Welcome to the Weekly Roundkick, where you can get all your MMA news in one spot. In the age of Covid, the UFC has done a great job of being the leaders of industry in making sure the show goes on. Here’s everything that you might’ve missed this week in the MMA world.

Upcoming Events

October 10th, 11:30 AM EST: Bellator 248: MVP vs. HoustonOctober 10th, 2 PM EST: KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2October 10th, 5 PM EST: Bellator Europe 10: Kongo vs. Johnson IIOctober 10th, 5 PM EST: UFC Fight Island 5: Moraes vs SandhagenOctober 14th, 8 PM EST: CES MMA 61October 15th, 7:30 PM EST: Bellator 249: Cyborg vs. BlencoweOctober 16th Time TBA: ONE Championship 117: Reign of Dynasties IIOctober 16th, 9 PM EST: LFA 93: Petroski vs. JefferyOctober 17th, 4 PM EST: UFC on ESPN+ 38: Ortega vs. The Korean ZombieOctober 24th, 2 PM EST: UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje

Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns is off for UFC 256 (MMAJunkie)

MMA Fight Rumors and Announcements

Kamaru Usman vs Gilbert Burns is off for UFC 256 (MMAJunkie)Alex Perez Steps in to fight Deiveson Figueiredo for the UFC Flyweight Championship at UFC 255Rafael Dos Anjos out of UFC 254 with Covid-19Youssef Zalal steps in to fight Ilia Topuria on UFC Fight Island 5, 10/10Brandon Royval to fight Brandon Moreno at UFC 255Alexander Hernandez to fight Chris Gruetzemacher (MMAJunkie) on UFC Oct. 31 lDWCS Contract winner Jimmy Flick to debut vs Cody Durden on Dec. 5Jeremy Stephens vs Arnold Allen booked for Nov 7Mounir Lazzez tests positive for COVID-19 and is out of fight vs David Zawada on Oct 17Belal Mohammed vs Sean Brady scheduled for Dec 19Corey Anderson vs Melvin Manhoef to headline Bellator 251 on Nov 5Casey Kenney makes a quick turnaround to face Nathaniel Wood on UFC 254

MMA Signings

Bellator signs CFFC heavyweight champ Shawn Teed (MMAJunkie)Bellator signs Usman Nurmagomedov, cousin of UFC champ Khabib (MMAJunkie)Bellator signs Former UFC bantamweight Brett Johns (MMAJunkie)Bellator signs LFA lightweight champion Bryce Logan (MMAJunkie)