2018 in UFC
{{short description|UFC MMA events in 2018}}
{{Year in UFC
|name = 2018 in UFC
|image = Logo of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.svg
|image_size = 176px
|first_date = January 14
|last_date = December 29
|total_events = 39
|numbered_events = 13
|fox_events = 5
|fox_sports_1_events = TBD
|fox_sports_2_events = TBD
|tuf_finale_events = 2
|total_fights = 473
|title_fights = 18
|preceded_by = 2017 in UFC
|followed_by = 2019 in UFC
}}
The year 2018 was the 26th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States and founded in November 1993. This year, the UFC celebrated its 25th anniversary, and an anniversary event was held on November 10, 2018 in Denver, Colorado, the city where the historical UFC 1 was held.{{cite web|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2018/07/07/ufc-25-anniversary-fight-denver/|title=UFC announces official 25th anniversary Fight Night will be in Denver|date=8 July 2018}}
2018 UFC.com awards
| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align:Center"
! colspan="7" style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 5px; background: #3B99FA;|2018 UFC.COM Awards |
| No
!Best Fighter !The Upsets !The Submissions !The Newcomers !The Knockouts !The Fights |
|---|
| 1
|style="font-size:87%"|Daniel Cormier |style="font-size:87%"|Alexander Hernandez |style="font-size:87%"|Ryan Hall |style="font-size:87%"|Israel Adesanya |style="font-size:87%"|Yair Rodríguez |style="font-size:87%"|Robert Whittaker |
| 2
|style="font-size:87%"|Amanda Nunes |style="font-size:87%"|Chris Gruetzemacher |style="font-size:87%"|Paul Craig |style="font-size:87%"|Alexander Hernandez |style="font-size:87%"|Brian Ortega |style="font-size:87%"|Dustin Poirier |
| 3
|style="font-size:87%"|Khabib Nurmagomedov |style="font-size:87%"|Jared Cannonier |style="font-size:87%"|Aljamain Sterling defeats Cody Stamann UFC 228 (Tie) |style="font-size:87%"|Mackenzie Dern |style="font-size:87%"|Lyoto Machida |style="font-size:87%"|Yair Rodríguez |
| 4
|style="font-size:87%"|Henry Cejudo |style="font-size:87%"|Henry Cejudo |style="font-size:87%"|Aleksei Oleinik |style="font-size:87%"|Maycee Barber |style="font-size:87%"|Amanda Nunes |style="font-size:87%"|Max Holloway |
| 5
|style="font-size:87%"|Valentina Shevchenko |style="font-size:87%"|Sergio Pettis |style="font-size:87%"|Charles Oliveira |style="font-size:87%"|Sodiq Yusuff (Tie) |style="font-size:87%"|Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos |style="font-size:87%"|Tony Ferguson |
| 6
|style="font-size:87%"|Anthony Smith |style="font-size:87%"|Corey Anderson |style="font-size:87%"|Adam Wieczorek |style="font-size:87%"|Brad Katona |style="font-size:87%"|Yoel Romero |style="font-size:87%"|Ronaldo Souza |
| 7
|style="font-size:87%"|Israel Adesanya |style="font-size:87%"|Khalil Rountree Jr. |style="font-size:87%"|Ilir Latifi |style="font-size:87%"|Zhang Weili |style="font-size:87%"|Jéssica Andrade |style="font-size:87%"|Thiago Santos |
| 8
|style="font-size:87%"|Ronaldo Souza |style="font-size:87%"|Brian Kelleher |style="font-size:87%"|Claudio Puelles |style="font-size:87%"|Johnny Walker |style="font-size:87%"|Daniel Cormier |style="font-size:87%"|Calvin Kattar |
| 9
|style="font-size:87%"|Dustin Poirier |style="font-size:87%"|Nina Ansaroff |style="font-size:87%"|Darren Elkins |style="font-size:87%"|Raoni Barcelos |style="font-size:87%"|Ismael Bonfim |style="font-size:87%"|Drew Dober |
| 10
|style="font-size:87%"|Corey Anderson (Tie) |style="font-size:87%"|Cody Stamann |style="font-size:87%"|Donald Cerrone |style="font-size:87%"|Sijara Eubanks |style="font-size:87%"|Derrick Lewis |style="font-size:87%"|Zabit Magomedsharipov |
| Ref |
Title fights
{{MMAtitle}}
{{MMAtitle card|Title fights in 2018}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Light Heavyweight
|Daniel Cormier (c)
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|2
|2:00
|For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Heavyweight
|Stipe Miocic (c)
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Middleweight
|def.
|KO (punches)
|3
|1:48
|For the interim UFC Middleweight Championship (as Romero missed weight, only Rockhold was eligible).
