You can now follow the UFC on Apple Sports, which adds mixed martial arts to the free iPhone app in version 4.6. Every event shows the full card of men’s and women’s fights, with round-by-round updates as each fight plays out.
A heat map of strikes during fights is part of the update, which also adds three soccer leagues from China, Russia and Sweden. UFC adds a combat sport to the sports you can follow in the app, next to the NFL, NBA, F1 and tennis.
UFC on Apple Sports Covers Full Cards
Apple Sports covers every fight on a UFC card, including the women’s bouts, so you can follow the whole night from the opening fight to the main event. Each fight gets round-by-round updates, so you can see how a bout develops before the final result.
Apple Sports lets you follow teams, leagues, divisions, brackets and tournaments and personalize your home view, and UFC is now one of the sports you can follow there. The strike heat map gives you a visual read on a fight without waiting for the final scorecards.
UFC follows F1 race tracking, added in March 2025, and PGA and LPGA golf coverage, added in February 2026, as another individual sport in the app.
Three Soccer Leagues Join
Version 4.6 adds the Chinese Super League, the Russian Premier League and Sweden’s Allsvenskan. The Chinese Super League and Allsvenskan are the top divisions in China and Sweden, and the Russian Premier League is the top flight in Russia.
Apple Sports added seven leagues in July, seven more in August, four in September and five in October. The three new leagues bring the total to 26 soccer competitions since the July 20 release.
Apple Sports Features Carry Over
Apple Sports is a free, iPhone-only download from the App Store, and it still requires iOS 18.0 or later. The update does not change how you set up the app.
The app tracks the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, WNBA, NWSL and MLS, plus college football and men’s and women’s college basketball. Tennis and NASCAR are covered too, so a single home view can hold a UFC fight night next to your football and basketball teams.
Live Activities put a running score on your Lock Screen, and version 4.5 added key game stats to them during breaks in play. A Home Screen widget shows scores and upcoming schedules, and syncing your sports connects the app to Apple TV for live games and to Apple News for stories.
