The year 2015 was the 23rd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
2015 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 3 | |||
Last date | December 19 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 41 | |||
UFC | 13 | |||
UFC on Fox | 4 | |||
UFC Fight Night | 22 | |||
TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 473 | |||
Title fights | 20 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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Title fights
editTitle fights in 2015 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Zeit | Event | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones (c) | def. | Daniel Cormier | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 182 | [a] |
Women's Bantamweight | Ronda Rousey (c) | def. | Cat Zingano | Submission (straight armbar) | 1 | 0:14 | UFC 184 | [b] |
Women's Strawweight | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | def. | Carla Esparza (c) | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:17 | UFC 185 | [c] |
Lightweight | Rafael dos Anjos | def. | Anthony Pettis (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 185 | [d] |
Flyweight | Demetrious Johnson (c) | def. | Kyoji Horiguchi | Submission (armbar) | 5 | 4:59 | UFC 186 | [e] |
Middleweight | Chris Weidman (c) | def. | Vitor Belfort | TKO (punches) | 1 | 2:53 | UFC 187 | [f] |
Light Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier | def. | Anthony Johnson | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:39 | UFC 187 | [g] |
Heavyweight | Fabrício Werdum (ic) | def. | Cain Velasquez (c) | Submission (guillotine choke) | 3 | 2:13 | UFC 188 | [h] |
Women's Strawweight | Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) | def. | Jessica Penne | TKO (punches and knee) | 3 | 4:22 | UFC Fight Night 69 | [i] |
Welterweight | Robbie Lawler (c) | def. | Rory MacDonald | TKO (punches) | 5 | 1:00 | UFC 189 | [j] |
Featherweight | Conor McGregor | def. | Chad Mendes | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:57 | UFC 189 | [k] |
Bantamweight | T.J. Dillashaw (c) | def. | Renan Barão | TKO (punches) | 4 | 0:35 | UFC on Fox 16 | [l] |
Women's Bantamweight | Ronda Rousey (c) | def. | Bethe Correia | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:34 | UFC 190 | [m] |
Flyweight | Demetrious Johnson (c) | def. | John Dodson | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50-45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 191 | [n] |
Light Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier (c) | def. | Alexander Gustafsson | Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 192 | [o] |
Women's Strawweight | Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) | def. | Valérie Létourneau | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50-45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 193 | [p] |
Women's Bantamweight | Holly Holm | def. | Ronda Rousey (c) | KO (head kick and punches) | 2 | 0:59 | UFC 193 | [q] |
Middleweight | Luke Rockhold | def. | Chris Weidman (c) | TKO (punches) | 4 | 3:12 | UFC 194 | [r] |
Featherweight | Conor McGregor (ic) | def. | José Aldo (c) | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:13 | UFC 194 | [s] |
Lightweight | Rafael dos Anjos (c) | def. | Donald Cerrone | TKO (body kick and punches) | 1 | 1:06 | UFC on Fox 17 | [t] |
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship. Latest finish in UFC history.
- ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ^ For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the interim UFC Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Featherweight Championship. Latest fastest title finish in UFC history.
- ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
The Ultimate Fighter
editThe following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2015:
Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
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TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians | July 12, 2015 | Welterweight | Kamaru Usman | Hayder Hassan |
TUF: Brazil 4 | August 1, 2015 | Lightweight | Glaico França | Fernando Bruno |
Bantamweight | Reginaldo Vieira | Dileno Lopes | ||
TUF: Latin America 2 | November 21, 2015 | Welterweight | Erick Montaño | Enrique Marin |
Lightweight | Enrique Barzola | Horacio Gutiérrez | ||
TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber | December 11, 2015 | Lightweight | Ryan Hall | Artem Lobov |
Debut UFC fighters
editThe following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2015:
Events list
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Staff (2015-12-19). "UFC on FOX 17 Dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2 Gate and Attendance from Orlando". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-12-19.
- ^ Staff (2015-12-13). "UFC 194 draws reported 16,516 attendance for $10.1 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ^ Staff (2015-12-12). "TUF 22 Finale draws sellout for $450,000 gate in Las Vegas". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ^ Staff (2015-12-11). "UFC Fight Night 80 draws reported 1,643 attendance for $234,725 gate in Las Vegas". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ^ Staff (2015-11-28). "UFC Fight Night 79 draws reported 12,156 attendance for first event in South Korea". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-28.
