2015 in UFC

2015 in UFC
2015 in UFC
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	474
Title fights	20
Chronology

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.

First dateJanuary 3

Last dateDecember 19

Total events41

UFC13

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2015 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Conor McGregor	Holly Holm defeats Ronda Rousey UFC 193	Ronda Rousey defeats Cat Zingano UFC 184	Holly Holm	Holly Holm defeats Ronda Rousey UFC 193	Robbie Lawler defeats Rory MacDonald 2 UFC 189
2	Rafael dos Anjos	Rafael dos Anjos defeats Anthony Pettis UFC 185	Godofredo Pepey defeats Andre Fili UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Tom Breese	Conor McGregor defeats José Aldo UFC 194	Daniel Cormier defeats Alexander Gustafsson UFC 192
3	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Ryan Benoit defeats Sergio Pettis UFC 185	Gilbert Burns defeats Alex Oliveira UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Sage Northcutt	Thiago Santos defeats Steve Bossé UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Tony Ferguson defeats Edson Barboza The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale
4	Holly Holm	Leonardo Santos defeats Kevin Lee UFC 194	Thales Leites defeats Tim Boetsch UFC 183	Joe Duffy	Paul Felder defeats Danny Castillo UFC 182	Andrei Arlovski defeats Travis Browne UFC 187
5	Daniel Cormier	Uriah Hall defeats Gegard Mousasi UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Tony Ferguson defeats Edson Barboza The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Makwan Amirkhani	Frankie Edgar defeats Chad Mendes The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	John Lineker defeats Francisco Rivera UFC 191
6	Luke Rockhold	Maryna Moroz defeats Joanne Calderwood UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2	Alex Chambers defeats Kailin Curran UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	Kamaru Usman	Stephen Thompson defeats Jake Ellenberger The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Brian Ortega defeats Thiago Tavares UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
7	Demetrious Johnson	James Vick defeats Jake Matthews UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	Joe Duffy defeats Ivan Jorge UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites	Magomed Mustafaev	Andrei Arlovski defeats Travis Browne UFC 187	Yair Rodríguez defeats Charles Rosa UFC 188
8	Max Holloway	Dan Hooker defeats Hatsu Hioki UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	Keita Nakamura defeats Li Jingliang UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Stevie Ray	Uriah Hall defeats Gegard Mousasi 1 UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Edson Barboza defeats Paul Felder 1 UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2
9	Tony Ferguson	Andrew Holbrook defeats Jake Matthews UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Gunnar Nelson defeats Brandon Thatch UFC 189	Alex Oliveira	Thomas Almeida defeats Brad Pickett UFC 189	Nicolas Dalby defeats Darren Till UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka
10	Neil Magny	Patrick Cummins defeats Rafael Cavalcante UFC 190	Aljamain Sterling defeats Takeya Mizugaki UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold	Ben Nguyen	Matt Dwyer defeats William Macário UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Gian Villante defeats Corey Anderson UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold
Ref	^[1]	^[2]	^[3]	^[4]	^[5]	^[6]

