2016 in UFC

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The year 2016 was the 24th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

First dateJanuary 2
Last dateDecember 30
Total events41 (1 cancelled)
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2016 in UFC
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Information
First dateJanuary 2
Last dateDecember 30
Events
Total events41 (1 cancelled)
UFC13
UFC on Fox5
UFC Fight Night21 (1 cancelled)
TUF Finale events2
Fights
Total fights493
Title fights22
Chronology
2015 in UFC 2016 in UFC 2017 in UFC
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2016 UFC.com awards

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2016 UFC.COM Awards
No Best Fighter The

Upsets

The

Submissions

The Newcomers The

Knockouts

The

Fights

1 Michael Bisping Michael Bisping
defeats
Luke Rockhold 2
UFC 199
Ben Rothwell
defeats
Josh Barnett
UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader
Mickey Gall Lando Vannata
defeats
John Makdessi
UFC 206
Cub Swanson
defeats
Choi Doo-ho
UFC 206
2 Stipe Miocic Eric Spicely
defeats
Thiago Santos
UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Länsberg
Miesha Tate
defeats
Holly Holm
UFC 196
Cris Cyborg Anthony Johnson
defeats
Glover Teixeira
UFC 202
Conor McGregor
defeats
Nate Diaz 2
UFC 202
3 Conor McGregor Miesha Tate
defeats
Holly Holm
UFC 196
Brian Ortega
defeats
Diego Brandão
UFC 195
Lando Vannata Diego Rivas
defeats
Noad Lahat
UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson
Robbie Lawler
defeats
Carlos Condit
UFC 195
4 Dominick Cruz Brandon Moreno
defeats
Louis Smolka
UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson
Chas Skelly
defeats
Maximo Blanco
UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson
Marlon Moraes Yair Rodríguez
defeats
Andre Fili
UFC 197
Steve Bossé
defeats
Sean O'Connell
UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson
5 Joanna Jędrzejczyk Nate Diaz
defeats
Conor McGregor 1
UFC 196
Teemu Packalén
defeats
Thibault Gouti
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping
Brandon Moreno Stipe Miocic
defeats
Fabrício Werdum
UFC 198
Tyron Woodley
defeats
Stephen Thompson 1
UFC 205
6 Tyron Woodley Bryan Barberena
defeats
Warlley Alves
UFC 198
Keita Nakamura
defeats
Kyle Noke
UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker
Marc Diakiese Donald Cerrone
defeats
Matt Brown
UFC 206
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
defeats
Cláudia Gadelha 2
The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale
7 Stephen Thompson Bryan Barberena
defeats
Sage Northcutt
UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader
Demian Maia
defeats
Matt Brown
UFC 198
Justin Ledet Michael Bisping
defeats
Luke Rockhold
UFC 199
Polo Reyes
defeats
Dong Hyun Ma
UFC 199
8 Gegard Mousasi Bryan Caraway
defeats
Aljamain Sterling
UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt
Michael McDonald
defeats
Masanori Kanehara
UFC 195
Josh Emmett Tyron Woodley
defeats
Robbie Lawler
UFC 201
Donald Cerrone
defeats
Matt Brown
UFC 206
9 Donald Cerrone Andrew Holbrook
defeats
Jake Matthews
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson
Eric Spicely
defeats
Thiago Santos
UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Länsberg
Andrew Sanchez Dan Henderson
defeats
Héctor Lombard
UFC 199
Tony Ferguson
defeats
Rafael dos Anjos
The Ultimate Fighter: Heavy Hitters Finale
10 Derrick Lewis Valentina Shevchenko
defeats
Holly Holm
UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko
Francis Ngannou
defeats
Anthony Hamilton
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
Mike Perry Yoel Romero
defeats
Chris Weidman
UFC 205
Robert Whittaker
defeats
Derek Brunson
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson
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2016 by the numbers

The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques, champions and fighters held or performed for the year of 2016 in UFC.[7]

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Events
Number of Events PPV Continents Countries Cities Fight Night Bonuses
41 13 4 10 31 164
Total $8,200,000
Longest Event Shortest Event Highest Income

Live Gate

Lowest Income

Live Gate

Highest

Attendance

Lowest

Attendance

UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson

2:58:00

UFC 203

1:28:10

UFC 205

$17,700,000

The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale

$188,602

UFC 198

45,207

The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale

2,044

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
LHW – Daniel Cormier
WSW – Joanna Jędrzejczyk
11 2 10
Champions
Division Beginning of The Year End of The Year Division Beginning of The Year End of The Year
Heavyweight Fabrício Werdum Stipe Miocic Bantamweight T.J. Dillashaw Cody Garbrandt
Light Heavyweight Daniel Cormier Daniel Cormier Flyweight Demetrious Johnson Demetrious Johnson
Middleweight Luke Rockhold Michael Bisping Women's Bantamweight Holly Holm Amanda Nunes
Welterweight Robbie Lawler Tyron Woodley Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk Joanna Jędrzejczyk]
Lightweight Rafael dos Anjos Conor McGregor
Featherweight Conor McGregor José Aldo
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 199

