Georges St-Pierre and B.J. Penn prepare for their welterweight title fight at UFC 94 in this three-part preview series. Narrated by Henry Rollins.
Georges St-Pierre and B.J. Penn prepare for their welterweight title fight at UFC 94 in this three-part preview series. Narrated by Henry Rollins.
The main event was a rematch between UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir. This championship unification bout occurred as a result of former UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture's year-long resignation from the promotion.
UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedExForum.
UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 6, 2011 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 2011 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. It was the first UFC event in San Jose, the longtime home and base arena for Strikeforce
UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was the penultimate event for the UFC in 2011.
UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Friday December 30, 2011, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 14, 2012 at the HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was the first UFC event of the year, and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in North America
UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit was a mixed martial arts event organized by Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 4, 2012 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada
UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 26, 2012 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan
UFC 155: dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 29, 2012, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between then champion Jon Jones and top contender Anthony Johnson. However on April 28, following Jones' hit-and-run incident, the UFC decided to strip him of the title and suspend him indefinitely. He was replaced by the previous title challenger Daniel Cormier, who was scheduled to face Ryan Bader in the main event of UFC Fight Night 68. The co-main event featured a UFC Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Chris Weidman and former UFC Light Heavyweight champion and UFC 12 Heavyweight Tournament winner Vitor Belfort. The much delayed pairing had been rescheduled for several events. The first of which was UFC 173, where Belfort withdrew from the bout following the Nevada State Athletic Commission's ban on testosterone replacement therapy. The other events were UFC 181 and UFC 184, where Weidman withdrew from both bouts because of a broken hand and injured ribs, respectively.
The event was headlined by a UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout between then champion Cain Velasquez and then interim champion Fabrício Werdum. The bout was originally expected to take place at UFC 180. However, Velasquez pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury and the event was instead headlined by an interim title bout between Werdum and Mark Hunt. A lightweight bout between Francisco Trevino and Johnny Case was originally expected to take place at UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver.[6] However, on December 23, it was announced that Trevino had to pull out of the bout due to an injury. The fight was later rescheduled for this event.
The event is headlined by a Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the champion Jon Jones, and top contender Daniel Cormier. Jones was initially scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson in a rematch on September 27, 2014 at UFC 178. However, Gustafsson pulled out of the bout due to a knee injury and was replaced by Daniel Cormier. Subsequently on August 12, Jones pulled out of the bout against Cormier citing a leg injury, which in turn led to the rescheduling of the pairing to this event.
The event is headlined by a middleweight bout between former UFC Middleweight champion Anderson Silva and former WEC & Strikeforce Welterweight champion Nick Diaz. It's Silva's first fight since his gruesome leg injury at UFC 168. A flyweight bout between Ian McCall and John Lineker was originally booked for UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. St. Preux. However, the bout was canceled on the day of the event as McCall was stricken with a blood infection. The fight was later rescheduled for this event.
A UFC Middleweight Championship bout between Chris Weidman and Vitor Belfort was expected to serve as the event headliner. The much delayed pairing was previously scheduled to take place at UFC 173 and also at UFC 181. However, on January 30, the UFC announced that Weidman had pulled out of the bout, citing an injury he sustained in training. Subsequently, a UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship bout between current champion Ronda Rousey and top contender Cat Zingano was promoted to the main event. Belfort was offered an interim title fight first against Lyoto Machida and then Gegard Mousasi as a replacement for Weidman, but he declined and stated that he would only fight for the full title.
The event is headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between then champion Anthony Pettis and top contender Rafael dos Anjos. The co-main event featured a UFC Women's Strawweight Championship bout between then champion Carla Esparza and top contender Joanna Jędrzejczyk. The event was the third that the UFC has hosted in Dallas, Texas.
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Bantamweight Championship rematch between current champion T.J. Dillashaw and former champion Renan Barão.However on March 24, it was announced that Dillashaw had to pull out of the fight due to a broken rib and the fight was postponed. A UFC Flyweight Championship bout between current champion Demetrious Johnson and top contender Kyoji Horiguchi, originally scheduled for the co-main event, served as the event's headliner. The event was the seventh event that the UFC has hosted in Montreal, Quebec.
