2017 in UFC
{{short description|UFC MMA events in 2017}}
{{Year in UFC
|name = 2017 in UFC
|image = Logo of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.svg
|image_size = 176px
|first_date = January 15
|last_date = December 30
|total_events = 39
|numbered_events = 12
|fox_events = 4
|fox_sports_1_events = 21
|fox_sports_2_events = TBD
|tuf_finale_events = 2
|total_fights = 457
|title_fights = 20
|preceded_by = 2016 in UFC
|followed_by = 2018 in UFC
}}
The year 2017 was the 25th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
2017 in UFC
= Dana White's Contender Series =
{{Main|Dana White's Contender Series}}
In May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold Dana White's Contender Series weekly on UFC Fight Pass. As with the earlier web series Looking for a Fight, the goal of the series is for White to scout talent for the UFC.{{cite web|url=http://www.ufc.com/news/dana-white-tuesday-night-contender-series-launches-on-fight-pass-051217?id=|title=Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series Launches on Fight Pass|publisher=Ultimate Fighting Championship|author=Staff|access-date=2017-06-22|date=2017-05-12}}{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2017/05/dana-whites-tuesday-night-contender-series-debuts-july-11-on-ufc-fight-pass-with-5-live-fights-a-week|title='Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' debuts July 11 on UFC Fight Pass with 5 live fights a week|publisher=mmajunkie.com|author=Staff|access-date=2017-05-13|date=2017-05-13}} Similar to The Ultimate Fighter none of the fighters involved will have existing UFC contracts. Licensed separately from the UFC with Dana White applying for a promoter's licence, it was stated ahead of the license being approved that “this is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand, but instead a promotion that will allow up and coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC."{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/ufc/story/dana-white-receives-promoters-license-for-new-contender-series-separate-from-ufc-061417|title=Dana White receives promoter's license for new contender series separate from UFC - FOX Sports|date=14 June 2017}}
The inaugural event took take place on July 11, 2017 at the UFC's home base of Las Vegas.{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/2017/06/dana-whites-tuesday-night-contender-series-premier-fight-card|title=5-fight lineup revealed for 'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' premiere|publisher=mmajunkie.com|author=Staff|access-date=2017-06-22|date=2017-05-12}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ufc.com/news/Dana-White-Tuesday-Night-Contender-Series-Premiere|title=Tuesday Night Contender Series to premiere July 11|publisher=ufc.com|author=Thomas Gerbasi|access-date=2017-06-22|date=2017-06-22}}
2017 UFC.com awards
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2017:
{{div col|colwidth=36em}}
- Abdul-Kerim Edilov
- Adam Wieczorek
- Aiemann Zahabi
- Aleksandar Rakić
- Alex Perez
- Alex Reyes
- Alexandre Pantoja
- Allen Crowder
- Amanda Lemos
- Andre Soukhamthath
- Ariel Beck
- Arjan Bhullar
- Ashkan Mokhtarian
- Barb Honchak
- Benito Lopez
- Bharat Kandare
- Bobby Nash
- Brian Kelleher
- Calvin Kattar
- Carls John de Tomas
- Chan-Mi Jeon
- Christina Marks
- Cindy Dandois
- Cody Stamann
- Cynthia Calvillo
- Daniel Spitz
- Daniel Teymur
- Danny Henry
- Davi Ramos
- DeAnna Bennett
- Deiveson Figueiredo
- Desmond Green
- Devin Powell
- Dominick Reyes
- Drakkar Klose
- Emily Whitmire
- Eryk Anders
- Eric Shelton
- Frank Camacho
- Galore Bofando
- Gavin Tucker
- Gillian Robertson
- Gina Mazany
- Gökhan Saki
- Hu Yaozong
- Humberto Bandenay
- James Bochnovic
- Jared Gordon
- Jeremy Kimball
- Jessica Rose-Clark
- Ji Yeon Kim
- Jodie Esquibel
- Joseph Morales
- Julian Marquez
- Júnior Albini
- Justin Gaethje
- Justin Willis
- Kalindra Faria
- Karine Gevorgyan
- Karl Roberson
- Lucie Pudilova
- Luke Jumeau
- Mads Burnell
- Magomed Bibulatov
- Mara Romero Borella
- Marcel Fortuna
- Marcelo Golm
- Mark De La Rosa
- Markus Perez
- Michał Oleksiejczuk
- Melinda Fábián
- Merab Dvalishvili
- Michel Quiñones
- Mike Santiago
- Montana De La Rosa
- Muslim Salikhov
- Nadia Kassem
- Naoki Inoue
- Nasrat Haqparast
- Nicco Montaño
- Nick Roehrick
- Oliver Enkamp
- Oskar Piechota
- Paulo Costa
- Pearl Gonzalez
- Poliana Botelho
- Rashad Coulter
- Rachael Ostovich
- Ramazan Emeev
- Ricardo Ramos
- Rob Wilkinson
- Roberto Sanchez
- Rolando Dy
- Terrion Ware
- Trevin Giles
- Salim Touahri
- Sean O'Malley
- Shana Dobson
- Shane Young
- Sheymon Moraes
- Song Kenan
- Song Yadong
- Syuri Kondo
- Tai Tuivasa
- Talita Bernardo
- Tom Duquesnoy
- Tom Gallicchio
- Volkan Oezdemir
- Wang Guan
- Wu Yunan
- Wuliji Buren
- Yan Xiaonan
- Zabit Magomedsharipov
- Zu Anyanwu
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The Ultimate Fighter
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2017:
| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;"
!Season!!Finale!!Division!!Winner!!Runner-up |
| TUF 25: Redemption
|Welterweight |
| TUF 26: A New World Champion
|Women's Flyweight |
Title fights
{{MMAtitle}}
{{MMAtitle card|Title fights in 2017}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Featherweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)
|5
|5:00
|For the inaugural UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Welterweight
|Tyron Woodley (c)
|def.
|Decision (majority) (48–47, 47–47, 48–47)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Light Heavyweight
|Daniel Cormier (c)
|def.
