| 2008 in UFC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 19, 2008 | |||
| Last date | December 27, 2008 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 20 | |||
| UFC | 13 | |||
| UFC Fight Night | 5 | |||
| TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 201 | |||
| Title fights | 11 | |||
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The year 2008 was the 16th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2008 the UFC held 20 events beginning with, UFC 80: Rapid Fire.
| Title fights in 2008 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn | def. | Joe Stevenson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:02 | UFC 80: Rapid Fire | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | def. | Tim Sylvia | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 1:28 | UFC 81: Breaking Point | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva (UFC Champion) | def. | Dan Henderson (Pride Champion) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 4:52 | UFC 82: Pride of a Champion | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (ic) | def. | Matt Serra (c) | TKO (knees) | 2 | 4:45 | UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2 | [lower-alpha 4] |
| Lightweight | B.J. Penn (c) | def. | Sean Sherk | TKO (flying knee and punches) | 3 | 5:00 | UFC 84: Ill Will | [lower-alpha 5] |
| Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | def. | Quinton Jackson (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin | [lower-alpha 6] |
| Welterweight | Georges St-Pierre (c) | def. | Jon Fitch | Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–43, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 87: Seek and Destroy | [lower-alpha 7] |
| Middleweight | Anderson Silva (c) | def. | Patrick Côté | TKO (knee injury) | 3 | 0:39 | UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté | [lower-alpha 8] |
| Heavyweight | Brock Lesnar | def. | Randy Couture (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:07 | UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar | [lower-alpha 9] |
| Heavyweight | Frank Mir | def. | Antônio Nogueira (ic) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:54 | UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 | [lower-alpha 10] |
| Light Heavyweight | Rashad Evans | def. | Forrest Griffin (c) | KO (punches) | 3 | 2:46 | UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 | [lower-alpha 11] |
| Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest | Jun 21, 2008 | Middleweight | Amir Sadollah | C.B. Dollaway |
| TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir | Dec 13, 2008 | Light Heavyweight | Ryan Bader | Vinicius Magalhães |
| Lightweight | Efrain Escudero | Phillipe Nover |
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2008:
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