The event’s main card will air on pay-per-view following prelims on ESPN and UFC Fight Pass. No fights have been announced for the card.
The UFC first went to the Chicago metro area in 2008 with UFC 90, but that event took place at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., a northwest suburb of the city. Its first event in the city proper was UFC on FOX 2 in January 2012, featuring Rashad Evans’ win over Phil Davis in the headliner. That event marked the start of five straight years of UFC on FOX shows at United Center.
UFC on FOX 6 in January 2013 was the United Center’s first title fight – then-flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson’s first of two wins over John Dodson. UFC on FOX 10 in January 2014 was a lightweight main event that saw Benson Henderson top Josh Thomson.
Then the events in Chicago shifted from the week before the Super Bowl and typically frigid temperatures in the “Windy City” to late July – and typically scorching weather with high humidity. UFC on FOX 16 in July 2015 was T.J. Dillashaw’s bantamweight title rematch win over former champ Renan Barao. And UFC on FOX 20 in July 2016 saw Valentina Shevchenko top Holly Holm in a women’s bantamweight headliner.
In 2018, after a year of no events in Chicago, the United Center got its first pay-per-view. UFC 225 in June 2018 had two title fights at the top of the card. Colby Covington beat Rafael dos Anjos for the interim welterweight title. And middleweight champion Robert Whittaker beat Yoel Romero by split decision – though his belt wasn’t on the line since Romero missed weight.
UFC 238 will be the second of four UFC events scheduled for the month of June. It’s the first one to have its location revealed.
After UFC 234 on Saturday night in Melbourne, Australia, UFC 235 is set for March 2 in Las Vegas, UFC 236 is set for April 13 in a location still to be announced, and UFC 237 takes place May 18 in Curitiba, Brazil.
For more on UFC 238, check out the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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