2017 in UFC

2017 in UFC
2017 in UFC
Information
First date	January 15
Last date	December 30
Events
Total events	39
UFC	12
UFC on Fox	4
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	457
Title fights	20
Chronology

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.

First dateJanuary 15

Last dateDecember 30

Total events39

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2017 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Max Holloway	Rose Namajunas defeats Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 UFC 217	Demetrious Johnson defeats Ray Borg UFC 216	Volkan Oezdemir	Francis Ngannou defeats Alistair Overeem UFC 218	Justin Gaethje defeats Michael Johnson The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale
2	Rose Namajunas	Josh Emmett defeats Ricardo Lamas UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos	Aleksei Oleinik defeats Viktor Pešta UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn	Cynthia Calvillo	Mike Perry defeats Jake Ellenberger UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov	Eddie Alvarez defeats Justin Gaethje UFC 218
3	Demetrious Johnson	Dan Kelly defeats Rashad Evans UFC 209	Brett Johns defeats Joe Soto The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale	Justin Gaethje	Edson Barboza defeats Beneil Dariush UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	Yancy Medeiros defeats Alex Oliveira UFC 218
4	Robert Whittaker	Eryk Anders defeats Rafael Natal UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum	Brian Ortega defeats Cub Swanson UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Marlon Moraes	Matt Brown defeats Diego Sanchez UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	Dustin Poirier defeats Anthony Pettis UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis
5	Cris Cyborg	Darren Elkins defeats Mirsad Bektić UFC 209	Valentina Shevchenko defeats Julianna Peña UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña	Zabit Magomedsharipov	Marlon Moraes defeats Aljamain Sterling UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Frank Camacho defeats Damien Brown UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura
6	Volkan Oezdemir	Gabriel Benítez defeats Jason Knight UFC 209	Iuri Alcântara defeats Luke Sanders UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	Nicco Montaño	Ricardo Ramos defeats Aiemann Zahabi UFC 217	Tim Elliott defeats Louis Smolka UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis
7	Rafael dos Anjos	Brian Kelleher defeats Iuri Alcântara UFC 212	Ovince Saint Preux defeats Yushin Okami UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami	Paulo Costa	Holly Holm defeats Bethe Correia UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia	David Teymur defeats Lando Vannata UFC 209
8	Dustin Poirier	Felice Herrig defeats Alexa Grasso UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie	Demetrious Johnson defeats Wilson Reis UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis	Eryk Anders	Marc Diakiese defeats Teemu Packalén UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson	Jéssica Andrade defeats Angela Hill UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie
9	Raphael Assunção	Carla Esparza defeats Cynthia Calvillo UFC 219	Georges St-Pierre defeats Michael Bisping UFC 217	Dominick Reyes	Damir Hadžović defeats Marcin Held UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira	Georges St-Pierre defeats Michael Bisping UFC 217
10	Brian Ortega	Georges St-Pierre defeats Michael Bisping UFC 217	Zabit Magomedsharipov defeats Sheymon Moraes UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum	Trevin Giles	Kelvin Gastelum defeats Michael Bisping UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum	Julian Marquez defeats Darren Stewart UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos
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Events
Number of Events	PPV	Continents	Countries	Cities	Fight Night Bonuses
39	13	5	14	34	156 Total $7,800,000
Longest Event	Shortest Event	Highest Income Live Gate	Lowest Income Live Gate	Highest Attendance	Lowest Attendance
UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura 3:04:18	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch 1:20:40	UFC 217 $6,200,000	The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale $124,847.40	UFC 217 18,201	The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale 2,798
Title Fights
Undisputed Title Fights	Title Changes	Champions Remained in Their Divisions	Number of Champions	Number of Interim Champions	Number of Title Defenses
18	4	6 FLW – Demetrious Johnson LW – Conor McGregor WW – Tyron Woodley LHW – Daniel Cormier HW – Stipe Miocic WBW – Amanda Nunes	13	2	11
Champions
Division	Beginning of The Year	End of The Year	Division	Beginning of The Year	End of The Year
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	Stipe Miocic	Bantamweight	Cody Garbrandt	T.J. Dillashaw
Light Heavyweight	Daniel Cormier	Daniel Cormier	Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson	Demetrious Johnson
Middleweight	Michael Bisping	Robert Whittaker	Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	Amanda Nunes
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley	Tyron Woodley	Women's Flyweight	None	Nicco Montaño
Lightweight	Conor McGregor	Conor McGregor	Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Rose Namajunas
Featherweight	José Aldo	Max Holloway	Women's Featherweight	None	Cris Cyborg
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 218 8	UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña UFC 212 UFC 216 UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum The Ultimate Fighter 26 Finale 4	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura 10	457	83:36:56
Fighters
Number of Fighters	UFC Debutants	Releases / Retired	Fighters Suspended	Number of Fighters Missed weight
(At the end of Dec 31, 2017) 565	116	N/A	N/A	28
Champion feats^[12]
Germaine de Randamie became the inaugural women's featherweight champion. Robert Whittaker became the first New Zealand-born champion. The 86 total strikes landed by Tyron Woodley and Demian Maia were the fewest ever in a five‑round UFC welterweight title fight. Demetrious Johnson set the UFC record for most consecutive title defenses by securing his eleventh straight at UFC 216. Nicco Montaño became the inaugural women's flyweight champion.
Fighter feats^[12]
Aleksei Oleinik became the first fighter to win via an Ezekiel choke submission. Derek Brunson set the UFC middleweight record for most first‑round finishes by earning his seventh at UFC Fight Night 119. Holly Holm became the first female to win two bouts via head kick knockout. Dustin Ortiz's 15-second knockout at UFC Fight Night 114 stands as the fastest finish and fastest knockout in UFC flyweight history. Andre Soukhamthath became the first fighter to lose a decision despite scoring three knockdowns, a result that occurred at UFC Fight Night 114. Mairbek Taisumov became the first lightweight to score five consecutive knockout victories. Josh Emmett's four knockdowns at UFC Fight Night 118 set the record for the most in a UFC featherweight bout. Francis Ngannou became the first heavyweight fighter to score six consecutive finishes. Max Holloway became the youngest fighter in UFC history to reach 15 wins, accomplishing the feat at age 25.