8

UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez

6

UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping

10

493 91:31:14
Fighters
Number of

Fighters

UFC

Debutants

Releases /

Retired

Fighters

Suspended

Number of Fighters

Missed weight

(At the end of Dec 31, 2016)
550
116 N/A N/A 22
Champion feats[7]
  • Michael Bisping became the first British champion.
  • Eddie Alvarez became the first fighter to win a UFC and Bellator championship.
  • Conor McGregor became the first simultaneous two-division champion holding both the featherweight and lightweight titles.
Fighter feats[7]
  • Noad Lahat became the first fighter in UFC/WEC/Strikeforce/PRIDE combined history to lose via a flying knee on two separate occasions.
  • At UFC Fight Night 85, Neil Magny set a new record with 100 significant ground strikes, a mark later surpassed by Punahele Soriano in June 2024.
  • At UFC Fight Night 86, Junior dos Santos set a single‑fight record with 92 significant body strikes, a mark later surpassed by Max Holloway in January 2021.
  • At age 45, Dan Henderson became the oldest fighter in UFC history to earn a knockout victory.
  • At UFC Fight Night 94, Chas Skelly recorded a 19‑second submission, setting a new mark for the fastest submission in UFC/WEC featherweight history.
  • By missing weight for the fifth time, John Lineker set the record for the most weight‑misses in UFC history.
  • Conor McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to earn Post‑Fight bonuses in eight consecutive bouts.
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Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2016:

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ISOFighterDivision
GhanaAbdul Razak AlhassanWelterweight
United StatesAdam MilsteadHeavyweight
United StatesAlbert MoralesBantamweight
BrazilAlberto UdaMiddleweight
CanadaAlessandro RicciLightweight
ItalyAlessio Di ChiricoMiddleweight
United StatesAlex MoronoWelterweight
United StatesAlex NicholsonMiddleweight
AustraliaAlexander VolkanovskiLightweight
MexicoAlexa GrassoWomen's Strawweight
United StatesAmanda CooperWomen's Strawweight
United StatesAndrew SanchezMiddleweight
DenmarkAnna ElmoseWomen's Strawweight
United StatesAshley YoderWomen's Strawweight
BrazilAugusto MendesBantamweight
United StatesBelal MuhammadWelterweight
SerbiaBojan VeličkovićWelterweight
MexicoBrandon MorenoFlyweight
WalesBrett JohnsBantamweight
United StatesBrian CamozziWelterweight
BrazilCris CyborgWomen's Featherweight
United StatesCM PunkWelterweight
Republic of IrelandCharlie WardMiddleweight
United StatesChase ShermanHeavyweight
United StatesChris AvilaFeatherweight
DenmarkChristian ColomboHeavyweight
PeruClaudio PuellesLightweight
United StatesCody EastHeavyweight
United StatesCory HendricksLight Heavyweight
RomaniaCristina StanciuWomen's Strawweight
United StatesCurtis BlaydesHeavyweight
FranceCyril AskerHeavyweight
PolandDamian GrabowskiHeavyweight
Bosnia and HerzegovinaDamir HadžovićLightweight
United StatesDanielle TaylorWomen's Strawweight
United StatesDarrell HorcherLightweight
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ISOFighterDivision
EnglandDarren StewartLight Heavyweight
SwedenDavid TeymurLightweight
AustraliaDamien BrownLightweight
United StatesDevin ClarkLight Heavyweight
RussiaDmitry SmolyakovHeavyweight
Bosnia and HerzegovinaElvis MutapčićMiddleweight
NorwayEmil Weber MeekWelterweight
United StatesEric SpicelyMiddleweight
CroatiaFilip PejićBantamweight
BrazilFelipe OlivieriLightweight
BrazilFelipe SilvaLightweight
RussiaGadzhimurad AntigulovLight Heavyweight
United StatesGerald MeerschaertMiddleweight
United StatesGregor GillespieLightweight
United StatesHector SandovalFlyweight
BrazilHenrique da SilvaLight Heavyweight
MoldovaIon CuțelabaLight Heavyweight
MexicoIrene AldanaWomen's Bantamweight
United StatesJ.C. CottrellLightweight
SwedenJack HermanssonMiddleweight
SyriaJarjis DanhoHeavyweight
United StatesJason GonzalezLightweight
United StatesJason NovelliLightweight
PhilippinesJenel LausaFlyweight
CanadaJeremy KennedyFeatherweight
GermanyJessin AyariWelterweight
EnglandJim WallheadWelterweight
United StatesJoe GigliottiMiddleweight
United StatesJoey GomezBantamweight
DenmarkJoachim ChristensenLight Heavyweight
CanadaJonathan MeunierWelterweight
United StatesJordan RinaldiLightweight
United StatesJosh EmmettLightweight
United StatesJosh StansburyLight Heavyweight
United StatesJustin LedetHeavyweight
United StatesKatlyn ChookagianWomen's Bantamweight
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ISOFighterDivision
United StatesKelly FaszholzWomen's Bantamweight
BrazilKetlen VieiraWomen's Bantamweight
United StatesKhalil Rountree Jr.Light Heavyweight
United StatesKyle BochniakFeatherweight
United StatesLando VannataLightweight
BrazilLeonardo GuimarãesMiddleweight
SwedenLina LänsbergWomen's Bantamweight
BrazilLuan ChagasWelterweight
United StatesLuke SandersBantamweight
EnglandMarc DiakieseLightweight
EnglandMark GodbeerHeavyweight
PolandMarcin TyburaHeavyweight
MexicoMartin BravoFeatherweight
SwedenMartin SvenssonFeatherweight
ItalyMarvin VettoriMiddleweight
United StatesMatt SchnellFlyweight
United StatesMatthew LopezBantamweight
United StatesMax GriffinWelterweight
FranceMehdi BaghdadLightweight
United StatesMickey GallWelterweight
United StatesMichael McBrideLightweight
United StatesMike JacksonWelterweight
United StatesMike PerryWelterweight
United StatesNiko PriceWelterweight
ScotlandPaul CraigLight Heavyweight
JamaicaRandy BrownWelterweight
United StatesRicky GlennFeatherweight
CanadaRyan JanesMiddleweight
United StatesSabah HomasiWelterweight
RussiaSaparbek SafarovLight Heavyweight
United StatesShane BurgosFeatherweight
United StatesTatiana SuarezWomen's Strawweight
FranceThibault GoutiLightweight
AustraliaTyson PedroLight Heavyweight
VenezuelaVeronica MacedoWomen's Bantamweight
BrazilViviane PereiraWomen's Strawweight
United StatesWill BrooksLightweight
United StatesZak OttowWelterweight
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Title fights

