2023 in UFC

2023 in UFC
Information
First date	January 14, 2023 (2023-01-14)
Last date	December 16, 2023 (2023-12-16)
Events
Total events	43
UFC	14
TUF Finale events	1
Fights
Total fights	520
Title fights	21
Chronology
2022 in UFC 2023 in UFC 2024 in UFC

The year 2023 was the 31st year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

UFC in 2023

UFC merged with WWE to form TKO Group

In April 2023, Endeavor Group Holdings announced that UFC would merge with the wrestling promotion WWE to form TKO Group Holdings, a new Public company majority-owned by Endeavor, with Vince McMahon serving as an executive chairman of the new entity and White remaining as UFC president. The merger was completed on September 12, 2023. ^[1]

Class action: anti-trust lawsuit

Main article: Ultimate Fighting Championship

On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware decided to grant class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 who are suing upward of for 1.6 billions in wages that the lawsuit claims Zuffa had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages, setting the stage on 8, April, 2024 trial. ^{[2] [3]}

Betting scandal

In early February 2023 UFC introduced rules that banned athletes, coaches, and their close family from betting on UFC events. ^[4] after the call for a sports betting fraud investigation was made on a fight involving Darrick Minner a student of James Krause, who is a UFC coach and avid bettor, and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos. The UFC was informed by sources that suspicious betting patterns had been observed on the fight. ^[5]

USADA anti-doping partnership (2015–2024)

The UFC's partnership with USADA coming to an end in 2023, the UFC announced a new partnership with Drug Free Sport International, the same company that oversees the anti-doping programs of the NCAA, MLB, NFL, and NBA. ^[6] This partnership is set to begin in 2024, after their current contract with USADA expired on December 31, 2023. The UFC announced that former FBI agent George Piro would serve as the independent administrator of the UFC's anti-doping program. ^[6]

2023 by the numbers

The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques and fighters held or performed for the year of 2023 in UFC. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Events
Numbers	PPV	Continents	Countries	Cities	Fight Night Bonuses
43 [11]	14	4	8 [12]	21 [13]	189 Total $9.45 million [14]
Longest Event	Shortest Event	Highest Income Live Gate	Lowest Income Live Gate	Highest Attendance	Lowest Attendance
UFC 286 2:57:58	UFC on ABC 4 1:31:36	UFC 295 $12,432,563	UFC Fight Night 221 $452,669.71	UFC 290 19,204	UFC Fight Night 221 (exclud. APEX events) 2,361
Title Fights
Undisputed Title Fights	Title Changes	Champions Remained in Their Divisions	Number of Champions	Number of Interim Champions	Number of Title Defenses
19	6	4 FW – Alexander Volkanovski LW – Islam Makhachev WW – Leon Edwards WSW – Zhang Weili	16	2 FW – Yair Rodríguez HW – Tom Aspinall	10
Fighters
Number of Fighters	UFC Debutants	Releases / Retired	Fighters Suspended
(At the end of Dec 31, 2023) 606	125	102	20
Champion feats [8]
Jamahal Hill became the first UFC champion to come from Dana White's Contender Series. Israel Adesanya became the first two-time UFC Middleweight Champion Aljamain Sterling became the first UFC Bantamweight Champion to record three consecutive title defenses
Fighter feats [8]
Jéssica Andrade's 231 significant strikes at UFC 283 set a new record for the most in a women's flyweight bout. Jamahal Hill's 232 significant strikes at UFC 283 set a new record for the most in a light heavyweight bout. Merab Dvalishvili's 49 takedown attempts at UFC Fight Night 221 set a new record for the most in a UFC bout. Sergei Pavlovich's six-fight first-round knockout streak is the longest in UFC history. The bout between Jared Cannonier and Marvin Vettori at UFC on ESPN 47 featured a combined 394 significant strikes, the most in a middleweight bout. Jared Cannonier's 241 significant strikes at UFC on ESPN 47 set a new record for the most in a middleweight bout. Neil Magny earned his 14th decision victory, setting a new record for the most in UFC history. Denise Gomes's 20‑second knockout at UFC 290 set a new record for the fastest in women’s strawweight history. Brad Katona became the first two-time winner of The Ultimate Fighter reality-television series. Zhang Weili's 296 total strikes at UFC 292 set a new record for most in a UFC women's bout. Jailton Almeida's 21:10 minutes of ground control time at UFC Fight Night 231 set a new record for the most in a heavyweight bout. Loopy Godinez became the first woman to win four UFC bouts in a calendar year. Jéssica Andrade's four knockdowns at UFC 295 set a new record for most in a UFC women's bout. The bout between Irene Aldana and Karol Rosa at UFC 296 featured a combined 349 significant strikes, the most in a women's bantamweight bout.