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Abdul-Kerim Edilov	Light Heavyweight
	Adam Wieczorek	Heavyweight
	Aiemann Zahabi	Bantamweight
	Aleksandar Rakić	Light Heavyweight
	Alex Perez	Flyweight
	Alex Reyes	Lightweight
	Alexandre Pantoja	Flyweight
	Allen Crowder	Heavyweight
	Amanda Lemos	Women's Bantamweight
	Andre Soukhamthath	Bantamweight
	Ariel Beck	Women's Flyweight
	Arjan Bhullar	Heavyweight
	Ashkan Mokhtarian	Flyweight
	Barb Honchak	Women's Flyweight
	Benito Lopez	Bantamweight
	Bharat Kandare	Featherweight
	Bobby Nash	Welterweight
	Brian Kelleher	Bantamweight
	Calvin Kattar	Featherweight
	Carls John de Tomas	Flyweight
	Chan-Mi Jeon	Women's Strawweight
	Christina Marks	Women's Flyweight
	Cindy Dandois	Women's Bantamweight
	Cody Stamann	Bantamweight
	Cynthia Calvillo	Women's Strawweight
	Daniel Spitz	Heavyweight
	Daniel Teymur	Featherweight
	Danny Henry	Featherweight
	Davi Ramos	Lightweight
	DeAnna Bennett	Women's Flyweight
	Deiveson Figueiredo	Flyweight
	Desmond Green	Lightweight
	Devin Powell	Lightweight
	Dominick Reyes	Light Heavyweight
	Drakkar Klose	Lightweight
	Emily Whitmire	Women's Strawweight
	Eryk Anders	Middleweight
	Eric Shelton	Flyweight
	Frank Camacho	Welterweight
	Galore Bofando	Welterweight

