UFC unveils schedule for 1st quarter of 2018

The UFC won't be slowing down in 2018.

During Saturday's broadcast of UFC 217, the promotion unveiled its schedule for the first quarter of next year:

Four countries will host nine events in the first three months of 2018, with the outfit making stops in six American cities and one in Brazil, Australia, and United Kingdom.

UFC 220 and 221, to be hosted in Boston and Perth, respectively, were recently confirmed, as was the promotion's March trip to London, the 10th in its history.

The full schedule is as follows:

• Jan. 14: UFC Fight Night in St. Louis
• Jan. 20: UFC 220 in Boston
• Jan. 27: UFC Fight Night in Charlotte
• Feb. 3: UFC Fight Night in Belem, Brazil
• Feb. 10: UFC 221 in Perth, Australia
• Feb. 18: UFC Fight Night in Austin, Tex.
• Feb. 24: UFC Fight Night in Orlando, Fla.
• March 3: UFC 222 in Las Vegas
• March 17: UFC Fight Night in London

The sole fight attached to any of these events thus far is a lightweight bout between the returning Gleison Tibau and Islam Makhachev at UFC 220.