2023 UFC Honors awards

Starting in 2019, the UFC created year-end awards with "UFC Honors President's Choice Awards" for categories "Performance of the Year" and "Fight of the Year" being chosen by UFC CEO Dana White. The other "UFC Honors Fan Choice Awards" are for categories "Knockout of the Year", "Submission of the Year", "Event of the Year", "Comeback of the Year" and, from 2020, "Debut of the Year" in which fans are able to vote for the winner on social media. ^[15]

Winners receive a trophy commemorating their achievement along with a set of tires from sponsor Toyo Tires. ^[16]

2023 UFC Honors Awards
	Performance of the Year	Fight of the Year	Knockout of the Year	Submission of the Year	Debut of the Year	Event of the Year	Comeback of the Year
Winner	Sean O'Malley defeats Aljamain Sterling UFC 292	Islam Makhachev defeats Alexander Volkanovski 1 UFC 284	Israel Adesanya defeats Alex Pereira 2 UFC 287	Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane UFC 285	Bo Nickal defeats Jamie Pickett UFC 285	UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane	Edson Barboza defeats Sodiq Yusuff UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza
Nominee	Alexa Grasso defeats Valentina Shevchenko 1 UFC 285	Jamahal Hill defeats Glover Teixeira UFC 283	Justin Gaethje defeats Dustin Poirier 2 UFC 291	Davey Grant defeats Raphael Assunção UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Gabriel Bonfim defeats Mounir Lazzez UFC 283	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	C.J. Vergara defeats Daniel da Silva UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen
Nominee	Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane UFC 285	Shavkat Rakhmonov defeats Geoff Neal UFC 285	Sean O'Malley defeats Aljamain Sterling UFC 292	Da'Mon Blackshear defeats Jose Johnson UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos	Ismael Bonfim defeats Terrance McKinney UFC 283	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez	Elves Brener defeats Guram Kutateladze UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov
Nominee	Israel Adesanya defeats Alex Pereira 2 UFC 287	Justin Gaethje defeats Rafael Fiziev UFC 286	Islam Makhachev defeats Alexander Volkanovski 2 UFC 294	Alexander Volkov defeats Tai Tuivasa UFC 293	Ikram Aliskerov defeats Phil Hawes UFC 288	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Michał Oleksiejczuk defeats Chidi Njokuani UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie
Nominee	Sean Strickland defeats Israel Adesanya UFC 293	Alexandre Pantoja defeats Brandon Moreno 2 UFC 290	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a	—N/a
Ref	[17]	[17]	[18]	[18]	[18]	[18]	[18]

2023 UFC.com awards

2023 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Islam Makhachev	Alexa Grasso defeats Valentina Shevchenko 1 UFC 285	Alexa Grasso defeats Valentina Shevchenko 1 UFC 285	Diego Lopes	Josh Emmett defeats Bryce Mitchell UFC 296	Islam Makhachev defeats Alexander Volkanovski 1 UFC 284
2	Alexa Grasso	Sean Strickland defeats Israel Adesanya UFC 293	Da’Mon Blackshear defeats Jose Johnson UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos	Bo Nickal	Israel Adesanya defeat Alex Pereira 2 UFC 287	Alexandre Pantoja defeats Brandon Moreno 2 UFC 290
3	Leon Edwards	Bobby Green defeats Grant Dawson UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green	Shavkat Rakhmonov defeats Geoff Neal UFC 285	Ikram Aliskerov	Justin Gaethje defeats Dustin Poirier UFC 291	Irene Aldana defeats Karol Rosa UFC 296
4	Sean Strickland	Bobby Green defeats Tony Ferguson UFC 291	Jon Jones defeats Ciryl Gane UFC 285	Elves Brener	Islam Makhachev defeats Alexander Volkanovski 2 UFC 294	Shavkat Rakhmonov defeats Geoff Neal UFC 285
5	Alexandre Pantoja	Alexa Grasso draws with Valentina Shevchenko 2 UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2	Ariane Lipski defeats Casey O'Neill UFC 296	Steve Erceg	Charles Oliveira defeats Beneil Dariush UFC 289	Jamahal Hill defeats Glover Teixeira UFC 283
6	Tom Aspinall	Leon Edwards defeats Kamaru Usman 3 UFC 286	Erin Blanchfield defeats Jéssica Andrade UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield	Luana Santos	Tom Aspinall defeats Sergei Pavlovich UFC 295	Dan Hooker defeats Jalin Turner UFC 290
7	Benoît Saint Denis	Ariane Lipski defeats Casey O'Neill UFC 296	Yair Rodríguez defeats Josh Emmett UFC 284	Nazim Sadykhov	Robbie Lawler defeats Niko Price UFC 290	Justin Gaethje defeats Rafael Fiziev UFC 286
8	Justin Gaethje	Tom Aspinall defeats Sergei Pavlovich UFC 295	Diego Lopes defeats Gavin Tucker UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font	The Bonfim Brothers Ismael Bonfirm & Gabriel Bonfirm	Edson Barboza defeats Billy Quarantillo UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen	Edson Barboza defeats Sodiq Yusuff UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza
9	Alex Pereira	Dricus du Plessis defeats Robert Whittaker UFC 290	Rinat Fakhretdinov defeats Kevin Lee UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov	Jeka Saragih	Ismael Bonfim defeats Terrance McKinney UFC 283	Alexa Grasso defeats Valentina Shevchenko 1 UFC 285
10	Jon Jones	Shavkat Rakhmonov defeats Geoff Neal UFC 285	Gillian Robertson defeats Piera Rodriguez UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen	Rinya Nakamura	Carlos Diego Ferreira defeats Michael Johnson UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill	Alexa Grasso draws with Valentina Shevchenko 2 UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2
Ref	[19]	[20]	[21]	[22]	[23]	[24]

