2020 in UFC
The year 2020 was the 28th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
2020 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 18, 2020 | |||
Last date | December 19, 2020 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 46 (5 Cancelled) | |||
UFC | 11 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 456 | |||
Title fights | 19 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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Partnership
Starting in 2021, a partnership between the UFC and Dapper Labs's Flow platform for MMA fans to own, maintain and trade UFC-branded collectibles was announced on February 26, 2020.[1]
Onwards from April 2021, the UFC announced Venum as their exclusive outfitting partner on July 11, 2020.[2]
2020 by the numbers
The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques and fighters held or performed for the year of 2020 in UFC.[3]
Events | |||||||
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Numbers | PPV | Locations | Countries | Cities | Highest attendance | Lowest attendance | Notes |
41 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 19,040 | 0 | 5 cancelled |
Fights | |||||||
Numbers | Knockouts | Submission | Unanimous decision | Split decision | No contest | Total fight time | Notes |
456 | 139 | 82 | 185 | 35 | 5 | 83' 33" | Total title fights - 19 |
Techniques | |||||||
Fastest knockout | Fastest submission | Significant punches landed | Number of takedown performed | Number of attempts for a takedown | Number of knockdowns | Number of submission attempts | Notes |
Khamzat Chimaev - 0:17 seconds | Brian Kelleher - 0.39 seconds | 40,180 | 905 | 2,447 | 187 | 281 | |
Fighters | |||||||
Number of fighters | UFC debutants | Releases / Retired | Fighters suspended | Number of champions | Number of interim champions | Number of title defenses | Notes |
576 | 123 | 85 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |
Releases and retirements
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
- Alex White - Released in February - Featherweight [4]
- Anderson Silva - Released in November - Middleweight[5]
- Anthony Pettis - Sign with PFL in December - Welterweight[6]
- Antônio Rogério Nogueira - Retired in July - Light Heavyweight[7]
- Austin Springer - Released in September - Featherweight[8]
- Ben Saunders - Released in January - Welterweight[9]
- Ben Sosoli - Released in October - Heavyweight[10]
- Bevon Lewis- Released in November - Middleweight[11]
- Brad Katona - Released in February - Bantamweight[9]
- Brandon Davis - Released in January - Featherweight[9]
- Brett Johns - Signed with Bellator MMA in October - Bantamweight [12]
- Callan Potter - Released in August - Lightweight[13]
- Carlos Huachin - Released in January - Bantamweight[9]
- Chad Laprise - Released in March - Welterweight [14]
- Charles Byrd - Retired in June - Middleweight[15]
- Cole Smith - Released in December - Bantamweight [16]
- Corey Anderson - Signed with Bellator MMA in August - Light Heavyweight[17]
- Cyril Asker - Released in March - Heavyweight[18]
- Daniel Cormier - Retired in August - Heavyweight[19]
- Daniel Spitz - Released in January - Heavyweight[9]
- Daniel Teymur - Released in February - Featherweight [20]
- Darko Stošić - Released in January - Light Heavyweight[9]
- Desmond Green - Released in January - Lightweight
- Dong Hyun Ma - Released in March - Lightweight[18]
- Duda Santana - Released in September - Women's Bantamweight[21]
- Erik Koch - Released in December - Welterweight [22]
- Enrique Barzola - End of Contract in October - Bantamweight[23]
- Evan Dunham - Released in August - Featherweight[24]
- Fabrício Werdum - Chose not resign in July - Heavyweight[25]
- Gadzhimurad Antigulov - Released in December - Light Heavyweight [26]
- Gina Mazany - Released in January - Women's Bantamweight[27]
- Grigory Popov - Released in January - Bantamweight[9]