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between then champion Jon Jones and top contender Anthony Johnson. However on April 28, following Jones' hit-and-run incident, the UFC decided to strip him of the title and suspend him indefinitely. He was replaced by the previous title challenger Daniel Cormier, who was scheduled to face Ryan Bader in the main event of UFC Fight Night 68.
The long awaited UFC heavyweight title fight between champion Cain Velasquez and interim titleholder Fabricio Werdum will take place on Saturday, June 13th at the Mexico City Arena, and fans are guaranteed to see an epic battle when UFC's two best heavyweights finally meet.
The event was expected to be headlined by a UFC Featherweight Championship bout between current champion José Aldo and top contender Conor McGregor. On June 23, it was reported that Aldo suffered a rib fracture and could pull out of the bout in light of the injury.A day later, the UFC received official medical confirmation from several doctors that Aldo did not suffer such injury. Following a review of the scans, it was determined that the champion suffered a bone bruise to his rib and cartilage injury during training. Aldo had expressed that he had every intention of fighting. Despite that, the UFC announced a contingency plan that would have Chad Mendes face McGregor for the interim championship in the event that Aldo could not compete. On June 30, it was confirmed that Aldo indeed pulled out of the bout and that the interim championship bout would take place at this event. UFC president Dana White said the reason for the interim title, in this case, had to do with Aldo's history of pulling out of title fights, despite having defended it only 9 months earlier at UFC 179. The bout remained the event headliner. On July 1, photographs of Aldo's scans were released and indicated that he had indeed suffered a fractured rib. On July 10, White claimed that Aldo did not have a broken rib as "every x-ray he sent out was of an old injury". He reaffirmed that Aldo had a "bruised rib and cartilage" and that the biggest problem was the weight cutting process being complicated by the injury. The co-main event featured a UFC Welterweight Championship bout between current champion Robbie Lawler and top contender Rory MacDonald. Their first fight at UFC 167 ended in a split decision victory for Lawler. The event took place during the UFC's annual International Fight Week.
On August 1st, Bethe Correia gets what she has wanted. After calling out Ronda Rousey and defeating two of her teammates, Brazil's unbeaten "Pitbull" will challenge Rousey for the UFC women's bantamweight title in the main event of UFC 190 at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro.
Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson defends his UFC title for the seventh time against John "The Magician" Dodson in the main event of UFC 191.
UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will make his first title defense on Saturday, October 3rd when he battles No. 2 contender Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 192 in Houston, Texas. Former United States Olympian Cormier struck gold in UFC in May, when he submitted Anthony Johnson to win the vacant 205-pound world title. Now he will meet Sweden's Gustafsson, a former title challenger who nearly lifted the crown from Jon Jones in their 2013 classic.
Emanating from Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. The event is expected to draw over 50,000 fans and set the UFC's live attendance record. Headlining the event is the undefeated UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defending her title against undefeated former boxing world champion Holly Holm. Rousey has become the sport's biggest star and a breakthrough mainstream celebrity.
The event is expected to be headlined by a UFC Featherweight Championship unification bout between current champion José Aldo and interim champion Conor McGregor. The bout was originally expected to take place at UFC 189.
A highly anticipated welterweight title collision between reigning champion Robbie Lawler attempt to defend his belt for the second time when he meets Carlos Condit in the pay-per-view main event.
The main event sees UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor jump up two weight classes to for a welterweight fight with Nate Diaz , and in the co-headliner, women's bantamweight champ Holly Holm meets Miesha Tate.
UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux was a mixed martial arts event held on April 23, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Werdum vs. Miocic is an upcoming mixed martial arts event that will be held on May 14, 2016 at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil.
One of the greatest nights in mixed martial arts (MMA) history went down inside The Forum last night (Sat., June 4, 2016) at the UFC 199: "Rockhold vs. Bisping 2" pay-per-view (PPV) event, featuring a dizzying number of unbelievable fights and jaw-dropping moments. In the main event of the evening, Michael Bisping shocked the MMA world, proving once again nothing is impossible inside the Octagon by flatlining the UFC Champion Luke Rockhold in the first round of their title fight.