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Featherweight
|Cris Cyborg (c)
|def
|TKO (punches)
|1
|3:25
|For the UFC Women’s Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Strawweight
|Rose Namajunas (c)
|def
|Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Lightweight
|def
|Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-43, 50-43)
|5
|5:00
|For the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Bantamweight
|Amanda Nunes (c)
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|5
|2:36
| For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Welterweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 48-47, 48-47)
|5
|5:00
|For the interim UFC Welterweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Heavyweight
|def.
|Stipe Miocic (c)
|KO (punches)
|1
|4:33
|For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Flyweight
|def.
|Demetrious Johnson (c)
|Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 48-47)
|5
|5:00
|For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Bantamweight
|T.J. Dillashaw (c)
|def.
|TKO (knee and punches)
|1
|4:17
|For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Welterweight
|Tyron Woodley (c)
|def.
|Submission (D'Arce choke)
|2
|4:19
|For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Lightweight
|Khabib Nurmagomedov (c)
|def.
|Submission (neck crank)
|4
|3:03
|For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Heavyweight
|Daniel Cormier (c)
|def.
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|2
|2:14
|For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Flyweight
|def.
|Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46)
|5
|5:00
|For the vacant UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Featherweight
|Max Holloway (c)
|def.
|TKO (doctor stoppage)
|4
|5:00
|For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Women's Featherweight
|def.
|Cris Cyborg (c)
|KO (punch)
|1
|0:51
|For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle bout
|Light Heavyweight
|def.
|TKO (punches)
|3
|2:02
|For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
}}
{{MMAtitle end|notes = yes}}
The Ultimate Fighter
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2018:
| class="wikitable" style="width:99%;"
!Season!!Finale!!Division!!Winner!!Runner-up!!Ref |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|TUF 27: Undefeated
|rowspan="2"|July 6, 2018 |Lightweight |Joe Giannetti |
| Featherweight
|Jay Cucciniello |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:left"|TUF 28: Heavy Hitters
|rowspan="2"|November 30, 2018 |Heavyweight |Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa |Justin Frazier |
| Women's Featherweight |
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2018:
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- Abu Azaitar - UFC Fight Night 134{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
- Adam Yandiev - UFC Fight Night 136
- Alex Gorgees - UFC Fight Night 142
- Alexander Hernandez - UFC 222
- Alexey Kunchenko - UFC Fight Night 136
- Allan Zuñiga - TUF 27 Finale
- Anderson dos Santos - UFC Fight Night 140
- Andre Ewell - UFC Fight Night 137
- Andrea Lee - UFC Fight Night 129
- Antonina Shevchenko - TUF 28 Finale
- Augusto Sakai - UFC Fight Night 137
- Austin Arnett - UFC on Fox 27
- Bevon Lewis - UFC 232
- Blagoy Ivanov - UFC Fight Night 133
- Bobby Moffett - UFC Fight Night 139
- Brad Katona - TUF 27 Finale
- Brandon Davis - UFC 220
- Bryce Mitchell - TUF 27 Finale
- Carlo Pedersoli Jr. - UFC Fight Night 130
- Chance Rencountre - UFC Fight Night 131
- Charles Byrd - UFC Fight Night 127
- Chris Fishgold - UFC Fight Night 138
- Chris Gutiérrez - TUF 28 Finale
- Christos Giagos - UFC Fight Night 137
- Cory Sandhagen - UFC on Fox 27
- Craig White - UFC Fight Night 130
- Curtis Millender - UFC Fight Night 126
- Damir Ismagulov - UFC Fight Night 142
- Dan Ige - UFC 220
- Dan Moret - UFC on Fox 29
- Darko Stošić - UFC Fight Night 134
- David Zawada - UFC Fight Night 134
- Devonte Smith - UFC Fight Night 139