- Hector Aldana - Released in January - Welterweight[9]
- Henry Cejudo - Retired in May - Bantamweight[28]
- Isabella de Pádua - Released in March - Women's Flyweight[18]
- Ismail Naurdiev - Choose not to resign in March - Welterweight[18]
- James Vick - Released in October - Welterweight[29]
- Jeff Hughes - Released in October - Heavyweight[30]
- Jin Soon Son - Released in January - Bantamweight[31]
- Jessin Ayari - Released in December - Lightweight[32]
- Jodie Esquibel - Released in March - Women's Strawweight[33]
- John Dodson - Released in September - Bantamweight[34]
- John Gunther - Released in July - Middleweight[35]
- John Phillips - Released in November - Middleweight[11]
- Jordan Mein - Signed with Bellator MMA in January - Welterweight[36]
- Juan Adams - Released in January - Heavyweight[37]
- Júnior Albini - Released in January - Heavyweight
- Jussier Formiga - Released in November - Flyweight[38]
- Justin Ledet - Released in November - Light Heavyweight[11]
- Kalindra Faria - Released in February - Women's Flyweight
- Khabib Nurmagomedov - Retired in October - Lightweight[39]
- Khadis Ibragimov - Released in October - Light Heavyweight[30]
- Khalid Murtazaliev - Released in March - Middleweight[18]
- Klidson Abreu - Released in August - Light Heavyweight [14]
- Kyle Bochniak - Released in January - Featherweight[40]
- Kyle Prepolec - Released in March - Lightweight[18]
- Lucie Pudilová - Released in January - Women's Bantamweight[9]
- Luiz Eduardo Garagorri - Released in December - Featherweight [26]
- Luke Jumeau - Released in January - Welterweight[9]
- Iuri Alcântara - Released in October - Bantamweight[30]
- Mara Romero Borella - Released in October - Women's Flyweight[30]
- Marcos Rosa Mariano - Released in March - Lightweight[18]
- Martin Bravo - Released in January - Featherweight[9]
- Mark De La Rosa - Released in December - Bantamweight [41]
- Matt Wiman - Released in December - Lightweight [26]
- Matthew Lopez - Released in March - Bantamweight[18]
- Max Rohskopf - Released in August - Lightweight[42]
- Nad Narimani - Released in August - Featherweight[13]
- Nathan Coy - Released in February - Welterweight[43]
- Nordine Taleb - Signed with ARES FC in January - Welterweight[44]
- Oskar Piechota - Released in June - Middleweight[45]
- Paige VanZant - Signed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship in August - Women's Flyweight[46]
- Peter Sobotta - Retired in July - Welterweight[47]
- Polo Reyes - Released in January - Featherweight[9]
- Ray Borg - Released in August - Bantamweight[48]
- Rachael Ostovich - Released in December - Women's Flyweight[49]
- Ricardo Lamas - Retired in September - Featherweight[50]
- Roman Bogatov - Released in August - Lightweight[51]
- Rustam Khabilov - Signed with Bellator MMA in October - Welterweight[52]
- Salim Touahri - Released in January - Welterweight[9]
- Saparbek Safarov - Released in December - Middleweight [26]
- Siyar Bahadurzada - Retired in June - Welterweight [53]
- Stevie Ray - Retired in September - Lightweight[54]
- Talita Bernardo - Released in March - Women's Bantamweight[18]
- Teemu Packalén - Choose not to resign in March - Lightweight [55]
- Thiago Alves - Released in January - Welterweight[56]
- Todd Duffee - Retired in September - Heavyweight [57]
- Tonya Evinger - Released in March - Women's Bantamweight[18]
- Trevor Smith - Released in March - Middleweight [58]
- Wuliji Buren - Released in January - Bantamweight
- Yoel Romero - Released in December - Middleweight[59]
- Zelim Imadaev - Released in October - Welterweight[60]
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2020:
- Aalon Cruz - UFC Fight Night 169
- Adrian Yanez - UFC Fight Night 181
- Alan Baudot - UFC Fight Night 173
- Aleksa Camur - UFC 246
- Alexander Muñoz - UFC Fight Night 174
- Alexander Romanov - UFC Fight Night 177
- Ali Alqaisi - UFC Fight Night 174