Events
Number of Events	PPV	Continents	Countries	Cities	Fight Night Bonuses
41	13	5	13	32	163 Total $8,150,000
Longest Event	Shortest Event	Highest Income Live Gate	Lowest Income Live Gate	Highest Attendance	Lowest Attendance
The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2 Finale: Magny vs. Gastelum 2:41:51	UFC 184 1:19:22	UFC 194 $10,100,000	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant $234,725	UFC 193 56,214	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant 1,643
Title Fights
Undisputed Title Fights	Title Changes	Champions Remained in Their Divisions	Number of Champions	Number of Interim Champions	Number of Title Defenses
19	4	3 FLW – Demetrious Johnson BW – T.J. Dillashaw WW – Robbie Lawler	11	1	12
Champions
Division	Beginning of The Year	End of The Year	Division	Beginning of The Year	End of The Year
Heavyweight	Cain Velasquez	Fabrício Werdum	Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	T.J. Dillashaw
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	Daniel Cormier	Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Demetrious Johnson
Middleweight	Chris Weidman	Luke Rockhold	Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey	Holly Holm
Welterweight	Robbie Lawler	Robbie Lawler	Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Lightweight	Anthony Pettis	Rafael dos Anjos
Featherweight	José Aldo	Conor McGregor
Fights
Most Knockouts at A Single Event	Most submissions at A Single Event	Most Decisions at A Single Event	Total Number of Fights	Total Number of Cage Time
UFC 185 UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson 7	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant 6	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 2 Finale: Magny vs. Gastelum 9	474	83:33:40
Fighters
Number of Fighters	UFC Debutants	Releases / Retired	Fighters Suspended	Number of Fighters Missed weight
(At the end of Dec 31, 2015) 946	94	N/A	N/A	16
Champion feats^[7]
Ronda Rousey's 14-second submission at UFC 184 set the record for the fastest submission in a UFC title fight. Ronda Rousey's bout with Cat Zingano is the first title fight that resulted in no strikes landed by either opponent. Rafael dos Anjos became the first Brazilian-born lightweight champion. Joanna Jędrzejczyk became the first Polish-born UFC champion. Ronda Rousey became the first fighter in UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC history to win four title fights in under a minute. Ronda Rousey's six consecutive finishes in title fights are the most in UFC history. Ronda Rousey's five first-round finishes in title fights are the most in UFC history. Conor McGregor became the first Irish-born UFC champion. Conor McGregor's 13 second knockout at UFC 194 is the fastest finish in title fight history. Rafael dos Anjos's 66-second knockout is the fastest finish in UFC lightweight championship history.
Fighter feats^[7]
Gleison Tibau competed in his seventh career split decision, the most in UFC history at the time, before Clay Guida surpassed the mark in December 2022 with eight. Charles Rosa recorded the latest submission in a three‑round featherweight bout when he submitted Sean Soriano at 4:43 of the third round. Makwan Amirkhani's eight‑second knockout was the fastest by a debuting featherweight and tied for the second‑fastest knockout in UFC/WEC featherweight history. Ronda Rousey's 14-second submission at UFC 184 set the record for the fastest submission in modern UFC history. Ronda Rousey's seven armbar victories are the most in UFC history and tie her with Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for the most in UFC/Strikeforce/PRIDE/WEC combined history. Jim Miller attempted his 34th submission which set the new record for the most in company history. Demetrious Johnson's submission at 4:59 in the fifth round of UFC 186 set a new record for the latest submission in UFC history. Valérie Létourneau became the first female to win in two weight divisions with her victory at UFC 186. Joe Proctor's submission at 4:58 of the third round set the record for the latest submission in a three-round lightweight bout. Patrick Williams' 23 second submission is the fastest in UFC/WEC bantamweight history. With his submission victory at UFC Fight Night 69, Makwan Amirkhani became the first featherweight to earn a win without throwing or landing a strike. At age 23, Max Holloway became the youngest fighter in UFC history to reach 10 career wins. Josh Barnett's 75 significant clinch strikes are the most ever recorded in a UFC bout. Holly Holm's head‑kick victory at UFC 193 was the first of its kind by a woman in UFC history. Neil Magny became the first fighter in modern UFC history to compete five times twice in two consecutive calendar years. Antônio Carlos Júnior and Kevin Casey competed in the shortest bout to end in a no‑contest when their fight was stopped 11 seconds into the first round at UFC Fight Night 80. Rose Namajunas's fifth‑round submission at the 2:25 mark set the record for the latest submission victory in a women's strawweight bout. Conor McGregor became the first fighter to earn five consecutive "Performance of the Night" bonus awards.

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Abner Lloveras	Lightweight
	Aleksandra Albu	Women's Strawweight
	Álvaro Herrera	Lightweight
	Alex Torres	Lightweight
	Alex Oliveira	Welterweight
	Andrew Holbrook	Lightweight
	Anthony Christodoulou	Lightweight
	Anton Zafir	Welterweight
	Arnold Allen	Featherweight
	Artem Lobov	Featherweight
	Bartosz Fabinski	Welterweight
	Bentley Syler	Middleweight
	Bruno Rodrigues	Lightweight
	Cesar Arzamendia	Lightweight
	Chris de la Rocha	Heavyweight
	Chris Gruetzemacher	Lightweight
	Cody Garbrandt	Bantamweight
	Cody Pfister	Lightweight
	Cortney Casey	Women's Strawweight
	Damian Stasiak	Bantamweight
	Daniel Jolly	Light Heavyweight
	Danny Roberts	Welterweight
	Darren Till	Welterweight
	Dileno Lopes	Bantamweight
	Dominic Waters	Welterweight
	Dong Hyun Kim	Welterweight
	Dominique Steele	Welterweight
	Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	Welterweight
	Enrique Barzola	Featherweight
	Erick Montaño	Welterweight
	Ericka Almeida	Women's Strawweight
	Fernando Bruno	Lightweight
	Frankie Perez	Lightweight

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Francis Ngannou	Heavyweight
	Fredy Serrano	Flyweight
	Garreth McLellan	Middleweight
	Geane Herrera	Flyweight
	Glaico França	Lightweight
	Hayder Hassan	Welterweight
	Horacio Gutierrez	Lightweight
	Holly Holm	Women's Bantamweight
	Islam Makhachev	Lightweight
	Izabela Badurek	Women's Strawweight
	Jared Cannonier	Heavyweight
	Jason Knight	Featherweight
	Jessica Aguilar	Women's Strawweight
	Jimmie Rivera	Bantamweight
	Joaquim Silva	Lightweight
	Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger	Women's Strawweight
	Joe Merritt	Welterweight
	Jonavin Webb	Welterweight
	Joseph Duffy	Lightweight
	Julian Erosa	Featherweight
	Kamaru Usman	Welterweight
	Karolina Kowalkiewicz	Women's Strawweight
	Konstantin Erokhin	Heavyweight
	Leo Kuntz	Lightweight
	Levan Makashvili	Featherweight
	Lewis Gonzalez	Lightweight
	Łukasz Sajewski	Lightweight
	Luis Henrique	Heavyweight
	Magomed Mustafaev	Lightweight
	Makwan Amirkhani	Featherweight
	Polo Reyes	Lightweight
	Marcin Wrzosek	Featherweight
	Marion Reneau	Women's Bantamweight

