Upcoming MMA and boxing schedule through early May announced

A comprehensive calendar of upcoming combat sports events has been released, spanning from April 18 through May 9. UFC Winnipeg on April 18 will feature Burns vs. Malott, Phillips vs. Jourden, Vologdin vs. Castaneda, and Zheleznyakova vs. Croden as key matchups. RAF 08 on the same date includes Dvalishvili vs. Cejudo and Tsarukyan vs. Faber. UFC Vegas 116 on April 25 headlines Sterling vs. Zalal and Jackson vs. Barcelos. May 2 features multiple major cards including UFC Perth with Maddalena vs. Prates and Tuivasa vs. Sharaf, PFL Sioux Falls with Storley vs. Zendeli and Rabadanov vs. Chizhov, and a boxing card in Tokyo headlined by Naoya Inoue vs. Junto Nakatani. UFC 328 on May 9 will showcase Chimaev vs. Strickland, Yan vs. Taira, Volkov vs. Acosta, and Guskov vs. Blachowicz among other fights. The schedule also includes boxing events featuring David Benavidez vs. Gilberto Ramirez on May 2 and Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois on May 9.