List of Czech Republic's UFC fighters

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations). [1] Since its inception, and through its current Zuffa management, the UFC has remained one of the more dominant MMA promotions in the world, playing host to a wide field of MMA fighters. [2]

Contents

This list provides an up-to-date roster of all mixed martial artists with Czech citizenship that represent Czech Republic competing or have previously competed under the UFC promotional banner. [note 1] [note 2] Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their number of appearances inside the UFC. Fighter record and notable wins, achievements. Tournament participation and overall UFC/MMA records [note 3] In 2022, Jiří Procházka became the Czech Republic's first UFC Champion after defeating Glover Teixeira for the Light Heavyweight title at UFC 275. [3]

Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC). [4] All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

List

NameNicknameClassSexUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotesNotable WinsRef.
Karlos Vemola The TerminatorHeavyweight, Light Heavyweight and MiddleweightMale2-436-8 UFC 116
UFC 122
UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle
UFC on Fox: Diaz vs. Miller
UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman
UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum 		First mixed martial artist from the Czech Republic to compete in UFC. Seth Petruzelli
Mike Massenzio 		[5]
Viktor Pešta HeavyweightMale1-410-4 UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi
UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson
UFC 192
UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Caceres
UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn 		Konstantin Erokhin [6]
Lucie Pudilová BulletBantamweightFemale3-714-9 UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros
UFC 228
UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos
UFC on ESPN 5
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos

UFC on ESPN: Holloway vs. Allen UFC Fight Night: Allen vs. Craig

First female mixed martial artist from the Czech Republic to compete in UFC. Ji Yeon Kim
Sarah Moras 		[7]
David Dvořák UndertakerFlyweightMale3-320-6 UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira
UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Daukaus 		Bruno Silva
Jordan Espinosa
Juancamilo Ronderos		 [8]
Jiří Procházka Denisa/BJPLight HeavyweightMale4-130-4-1 UFC 251
UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka
UFC 275

UFC 295 UFC 300

First Czech UFC Champion. Volkan Oezdemir
Dominick Reyes
Glover Teixeira

Aleksandar Rakić

[9]
Tereza BledáFlyweightFemale1-17-1 UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba

UFC on ESPN: Vettori vs. Cannonier

Notes

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, all mixed martial artists listed are retrieved from ufc.com.
  2. ↑ All names presented are in accordance with UFC.com profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names.
  3. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from sherdog.com.

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