The UFC schedule in the MMA Fight Data API: upcoming cards, start times and ICS feeds

$ curl "https://api.ufcalendar.com/v1/events?org=ufc" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $UFCAL_KEY"

{
  "data": [
    {
      "slug": "ufc-fight-night-2026-09-05",
      "title": "UFC Fight Night: Hooker vs Parnasse",
      "org": "ufc",
      "starts_at": "2026-09-05T16:00:00Z",
      "main_card_at": "2026-09-05T19:00:00Z",
      "tz": "Europe/Paris",
      "status": "scheduled",
      "is_ppv": false,
      "is_title_card": false
    },
    ...
  ],
  "meta": { "pagination": { "next_cursor": "eyJpZCI6ODEyfQ", "has_more": true } }
}

import requests
from datetime import datetime
from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo

API = "https://api.ufcalendar.com/v1"
H = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {UFCAL_KEY}"}

# Upcoming UFC schedule, soonest first, rendered in the viewer's zone
for ev in requests.get(f"{API}/events", params={"org": "ufc"}, headers=H).json()["data"]:
    start = datetime.fromisoformat(ev["starts_at"].replace("Z", "+00:00"))
    local = start.astimezone(ZoneInfo("America/New_York"))
    print(local.strftime("%a %b %d %H:%M"), ev["title"], "· PPV" if ev["is_ppv"] else "")

# Anything change on the next card since we last looked?
changes = requests.get(f"{API}/events/ufc-fight-night-2026-09-05/changes", headers=H).json()["data"]
print(len(changes), "card changes, latest:", changes[0]["kind"] if changes else None)

const API = "https://api.ufcalendar.com/v1";
const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.UFCAL_KEY}` };

// Next 30 days of UFC cards + who airs each one in the UK
const to = new Date(Date.now() + 30 * 864e5).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
const { data: events } = await fetch(`${API}/events?org=ufc&to=${to}`, { headers }).then((r) => r.json());
const { data: rights } = await fetch(`${API}/broadcast-rights/ufc?country=GB`, { headers }).then((r) => r.json());

for (const ev of events) console.log(ev.starts_at, ev.title, "→", rights.map((r) => r.provider).join(", "));
// Or hand the whole thing to a calendar app: https://api.ufcalendar.com/v1/calendar/ufc.ics?key=…