The year 2018 was the 26th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States and founded in November 1993. This year, the UFC celebrated its 25th anniversary, and an anniversary event was held on November 10, 2018 in Denver, Colorado, the city where the historical UFC 1 was held.[1]
2018 UFC.com awards
2018 by the numbers
The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques, champions and fighters held or performed for the year of 2018 in UFC.[8]
| Events | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Events | PPV | Continents | Countries | Cities | Fight Night Bonuses |
| 39 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 35 | 156 Total $7,800,000 |
| Longest Event | Shortest Event | Highest Income Live Gate | Lowest Income Live Gate | Highest Attendance | Lowest Attendance |
| The Ultimate Fighter 27 Finale 2:46:20 | UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros 1:37:45 | UFC 229 $17,200,000 | The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale $204,600 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oleinik 22,603 | The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale 2,020 |
| Title Fights | |||||
| Undisputed Title Fights | Title Changes | Champions Remained in Their Divisions | Number of Champions | Number of Interim Champions | Number of Title Defenses |
| 16 | 3 | 6 BW – T.J. Dillashaw FW – Max Holloway WW – Tyron Woodley MW – Robert Whittaker WSW – Rose Namajunas WBW – Amanda Nunes | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| Champions | |||||
| Division | Beginning of The Year | End of The Year | Division | Beginning of The Year | End of The Year |
| Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic | Daniel Cormier | Bantamweight | T.J. Dillashaw | T.J. Dillashaw |
| Light Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier | Jon Jones | Flyweight | Demetrious Johnson | Henry Cejudo |
| Middleweight | Robert Whittaker | Robert Whittaker | Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes | Amanda Nunes |
| Welterweight | Tyron Woodley | Tyron Woodley | Women's Flyweight | Nicco Montaño | Valentina Shevchenko |
| Lightweight | Conor McGregor | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas | Rose Namajunas |
| Featherweight | Max Holloway | Max Holloway | Women's Featherweight | Cris Cyborg | Amanda Nunes |
| Fights | |||||
| Most Knockouts at A Single Event | Most submissions at A Single Event | Most Decisions at A Single Event | Total Number of Fights | Total Number of Cage Time | |
| UFC 229 7 | UFC 224 The Ultimate Fighter 28 Finale 5 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith 10 | 474 | 87:21:11 | |
| Fighters | |||||
| Number of Fighters | UFC Debutants | Releases / Retired | Fighters Suspended | Number of Fighters Missed weight | |
| (At the end of Dec 31, 2018) 573 | 121 | N/A | N/A | 29 | |
| Champion feats[8] | |||||
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| Fighter feats[8] | |||||
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The Ultimate Fighter
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2018:
| Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUF 27: Undefeated | July 6, 2018 | Lightweight | Mike Trizano | Joe Giannetti | [9] |
| Featherweight | Brad Katona | Jay Cucciniello | [9] | ||
| TUF 28: Heavy Hitters | November 30, 2018 | Heavyweight | Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa | Justin Frazier | [10] |
| Women's Featherweight | Macy Chiasson | Pannie Kianzad | [11] |
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2018:
| Month | Day | ISO | Fighter | Division | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14 | Matt Frevola | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night 124 | |
| 20 | Brandon Davis | Featherweight | UFC 220 | ||
| Dan Ige | Featherweight | ||||
| Julio Arce | Featherweight | ||||
| Matt Bessette | Featherweight | ||||
| 27 | Austin Arnett | Featherweight | UFC on Fox 27 | ||
| Cory Sandhagen | Bantamweight | ||||
| February | 3 | Maia Stevenson | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night 125 | |
| Polyana Viana | Women's Strawweight | ||||
| Priscila Cachoeira | Women's Flyweight | ||||
| 11 | Israel Adesanya | Middleweight | UFC 221 | ||
| 18 | Curtis Millender | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 126 | ||
| Geoff Neal | Welterweight | ||||
| Steven Peterson | Featherweight | ||||
| Tim Williams | Middleweight | ||||
| 24 | Manny Bermudez | Bantamweight | UFC on Fox 28 | ||
| Marcin Prachnio | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| March | 3 | Alexander Hernandez | Lightweight | UFC 222 | |
| Mackenzie Dern | Women's Strawweight | ||||
| Yana Kunitskaya | Women's Featherweight | ||||
| 17 | Charles Byrd | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night 127 | ||
| Hakeem Dawodu | Featherweight | ||||
| John Phillips | Middleweight | ||||