Releases and retirements

These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:

Month	Day	ISO	Fighter	Division	Reason	Ref
January	4		Francisco Trinaldo	Welterweight	Released	[25]
	10		Mike Jackson	Welterweight	Released	[26]
	11		Leah Letson	Women's Featherweight	Retired	[27]
	18		Alejandro Pérez	Featherweight	Released	[28]
			Brandon Davis	Bantamweight
			Gadzhi Omargadzhiev	Welterweight
			Jay Perrin	Bantamweight
			Jeff Molina	Flyweight		[29]
			Kevin Natividad	Bantamweight		[28]
			Liudvik Sholinian
			Marcelo Rojo	Featherweight
			Michael Trizano
			Raulian Paiva	Bantamweight
			Sijara Eubanks	Women's Flyweight
			Vince Morales	Bantamweight
	15		Francis Ngannou	Heavyweight	Released	[30]
	21		Maurício Rua	Light Heavyweight	Retired	[31]
	26		Victor Rodriguez	Flyweight	Released	[32]
	27		Kyle Daukaus	Middleweight	Released	[33]
			Shamil Abdurakhimov	Heavyweight	Released	[34]
February	1		Darren Till	Middleweight	Released	[35]
			José Johnson	Bantamweight
			Zubaira Tukhugov	Featherweight
	8		Saidyokub Kakhramonov	Bantamweight	Released	[36]
	16		Carlos Mota	Flyweight	Released	[37]
	19		Lina Länsberg	Women's Bantamweight	Retired	[38]
	22		William Knight	Light Heavyweight	Released	[39]
			Jordan Wright	Light Heavyweight	Released	[40]
March	11		Raphael Assunção	Bantamweight	Retired	[41]
	23		Augusto Sakai	Heavyweight	Released	[42]
	25		Steven Peterson	Featherweight	Retired	[43]
	28		Rafael Alves	Lightweight	Released	[44]
			Leomana Martinez	Bantamweight
	30		Guido Cannetti	Bantamweight	Released	[45]
April	9		Jorge Masvidal	Welterweight	Retired	[46]
	11		Cynthia Calvillo	Women's Strawweight	Released	[47]
	15		Ed Herman	Light Heavyweight	Retired	[48]
			Zak Cummings
	21		Juan Espino	Heavyweight	Retired	[49]
	22		Glover Teixeira	Light Heavyweight	Retired	[50]
May	16		Chase Sherman	Heavyweight	Released	[51]
			Ji Yeon Kim	Women's Flyweight
			Jessica-Rose Clark	Women's Bantamweight
June	5		Ilir Latifi	Heavyweight	End of contract	[52]
	6		Danaa Batgerel	Bantamweight	Released	[53]
			Joseph Holmes	Middleweight
			Makwan Amirkhani	Featherweight
			Mounir Lazzez	Welterweight
			Omar Morales	Lightweight
			Tony Gravely	Bantamweight
			Trevin Jones
	9		Aaron Phillips	Bantamweight	Released	[54]
			Don Shainis	Featherweight
			Erick Gonzalez	Lightweight
			Journey Newson	Featherweight
			Maxim Grishin	Light Heavyweight
			Nick Fiore	Lightweight
			Orion Cosce	Welterweight
			Takashi Sato	Welterweight
	18		Bea Malecki	Women's Bantamweight	Released	[55]
			Maria Oliveira	Women's Strawweight
			Martin Sano Jr.	Welterweight
	27		Braxton Smith	Heavyweight	Suspended and released	[56]
July	11		Amanda Nunes	Women's Bantamweight	Retired	[57]
	13		Zhalgas Zhumagulov	Flyweight	Released	[58]
	20		Blagoy Ivanov	Heavyweight	Released	[59]
			Damir Ismagulov	Lightweight
			Robbie Lawler	Welterweight
	26		The Korean Zombie	Featherweight	Retired	[60]
August	5		Ronnie Lawrence	Bantamweight	Retired	[61]
	11		Charles Rosa	Featherweight	Released	[62]
			Istela Nunes	Women's Strawweight	Released	[63]
			Mandy Böhm	Women's Flyweight	Released	[62]
	15		Ian Heinisch	Middleweight	Retired	[64]
	18		Aleksa Camur	Light Heavyweight	Released	[65]
			Tanner Boser	Light Heavyweight	Released	[65]
	28		Chris Daukaus	Light Heavyweight	Released	[66]
	29		Ashlee Evans-Smith	Women's Bantamweight	Released	[67]
			Tafon Nchukwi	Middleweight
September	14		Derek Brunson	Middleweight	Released	[68]
	15		Zarah Fairn	Women's Featherweight	Released	[69]
	19		Cortney Casey	Women's Flyweight	Released	[70]
October	10		Jake Collier	Heavyweight	Released	[71]
	11		Hannah Goldy	Women's Strawweight	Released	[72]
	17		AJ Fletcher	Welterweight	Released	[73]
			André Fialho
			Shane Young	Featherweight
			John Makdessi	Lightweight
			JP Buys	Bantamweight
			Kamuela Kirk	Lightweight
			Tucker Lutz	Featherweight
	18		Jennifer Maia	Women's Flyweight	End of contract	[74]
	25		Ashley Yoder	Women's Flyweight	Released	[75]
	27		Mike Breeden	Lightweight	Released	[76]
	31		Mike Mathetha	Welterweight	Released	[77]
November	3		Jinh Yu Frey	Women's Strawweight	Released	[78]
	7		Taila Santos	Women's Flyweight	Released	[79]
	8		Kanako Murata	Women's Strawweight	Released	[80]
December	13		Austin Lingo	Featherweight	Released	[81]
			Johnny Muñoz Jr.	Bantamweight
			Nick Aguirre
			Terrence Mitchell
	21		Parker Porter	Heavyweight	Released	[82]
			Shannon Ross	Flyweight	Released	[83]