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|2
|3:39
|For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Flyweight
|Demetrious Johnson (c)
|def.
|Submission (armbar)
|3
|4:49
|For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Strawweight
|Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–44, 50–45)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Heavyweight
|Stipe Miocic (c)
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|1
|2:22
|For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Featherweight
|Max Holloway (ic)
|def.
|José Aldo (c)
|TKO (punches)
|3
|4:13
|For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Middleweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)
|5
|5:00
|For the interim UFC Middleweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Featherweight
|def.
|TKO (knees)
|3
|1:56
|For the vacant UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Welterweight
|Tyron Woodley (c)
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Light Heavyweight
|Daniel Cormier (c)
|vs.
|No Contest (overturned)
|3
|3:01
|For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Originally a KO (head kick and punches) win for Jones, overturned after he tested positive for turinabol.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Bantamweight
|Amanda Nunes (c)
|def.
|Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Flyweight
|Demetrious Johnson (c)
|def.
|Submission (armbar)
|5
|3:15
|For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Lightweight
|def.
|Submission (triangle choke)
|3
|4:02
|For the interim UFC Lightweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Strawweight
|def.
|Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)
|TKO (punches)
|1
|3:03
|For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Bantamweight
|def.
|Cody Garbrandt (c)
|KO (punches)
|2
|2:41
|For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Middleweight
|def.
|Michael Bisping (c)
|Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)
|3
|4:23
|For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Flyweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46)
|5
|5:00
|The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale
|For the inaugural UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Featherweight
|Max Holloway (c)
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|3
|4:51
|For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Featherweight
|Cris Cyborg (c)
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle end|notes = yes}}
Events list
{{Main|List of UFC events}}
| class="sortable wikitable succession-box" style="font-size:90%;"
! scope="col" | # ! scope="col" | Event ! scope="col" | Date ! scope="col" | Venue ! scope="col" | Location ! scope="col" | Attendance |
| 424
|{{dts|2017|December|30}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 423
|UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos |{{dts|2017|December|16}} |
| 422
|UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega |{{dts|2017|December|9}} |Fresno, California, U.S |
| 421
|{{dts|2017|December|2}} |Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 420
|The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale |{{dts|2017|December|1}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | rowspan="1 {{n/a}} |
| 419
|UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum |{{dts|2017|November|25}} |Shanghai, China |
| 418
|UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura |{{dts|2017|November|19}} |Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| 417
|UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis |{{dts|2017|November|11}} |Ted Constant Convocation Center |Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| 416
|UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre |{{dts|2017|November|4}} |New York City, New York, U.S. |
| 415
|UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Brunson |{{dts|2017|October|28}} |São Paulo, Brazil |
| 414
|UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Till |{{dts|2017|October|21}} |Gdańsk, Poland |
| 413
|{{dts|2017|October|7}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 412
|UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2 |{{dts|2017|September|23}} |Saitama, Saitama, Japan |
| 411
|UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch |{{dts|2017|September|16}} |Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 410
|UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2 |{{dts|2017|September|9}} |Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| 409
|UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve |{{dts|2017|September|2}} |Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 408
|UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno |{{dts|2017|August|5}} |Mexico City, Mexico |
| 407
|{{dts|2017|July|29}} |Anaheim, California, U.S. |
| 406
|UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum |{{dts|2017|July|22}} |Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |Uniondale, New York, U.S. |
| 405
|UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio |{{dts|2017|July|16}} |Glasgow, Scotland |
| 404
|UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker |{{dts|2017|July|8}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S |
| 403
|The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale |{{dts|2017|July|7}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
| 402
|UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee |{{dts|2017|June|25}} |Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| 401
|UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia |{{dts|2017|June|17}} |Kallang, Singapore |
| 400
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt |{{dts|2017|June|11}} |Auckland, New Zealand |
| 399
|{{dts|2017|June|3}} |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 398
|UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira |{{dts|2017|May|28}} |Stockholm, Sweden |
| 397
|UFC 211: Miocic vs dos Santos 2 |{{dts|2017|May|13}} |Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| 396
|UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov |{{dts|2017|April|22}} |Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| 395
|{{dts|2017|April|15}} |Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| 394
|UFC 210: Cormier vs Johnson 2 |{{dts|2017|April|8}} |Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| 393
|UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson |{{dts|2017|March|18}} |
| 392
|UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum |{{dts|2017|March|11}} |Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste |Fortaleza, Brazil |
| 391
|UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2 |{{dts|2017|March|4}} |
| 390
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne |{{dts|2017|February|19}} |Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 389
|{{dts|2017|February|11}} |
| 388
|UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie |{{dts|2017|February|4}} |
| 387
|UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña |{{dts|2017|January|28}} |Denver, Colorado, U.S |
| 386
|UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn |{{dts|2017|January|15}} |Phoenix, Arizona, U.S |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160916064655/http://www.ufc.com/event/Past_Events UFC past events on UFC.com]
- [http://www.sherdog.com/organizations/Ultimate-Fighting-Championship-2 UFC events results at Sherdog.com]
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