64-39-9 MMA, 1-2 UFC)

Albert Tumenov (23-4 MMA, 5-3 UFC)

Anderson Dos Santos (25-11 MMA, 1-3 UFC)

Levan Makashvili (20-7-1 MMA, 1-1-1 UFC)

Story originally appeared on MMA Junkie