- Amir Albazi - UFC Fight Night 172
- Andreas Michailidis - UFC on ESPN 13
- Anthony Ivy - UFC on ESPN 10
- Austin Lingo - UFC 247
- Austin Springer - UFC Fight Night 175
- Bill Algeo - UFC Fight Night 175
- Brandon Royval - UFC on ESPN 9
- Brok Weaver - UFC Fight Night 167
- Cameron Else - UFC on ESPN 16
- Carlos Felipe - UFC Fight Night 172
- Carlton Minus - UFC on ESPN 15
- Charlie Ontiveros - UFC Fight Night 181
- Chris Daukaus - UFC 252
- Christian Aguilera - UFC on ESPN 10
- Cody Durden - UFC Fight Night 173
- Cory McKenna - UFC Fight Night 183
- Danny Chavez - UFC 252
- Danilo Marques - UFC 253
- Daniel Rodriguez - UFC Fight Night 167
- Darrick Minner - UFC Fight Night 169
- David Dvořák - UFC Fight Night 170
- Dricus du Plessis - UFC Fight Night 173
- Duško Todorović - UFC on ESPN 16
- Dustin Stoltzfus - UFC 255
- Gabriel Green - UFC on ESPN 10
- Guram Kutateladze - UFC Fight Night 180
- Gustavo Lopez - UFC on ESPN 10
- Herbert Burns - UFC Fight Night 166
- Isaac Villanueva - UFC Fight Night 171
- Ilia Topuria - UFC Fight Night 173
- Impa Kasanganay - UFC Fight Night 175
- Irwin Rivera - UFC on ESPN 8
- Jacob Malkoun - UFC 254
- Jai Herbert - UFC on ESPN 14
- Jamahal Hill - UFC Fight Night 166
- Jamall Emmers - UFC 248
- Jamie Pickett - UFC Fight Night 183
- Jamey Simmons - UFC Fight Night 182
- Jared Gooden - UFC 255
- Jason Witt - UFC on ESPN 12
- Jerome Rivera - UFC Fight Night 178
- Jimmy Flick - UFC Fight Night 183
- Jinh Yu Frey - UFC on ESPN 12
- Jiří Procházka - UFC 251
- Joaquin Buckley - UFC Fight Night 174
- John Castañeda - UFC on ESPN 14
- Johnny Muñoz Jr. - UFC Fight Night 174
- Jordan Leavitt - UFC on ESPN 19
- Jordan Williams - UFC on ESPN 16
- Jordan Wright - UFC on ESPN 15
- Josh Parisian - UFC on ESPN 18
- Joshua Culibao - UFC Fight Night 168
- Justin Jaynes - UFC on ESPN 11
- KB Bhullar - UFC Fight Night 173
- Kai Kamaka III - UFC 252
- Khaos Williams - UFC 247
- Kanako Murata - UFC Fight Night 183
- Kay Hansen - UFC on ESPN 12
- Kevin Croom - UFC Fight Night 177
- Kevin Natividad - UFC Fight Night 181
- Khamzat Chimaev - UFC on ESPN 13
- Kyle Daukaus - UFC on ESPN 12
- Kyler Phillips - UFC Fight Night 169
- Liliya Shakirova - UFC 254
- Louis Cosce - UFC 255
- Ľudovít Klein - UFC 253
- Nassourdine Imavov - UFC on ESPN 16
- Nate Landwehr - UFC Fight Night 166
- Nate Maness - UFC Fight Night 173
- Malcolm Gordon - UFC Fight Night 172
- Mariya Agapova - UFC on ESPN 10
- Mark Striegl - UFC Fight Night 180
- Mateusz Gamrot - UFC Fight Night 180
- Matthew Semelsberger - UFC on ESPN 15
- Max Rohskopf - UFC on ESPN 11
- Maxim Grishin - UFC 251
- Miranda Maverick - UFC 254
- Modestas Bukauskas - UFC on ESPN 13
- Mounir Lazzez - UFC on ESPN 13
- Niklas Stolze - UFC on ESPN 14
- Norma Dumont - UFC Fight Night 169
- Ode' Osbourne - UFC 246
- Parker Porter - UFC 252
- Peter Barrett - UFC Fight Night 174
- Phil Hawes - UFC 254
- Philipe Lins - UFC Fight Night 171
- Rhys McKee - UFC on ESPN 14
- Rodrigo Nascimento - UFC on ESPN 8
- Roman Bogatov - UFC 251
- Roman Dolidze - UFC Fight Night 172
- Sam Hughes - UFC 256
- Sarah Alpar - UFC Fight Night 178
- Shanna Young - UFC Fight Night 167
- Sasha Palatnikov - UFC 255
- Shavkat Rakhmonov - UFC 254
- Spike Carlyle - UFC Fight Night 169
- Stephanie Egger - UFC Fight Night 173
- Steve Garcia - UFC Fight Night 169
- Ramiz Brahimaj - UFC Fight Night 182
- Ray Rodriguez - UFC Fight Night 176
- Roque Martinez - UFC Fight Night 177
- Timur Valiev - UFC on ESPN 15
- T.J. Brown - UFC Fight Night 169
- T.J. Laramie - UFC Fight Night 178
- Tafon Nchukwi - UFC Fight Night 183
- Tagir Ulanbekov - UFC Fight Night 173
- Tom Aspinall - UFC on ESPN 14
- Tony Gravely - UFC Fight Night 166
- Tony Kelley - UFC 252
- Trevin Jones - UFC on ESPN 15
- Victor Rodriguez - UFC Fight Night 181
- Vincent Cachero - UFC Fight Night 173
- William Knight - UFC 253
- Youssef Zalal - UFC 247