| Dmitriy Sosnovskiy | Heavyweight | ||||
| Magomed Ankalaev | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| April | 7 | Mike Rodriguez | Light Heavyweight | UFC 223 | |
| 14 | Dan Moret | Lightweight | UFC on Fox 29 | ||
| Lauren Mueller | Women's Flyweight | ||||
| 21 | Ricky Simón | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night 128 | ||
| Ricky Rainey | Welterweight | ||||
| May | 19 | Andrea Lee | Women's Flyweight | UFC Fight Night 129 | |
| 27 | Carlo Pedersoli Jr. | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 130 | ||
| Craig White | Welterweight | ||||
| Molly McCann | Women's Flyweight | ||||
| Ricky Rainey | Welterweight | ||||
| June | 1 | Chance Rencountre | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 131 | |
| Jose Torres | Flyweight | ||||
| Nathaniel Wood | Bantamweight | ||||
| Sijara Eubanks | Women's Flyweight | ||||
| 9 | Megan Anderson | Women's Featherweight | UFC 225 | ||
| Mike Jackson | Welterweight | ||||
| 23 | Hector Aldana | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 132 | ||
| Petr Yan | Bantamweight | ||||
| July | 6 | Allan Zuñiga | Lightweight | TUF 27 Finale | |
| Brad Katona | Bantamweight | ||||
| Bryce Mitchell | Featherweight | ||||
| Jay Cucciniello | Featherweight | ||||
| Joe Giannetti | Lightweight | ||||
| John Gunther | Lightweight | ||||
| Luis Peña | Lightweight | ||||
| Richie Smullen | Lightweight | ||||
| Michael Trizano | Lightweight | ||||
| Tyler Diamond | Featherweight | ||||
| 14 | Blagoy Ivanov | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 133 | ||
| Elias Garcia | Flyweight | ||||
| Jennifer Maia | Women's Flyweight | ||||
| Raoni Barcelos | Bantamweight | ||||
| Said Nurmagomedov | Bantamweight | ||||
| 22 | Abu Azaitar | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night 134 | ||
| Darko Stošić | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| David Zawada | Welterweight | ||||
| Khalid Taha | Bantamweight | ||||
| Liu Pingyuan | Bantamweight | ||||
| Nad Narimani | Featherweight | ||||
| Stefan Sekulić | Welterweight | ||||
| August | 4 | Kevin Holland | Middleweight | UFC 227 | |
| Matt Sayles | Featherweight | ||||
| Montel Jackson | Bantamweight | ||||
| Zhang Weili | Women's Strawweight | ||||
| September | 15 | Adam Yandiev | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night 136 | |
| Alexey Kunchenko | Welterweight | ||||
| Jin Soo Son | Bantamweight | ||||
| Khalid Murtazaliev | Middleweight | ||||
| 22 | Andre Ewell | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night 137 | ||
| Augusto Sakai | Heavyweight | ||||
| Christos Giagos | Lightweight | ||||
| Livia Renata Souza | Women's Strawweight | ||||
| Luigi Vendramini | Lightweight | ||||
| Mayra Bueno Silva | Women's Bantamweight | ||||
| Mike Rodríguez | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| Ryan Spann | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| October | 6 | Jalin Turner | Lightweight | UFC 229 | |
| 27 | Chris Fishgold | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 138 | ||
| Don Madge | Lightweight | ||||
| Jonathan Martinez | Bantamweight | ||||
| Te'Jovan Edwards | Lightweight | ||||
| November | 10 | Bobby Moffett | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 139 | |
| Devonte Smith | Lightweight | ||||
| Hannah Cifers | Women's Strawweight | ||||
| Maycee Barber | Women's Flyweight | ||||
| Thiago Moisés | Lightweight | ||||
| 17 | Anderson dos Santos | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night 140 | ||
| Ian Heinisch | Middleweight | ||||
| Jesus Pinedo | Featherweight | ||||
| Johnny Walker | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| Laureano Staropoli | Welterweight | ||||
| 30 | Antonina Shevchenko | Women's Flyweight | TUF 28 Finale | ||
| Chris Gutiérrez | Bantamweight | ||||
| Edmen Shahbazyan | Middleweight | ||||
| Juan Espino | Heavyweight | ||||
| Julija Stoliarenko | Women's Bantamweight | ||||
| Justin Frazier | Heavyweight | ||||
| Kevin Aguilar | Featherweight | ||||
| Leah Letson | Women's Featherweight | ||||
| Macy Chiasson | Women's Bantamweight | ||||
| Maurice Greene | Heavyweight | ||||
| Michel Batista | Heavyweight | ||||
| Pannie Kianzad | Women's Bantamweight | ||||
| Roosevelt Roberts | Lightweight | ||||
| December | 2 | Alex Gorgees | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night 142 | |
| Damir Ismagulov | Lightweight | ||||
| Jimmy Crute | Light Heavyweight | ||||
| Kai Kara-France | Flyweight | ||||
| Sodiq Yusuff | Featherweight | ||||
| Suman Mokhtarian | Featherweight | ||||
| 8 | Kyle Nelson | Featherweight | UFC 231 | ||
| 15 | Dwight Grant | Welterweight | UFC on Fox 31 | ||
| Jordan Griffin | Featherweight | ||||
| Juan Adams | Heavyweight | ||||
| 29 | Bevon Lewis | Middleweight | UFC 232 |
Events list
See also
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