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2023:

Month	Day	ISO	Fighter	Division	Event	Ref
January	14		Mateus Mendonça	Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 217	[84]
			Mateusz Rębecki	Lightweight		[85]
			Nick Aguirre	Lightweight		[86]
			Nick Fiore	Lightweight		[85]
			Claudio Ribeiro	Middleweight		[87]
	21		Brunno Ferreira	Middleweight	UFC 283	[88]
			Daniel Marcos	Bantamweight		[89]
			Gabriel Bonfim	Welterweight		[90]
			Ismael Bonfim	Lightweight		[91]
			Luan Lacerda	Bantamweight		[92]
			Melquizael Costa	Lightweight		[93]
February	4		Anshul Jubli	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 218	[94]
			Choi Seung-guk	Flyweight		[95]
			Jeka Saragih	Lightweight		[94]
			Jesús Santos Aguilar	Flyweight		[96]
			Lee Jeong-yeong	Featherweight		[97]
			Park Hyun-sung	Flyweight		[95]
			Rinya Nakamura	Bantamweight		[98]
			Toshiomi Kazama
			Yi Zha	Featherweight		[97]
			Yusaku Kinoshita	Welterweight		[99]
	11		Blake Bilder	Featherweight	UFC 284	[100]
			Elves Brener	Lightweight		[101]
			Francisco Prado	Lightweight		[102]
			Jack Jenkins	Featherweight		[103]
			Shannon Ross	Flyweight		[104]
	18		Clayton Carpenter	Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 219	[105]
			Jamal Pogues	Heavyweight		[106]
			Khusein Askhabov	Featherweight		[107]
			Nazim Sadykhov	Lightweight		[108]
			Themba Gorimbo	Welterweight		[109]
	25		Carl Deaton III	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 220	[110]
			Gabriella Fernandes	Women's Flyweight		[111]
			Nurullo Aliev	Lightweight		[112]
			Trevor Peek	Lightweight		[113]
			Victor Martinez	Lightweight		[114]
March	4		Bo Nickal	Middleweight	UFC 285	[115]
	11		Sedriques Dumas	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 221	[116]
			Vitor Petrino	Light Heavyweight		[117]
	18		Jafel Filho	Flyweight	UFC 286	[118]
April	29		Irina Alekseeva	Women's Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN 45	[119]
			Jamey-Lyn Horth	Women's Flyweight		[120]
May	6		Diego Lopes	Featherweight	UFC 288	[121]
	13		Ikram Aliskerov	Middleweight		[122]
			Tainara Lisboa	Women's Bantamweight	UFC on ABC 4	[123]
June	3		Muhammad Naimov	Featherweight	UFC on ESPN 46	[124]
	10		Steve Erceg	Flyweight	UFC 289	[125]
July	1		Ivana Petrović	Women's Flyweight	UFC on ESPN 48	[126]
			Nursulton Ruziboev	Welterweight		[127]
			Westin Wilson	Featherweight		[128]
	8		Édgar Cháirez	Flyweight	UFC 290	[129]
	22		Bassil Hafez	Welterweight	UFC on ESPN 49	[130]
August	5		Dennis Buzukja	Featherweight	UFC on ESPN 50	[131]
	12		Isaac Dulgarian	Featherweight	UFC on ESPN 51	[132]
			Jose Johnson	Bantamweight		[133]
			Luana Santos	Women's Bantamweight		[134]
September	2		Bogdan Guskov	Light Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 226	[135]
			Jacqueline Cavalcanti	Women's Bantamweight		[136]
	9		Felipe dos Santos	Flyweight	UFC 293	[137]
			Kevin Jousset	Welterweight		[138]
			Kiefer Crosbie	Welterweight		[138]
	23		Montserrat Rendon	Women's Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 228	[139]
October	14		Brendan Marotte	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 230	[140]
			Melissa Mullins	Women's Bantamweight		[141]
			Ravena Oliveira	Women's Bantamweight		[142]
	21		Mohammad Yahya	Lightweight	UFC 294	[143]
			Muin Gafurov	Bantamweight		[144]
November	4		Eduarda Moura	Women's Strawweight	UFC Fight Night 231	[145]
			Kauê Fernandes	Lightweight		[146]
			Kaynan Kruschewsky	Lightweight		[147]
	11		Joshua Van	Flyweight	UFC 295	[148]
			Kevin Borjas
	18		Caio Machado	Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 232	[149]
			Christian Leroy Duncan	Middleweight		[150]
			Mick Parkin	Heavyweight		[149]
			Myktybek Orolbai	Lightweight		[151]
			Payton Talbott	Bantamweight		[152]
			Rafael Estevam	Flyweight		[153]
December	2		Rodolfo Bellato	Light Heavyweight	UFC on ESPN 52	[154]
			Zachary Reese	Middleweight		[155]
	9		Rayanne dos Santos	Women's Strawweight	UFC Fight Night 233	[156]
			Talita Alencar
	16		Shamil Gaziev	Heavyweight	UFC 296	[157]