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Title fights in 2016
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Welterweight Robbie Lawler (c) def. Carlos Condit Decision (split) (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) 5 5:00 UFC 195 [a]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz def. T.J. Dillashaw (c) Decision (split) (48-47, 46-49, 49-46) 5 5:00 UFC Fight Night 81 [b]
Women's Bantamweight Miesha Tate def Holly Holm (c) Submission (rear-naked choke) 5 3:30 UFC 196 [c]
Flyweight Demetrious Johnson (c) def Henry Cejudo TKO (knees and punches) 1 2:49 UFC 197 [d]
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones def Ovince Saint Preux Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-45, 50-45) 5 5:00 UFC 197 [e]
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic def. Fabrício Werdum (c) KO (punch) 1 2:47 UFC 198 [f]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz (c) def. Urijah Faber Decision (unanimous) (50-45, 50-45, 49-46) 5 5:00 UFC 199 [g]
Middleweight Michael Bisping def. Luke Rockhold (c) KO (punches) 1 3:36 UFC 199 [h]
Lightweight Eddie Alvarez def. Rafael dos Anjos (c) TKO (punches) 1 3:49 UFC Fight Night 90 [i]
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) def. Cláudia Gadelha Decision (unanimous) (48-46, 48-45, 48-46) 5 5:00 The Ultimate Fighter 23 Finale [j]
Featherweight José Aldo def. Frankie Edgar Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) 5 5:00 UFC 200 [k]
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes def. Miesha Tate (c) Submission (rear-naked choke) 1 3:16 UFC 200 [l]
Welterweight Tyron Woodley def. Robbie Lawler (c) KO (punches) 1 2:12 UFC 201 [m]
Heavyweight Stipe Miocic (c) def. Alistair Overeem KO (punches) 1 4:27 UFC 203 [n]
Middleweight Michael Bisping (c) def. Dan Henderson Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) 5 5:00 UFC 204 [o]
Women's Strawweight Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c) def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) 5 5:00 UFC 205 [p]
Welterweight Tyron Woodley (c) vs. Stephen Thompson Draw (majority) (48-47, 47-47, 47-47) 5 5:00 UFC 205 [q]
Lightweight Conor McGregor def. Eddie Alvarez (c) TKO (punches) 2 3:04 UFC 205 [r]
Flyweight Demetrious Johnson (c) def. Tim Elliott Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-45) 5 5:00 The Ultimate Fighter 24 Finale [s]
Featherweight Max Holloway def. Anthony Pettis TKO (body kick and punches) 3 4:50 UFC 206 [t]
Bantamweight Cody Garbrandt def. Dominick Cruz (c) Decision (unanimous) (48-46, 48-47, 48-46) 5 5:00 UFC 207 [u]
Women's Bantamweight Amanda Nunes (c) def. Ronda Rousey TKO (punches) 1 0:48 UFC 207 [v]
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Events list