- Zarrukh Adashev - UFC on ESPN 10
- Zhalgas Zhumagulov - UFC 251
Suspended fighters
The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1) United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) or World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, (2) by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or (3) by the UFC for reasons also stated below.
ISO | Name | Nickname | Division | From | Duration | Tested positive for / Info | By | Eligible to fight again |
Ref. | Notes |
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Fabrício Werdum | Vai Cavalo | Heavyweight | Apr 25, 2018 | 2 years | Trenbolone, an anabolic steroid. | USADA | Apr 1, 2020 | [61] [62] |
Reduced suspension as a result of 'substantial assistance' | |
T.J. Dillashaw | Bantamweight | Jan 18, 2019 | 1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA) |
Erythropoietin (EPO). | NYSAC and USADA | Jan 18, 2021 | [63] [64] |
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Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | Mar 9, 2019 | 2 years | Exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one. | USADA | Mar 9, 2021 | [65] | |||
Hu Yaozong | Totoro | Light Heavyweight | Mar 9, 2019 | Initially 1 year but reduced to 10 months | Arimistane and its metabolite from contamination supplement. | USADA | Jan 9, 2020 | [66] | ||
Roman Dolidze | Bazooka | Light Heavyweight | Mar 12, 2019 | 1 year | Clomiphene hormone and its metabolites M1 and M2, as well as 4-chloro-18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-5α-androst-13-en-3α-ol (M3), which is a long-term metabolite of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT). | USADA | March 12, 2020 | [67] | ||
Jessica Penne | Women's Flyweight | Apr 8, 2019 | Initially 4 years but reduced to 20 months | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | Dec 8, 2020 | [68] | Original suspension was 4 years after second violation, but reduced to 20 months in February 2020 | ||
Melissa Gatto | Women's Bantamweight | Jun 5, 2019 | 1 year | Furosemide, a diuretic. | USADA | Jun 5, 2020 | [69] | |||
Bruno Silva | Blindado | Middleweight | Jun 14, 2019 | 2 years | Boldenone and its metabolite. | USADA | Jun 14, 2021 | [70] | ||
Vince Murdock | Featherweight | Jul 6, 2019 | 20 months | GW1516, a hormone modulator that is better known as cardarine. It is often sold on the black market as endurobol. |
USADA | Sep 6, 2020 | [71] | Originally banned for 20 months and reduced to 14 months after documenting neurological condition moyamoya | ||
Giacomo Lemos | Heavyweight | Jul 9, 2019 | 2 years | Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one. | USADA | Jul 9, 2021 | [73] | |||
John Allan | Light Heavyweight | Jul 13, 2019 | 1 year | Tamoxifen. | USADA and CSAC | Jul 13, 2020 | [73] | Fined $4,800 by the CSAC | ||
Istela Nunes | Women's Strawweight | Jul 22, 2019 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | Jul 22, 2021 | [74] | |||
Sean O'Malley | Bantamweight | Aug 6, 2019 | 6 months | Ostarine. | USADA | Feb 6, 2020 | [75] | |||
Khalid Taha | The Warrior | Bantamweight | Oct 6, 2019 | 1 year | Furosemide (diuretics). | USADA | Oct 6, 2020 | [76] | ||
Priscila Cachoeira | Women's Flyweight | Oct 12, 2019 | 4 months | Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4amino-6chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB). | USADA | Feb 12, 2020 | [77] | |||
Ovince Saint Preux | OSP | Light Heavyweight | Oct 25, 2019 | 3 months | Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). | USADA | Jan 25, 2020 | [78] | Ostarine came from a tainted supplement | |
Diego Sanchez | Nightmare | Welterweight | Oct 26, 2019 | 3 months | Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). | USADA | Jan 26, 2020 | [78] | Ostarine came from a tainted supplement | |