Suspended fighters

The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1) United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) or World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, (2) by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or (3) by the UFC for reasons also stated below.

ISO	Name	Nickname	Division	From	Duration	Tested positive for / Info	By	Eligible to fight again	Ref.	Notes
	Carlos Felipe	Boi	Heavyweight	Oct 16, 2021	18 months	Boldenone and its metabolites	NSAC	Apr 16, 2023	[158]	$4,200 fine and $489 in prosecution fees
	Geraldo de Freitas	Spartan	Bantamweight	Jan 11, 2021	2 years	Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors	USADA	Jan 11, 2023	[159]
	Raphael Pessoa	Bebezão	Heavyweight	Feb 9, 2021	2 years	7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites Chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB)	USADA	Feb 9, 2023	[160]	Second USADA violation. Results collected from out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. Ressoa also evaded sample collection on January 25, 2021, and January 28, 2021.
	Ashlee Evans-Smith	Rebel Girl	Women's Bantamweight	Jan 3, 2022	14 months	dehydroepiandrosterone	USADA	March 3, 2023	[161]
	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	Capoeira	Welterweight	March 14, 2022	1 year	Ostarine	USADA	March 14, 2023	[162]
	Hamdy Abdelwahab	The Hammer	Heavyweight	July 30, 2022	2 years	Metenolone and its metabolite	USADA	July 30, 2024	[163]
	Carlos Mota	Tizil	Flyweight	December 15, 2022	2 years	Meldonium	NSAC	March 14, 2023	[164]	Parted with UFC as of February 2023. [165]
	Kyler Phillips	The Matrix	Bantamweight	January 22, 2023	6 months	Ostarine	NSAC	July 22, 2023	[166]	$407.50 in attorney fees.
	Darrius Flowers	Beast Mode	Welterweight	January 27, 2023	6 months	Ostarine	NSAC	July 27, 2023	[166]	$407.50 in attorney fees.
	Carlos Mota	Tizil	Flyweight	October 29, 2022	2 years	Meldonium	NSAC USADA	October 29, 2024	[167] [168]	$2,400 fine and $448.25 in prosecution fees. Parted with UFC as of February 2023. [165]
	Jeff Molina	El Jefe	Flyweight	November 5, 2022	None	Linked to the investigation that began as a result of suspicious betting activity ahead of the Nov. 5 UFC fight between Darrick Minner	NYAC NSAC UFC	To be determined by NYAC and NSAC / temporary barred from UFC	[169] [170] [171]
	José Henrique Souza	Canela	Welterweight	March 8, 2023	2 years	19-Norandrosterone and 19-Noretiocholanolone	USADA	March 8, 2025	[172]	Parted with UFC as of Spring 2023.
	Braxton Smith	The Beautiful Monster	Heavyweight	April 19, 2023	2 years	Exogenous testosterone and/or its precursors	USADA	April 19, 2025	[173]	Parted with UFC as of June 2023. [174]
	Cortney Casey	Cast Iron	Women's Flyweight	June 1, 2023	4 months	BPC-157(she reported herself to USADA in June 2023 for taking the prohibited substance BPC-157 to treat a medical condition.)	USADA	October 1, 2023	[175]
	Ovince Saint Preux	OSP	Light Heavyweight	June 17, 2023	6 months	Dehydroandrosterone (From tainted supplements)	USADA	December 17, 2023	[176]
	Felipe Bunes	Felipinho	Flyweight	June 17, 2023	6 months	GW501516	NSAC	December 17, 2023	[177]	$326 in legal fees
	Walt Harris	The Big Ticket	Heavyweight	July 11, 2023	4 years	Drostanolone and its metabolites, exogenous testosterone, and Anastrozole	CSAD	July 11, 2027	[178]
	Mayra Bueno Silva	Sheetara	Women's Bantamweight	July 15, 2023	4.5 months	Ritalinic acid	NSAC	November 29, 2023	[179]	$11,250 fine and $314.08 in prosecution fees.
	Daniel Rodriguez	D-Rod	Welterweight	July 28, 2023	6 months	Ostarine; LGD-4033 and its metabolites	NSAC	January 28, 2024	[180]
	Miles Johns	Chopo	Bantamweight	September 23, 2023	4 1/2 months	Turinabol	NSAC	February 6, 2024	[181] [182]	$2,300 fine $157.04 in prosecution fees.