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# Event Date Venue Location Attendance
385 UFC 207: Nunes vs. Rousey December 30, 2016 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 18,533[8]
384 UFC on Fox: VanZant vs. Waterson December 17, 2016 Golden 1 Center Sacramento, California, U.S. 13,136[9]
383 UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis December 10, 2016 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada 18,057[10]
382 UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov December 9, 2016 Times Union Center Albany, New York, U.S 6,216[11]
381 The Ultimate Fighter: Tournament of Champions Finale December 3, 2016 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 2,044[12]
380 UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson November 27, 2016 Rod Laver Arena Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 13,721[13]
379 UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. Nogueira 2 November 19, 2016 Ginásio do Ibirapuera São Paulo, Brazil 9,028[14]
378 UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2 November 19, 2016 SSE Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland, U.K. 7,222[15]
377 UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor November 12, 2016 Madison Square Garden New York, New York, U.S. 20,427[16]
376 The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson November 5, 2016 Arena Ciudad de México Mexico City, Mexico 11,460[17]
  UFC Fight Night: Lamas vs. Penn October 15, 2016 Mall of Asia Arena Pasay, Philippines Cancelled[18]
375 UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2 October 8, 2016 Manchester Arena Manchester, England, U.K. 16,000[19]
374 UFC Fight Night: Lineker vs. Dodson October 1, 2016 Moda Center Portland, Oregon, U.S. 6,240[20]
373 UFC Fight Night: Cyborg vs. Lansberg September 24, 2016 Ginásio Nilson Nelson Brasília, Brazil 8,410[21]
372 UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Johnson September 17, 2016 State Farm Arena Hidalgo, Texas, U.S. 5,624[22]
371 UFC 203: Miocic vs. Overeem September 10, 2016 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. 18,875[23]
370 UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett September 3, 2016 Barclaycard Arena Hamburg, Germany 11,763[24]
369 UFC on Fox: Maia vs. Condit August 27, 2016 Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 10,533[25]
368 UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 August 20, 2016 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 15,539[26]
367 UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Caceres August 6, 2016 Vivint Smart Home Arena Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. 6,689[27]
366 UFC 201: Lawler vs. Woodley July 30, 2016 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. 10,240[28]
365 UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko July 23, 2016 United Center Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 10,287[29]
364 UFC Fight Night: McDonald vs. Lineker July 13, 2016 Denny Sanford Premier Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. 5,671[30]
363 UFC 200: Tate vs. Nunes Jul 9, 2016 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 18,202[31]
362 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs. Team Cláudia Finale Jul 8, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 8,115[32]
361 UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez Jul 7, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 7,760[33]
360 UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Thompson June 18, 2016 TD Place Arena Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 10,490[34]
359 UFC 199: Rockhold vs Bisping 2 June 4, 2016 The Forum Inglewood, California, U.S 15,587[35]
358 UFC Fight Night: Almeida vs. Garbrandt May 29, 2016 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 5,193[36]
357 UFC 198: Werdum vs. Miocic May 14, 2016 Arena da Baixada Curitiba, Brazil 45,207[37]
356 UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski May 8, 2016 Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands 10,421[38]
355 UFC 197: Jones vs. Saint Preux April 23, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S 11,352[39]
354 UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans April 16, 2016 Amalie Arena Tampa, Florida, U.S. 11,273[40]
353 UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos April 10, 2016 Arena Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia 13,177[41]
352 UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Mir March 20, 2016 Brisbane Entertainment Centre Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 9,552[42]
351 UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz March 5, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 14,898[43]
350 UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping Feb 27, 2016 The O2 Arena London, England, U.K. 16,734[44]
349 UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Cowboy Feb 21, 2016 Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. 7,330[45]
348 UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson Feb 6, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 7,422[46]
347 UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Bader Jan 30, 2016 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey, U.S. 10,555[47]
346 UFC Fight Night: Dillashaw vs. Cruz Jan 17, 2016 TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. 12,022[48]
345 UFC 195: Lawler vs. Condit Jan 2, 2016 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 10,300[49]
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