- Dmitriy Sosnovskiy - UFC Fight Night 127
- Edmen Shahbazyan - TUF 28 Finale
- Don Madge - UFC Fight Night 138
- Dwight Grant - UFC on Fox 31
- Elias Garcia - UFC Fight Night 133
- Geoff Neal - UFC Fight Night 126
- Hakeem Dawodu - UFC Fight Night 127
- Hannah Cifers - UFC Fight Night 139
- Hector Aldana - UFC Fight Night 132
- Ian Heinisch - UFC Fight Night 140
- Israel Adesanya - UFC 221
- Jalin Turner - UFC 229
- Jay Cucciniello - TUF 27 Finale
- Jennifer Maia - UFC Fight Night 133
- Jesus Pinedo - UFC Fight Night 140
- Jimmy Crute - UFC Fight Night 142
- Jin Soo Son - UFC Fight Night 136
- Joe Giannetti - TUF 27 Finale
- John Gunther - TUF 27 Finale
- John Phillips - UFC Fight Night 127
- Jonathan Martinez - UFC Fight Night 138
- Johnny Walker - UFC Fight Night 140
- Jordan Griffin - UFC on Fox 31
- Jose Torres - UFC Fight Night 131
- Juan Adams - UFC on Fox 31
- Juan Espino - TUF 28 Finale
- Julija Stoliarenko - TUF 28 Finale
- Julio Arce - UFC 220
- Justin Frazier - TUF 28 Finale
- Kai Kara-France - UFC Fight Night 142
- Kevin Aguilar - TUF 28 Finale
- Kevin Holland - UFC 227
- Khalid Murtazaliev - UFC Fight Night 136
- Khalid Taha - UFC Fight Night 134
- Kyle Nelson - UFC 231
- Laureano Staropoli - UFC Fight Night 140
- Lauren Mueller - UFC on Fox 29
- Leah Letson - TUF 28 Finale
- Liu Pingyuan - UFC Fight Night 134
- Livia Renata Souza - UFC Fight Night 137
- Luigi Vendramini - UFC Fight Night 137
- Luis Peña - TUF 27 Finale
- Nathaniel Wood - UFC Fight Night 131
- Mackenzie Dern - UFC 222
- Macy Chiasson - TUF 28 Finale
- Magomed Ankalaev - UFC Fight Night 127
- Maia Stevenson - UFC Fight Night 125
- Manny Bermudez - UFC on Fox 28
- Mike Rodríguez - UFC Fight Night 137
- Marcin Prachnio - UFC on Fox 28
- Martin Day - UFC Fight Night 141
- Maycee Barber - UFC Fight Night 139
- Matt Bessette - UFC 220
- Matt Frevola - UFC Fight Night 124
- Matt Sayles - UFC 227
- Mayra Bueno Silva - UFC Fight Night 137
- Maurice Greene - TUF 28 Finale
- Megan Anderson - UFC 225
- Michel Batista - TUF 28 Finale
- Mike Jackson - UFC 225
- Mike Rodriguez - UFC 223
- Michael Trizano - TUF 27 Finale
- Molly McCann - UFC Fight Night 130
- Montel Jackson - UFC 227
- Su Mudaerji - UFC Fight Night 141
- Nad Narimani - UFC Fight Night 134
- Pannie Kianzad - TUF 28 Finale
- Petr Yan - UFC Fight Night 132
- Polyana Viana - UFC Fight Night 125
- Priscila Cachoeira - UFC Fight Night 125
- Ricky Rainey - UFC on Fox 29
- Raoni Barcelos - UFC Fight Night 133
- Richie Smullen - TUF 27 Finale
- Ricky Simón - UFC Fight Night 128
- Roosevelt Roberts - TUF 28 Finale
- Ryan Spann - UFC Fight Night 137
- Said Nurmagomedov - UFC Fight Night 133
- Sergei Pavlovich - UFC Fight Night 141
- Sijara Eubanks - UFC Fight Night 131
- Sodiq Yusuff - UFC Fight Night 142
- Stefan Sekulić - UFC Fight Night 136
- Steven Peterson - UFC Fight Night 126
- Suman Mokhtarian - UFC Fight Night 142
- Te'Jovan Edwards - UFC Fight Night 138
- Thiago Moisés - UFC Fight Night 139
- Tim Williams - UFC Fight Night 126
- Tyler Diamond - TUF 27 Finale
- Vince Morales - UFC Fight Night 141
- Wu Yanan - UFC Fight Night 122
- Yana Kunitskaya - UFC 222
- Zhang Weili - UFC 227
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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 ! scope="col" | Ref. | |
| 463
|UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2 |{{dts|2018|December|29}} |Inglewood, California, U.S. | {{nts|15,862}} |
| 462
|UFC on Fox: Lee vs. Iaquinta 2 |{{dts|2018|December|15}} |{{nts|9,010}} | |
| 461
|{{dts|2018|December|8}} |Toronto, Ontario, Canada |{{nts|19,039 }} | |
| 460
|UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Tuivasa |{{dts|2018|December|2}} |Adelaide Entertainment Centre |Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |{{nts|8,652}} | |
| 459
|The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale |{{dts|2018|November|30}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |{{nts|2,020}} | |
| 458
|UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 |{{dts|2018|November|25}} |Beijing, China |{{nts|10,302}} | |
| 457
|UFC Fight Night: Magny vs. Ponzinibbio |{{dts|2018|November|17}} |Buenos Aires, Argentina |{{nts|10,245}} | |
| 456
|UFC Fight Night: Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez |{{dts|2018|November|10}} |Denver, Colorado, U.S. |{{nts|11,426}} | |
| 455
|{{dts|2018|November|3}} |New York City, New York, U.S. |{{nts|17,011}} | |
| 454
|UFC Fight Night: Volkan vs. Smith |{{dts|2018|October|27}} |{{nts|6,282}} | |
| 453
|{{dts|2018|October|6}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |{{nts|20,034}} | |
| 452
|UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Anders |{{dts|2018|September|22}} |São Paulo, Brazil |{{nts|9,485}} | |
| 451
|UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Oliynyk |{{dts|2018|September|15}} |Moscow, Russia |{{nts|22,603}} | |
| 450
|{{dts|2018|September|8}} |Dallas, Texas, U.S |{{nts|14,073}} | |
| 449
|UFC Fight Night: Gaethje vs. Vick |{{dts|2018|August|25}} |Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |{{nts|6,409}} | |
| 448
|UFC 227: Dillashaw vs. Garbrandt 2 |{{dts|2018|August|4}} |Los Angeles, California, U.S. |{{nts|17,794}} | |
| 447
|UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 |{{dts|2018|July|28}} |{{nts|10,603}} | |
| 446
|UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith |{{dts|2018|July|22}} |Hamburg, Germany |{{nts|7,798}} | |
| 445
|UFC Fight Night: dos Santos vs. Ivanov |{{dts|2018|July|14}} |Boise, Idaho U.S. |{{nts| 5,648}} | |
| 444
|{{dts|2018|July|7}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |{{nts|17,464}} | |
| 443
|The Ultimate Fighter: Undefeated Finale |{{dts|2018|July|6}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |{{nts|2,123}} | |
| 442
|UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Edwards |{{dts|2018|June|23}} |Kallang, Singapore |{{nts|6,419}} | |
| 441
|UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2 |{{dts|2018|June|9}} |Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |{{nts|18,117}} | |
| 440
|UFC Fight Night: Rivera vs. Moraes |{{dts|2018|June|1}} |Utica, New York, U.S. |{{nts|5,063}} | |
| 439
|UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till |{{dts|2018|May|27}} |{{nts|8,520}} | |
| 438
|UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Usman |{{dts|2018|May|19}} |Santiago, Chile |{{nts|11,082}} | |
| 437
|UFC 224: Nunes vs. Pennington |{{dts|2018|May|12}} |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |{{nts|10,696 }} | |
| 436
|UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Lee |{{dts|2018|April|21}} |Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. |{{nts|9,541}} | |
| 435
|UFC on Fox: Poirier vs. Gaethje |{{dts|2018|April|14}} |{{nts|11,382}} | |
| 434
|{{dts|2018|April|07}} |{{nts|17026}} | |
| 433
|UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov |{{dts|2018|March|17}} |London, England, U.K. |{{nts|16,274}} | |
| 432
|UFC 222: Cyborg vs. Kunitskaya |{{dts|2018|March|03}} |Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |{{nts|12,041}} | |
| 431
|UFC on Fox: Emmett vs. Stephens |{{dts|2018|February|24}} |Orlando, Florida, U.S. |{{nts|10,124}} | |
| 430
|UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros |{{dts|2018|February|18}} |Austin, Texas, U.S. |{{nts|10,502 }} | |
| 429
|{{dts|2018|February|11}} |Perth, Western Australia, Australia |{{nts|12,437}} | |
| 428
|UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders |{{dts|2018|February|3}} |Arena Guilherme Paraense |Belém, Brazil |{{nts|10,144}} | |
| 427
|UFC on Fox: Jacaré vs. Brunson 2 |{{dts|2018|January|27}} |Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |{{nts|10,249}} | |
| 426
|{{dts|2018|January|20}} |Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |{{nts|16,015}} | |
| 425
|UFC Fight Night: Stephens vs. Choi |{{dts|2018|January|14}} |{{nts|10,052}} |
See also
References
{{Reflist|3}}
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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