The Ultimate Fighter

The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2023:

Season	Division	Winner	Runner-up	Ref
The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Chandler	Lightweight	Kurt Holobaugh	Austin Hubbard	[183]
	Bantamweight	Brad Katona	Cody Gibson	[184]

Title fights

Title fights in 2023
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno (ic)	def.	Deiveson Figueiredo (c)	TKO (doctor stoppage)	3	5:00	UFC 283	[a]
Light Heavyweight	Jamahal Hill	def.	Glover Teixeira	Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–44)	5	5:00	UFC 283	[b]
Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	def.	Josh Emmett	Submission (triangle choke)	2	4:19	UFC 284	[c]
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev (c)	def.	Alexander Volkanovski	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 284	[d]
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso	def.	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	Submission (face crank)	4	4:34	UFC 285	[e]
Heavyweight	Jon Jones	def.	Ciryl Gane	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	2:04	UFC 285	[f]
Welterweight	Leon Edwards (c)	def.	Kamaru Usman	Decision (majority) (48–46, 48–46, 47–47)	5	5:00	UFC 286	[g]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	def.	Alex Pereira (c)	KO (punches)	2	4:21	UFC 287	[h]
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling (c)	def.	Henry Cejudo	Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 288	[i]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Irene Aldana	Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–43)	5	5:00	UFC 289	[j]
Flyweight	Alexandre Pantoja	def.	Brandon Moreno (c)	Decision (split) (46–49, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 290	[k]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	def.	Yair Rodríguez (ic)	TKO (punches)	3	4:19	UFC 290	[l]
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili (c)	def.	Amanda Lemos	Decision (unanimous) (50–43, 50–44, 49–45)	5	5:00	UFC 292	[m]
Bantamweight	Sean O'Malley	def.	Aljamain Sterling (c)	TKO (punches)	2	0:51	UFC 292	[n]
Middleweight	Sean Strickland	def.	Israel Adesanya (c)	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 293	[o]
Women's Flyweight	Alexa Grasso (c)	vs.	Valentina Shevchenko	Draw (split) (48–47, 47–48, 47–47)	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night 227	[p]
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev (c)	def.	Alexander Volkanovski	KO (head kick and punches)	1	3:06	UFC 294	[q]
Heavyweight	Tom Aspinall	def.	Sergei Pavlovich	KO (punches)	1	1:09	UFC 295	[r]
Light Heavyweight	Alex Pereira	def.	Jiří Procházka	TKO (elbows)	2	4:08	UFC 295	[s]
Flyweight	Alexandre Pantoja (c)	def.	Brandon Royval	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 296	[t]
Welterweight	Leon Edwards (c)	def.	Colby Covington	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 296	[u]

1. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
2. For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
3. For the interim UFC Featherweight Championship.
4. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
5. For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
6. For the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship.
7. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
8. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
9. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
10. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
11. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
12. For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
13. For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
14. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
15. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
16. For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
17. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
18. For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
19. For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
20. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
21. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events

