List of Czech 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 fighters 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 Czech UFC/MMA records [note 3]

List

NameNicknameClassSexUFC recordMMA recordEventsNotesNotable WinsRef.
Karlos Vemola TermintorLight Heavyweight and MiddleweightMale2-49-4 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 Czech to compete in UFC. Seth Petruzelli
Mike Massenzio 		[3]
Viktor Pešta Poor HonzaHeavyweightMale1-410-4 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 		Second Czech to compete in UFC.Konstantin Erokhin [4]
Lucie Pudilová BantamweightFemale2-58-6 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 		First Female Czech fighter to compete in UFC. Ji Yeon Kim
Sarah Moras 		[5]
David Dvořák UndertakerFlyweightMale2-019-3 UFC Fight Night 170
UFC Fight Night 179 		First Czech to win his debut fight in UFC. Bruno Silva [6]
Makhmud Muradov MachMiddleweightMale2-024-6 UFC Fight Night 160: Hermansson vs. Cannonier
UFC on ESPN 7 - Overeem vs. Rozenstruik 		Uzbekistan origin. [7] Trevor Smith [8]
Jiří Procházka DenisaHeavyweightMale1-027-3-1 UFC 251 Volkan Oezdemir [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, all fighters 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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References

  1. ↑ Cliff Montgomery. "The History of the UFC - Part 1". ExtremeProSports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ MMAjunkie.com Staff (December 23, 2010). "Sports-industry executives choose UFC as best positioned property for 2011". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Karlos Vémola v UFC skončil". www.extraround.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pešta dostal čtyřikrát nařezáno a v UFC končí! Tohle teď vzkazuje". sport.tn.nova.cz (in Czech). 9 March 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Pudilová končí v UFC, Dvořákův start byl potvrzen". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 13 February 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Dvořák jako raketa. Po výhře v UFC vyletěl. Jak daleko je od TOP 10?". www.sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Muradov je připraven na bitvu v UFC. V rohu mu bude stát český táta". www.sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Makhmud Muradov má potvrzený další zápas v UFC! Zná jméno soupeře i datum bitvy". refresher.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Skvělý Procházka! Sestřelil soupeře při debutu v UFC ve druhém kole". iSport.cz. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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