2016 in UFC

2016 in UFC
Information
First date January 2
Last date TBD
Events
Total events TBD
UFC TBD
UFC on Fox TBD
UFC Fight Night TBD
TUF Finale events TBD
Fights
Total fights TBD
Title fights TBD
Chronology

2015 in UFC 2016 in UFC 2017 in UFC

The year 2016 is the 24th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

Title fights

Title fights in 2016
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 Fabrício Werdum (c) vs. Stipe Miocic UFC 198 [lower-alpha 6]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz (c) vs. Urijah Faber UFC 199 [lower-alpha 7]
Middleweight Luke Rockhold (c) vs. Chris Weidman UFC 199 [lower-alpha 8]
Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos (c) vs. Eddie Alvarez UFC Fight Night 90 [lower-alpha 9]
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) vs. Cláudia Gadelha The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale [lower-alpha 10]
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate (c) vs. Amanda Nunes UFC 200 [lower-alpha 11]
Featherweight José Aldo vs. Frankie Edgar UFC 200 [lower-alpha 12]
Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier (c) vs. Jon Jones (ic) UFC 200 [lower-alpha 13]
Welterweight Robbie Lawler (c) vs. Tyron Woodley UFC 201 [lower-alpha 14]

The Ultimate Fighter

SeasonFinaleDivisionWinnerRunner-up
TUF 23: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia July 8, 2016 Light Heavyweight
Women's Strawweight

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2016:

  • Alessio Di Chirico
  • Alex Morono
  • Alex Nicholson
  • Augusto Mendes
  • Bojan Veličković
  • Cody East
  • Cristina Stanciu
  • Curtis Blaydes
  • Cyril Asker
  • Damian Grabowski
  • Damir Hadžović
  • Darrell Horcher
  • David Teymur
  • Damien Brown
  • Elvis Mutapcic
  • Filip Pejić
  • Felipe Olivieri
  • Jarjis Danho
  • Joey Gomez
  • Kelly Faszholz
  • Kyle Bochniak
  • Leonardo Guimarães
  • Luke Sanders
  • Marcin Tybura
  • Martin Svensson
  • Mehdi Baghdad
  • Mickey Gall
  • Mike Jackson
  • Randy Brown
  • Thibault Gouti

Events List

Main article: List of UFC events

Scheduled events

Event Date Venue Location
UFC 201 Jul 30, 2016 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1]
UFC on Fox 20 Jul 23, 2016 United Center Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[2]
UFC Fight Night 91 Jul 13, 2016 Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S.[3]
UFC 200: Cormier vs. Jones 2 Jul 9, 2016 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[4]
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale Jul 8, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[5]
UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Jul 7, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[6]
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson June 18, 2016 TD Place Arena Ottawa, Ontario, Canada[7]
UFC 199: Rockhold vs. Weidman 2 June 4, 2016 The Forum Inglewood, California, U.S.[8]
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt May 29, 2016 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[9]
UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic May 14, 2016 Arena da Baixada Curitiba, Brazil[10]
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski May 8, 2016 Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands[11]

Past events

# Event Date Venue Location Attendance
355 UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux April 23, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S 11,352[12]
354 UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans April 16, 2016 Amalie Arena Tampa, Florida, U.S. 11,273[13]
353 UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos April 10, 2016 Arena Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia 13,177[14]
352 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir March 20, 2016 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Australia 9,552[15]
351 UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz March 5, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 14,898[16]
350 UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping Feb 27, 2016 The O2 Arena London, England 16,734[17]
349 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy Feb 21, 2016 Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. 7,330[18]
348 UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson Feb 6, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 7,422[19]
347 UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader Jan 30, 2016 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey, U.S. 10,555[20]
346 UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz Jan 17, 2016 TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. 12,022[21]
345 UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit Jan 2, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 10,300[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nick Baldwin (2016-05-04). "Robbie Lawler vs. Tyron Woodley targeted for UFC 201". bloodyelbow.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. ↑ Staff (2016-03-30). "UFC headed back to Chicago in July for UFC on FOX 20". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. ↑ Hunter A. Homistek (2016-04-16). "UFC to make South Dakota debut in July". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  4. ↑ Dave Doyle (2015-09-04). "UFC 200 set for July 9, 2016 at new Las Vegas Arena". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
  5. ↑ Mike Bohn (2016-01-17). "Champ Jedrzejczyk, Gadelha announced as 'TUF 23' coaches, rematch on July 8". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  6. ↑ Damon Martin (2016-04-15). "Rafael dos Anjos defends his title against Eddie Alvarez on UFC Fight Pass". foxsports.com. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
  7. ↑ Brad Popkin (2016-03-06). "Rory MacDonald vs Stephen Thompson headlines UFC Fight Night 89 event in Ottawa on June 18". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  8. ↑ Staff (2016-03-04). "Rockhold-Weidman 2, Cruz-Faber 3 headline UFC 199 on June 4 at The Forum in L.A.". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  9. ↑ Hunter A. Homistek (2016-03-18). "Cody Garbrandt vs. Thomas Almeida targeted for UFC Fight Night 88 main event in Las Vegas". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  10. ↑ Marcelo Alonso (2016-02-22). "Fabricio Werdum vs. Stipe Miocic to headline UFC 198 in Brazil". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  11. ↑ Guilherme Cruz (2016-01-08). "UFC announces dates for events in Croatia, Netherlands". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  12. ↑ Staff (2016-04-24). "UFC 197 attendance: event draws 11,352 fans for $2.3 million live gate in Las Vegas". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  13. ↑ Staff (2016-04-16). "UFC on FOX 19 attendance: Event draws 11,273 for $1.057 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
  14. ↑ Staff (2016-04-10). "UFC Fight Night 86 draws announced 13,177 fans for $549,000 live gate in Croatia". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  15. ↑ Staff (2016-03-20). "UFC Fight Night 85 draws announced 9,552 fans for $1 million US live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  16. ↑ Staff (2016-03-06). "UFC 196 draws announced 14,898 fans in Las Vegas for $8.1 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  17. ↑ Staff (2016-02-27). "UFC Fight Night 84 draws announced attendance of 16,734 for $2 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  18. ↑ Staff (2016-02-22). "UFC Fight Night 83 draws 7,330 for live gate of $572,547". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  19. ↑ Staff (2016-02-07). "UFC Fight Night 82 draws 7,422 for live gate of $1.435 million". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  20. ↑ Staff (2016-01-30). "UFC on FOX 18 draws announced attendance of 10,555 for $818k live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  21. ↑ Staff (2016-01-18). "UFC Fight Night 81 draws reported 12,022 fans for $1,300,000 gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  22. ↑ Staff (2016-01-03). "UFC 195 draws announced 10,300 attendance for live gate in excess of $2 million". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.

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