2018 in UFC

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2018 in UFC
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First dateJanuary 14
Last dateDecember 29
Events
Total events39
UFC13
UFC on Fox5
TUF Finale events2
Fights
Total fights473
Title fights18
Chronology
2017 in UFC 2018 in UFC 2019 in UFC

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]

Contents

2018 UFC.com awards

2018 UFC.COM Awards
NoBest FighterThe

Upsets

The

Submissions

The NewcomersThe

Knockouts

The

Fights

1 Daniel Cormier Alexander Hernandez
defeats
Beneil Dariush
UFC 222 		Ryan Hall
defeats
B.J. Penn
UFC 232 		Israel Adesanya Yair Rodríguez
defeats
The Korean Zombie
UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez 		Robert Whittaker
defeats
Yoel Romero 2
UFC 235
2 Amanda Nunes Chris Gruetzemacher
defeats
Joe Lauzon
UFC 223 		Paul Craig
defeats
Magomed Ankalaev
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov 		Alexander Hernandez Brian Ortega
defeats
Frankie Edgar
UFC 222 		Dustin Poirier
defeats
Justin Gaethje 1
UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje
3 Khabib Nurmagomedov Jared Cannonier
defeats
David Branch
UFC 230 		Aljamain Sterling defeats Cody Stamann UFC 228 (Tie)
Zabit Magomedsharipov defeats Brandon Davis UFC 228 (Tie)		 Mackenzie Dern Lyoto Machida
defeats
Vitor Belfort
UFC 224 		Yair Rodríguez
defeats
The Korean Zombie
UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez
4 Henry Cejudo Henry Cejudo
defeats
Demetrious Johnson 2
UFC 227 		Aleksei Oleinik
defeats
Júnior Albini
UFC 224 		Maycee Barber Amanda Nunes
defeats
Cris Cyborg
UFC 232 		Max Holloway
defeats
Brian Ortega
UFC 231
5 Valentina Shevchenko Sergio Pettis
defeats
Joseph Benavidez
UFC 225 		Charles Oliveira
defeats
Christos Giagos
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders 		Sodiq Yusuff (Tie)
Petr Yan (Tie)		 Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
defeats
Sean Strickland
UFC 224 		Tony Ferguson
defeats
Anthony Pettis
UFC 229
6 Anthony Smith Corey Anderson
defeats
Glover Teixeira
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith 		Adam Wieczorek
defeats
Arjan Bhullar
UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje 		Brad Katona Yoel Romero
defeats
Luke Rockhold
UFC 221 		Ronaldo Souza
defeats
Chris Weidman
UFC 230
7 Israel Adesanya Khalil Rountree Jr.
defeats
Gökhan Saki
UFC 226 		Ilir Latifi
defeats
Ovince Saint Preux
UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens 		Zhang Weili Jéssica Andrade
defeats
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
UFC 228 		Thiago Santos
defeats
Jimi Manuwa
UFC 231
8 Ronaldo Souza Brian Kelleher
defeats
Renan Barão
UFC 222 		Claudio Puelles
defeats
Felipe Silva
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman 		Johnny Walker Daniel Cormier
defeats
Stipe Miocic 1
UFC 226 		Calvin Kattar
defeats
Shane Burgos
UFC 220
9 Dustin Poirier Nina Ansaroff
defeats
Cláudia Gadelha
UFC 231 		Darren Elkins
defeats
Michael Johnson
UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi 		Raoni Barcelos Ismael Bonfim
defeats
Terrance McKinney
UFC 283 		Drew Dober
defeats
Frank Camacho
UFC on Fox: Jacaré vs. Brunson 2
10 Corey Anderson (Tie)
Thiago Santos (Tie)
Kamaru Usman (Tie)		 Cody Stamann
defeats
Bryan Caraway
UFC 222 		Donald Cerrone
defeats
Mike Perry
UFC Fight Night: The Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez 		Sijara Eubanks Derrick Lewis
defeats
Alexander Volkov
UFC 229 		Zabit Magomedsharipov
defeats
Kyle Bochniak
UFC 223
Ref [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Title fights

Title fights in 2018
Weight classMethodRoundTimeEventNotes
Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c)def. Volkan Oezdemir TKO (punches)22:00 UFC 220 [a]
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic (c)def. Francis Ngannou Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)55:00 UFC 220 [b]
Middleweight Yoel Romero def. Luke Rockhold KO (punches)31:48 UFC 221 [c]
Women's Featherweight Cris Cyborg (c)def Yana Kunitskaya TKO (punches)13:25 UFC 222 [d]
Women's Strawweight Rose Namajunas (c)def Joanna Jędrzejczyk Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)55:00 UFC 223 [e]
Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov def Al Iaquinta Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-43, 50-43)55:00 UFC 223 [f]
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes (c)def. Raquel Pennington TKO (punches)52:36 UFC 224 [g]
Welterweight Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 48-47, 48-47)55:00 UFC 225 [h]
Heavyweight Daniel Cormier def. Stipe Miocic (c)KO (punches)14:33 UFC 226 [i]
Flyweight Henry Cejudo def. Demetrious Johnson (c)Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)55:00 UFC 227 [j]
Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw (c)def. Cody Garbrandt TKO (knee and punches)14:17 UFC 227 [k]
Welterweight Tyron Woodley (c)def. Darren Till Submission (D'Arce choke)24:19 UFC 228 [l]
Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov (c)def. Conor McGregor Submission (neck crank)43:03 UFC 229 [m]
Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c)def. Derrick Lewis Submission (rear-naked choke)22:14 UFC 230 [n]
Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)55:00 UFC 231 [o]
Featherweight Max Holloway (c)def. Brian Ortega TKO (doctor stoppage)45:00 UFC 231 [p]
Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes def. Cris Cyborg (c)KO (punch)10:51 UFC 232 [q]
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones def. Alexander Gustafsson TKO (punches)32:02 UFC 232 [r]
  1. ↑ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  2. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  3. ↑ For the interim UFC Middleweight Championship (as Romero missed weight, only Rockhold was eligible).
  4. ↑ For the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship.
  5. ↑ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
  6. ↑ For the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
  7. ↑ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
  8. ↑ For the interim UFC Welterweight Championship.
  9. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  10. ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
  11. ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  12. ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
  13. ↑ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  14. ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  15. ↑ For the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
  16. ↑ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
  17. ↑ For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
  18. ↑ For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