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Gavin Tucker	Featherweight
	Gillian Robertson	Women's Flyweight
	Gina Mazany	Women's Bantamweight
	Gökhan Saki	Light Heavyweight
	Hu Yaozong	Light Heavyweight
	Humberto Bandenay	Featherweight
	James Bochnovic	Light Heavyweight
	Jared Gordon	Lightweight
	Jeremy Kimball	Light Heavyweight
	Jessica Rose-Clark	Women's Flyweight
	Ji Yeon Kim	Women's Flyweight
	Jodie Esquibel	Women's Strawweight
	Joseph Morales	Flyweight
	Julian Marquez	Middleweight
	Júnior Albini	Heavyweight
	Justin Gaethje	Lightweight
	Justin Willis	Heavyweight
	Kalindra Faria	Women's Flyweight
	Karine Gevorgyan	Women's Flyweight
	Karl Roberson	Middleweight
	Lucie Pudilova	Women's Bantamweight
	Luke Jumeau	Welterweight
	Mads Burnell	Featherweight
	Magomed Bibulatov	Flyweight
	Mara Romero Borella	Women's Flyweight
	Marcel Fortuna	Heavyweight
	Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight
	Mark De La Rosa	Bantamweight
	Markus Perez	Middleweight
	Michał Oleksiejczuk	Light Heavyweight
	Melinda Fábián	Women's Strawweight
	Merab Dvalishvili	Bantamweight
	Michel Quiñones	Featherweight
	Mike Santiago	Featherweight
	Montana De La Rosa	Women's Flyweight
	Muslim Salikhov	Welterweight
	Nadia Kassem	Women's Strawweight

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Naoki Inoue	Flyweight
	Nasrat Haqparast	Lightweight
	Nicco Montaño	Women's Flyweight
	Nick Roehrick	Light Heavyweight
	Oliver Enkamp	Welterweight
	Oskar Piechota	Middleweight
	Paulo Costa	Middleweight
	Pearl Gonzalez	Women's Strawweight
	Poliana Botelho	Women's Strawweight
	Rashad Coulter	Heavyweight
	Rachael Ostovich	Women's Flyweight
	Ramazan Emeev	Welterweight
	Ricardo Ramos	Bantamweight
	Rob Wilkinson	Middleweight
	Roberto Sanchez	Flyweight
	Rolando Dy	Featherweight
	Terrion Ware	Bantamweight
	Trevin Giles	Middleweight
	Salim Touahri	Welterweight
	Sean O'Malley	Bantamweight
	Shana Dobson	Women's Flyweight
	Shane Young	Featherweight
	Sheymon Moraes	Featherweight
	Song Kenan	Welterweight
	Song Yadong	Bantamweight
	Syuri Kondo	Women's Strawweight
	Tai Tuivasa	Heavyweight
	Talita Bernardo	Women's Bantamweight
	Tom Duquesnoy	Bantamweight
	Tom Gallicchio	Lightweight
	Volkan Oezdemir	Light Heavyweight
	Wang Guan	Featherweight
	Wu Yunan	Women's Bantamweight
	Wuliji Buren	Bantamweight
	Yan Xiaonan	Women's Strawweight
	Zabit Magomedsharipov	Featherweight
	Zu Anyanwu	Heavyweight

2017 in UFC

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Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 25: Redemption	July 7, 2017	Welterweight	Jesse Taylor	Dhiego Lima
TUF 26: A New World Champion	December 1, 2017	Women's Flyweight	Nicco Montaño	Roxanne Modafferi

Title fights in 2017
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Women's Featherweight	Germaine de Randamie	def.	Holly Holm	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 208	^[a]
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley (c)	def.	Stephen Thompson	Decision (majority) (48–47, 47–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 209	^[b]
Light Heavyweight	Daniel Cormier (c)	def.	Anthony Johnson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:39	UFC 210	^[c]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Wilson Reis	Submission (armbar)	3	4:49	UFC on Fox 24	^[d]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)	def.	Jéssica Andrade	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–44, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 211	^[e]
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic (c)	def.	Junior dos Santos	TKO (punches)	1	2:22	UFC 211	^[f]
Featherweight	Max Holloway (ic)	def.	José Aldo (c)	TKO (punches)	3	4:13	UFC 212	^[g]
Middleweight	Robert Whittaker	def.	Yoel Romero	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 213	^[h]
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg	def.	Tonya Evinger	TKO (knees)	3	1:56	UFC 214	^[i]
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley (c)	def.	Demian Maia	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 214	^[j]
Light Heavyweight	Daniel Cormier (c)	vs.	Jon Jones	No Contest (overturned)	3	3:01	UFC 214	^[k]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Valentina Shevchenko	Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 215	^[l]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Ray Borg	Submission (armbar)	5	3:15	UFC 216	^[m]
Lightweight	Tony Ferguson	def.	Kevin Lee	Submission (triangle choke)	3	4:02	UFC 216	^[n]
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	def.	Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)	TKO (punches)	1	3:03	UFC 217	^[o]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	def.	Cody Garbrandt (c)	KO (punches)	2	2:41	UFC 217	^[p]
Middleweight	Georges St-Pierre	def.	Michael Bisping (c)	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	4:23	UFC 217	^[q]
Women's Flyweight	Nicco Montaño	def.	Roxanne Modafferi	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale	^[r]
Featherweight	Max Holloway (c)	def.	José Aldo	TKO (punches)	3	4:51	UFC 218	^[s]
Women's Featherweight	Cris Cyborg (c)	def.	Holly Holm	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 219	^[t]

