UFC Events

UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2 — March 27, 2021, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Francis Ngannou claimed his first UFC heavyweight title, avenging his 2018 loss to Stipe Miocic with a brutal second-round KO at 0:52. Tyron Woodley suffered a second consecutive loss as Vicente Luque submitted him via D'Arce choke in round one of the co-main.

UFC 259: Blachowicz vs. Adesanya — March 6, 2021, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. The only UFC PPV in history to feature three world title fights on the same card. Jan Blachowicz handed Israel Adesanya the first loss of his career, Aljamain Sterling claimed the bantamweight title via DQ when Petr Yan threw an illegal knee, and Amanda Nunes defended the women's featherweight title with a first-round armbar.

UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns — February 13, 2021, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Kamaru Usman survived an early right hand from Gilbert Burns to claim a third-round TKO over his former training partner and retain the welterweight title. Alexa Grasso made her women's flyweight debut with a unanimous decision over Maycee Barber, planting the seed for her eventual run to the title.

UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 — January 23, 2021, Etihad Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Dustin Poirier broke down Conor McGregor with calf kicks and finished him by second-round TKO — the first KO loss of McGregor's professional career. Michael Chandler made a spectacular UFC debut, KO'ing Dan Hooker in 2:30 of round one to launch his lightweight title run.

UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno 1 — December 12, 2020, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Three weeks after UFC 255, Deiveson Figueiredo defended the flyweight title to a majority draw against Brandon Moreno in one of the most thrilling championship five-rounders of the COVID era. Charles Oliveira handed Tony Ferguson his second consecutive loss via unanimous decision in the co-main.

UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez — November 21, 2020, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Deiveson Figueiredo defended the flyweight title via first-round guillotine choke of Alex Perez. Valentina Shevchenko outclassed Jennifer Maia by lopsided unanimous decision in the co-main to retain the women's flyweight strap. Joaquin Buckley scored a Knockout-of-the-Year-caliber finish of Jordan Wright.

UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje — October 24, 2020, Flash Forum, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The unified lightweight title fight ended Khabib Nurmagomedov's career in storybook fashion: a second-round triangle choke of Justin Gaethje, followed by his in-cage retirement at 29-0. Robert Whittaker outpointed Jared Cannonier in the co-main to lock in a rematch with Israel Adesanya.

UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa — September 26, 2020, Flash Forum, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Israel Adesanya dismantled an undefeated Paulo Costa via second-round TKO to defend the middleweight title, then mocked his fallen rival with a hand-to-the-ear celebration. Jan Blachowicz TKO'd Dominick Reyes to claim the light-heavyweight title vacated by Jon Jones.

UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 — August 15, 2020, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. The heavyweight trilogy concluded with Stipe Miocic retaining the title via unanimous decision over Daniel Cormier, who retired in the cage. Marlon Vera handed Sean O'Malley his first UFC loss via first-round TKO, and Jairzinho Rozenstruik KO'd Junior dos Santos in round two.

UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal — July 11, 2020, Flash Forum, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. The first UFC Fight Island event, with three title fights in one night. Kamaru Usman defended the welterweight title via UD over Jorge Masvidal (six days' notice), Alexander Volkanovski edged Max Holloway by controversial split decision to retain the featherweight title, and Petr Yan TKO'd Jose Aldo to claim the vacant bantamweight crown.

UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer — June 6, 2020, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Amanda Nunes defended the women's featherweight title by lopsided unanimous decision over Felicia Spencer. Cody Garbrandt scored a Knockout-of-the-Year-caliber finish of Raphael Assuncao, Aljamain Sterling submitted Cory Sandhagen in 88 seconds, and Sean O'Malley KO'd Eddie Wineland in round one.

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje — May 9, 2020, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville. The UFC's return after the COVID-19 shutdown, held without a live crowd. Justin Gaethje dismantled Tony Ferguson via fifth-round TKO to claim the interim lightweight title, Henry Cejudo TKO'd Dominick Cruz and retired in the cage, and Francis Ngannou KO'd Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds.

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero — March 7, 2020, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The last UFC PPV before COVID-19 produced a heavily booed Adesanya title-defense decision over Yoel Romero (128 combined significant strikes in 25 minutes), and a women's strawweight title classic that has since been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame: Zhang Weili's split-decision win over Joanna Jędrzejczyk.

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes — February 8, 2020, Toyota Center, Houston. Jon Jones retained the light-heavyweight title via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) over an unbeaten Dominick Reyes in one of the most controversial scorecards of the modern era. Valentina Shevchenko TKO'd Katlyn Chookagian in round three to defend the flyweight belt. Khaos Williams produced a 27-second KO debut.

UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cerrone — January 18, 2020, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Conor McGregor's first UFC appearance in 15 months ended in 40 seconds: shoulder strikes broke Cerrone's nose, a head kick dropped him, punches finished it. The card drew 19,040 fans, an $11.1 million gate, and 1.35 million PPV buys. Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington in the co-main by unanimous decision.

Introduction UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington — December 14, 2019, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The year-end card that closed the richest twelve months in recent UFC history delivered three title fights and one of the most competitive championship bouts of 2019. Kamaru Usman made his first WW title defence by stopping Colby Covington with a right hand and follow-up punches at 3:52 of round five, ending one of the closest and most physically demanding championship fights of the ye

Introduction UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz — November 2, 2019, Madison Square Garden, New York City. One of the most pure pieces of theatrical MMA of the modern era. Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz fought for a custom ‘BMF Title’ — the Baddest Motherf***er belt, a one-off championship belt created by the UFC for this specific fight — in front of a sold-out MSG crowd that treated the event like a rock concert. Masvidal won by TKO (doctor stoppage) after a cageside physician halted

Introduction UFC 243: Adesanya vs. Whittaker — October 5, 2019, Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In front of 57,127 fans — the largest crowd in UFC history at the time — Israel Adesanya unified the UFC Middleweight Championship by stopping Robert Whittaker with punches at 3:33 of round two. Adesanya entered as interim champion, having beaten Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236. Whittaker held the undisputed title but had been inactive since emergency intestinal surger

Introduction UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier — September 7, 2019, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Khabib Nurmagomedov returned from his nine-month NSAC suspension following the post-fight brawl at UFC 229 and submitted Dustin Poirier with a rear-naked choke at 2:04 of round three, retaining the UFC Lightweight Championship in the first major UFC event held in Abu Dhabi. The fight drew 13,635 fans to the Yas Island Arena and was conducted in front of a crowd overwhelmingly supportiv

Introduction UFC 241: Miocic vs. Cormier 2 — August 17, 2019, Honda Center, Anaheim, California. Stipe Miocic recaptured the UFC Heavyweight Championship he had lost at UFC 226 by stopping Daniel Cormier with body shots and punches at 4:09 of round four. The finish was the culmination of a gameplan that Miocic and his corner had quietly developed over 13 months: attack the body, use volume to drain DC’s cardio, and wait for the moment when the damage accumulated enough to c