The Ultimate Fighter

The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2018:

SeasonFinaleDivisionWinnerRunner-upRef
TUF 27: Undefeated July 6, 2018 Lightweight Mike Trizano Joe Giannetti [8]
Featherweight Brad Katona Jay Cucciniello [8]
TUF 28: Heavy Hitters November 30, 2018 HeavyweightJuan Francisco Espino DieppaJustin Frazier [9]
Women's Featherweight Macy Chiasson Pannie Kianzad [10]

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2018:

Events list

#EventDateVenueLocationAttendanceRef.
463 UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 December 29, 2018 The Forum Inglewood, California, U.S.15,862 [11]
462 UFC on Fox: Lee vs. Iaquinta 2 December 15, 2018 Fiserv Forum Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.9,010 [12]
461 UFC 231: Holloway vs. Ortega December 8, 2018 Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario, Canada19,039 [13]
460 UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa December 2, 2018 Adelaide Entertainment Centre Adelaide, South Australia, Australia8,652 [14]
459 The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale November 30, 2018 Pearl Theatre Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.2,020 [15]
458 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 November 25, 2018 Cadillac Arena Beijing, China10,302 [16]
457 UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio November 17, 2018 Estadio Luna Park Buenos Aires, Argentina10,245 [17]
456 UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez November 10, 2018 Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado, U.S.11,426 [18]
455 UFC 230: Cormier vs. Lewis November 3, 2018 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York, U.S.17,011 [19]
454 UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith October 27, 2018 Avenir Centre Moncton, New Brunswick 6,282 [20]
453 UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor October 6, 2018 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.20,034 [21]
452 UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders September 22, 2018 Ginásio do Ibirapuera São Paulo, Brazil9,485 [22]
451 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oliynyk September 15, 2018 Olimpiyskiy Arena Moscow, Russia22,603 [23]
450 UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till September 8, 2018 American Airlines Arena Dallas, Texas, U.S14,073 [24]
449 UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick August 25, 2018 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.6,409 [25]
448 UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 August 4, 2018 Staples Center Los Angeles, California, U.S.17,794 [26]
447 UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 July 28, 2018 Scotiabank Saddledome Calgary, Alberta, Canada10,603 [27]
446 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith July 22, 2018 Barclaycard Arena Hamburg, Germany7,798 [28]
445 UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov July 14, 2018 CenturyLink Arena Boise, Idaho U.S.5,648 [29]
444 UFC 226: Miocic vs. Cormier July 7, 2018 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.17,464 [30]
443 The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale July 6, 2018 Pearl Theater Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.2,123 [31]
442 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards June 23, 2018 Singapore Indoor Stadium Kallang, Singapore6,419 [32]
441 UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 June 9, 2018 United Center Chicago, Illinois, U.S.18,117 [33]
440 UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes June 1, 2018 Adirondack Bank Center Utica, New York, U.S.5,063 [34]
439 UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till May 27, 2018 Echo Arena Liverpool, England, U.K.8,520 [35]
438 UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman May 19, 2018 Movistar Arena Santiago, Chile11,082 [36]
437 UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington May 12, 2018 Jeunesse Arena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil10,696 [37]
436 UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee April 21, 2018 Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.9,541 [38]
435 UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje April 14, 2018 Gila River Arena Glendale, Arizona, U.S.11,382 [39]
434 UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta April 7, 2018 Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York, U.S.17,026 [40]
433 UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov March 17, 2018 The O2 Arena London, England, U.K.16,274 [41]
432 UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya March 3, 2018 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.12,041 [42]
431 UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens February 24, 2018 Amway Center Orlando, Florida, U.S.10,124 [43]
430 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros February 18, 2018 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas, U.S.10,502 [44]
429 UFC 221: Romero vs. Rockhold February 11, 2018 Perth Arena Perth, Western Australia, Australia12,437 [45]
428 UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders February 3, 2018Arena Guilherme Paraense Belém, Brazil10,144 [46]
427 UFC on Fox: Jacaré vs. Brunson 2 January 27, 2018 Spectrum Center Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.10,249 [47]
426 UFC 220: Miocic vs. Ngannou January 20, 2018 TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.16,015 [48]
425 UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi January 14, 2018 Scottrade Center St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.10,052 [49]

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "The Biggest Upsets of 2018 | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2018-12-31. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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