- ^ Staff (2015-11-22). "UFC Fight Night 78 draws announced 10,410 fans for debut in Monterrey, Mexico". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Dave Doyle (2015-11-15). "UFC 193 crowd of 56,214 sets company attendance record". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ^ Mike Bohn (2015-11-08). "UFC Fight Night 77 post-fight facts". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-11-08.
- ^ Staff (2015-10-04). "UFC 192 attendance, live gate: Event ranks fourth of four all-time events at Toyota Center". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
- ^ Staff (2015-09-27). "UFC Fight Night 75: Barnett vs. Nelson attendance figures from Japan". mmaweekly.com. Retrieved 2015-09-27.
- ^ Staff (2015-09-06). "UFC 191 draws 10,873 attendance for $1,362,700 live gate in Las Vegas". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
- ^ Staff (2015-08-24). "UFC Fight Night 74 attendance: Saskatchewan debut draws announced 7,202 fans". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ Staff (2015-08-09). "UFC Fight Night 73 draws announced attendance of 7,539 for $454,551 gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- ^ Staff (2015-08-02). "UFC 190 draws announced attendance of 14,723 for Rousey-Correia in Brazil". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
- ^ Staff (2015-07-25). "UFC on FOX 16 draws 11,663 attendance for $1.2 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ Staff (2015-07-18). "UFC Fight Night 72 draws announced attendance of 10,451 for $1.5 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
- ^ Staff (2015-07-16). "UFC Fight Night 71 draws reported attendance of 5,471 for $412,000 gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
- ^ Staff (2015-07-13). "TUF 21 Finale draws reported 4,844 attendance for $291,000 live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ Staff (2015-07-12). "UFC 189 draws announced attendance of 16,019 for record $7.2 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ Staff (2015-06-28). "UFC Fight Night 70 draws sellout crowd of 5,604". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ^ Staff (2015-06-20). "UFC Fight Night 69 draws an announced 8,155 fans". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ Staff (2015-06-14). "UFC 188 draws reported 21,036 fans for Werdum's upset of Velasquez in Mexico City". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ^ Staff (2015-06-07). "UFC Fight Night 68 draws announced 6,231 attendance for $621,523 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
- ^ Staff (2015-05-31). "UFC Fight Night 67 draws announced 3,500 attendance in Brazil". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2015-05-31.
- ^ "UFC 187 draws reported attendance of 12,615 fans for $5,189,167 live gate". mmajunkie.com. May 24, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 66 attendance: UFC scores sellout in Philippines debut". mmajunkie.com. May 16, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 65 draws announced attendance of 7,984 for $833,810 live gate". mmajunkie.com. May 10, 2015.
- ^ "UFC 186 draws reported 10,154 fans for $668,000 live gate in Montreal". mmajunkie.com. April 26, 2015.
- ^ "UFC on FOX 15 draws announced 13,306 fans for $1.2 million gate". mmajunkie.com. April 18, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 64 draws 10,000 fans for $720,000 live gate". mmajunkie.com. April 11, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 63 attendance: Event earns $200K more than previous visit to venue". mmajunkie.com. April 4, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 62 draws announced 7,707 fans in Rio de Janeiro". mmajunkie.com. March 22, 2015.
- ^ "UFC 185 draws reported 17,160 fans for $2.155 million gate in Dallas". MMAjunkie.com. March 15, 2015.
- ^ "UFC 184 draws reported 17,654 fans for $2.675 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. March 1, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 61 Gate and Attendance for Bigfoot vs. Mir". MMAweekly.com. February 23, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 60 draws reported 5,807 attendance for $382,875 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. February 15, 2015.
- ^ "'UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz' draws reported 13,114 fans for $4.5 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. February 1, 2015.
- ^ "UFC on FOX 14 confirmed as largest European gate in promotion's history". MMAjunkie.com. January 24, 2015.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 59 draws reported 13,828 attendance for $1.34 million gate". MMAjunkie.com. January 19, 2014.
- ^ "UFC 182 Gate and Attendance Low, but PPV Expectations Running High". MMAweekly.com. January 4, 2015.