Past events

#	Event	Date	Venue	City	Country	Atten.	Ref.	Fight of the Night			Performance of the Night		Bonus	Ref.
673	UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington	Dec 16, 2023	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,039	[185]	Irene Aldana	vs.	Karol Rosa	Josh Emmett	Ariane Lipski	$50,000	[186]
											Shamil Gaziev	—N/a
673	UFC Fight Night: Song vs. Gutiérrez	Dec 9, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[187]	—N/a			Khalil Rountree Jr.	Nasrat Haqparast	$50,000	[188]
											Tim Elliott	Park Hyun-sung
672	UFC on ESPN: Dariush vs. Tsaryukan	Dec 2, 2023	Moody Center	Austin, Texas	United States	14,485	[189]	Rodolfo Bellato	vs.	Ihor Potieria	Arman Tsarukyan	Jalin Turner	$50,000	[190]
											Sean Brady	Dustin Stoltzfus
											Miesha Tate	Cody Brundage
											Drakkar Klose	Jared Gooden
671	UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig	Nov 18, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[191]	—N/a			Brendan Allen	Amanda Ribas	$50,000	. [192]
											Joanderson Brito	Jeka Saragih
670	UFC 295: Procházka vs. Pereira	Nov 11, 2023	Madison Square Garden	New York City	United States	19,039	[193]	Nazim Sadykhov	vs.	Viacheslav Borshchev	Alex Pereira	Tom Aspinall	$50,000	[194]
											Jéssica Andrade	Benoît Saint-Denis
											Diego Lopes	—N/a
669	UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Lewis	Nov 4, 2023	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo	Brazil	10,772	[195]	Nicolas Dalby	vs.	Gabriel Bonfim	Elves Brener	Vitor Petrino	$50,000	[196]
668	UFC 294: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski 2	Oct 21, 2023	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	—N/a	[197]	—N/a			Islam Makhachev	Ikram Aliskerov	$50,000	[198]
											Said Nurmagomedov	Muhammad Mokaev
667	UFC Fight Night: Yusuff vs. Barboza	Oct 14, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[199]	Sodiq Yusuff	vs.	Edson Barboza	Jonathan Martinez	Michel Pereira	$50,000	[200]
666	UFC Fight Night: Dawson vs. Green	Oct 7, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[201]	—N/a			Bobby Green	Joe Pyfer	$50,000	[202]
											Drew Dober	Nate Maness
665	UFC Fight Night: Fiziev vs. Gamrot	Sep 23, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[203]	Tim Means	vs.	André Fialho	Marina Rodriguez	Charles Jourdain	$50,000	[204]
664	UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2	Sep 16, 2023	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	18,766	[205]	—N/a			Raul Rosas Jr.	Daniel Zellhuber	$50,000	[206]
											Lupita Godinez	Roman Kopylov
											Charlie Campbell	—N/a
663	UFC 293: Adesanya vs. Strickland	Sep 10, 2023	Qudos Bank Arena	Sydney	Australia	18,168	[207]	Manel Kape	vs.	Felipe dos Santos	Sean Strickland	Justin Tafa	$50,000	[208]
662	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Spivak	Sep 2, 2023	Accor Arena	Paris	France	15,610	[209]	Benoît Saint-Denis	vs.	Thiago Moisés	Ciryl Gane	Morgan Charrière	$50,000	[210]
661	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie	Aug 26, 2023	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Kallang	Singapore	10,263	[211]	Max Holloway	vs.	Jung Chan-sung	Junior Tafa	Michał Oleksiejczuk	$50,000	[212]
660	UFC 292: Sterling vs. O'Malley	Aug 19, 2023	TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts	United States	18,293	[213]	Brad Katona	vs.	Cody Gibson	Sean O'Malley	Zhang Weili	$50,000	[214]
659	UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. dos Anjos	Aug 12, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[215]	—N/a			Khalil Rountree Jr.	Iasmin Lucindo	$50,000	[216]
											Marcus McGhee	Da'Mon Blackshear
658	UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Font	Aug 5, 2023	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, Tennessee	United States	17,792	[217]	—N/a			Tatiana Suarez	Dustin Jacoby	$50,000	[218]
											Diego Lopes	Carlston Harris
											Assu Almabayev	—N/a
657	UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2	Jul 29, 2023	Delta Center	Salt Lake City, Utah	United States	18,467	[219]	—N/a			Justin Gaethje	Derrick Lewis	$50,000	[220]
											Bobby Green	Kevin Holland
656	UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura	Jul 22, 2023	The O2 Arena	London, England	United Kingdom	15,078	[221]	Danny Roberts	vs.	Jonny Parsons	Tom Aspinall	Paul Craig	$50,000	[222]
655	UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Bueno Silva	Jul 15, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[223]	Jack Della Maddalena	vs.	Bassil Hafez	Mayra Bueno Silva	Francisco Prado	$50,000	[224]
654	UFC 290: Volkanovski vs. Rodríguez	Jul 8, 2023	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,204	[225]	Brandon Moreno	vs.	Alexandre Pantoja	Dricus du Plessis	Denise Gomes	$50,000	[226]
653	UFC on ESPN: Strickland vs. Magomedov	Jul 1, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[227]	Guram Kutateladze	vs.	Elves Brenner	Sean Strickland	Nursulton Ruziboev	$50,000	[228]