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
424	UFC 219: Cyborg vs. Holm	December 30, 2017	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	13,561^[13]
423	UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. dos Anjos	December 16, 2017	Bell MTS Place	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	8,862^[14]
422	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Ortega	December 9, 2017	Save Mart Center	Fresno, California, U.S	7,605^[15]
421	UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2	December 2, 2017	Little Caesars Arena	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.	17,587^[16]
420	The Ultimate Fighter: A New World Champion Finale	December 1, 2017	Park Theatre	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	N/a
419	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Gastelum	November 25, 2017	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Shanghai, China	15,128^[17]
418	UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Tybura	November 19, 2017	Qudos Bank Arena	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	10,021^[18]
417	UFC Fight Night: Poirier vs. Pettis	November 11, 2017	Ted Constant Convocation Center	Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.	8,442^[19]
416	UFC 217: Bisping vs. St-Pierre	November 4, 2017	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York, U.S.	18,201^[20]
415	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Brunson	October 28, 2017	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	10,265^[21]
414	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Till	October 21, 2017	Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland	11,138^[22]
413	UFC 216: Ferguson vs. Lee	October 7, 2017	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,638^[23]
412	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Saint Preux 2	September 23, 2017	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	8,571^[24]
411	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Branch	September 16, 2017	PPG Paints Arena	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.	7,005^[25]
410	UFC 215: Nunes vs. Shevchenko 2	September 9, 2017	Rogers Place	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	16,232^[26]
409	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Struve	September 2, 2017	Rotterdam Ahoy	Rotterdam, Netherlands	10,224^[27]
408	UFC Fight Night: Pettis vs. Moreno	August 5, 2017	Arena Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico	10,172^[28]
407	UFC 214: Cormier vs. Jones 2	July 29, 2017	Honda Center	Anaheim, California, U.S.	16,610^[29]
406	UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum	July 22, 2017	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Uniondale, New York, U.S.	11,198^[30]
405	UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio	July 16, 2017	SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland	10,589^[31]
404	UFC 213: Romero vs. Whittaker	July 8, 2017	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S	12,834^[32]
403	The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale	July 7, 2017	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	6,308^[33]
402	UFC Fight Night: Chiesa vs. Lee	June 25, 2017	Chesapeake Energy Arena	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.	7,605^[34]
401	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia	June 17, 2017	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Kallang, Singapore	8,414^[35]
400	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt	June 11, 2017	Spark Arena	Auckland, New Zealand	8,649^[36]
399	UFC 212: Aldo vs. Holloway	June 3, 2017	Jeunesse Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	15,412^[37]
398	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira	May 28, 2017	Ericsson Globe	Stockholm, Sweden	12,668^[38]
397	UFC 211: Miocic vs dos Santos 2	May 13, 2017	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	17,834^[39]
396	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Lobov	April 22, 2017	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	10,744^[40]
395	UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Reis	April 15, 2017	Sprint Center	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.	12,171^[41]
394	UFC 210: Cormier vs Johnson 2	April 8, 2017	KeyBank Center	Buffalo, New York, U.S.	17,110^[42]
393	UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson	March 18, 2017	The O₂ Arena	London, England, U.K.	15,761^[43]
392	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Gastelum	March 11, 2017	Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste	Fortaleza, Brazil	14,069^[44]
391	UFC 209: Woodley vs. Thompson 2	March 4, 2017	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	13,150^[45]
390	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne	February 19, 2017	Scotiabank Centre	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	8,123^[46]
389	UFC 208: Holm vs De Randamie	February 11, 2017	Barclays Center	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.	15,628^[47]
388	UFC Fight Night: Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie	February 4, 2017	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas, U.S.	8,119^[48]
387	UFC on Fox: Shevchenko vs. Peña	January 28, 2017	Pepsi Center	Denver, Colorado, U.S	13,233^[49]
386	UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn	January 15, 2017	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S	11,589^[50]