UFC veterans competing in MMA and boxing action Nov. 28-29

This week, the UFC is idle for the Thanksgiving holiday

The next event is UFC 323, the final pay-per-view of the year and of the ESPN broadcast era. The event takes place Dec. 6 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, featuring two title fights: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2 and Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van.

Elsewhere, veterans of the promotion are competing in various combat sports. Scroll below to see how last week's UFC vets fared on the regional scene, and check out the names and details of the upcoming weekend's competitors.

Upcoming event information from Tapology.

Last week's results

• Darrick Minner: Nov. 21 vs. Jacob Ritchie at DCS 102 (official results pending)

• Teruto Ishihara: Unanimous decision loss vs. Ryuho Miyaguchi at Shooto 2025 Vol. 10

• Shunichi Shimizu: Unanimous decision loss vs. Trent Girdham at HEX Fight Series 37

• Niklas Stolze: TKO loss vs. Christian Jungwirth at Oktagon 80

• Braxton Smith: Nov. 22 vs. Lucas Armand at War at the Wex 7 on Nov. 22, 2025 (official results pending)

• Ike Villanueva: Unanimous decision win vs. Jarome Hatch at BKB 48 (bareknuckle boxing)

• Daichi Abe: Submission win vs. Yutaka Kobayashi at DEEP Tokyo Impact 2025 5th Round

Erik Perez (20-9 MMA, 7-2 UFC)

• Next fight: Nov. 28 vs. Jose Quinonez at Budo Sento Championship 32

• Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Enrique Barzola at Bellator 292 on March 10, 2023

• Last UFC fight: Split decision win vs. Felipe Arantes at UFC Fight Night 98 on Nov. 5, 2016

• Record since UFC exit: 3-3 MMA, 1-1 karate

Jose Quinonez (11-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC)

• Next fight: Nov. 28 vs. Erik Perez at Budo Sento Championship 32

• Last MMA fight: Submission loss vs. Edgar Delgado at Lux Fight League 43 on June 28, 2024

• Last UFC fight: TKO loss vs. Louis Smolka at UFC on Dec. 5, 2020

• Record since UFC exit: 3-2 MMA, 0-1 karate

Baergeng Jieleyisi (19-8 MMA, 0-1 UFC)

• Next fight: Nov. 29 vs. Nurbek Kabdrakhmanov at Naiza FC 78

• Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Nurbek Kabrakhmanov at Naiza FC 75 on July 27, 2025

• Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Su Young You at UFC on Nov. 23, 2024

• Record since UFC exit: 0-2

Tom Breese (20-6 MMA, 5-3 UFC)

• Next fight: Nov. 29 vs. Emiliano Sordi at FNC 25

• Last MMA fight: Submission win vs. Jakob Nedoh at FNC 22 on April 12, 2025

• Last UFC fight: Submission loss vs. Omari Akhmedov at UFC on Jan. 20, 2021

• Record since UFC exit: 8-3

Viviane Pereira (16-4 MMA, 2-2 UFC)

• Next fight: Nov. 29 vs. Aitana Alvarez at Superior Challenge 29

• Last MMA fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Rayla Nascimento at XFC 51 on Sept. 27, 2024

• Last UFC fight: Unanimous decision loss vs. Yan Xiaonan at UFC on June 23, 2018

• Record since UFC exit: 3-2

Molly McCann (14-8 MMA, 7-7 UFC)

• Next fight: Nov. 29 vs. Ebonie Cotton at Whitaker vs. Gavazi (boxing)

• Last MMA fight (also last UFC bout): Submission loss vs. Alexia Thainara at UFC on March 22, 2025

• Record since UFC exit: 1-0 boxing

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC veterans competing in MMA and boxing action Nov. 28-29