In the new main event at UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes, UFC Women's Bantamweight champion Miesha Tate (18-5 MMA; 5-2 UFC) faces challenger Amanda Nunes (12-4 MMA; 5-1 UFC) in a five round world title fight. The UFC rankings have Nunes as the #4 contender at Bantamweight; Tate interestingly is the only UFC champion not ranked at pound for pound. UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes airs live from Las Vegas this Saturday, July 9. This fight was promoted to main event status just two days ago, after Jon Jones failed a drug test and Jones vs. Cormier II was cancelled. At its core, this is your classic striker vs. grappler match-up - one of the oldest battles in the history of MMA. Champion Tate is more of the grappler, with Nunes winning more frequently via strikes. Of course, both are well rounded fighters, so Tate has a striking game herself, while Nunes has a high profile sub win over Sara McMann. Still, this one is likely to be determined by who decides where the fight takes place. The event had a $10,700,000 gate, which broke the record for a mixed martial arts event in the United States. The final attendance was 18,202, a record for Nevada, which had hosted 104 prior UFC events. It was the final UFC event under Zuffa ownership, which began in January 2001. Brock Lesnar was paid a $2.5 million fight purse, breaking Conor McGregor's record from UFC 196 by $1.5 million.
The event was headlined by a welterweight rematch between The Ultimate Fighter 5 winner and former lightweight title challenger Nate Diaz and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor
The event was headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between then champion Eddie Alvarez and UFC Featherweight Champion Conor McGregor. This was the second time in UFC history that champions in different divisions fought for the same title. The first time was at UFC 94 on January 31, 2009, when then-welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre defended his title against then-lightweight champion B.J. Penn.
UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 10, 2016 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Main Card: Germaine de Randamie vs Holly Holm, Anderson Silva vs Derek Brunson, Ronaldo Souza vs Tim Boetsch, Glover Teixeira vs Jared Cannonier, Dustin Poirier vs Jim Miller. Preliminary Card: Belal Muhammad vs Randy Brown, Wilson Reis vs Ulka Sasaki, Islam Makhachev vs Nik Lentz, Rick Glenn vs Phillipe Nover, Ryan LaFlare vs Roan Carneiro
Main Card: Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson, David Teymur vs Lando Vannata, Dan Kelly vs Rashad Evans, Cynthia Calvillo vs Amanda Cooper, Alistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt. Preliminary Card: Marcin Tybura vs Luis Henrique, Darren Elkins vs Mirsad Bektic, Luri Alcantara vs Luke Sanders, Mark Godbeer vs Daniel Spitz. Early Preliminary Card: Tyson Pedro vs Paul Craig, Albert Morales vs Andre Soukhamthath.
UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 8, 2017 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Main Card: Daniel Cormier def Anthony Johnson, Gegard Mousasi def Chris Weidman, Cynthia Calvillo def Pearl Gonzalez, Thiago Alves def Patrick Cote, Charles Oliveira def Will Brooks.
UFC 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on May 13, 2017 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas
UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on June 3, 2017 at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[
UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 8, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area
Main Card: Germaine de Randamie vs Holly Holm, Anderson Silva vs Derek Brunson, Ronaldo Souza vs Tim Boetsch, Glover Teixeira vs Jared Cannonier, Dustin Poirier vs Jim Miller. Preliminary Card: Belal Muhammad vs Randy Brown, Wilson Reis vs Ulka Sasaki, Islam Makhachev vs Nik Lentz, Rick Glenn vs Phillipe Nover, Ryan LaFlare vs Roan Carneiro
UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on March 4, 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area Main Card: Tyron Woodley vs Stephen Thompson, David Teymur vs Lando Vannata, Dan Kelly vs Rashad Evans, Cynthia Calvillo vs Amanda Cooper, Alistair Overeem vs Mark Hunt. Preliminary Card: Marcin Tybura vs Luis Henrique, Darren Elkins vs Mirsad Bektic, Luri Alcantara vs Luke Sanders, Mark Godbeer vs Daniel Spitz. Early Preliminary Card: Tyson Pedro vs Paul Craig, Albert Morales vs Andre Soukhamthath.
UFC 210: Cormier vs. Johnson 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on April 8, 2017 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. Main Card: Daniel Cormier def Anthony Johnson, Gegard Mousasi def Chris Weidman, Cynthia Calvillo def Pearl Gonzalez, Thiago Alves def Patrick Cote, Charles Oliveira def Will Brooks.
UFC 211: Miocic vs. dos Santos 2 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on May 13, 2017 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on June 3, 2017 at the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 8, 2017 at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area