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Maryna Moroz	Women's Strawweight
	Masio Fullen	Featherweight
	Matheus Nicolau	Flyweight
	Michael Graves	Welterweight
	Mickael Lebout	Lightweight
	Misha Cirkunov	Light Heavyweight
	Nazareno Malegarie	Featherweight
	Nicolas Dalby	Welterweight
	Oluwale Bamgbose	Middleweight
	Paul Redmond	Featherweight
	Reginaldo Vieira	Bantamweight
	Rocky Lee	Featherweight
	Roger Zapata	Middleweight
	Ron Stallings	Middleweight
	Ryan Hall	Featherweight
	Sage Northcutt	Lightweight
	Scott Holtzman	Lightweight
	Shamil Abdurakhimov	Heavyweight
	Sirwan Kakai	Bantamweight
	Shane Campbell	Lightweight
	Steve Bossé	Light Heavyweight
	Steve Kennedy	Welterweight
	Steve Montgomery	Welterweight
	Stevie Ray	Lightweight
	Sultan Aliev	Welterweight
	Taylor Lapilus	Bantamweight
	Teemu Packalen	Lightweight
	Teruto Ishihara	Featherweight
	Timothy Johnson	Heavyweight
	Tom Breese	Welterweight
	Tony Sims	Lightweight
	Valentina Shevchenko	Women's Bantamweight
	Vernon Ramos	Lightweight
	Vicente Luque	Welterweight
	Yusuke Kasuya	Lightweight

2015 in UFC

2015 UFC.com awards

2015 by the numbers

Debut UFC fighters

The Ultimate Fighter

Title fights

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Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
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
TUF: Brazil 4	August 1, 2015	Bantamweight	Reginaldo Vieira	Dileno Lopes
TUF: Latin America 2	November 21, 2015	Welterweight	Erick Montaño	Enrique Marin
TUF: Latin America 2	November 21, 2015	Lightweight	Enrique Barzola	Horacio Gutiérrez
TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber	December 11, 2015	Lightweight	Ryan Hall	Artem Lobov

Title fights in 2015
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	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]

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
344	UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2	Dec 19, 2015	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	14,459^[8]
343	UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor	Dec 12, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	16,516^[9]
342	The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Dec 11, 2015	The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,800^[10]
341	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015	The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,643^[11]
340	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal	Nov 28, 2015	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul, South Korea	12,156^[12]
339	The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 Finale	Nov 21, 2015	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	10,410^[13]
338	UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm	Nov 15, 2015	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56,214^[14]
337	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3	Nov 7, 2015	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	10,628^[15]
336	UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka	Oct 24, 2015	3Arena	Dublin, Ireland	N/a
335	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas, U.S.	14,622^[16]
334	UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Sep 27, 2015	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	10,137^[17]
333	UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2	Sep 5, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,873^[18]
332	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira	Aug 23, 2015	SaskTel Centre	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	7,202^[19]
331	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux	Aug 8, 2015	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	7,539^[20]
330	UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia	Aug 1, 2015	HSBC Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14,723^[21]
329	UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2	Jul 25, 2015	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	11,663^[22]
328	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites	Jul 18, 2015	The SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.	10,451^[23]
327	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, California, U.S.	5,471^[24]
326	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	4,844^[25]
325	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor	Jul 11, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	16,019^[26]
324	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Jun 27, 2015	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	5,604^[27]
323	UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne	Jun 20, 2015	O₂ World	Berlin, Germany	8,155^[28]
322	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Jun 13, 2015	Arena Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico	21,036^[29]
321	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015	Smoothie King Center	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	6,231^[30]
320	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves	May 30, 2015	Goiânia Arena	Goiânia, Brazil	3,500^[31]
319	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier	May 23, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	12,615^[32]
318	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber	May 16, 2015	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay, Philippines	13,446^[33]
317	UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	May 10, 2015	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, South Australia	7,984^[34]
316	UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi	Apr 25, 2015	Bell Centre	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	10,154^[35]
315	UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold	Apr 18, 2015	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	13,306^[36]
314	UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2	Apr 11, 2015	Tauron Arena Kraków	Kraków, Poland	10,000^[37]
313	UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas	Apr 4, 2015	Patriot Center	Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.	5,417^[38]
312	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Mar 21, 2015	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7,707^[39]
311	UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos	Mar 14, 2015	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	17,160^[40]
310	UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano	Feb 28, 2015	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	17,654^[41]
309	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Feb 22, 2015	Ginásio Gigantinho	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	5,080^[42]
308	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch	Feb 14, 2015	1stBank Center	Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.	5,807^[43]
307	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz	Jan 31, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	13,114^[44]
306	UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015	Tele2 Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	30,000^[45]
305	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver	Jan 18, 2015	TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	13,828^[46]
304	UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier	Jan 3, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,575^[47]