652	UFC on ABC: Emmett vs. Topuria	Jun 24, 2023	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	Jacksonville, Florida	United States	14,110	[229]	Josh Emmett	vs.	Ilia Topuria	Maycee Barber	David Onama	$50,000	[230]
651	UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier	Jun 17, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[231]	Marvin Vettori	vs.	Jared Cannonier	Manuel Torres	Alessandro Costa	$50,000	[232]
650	UFC 289: Nunes vs. Aldana	Jun 10, 2023	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	17,628	[233]	Marc-André Barriault	vs.	Eryk Anders	Charles Oliveira	Mike Malott	$50,000	[234]
											Steve Erceg	—N/a
649	UFC on ESPN: Kara-France vs. Albazi	Jun 3, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[235]	Alex Caceres	vs.	Daniel Pineda	Jim Miller	Muhammadjon Naimov	$50,000	[236]
648	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill	May 20, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[237]	Mackenzie Dern	vs.	Angela Hill	Carlos Diego Ferreira	Viacheslav Borschev	$50,000	[238]
647	UFC on ABC: Rozenstruik vs. Almeida	May 13, 2023	Spectrum Center	Charlotte, North Carolina	United States	18,712	[239]	—N/a			Jailton Almeida	Ian Machado Garry	$50,000	[240]
											Carlos Ulberg	Bryan Battle
											Matt Brown	—N/a
646	UFC 288: Sterling vs. Cejudo	May 6, 2023	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey	United States	17,559	[241]	Movsar Evloev	vs.	Diego Lopes	Yan Xiaonan	Matt Frevola	$50,000	[242]
645	UFC on ESPN: Song vs. Simón	Apr 29, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[243]	—N/a			Song Yadong	Caio Borralho	$50,000	[244]
											Rodolfo Vieira	Marcus McGhee
644	UFC Fight Night: Pavlovich vs. Blaydes	Apr 22, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[245]	—N/a			Sergei Pavlovich	Bruno Silva	$50,000	[246]
											Christos Giagos	Montel Jackson
643	UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen	Apr 15, 2023	T-Mobile Center	Kansas City, Missouri	United States	16,234	[247]	Bill Algeo	vs.	T.J. Brown	Edson Barboza	Brandon Royval	$50,000	[248]
											Gillian Robertson	—N/a
642	UFC 287: Pereira vs. Adesanya 2	Apr 8, 2023	Kaseya Center	Miami, Florida	United States	19,032	[249]	Chris Curtis	vs.	Kelvin Gastelum	Israel Adesanya	Rob Font	$50,000	[250]
641	UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen	Mar 25, 2023	AT&T Center	San Antonio, Texas	United States	16,076	[251]	C.J. Vergara	vs.	Daniel da Silva	Nate Landwehr	Daniel Pineda	$50,000	[252]
640	UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3	Mar 18, 2023	The O2 Arena	London, England	United Kingdom	17,588	[253]	Justin Gaethje	vs.	Rafael Fiziev	Gunnar Nelson	Jake Hadley	$50,000	[254]
639	UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili	Mar 11, 2023	The Theater at Virgin Hotels	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[255]	Vitor Petrino	vs.	Anton Turkalj	Davey Grant	Bruno Gustavo da Silva	$50,000	[256]
638	UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane	Mar 4, 2023	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,471	[257]	Geoff Neal	vs.	Shavkat Rakhmonov	Jon Jones	Alexa Grasso	$50,000	[258]
											Bo Nickal	—N/a
637	UFC Fight Night: Muniz vs. Allen	Feb 25, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[259]	—N/a			Brendan Allen	Tatiana Suarez	$50,000	[260]
											Mike Malott	Trevor Peek
											Jordan Leavitt	Joe Solecki
636	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield	Feb 18, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[261]	Nazim Sadykhov	vs.	Evan Elder	Erin Blanchfield	Mayra Bueno Silva	$50,000	[262]
635	UFC 284: Makhachev vs. Volkanovski	Feb 12, 2023	RAC Arena	Perth, Western Australia	Australia	14,124	[263]	Islam Makhachev	vs.	Alexander Volkanovski	Yair Rodríguez	Jack Della Maddalena	$50,000	[264]
634	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak	Feb 4, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[265]	—N/a			Sergey Spivak	Anshul Jubli	$50,000	[266]
											Rinya Nakamura	Tatsuro Taira
633	UFC 283: Teixeira vs. Hill	Jan 21, 2023	Jeunesse Arena	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	13,604	[267]	Glover Teixeira	vs.	Jamahal Hill	Jailton Almeida	Ismael Bonfim	$50,000	[268]
632	UFC Fight Night: Strickland vs. Imavov	Jan 14, 2023	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—N/a	[269]	—N/a			Dan Ige	Roman Kopylov	$50,000	[270]
											Umar Nurmagomedov	Allan Nascimento

See also

• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• List of current UFC fighters
• 2023 in Bellator MMA
• 2023 in Professional Fighters League
• 2023 in ONE Championship
• 2023 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
• 2023 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
• 2023 in Rizin Fighting Federation
• 2023 in Brave Combat Federation
• 2023 in Legacy Fighting Alliance
• 2023 in Road FC

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