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The UFC heads back to its hometown of Las Vegas following Saturday’s UFC 315 pay-per-view card. The next UFC event on the promotion’s 2025 schedule is UFC Vegas 106, a UFC Fight Night card headlined by a welterweight matchup between former welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns and the undefeated Michael Morales.
UFC Vegas 106 Main Card
Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales
Paul Craig vs. Rodolfo Bellato
Sodiq Yusuff vs. Mairon Santos
Dustin Stoltzfus vs. Nursulton Ruziboev
Julian Erosa vs. Melquizael Costa
UFC Vegas 106 Preliminary Card
Gabriel Green vs. Matheus Camilo
Jared Gordon vs. Thiago Moisés
Luana Santos vs. Tainara Lisboa
Elise Reed vs. Denise Gomes
Park Hyun-sung vs. Carlos Hernandez
Tecia Pennington vs. Luana Pinheiro
Yadier Del Valle vs. Connor Matthews
UFC Vegas 106 Main Event: Gilbert Burns Vs. Michael Morales
Burns (22-8) is the No. 8 competitor in the official UFC welterweight rankings. Burns had won six straight when he battled then-UFC welterweight champ Kamaru Usman in February 2021. Usman won that contest by TKO in the third round. Since that setback, the 38-year-old Burns has gone 3-4. He is riding a three-fight losing skid heading into UFC Vegas 106, falling to Belal Muhammad, Jack Della Maddalena, and Sean Brady in those contests.
Burns fell from No. 6 to No. 8 following his UFC Vegas 97 decision loss to Brady in September 2024.
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Morales (17-0) joined the UFC in 2021 when he won a contract via a decision victory on a Dana White’s Contender Series fight card. Since then, Morales has gone 5-0 with the UFC with three knockouts and two decisions.
The 25-year-old Morales broke into the official UFC welterweight rankings in August when he earned a “Performance of the Night” bonus for his first-round knockout win over long-time UFC competitor Neil Magny.
The main event of UFC Vegas 106 is an excellent opportunity for the 38-year-old Burns to show that he remains an elite UFC welterweight. As for Morales, Saturday’s UFC Fight Night is his chance to show that he belongs among the top 10 of the 170-pound division.
We will have more on the UFC Vegas 106 fight card as fight night nears, including betting odds, picks, predictions and more. As well as full fight card results, reactions and highlights on fight night.