Kelvin Gastelum | Middleweight | Nov 3, 2019 | Initially 9 months but reduced to 5 months | Marijuana. | USADA | Apr 3, 2020 | [79] | Original suspension was 9 months, but reduced to 5 months after Gastelum's successful completion of a drug treatment program | ||
Isabella de Pádua | Belinha | Women's Flyweight | Nov 16, 2019 | 2 years | 19-Norandrosterone (19-NA), the main urinary metabolite of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) and other 19-norsteroids (class of anabolic agent). | USADA and CABMMA | Nov 16, 2021 | [65] [18] |
Released | |
Rachael Ostovich | Women's Flyweight | Jan 3, 2020 | 8 months | Ostarine and GW1516. | USADA | Sep 9, 2020 | [80] | Prohibited substance found in supplement | ||
Duda Santana | Cowboyzinha | Women's Bantamweight | Jan 10, 2020 | 1 year | Selective androgen receptor modulator LGD-4033 | USADA | Jan 10, 2021 | [81] | Released by UFC | |
Lara Procópio | Women's Bantamweight | Feb 17, 2020 | 6 months | Ostarine | USADA | Aug 17, 2020 | [82] | |||
Raphael Pessoa | Bebezão | Heavyweight | Mar 4, 2020 | 1 year | hydrochlorothiazide and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide | USADA | Mar 4, 2021 | [83] | ||
Deron Winn | Middleweight | Mar 7, 2020 | 9 months | Amphetamines. | NSAC | Dec 7, 2020 | [84] | Fined $1,800 | ||
Chase Sherman | The Vanilla Gorilla | Heavyweight | May 13, 2020 | 9 months | Anastrozole | USADA | Feb 13, 2021 | [85] | ||
Jamahal Hill | Sweet Dreams | Light Heavyweight | May 30, 2020 | 6 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Nov 30, 2020 | [84] | Fined 15% of his fight purse | |
Aleksander Doskalchuk | Flyweight | Jun 6, 2020 | 14 months | Mesterolone. | USADA | Aug 6, 2021 | [86] | |||
Luis Peña | Violent Bob Ross | Lightweight | Jun 17, 2020 | 4+1⁄2 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Nov 2, 2020 | [84] | Reduced suspension was due to his fight being taken on short notice, fined 15% of his fight purse | |
Tim Elliott | Flyweight | Jun 17, 2020 | 4+1⁄2 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Nov 2, 2020 | [84] | Reduced suspension was due to his fight being taken on short notice, fined 15% of his fight purse | ||
Marc-Andre Barriault | Power Bar | Middleweight | Jul 21, 2020 | 6 months | Ostarine | USADA | Jan 21, 2021 | [87] | ||
Jesse Ronson | The Body Snatcher | Welterweight | Jul 22, 2020 | 20 months | Metandienone | USADA | Mar 22, 2022 | [88] | ||
Jorge Gonzalez | George St. | Light Heavyweight | Aug 5, 2020 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite. | USADA | Aug 5, 2022 | [89] | ||
Yair Rodríguez | El Pantera | Featherweight | Sep 8, 2020 | 6 months | 3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year | USADA | Mar 8, 2021 | [90] | ||
Kevin Croom | The Hard Hitting Hillbilly | Lightweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 4+1⁄2 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Jan 26, 2021 | [91] | With addition of $1,800 fine | |
Niko Price | The Hybrid | Welterweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 6 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Mar 19, 2021 | [92] | With addition of $8,500 fine | |
Oskar Piechota | Imadło | Middleweight | Sep 25, 2020 | 22 months | Growth hormone releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2 or pralmorelin) and GHRP-2 (1-3) free acid, a metabolite of GHRP-2, | USADA | Jul 25, 2022 | [93] | ||
Erik Koch | The Phoenix | Welterweight | Oct 3, 2020 | 18 months | 3′-hydroxy-stanozolol, a metabolite of stanozolol | USADA | Apr 3, 2022 | [94] | ||
Charlie Ontiveros | The American Badboy | Welterweight | Oct 30, 2020 | 6 months | Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone metabolites | NSAC | Apr 30, 2021 | [95] | With addition of $2,245.36 | |
Raquel Pennington | Rocky | Women's Bantamweight | Nov 7, 2020 | 6 months | 7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 | USADA | May 7, 2021 | [96] | Self-reporting doping violation when she found out she had ingested banned substances prescribed by her doctor to help treat a medical condition | |
