2016 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 2 | |||
Last date | December 30 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 41 (1 cancelled) | |||
UFC | 13 | |||
UFC on Fox | 5 | |||
UFC Fight Night | 21 (1 cancelled) | |||
TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 493 | |||
Title fights | 22 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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The year 2016 was the 24th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
Title fights in 2016 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Welterweight | Robbie Lawler (c) | def. | Carlos Condit | Decision (split) (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 195 | [lower-alpha 1] |
Bantamweight | Dominick Cruz | def. | T.J. Dillashaw (c) | Decision (split) (48-47, 46-49, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 81 | [lower-alpha 2] |
Women's Bantamweight | Miesha Tate | def | Holly Holm (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 5 | 3:30 | UFC 196 | [lower-alpha 3] |
Flyweight | Demetrious Johnson (c) | def | Henry Cejudo | TKO (knees and punches) | 1 | 2:49 | UFC 197 | [lower-alpha 4] |
Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones | def | Ovince Saint Preux | Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-45, 50-45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 197 | [lower-alpha 5] |
Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic | def. | Fabrício Werdum (c) | KO (punch) | 1 | 2:47 | UFC 198 | [lower-alpha 6] |
Bantamweight | Dominick Cruz (c) | def. | Urijah Faber | Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 199 | [lower-alpha 7] |
Middleweight | Michael Bisping | def. | Luke Rockhold (c) | KO (punches) | 1 | 3:36 | UFC 199 | [lower-alpha 8] |
Lightweight | Eddie Alvarez | def. | Rafael dos Anjos (c) | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:49 | UFC Fight Night 90 | [lower-alpha 9] |
Women's Strawweight | Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) | def. | Cláudia Gadelha | Decision (unanimous) (48-46, 48-45, 48-46) | 5 | 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale | [lower-alpha 10] |
Featherweight | José Aldo | def. | Frankie Edgar | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 200 | [lower-alpha 11] |
Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes | def. | Miesha Tate (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 3:16 | UFC 200 | [lower-alpha 12] |
Welterweight | Tyron Woodley | def. | Robbie Lawler (c) | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:12 | UFC 201 | [lower-alpha 13] |
Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic (c) | def. | Alistair Overeem | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:27 | UFC 203 | [lower-alpha 14] |
Middleweight | Michael Bisping (c) | def. | Dan Henderson | Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 204 | [lower-alpha 15] |
Women's Strawweight | Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) | def. | Karolina Kowalkiewicz | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 205 | [lower-alpha 16] |
Welterweight | Tyron Woodley (c) | vs. | Stephen Thompson | Draw (majority) (48-47, 47-47, 47-47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 205 | [lower-alpha 17] |
Lightweight | Conor McGregor | def. | Eddie Alvarez (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:04 | UFC 205 | [lower-alpha 18] |
Flyweight | Demetrious Johnson (c) | def. | Tim Elliott | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) | 5 | 5:00 | The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale | [lower-alpha 19] |
Featherweight | Max Holloway | def. | Anthony Pettis | TKO (body kick and punches) | 3 | 4:50 | UFC 206 | [lower-alpha 20] |
Bantamweight | Cody Garbrandt | def. | Dominick Cruz (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48-46, 48-47, 48-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 207 | [lower-alpha 21] |
Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Ronda Rousey | TKO (punches) | 1 | 0:48 | UFC 207 | [lower-alpha 22] |
Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
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TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia | July 8, 2016 | Light Heavyweight | Andrew Sanchez | Khalil Rountree Jr. |
Women's Strawweight | Tatiana Suarez | Amanda Cooper | ||
TUF: Latin America 3 | November 5, 2016 | Lightweight | Martín Bravo | Claudio Puelles |
TUF 24: Tournament of Champions | December 3, 2016 | Flyweight | Tim Elliott | Hiromasa Ogikubo |
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2016:
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UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson was a mixed martial arts event held on September 21, 2013, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The main event was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame's Fight Wing in 2021.
The year 2014 was the 22nd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
The year 2015 was the 23rd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor was a mixed martial arts event held on July 11, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson was a mixed martial arts event held on June 6, 2015, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship held on July 9, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz was a mixed martial arts event held on March 5, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 30, 2016, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
The year 2017 was the 25th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
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.
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.
UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 3, 2018, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
The year 2019 was the 27th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
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UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on June 8, 2019 at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.
UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 18, 2020 at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.