Liliya Shakirova | Women's Flyweight | Dec 5, 2020 | 2 years | Meldonium | USADA | Dec 5, 2022 | [97] | |||
Title fights
Title fights in 2020 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def. | Katlyn Chookagian | TKO (elbows and punches) | 3 | 1:03 | UFC 247 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones (c) | def. | Dominick Reyes | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 247 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Joseph Benavidez | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:54 | UFC Fight Night 169 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili (c) | def. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 248 | [lower-alpha 4] |
Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (c) | def. | Yoel Romero | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 248 | [lower-alpha 5] |
Bantamweight | Henry Cejudo (c) | def. | Dominick Cruz | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 4:58 | UFC 249 | [lower-alpha 6] |
Lightweight | Justin Gaethje | def. | Tony Ferguson | TKO (punches) | 5 | 3:39 | UFC 249 | [lower-alpha 7] |
Women's Featherweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Felicia Spencer | Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 250 | [lower-alpha 8] |
Bantamweight | Petr Yan | def. | José Aldo | TKO (punches) | 5 | 3:24 | UFC 251 | [lower-alpha 9] |
Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | def. | Max Holloway | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 251 | [lower-alpha 10] |
Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Jorge Masvidal | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 251 | [lower-alpha 11] |
Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Joseph Benavidez | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:48 | UFC Fight Night 172 | [lower-alpha 12] |
Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic (c) | def. | Daniel Cormier | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 252 | [lower-alpha 13] |
Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz | def. | Dominick Reyes | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:36 | UFC 253 | [lower-alpha 14] |
Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (c) | def. | Paulo Costa | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:59 | UFC 253 | [lower-alpha 15] |
Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) | def. | Justin Gaethje (ic) | Technical Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 1:34 | UFC 254 | [lower-alpha 16] |
Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def. | Jennifer Maia | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 255 | [lower-alpha 17] |
Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo (c) | def. | Alex Perez | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:57 | UFC 255 | [lower-alpha 18] |
Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo (c) | vs. | Brandon Moreno | Draw (majority) (48–46, 47–47, 47–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 256 | [lower-alpha 19] |
- For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Flyweight Championship. Figueiredo missed weight (127.5 lbs) and became ineligible to win the title.
- For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- For the interim UFC Lightweight Championship.
- For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
- For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Flyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
- For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
Events list
- 1Abdul Razak Alhassan was disqualified for the Fight of the Night bonus due to missing weight, as a result a third Performance of the Night bonus was awarded.
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