2019 in UFC

2019 in UFC
2019 in UFC
Information
First date	Jan 19, 2019
Last date	Dec 21, 2019
Events
Total events	42 (1 cancelled)
UFC	12 (1 cancelled)
TUF Finale events	0
Fights
Total fights	517
Title fights	19
Chronology

The year 2019 was the 27th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

First dateJan 19, 2019

Last dateDec 21, 2019

Total events42 (1 cancelled)

UFC12 (1 cancelled)

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2019 UFC Honors Awards
	Performance of the Year	Fight of the Year	Knockout of the Year	Submission of the Year	Event of the Year	Comeback of the Year
Winner	Jorge Masvidal defeats Ben Askren UFC 239	Israel Adesanya defeats Kelvin Gastelum UFC 236	Jorge Masvidal defeats Ben Askren UFC 239	Bryce Mitchell defeats Matt Sayles UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Stipe Miocic defeats Daniel Cormier 2 UFC 241
Nominee	Bryce Mitchell defeats Matt Sayles UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik	Henry Cejudo defeats Marlon Moraes UFC 238	Niko Price defeats James Vick UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Khabib Nurmagomedov defeats Dustin Poirier UFC 242	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Jéssica Andrade defeats Rose Namajunas UFC 251
Nominee	Israel Adesanya defeats Robert Whittaker 1 UFC 243	Paulo Costa defeats Yoel Romero UFC 231	Valentina Shevchenko defeats Jessica Eye UFC 238	Demian Maia defeats Ben Askren UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Henry Cejudo defeats Marlon Moraes UFC 238
Nominee	Henry Cejudo defeats Marlon Moraes UFC 238	Justin Gaethje defeats Edson Barboza UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Aleksandar Rakić defeats Jimi Manuwa UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith	Marlon Moraes defeats Raphael Assunção 2 UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang	Anthony Pettis defeats Stephen Thompson UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis
Nominee	Zhang Weili defeats Jéssica Andrade UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang	Dustin Poirier defeats Max Holloway 2 UFC 236	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Ref	^[3]^[4]	^[5]^[6]	^[7]^[8]	^[7]^[9]	^[7]^[10]	^[7]^[11]

2019 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Zhang Weili Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Khama Worthy defeats Devonte Smith UFC 241	Bryce Mitchell defeats Matt Sayles UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Jorge Masvidal defeats Ben Askren UFC 239	Israel Adesanya defeats Kelvin Gastelum UFC 236
2	Petr Yan Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Tristan Connelly defeats Michel Pereira UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Khabib Nurmagomedov defeats Dustin Poirier UFC 242	Ciryl Gane	Valentina Shevchenko defeats Jessica Eye UFC 238	Kamaru Usman defeats Colby Covington 1 UFC 245
3	Alexander Volkanovski Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Henry Cejudo defeats T.J. Dillashaw UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw	Demian Maia defeats Ben Askren UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	Amanda Ribas	Aleksandar Rakić defeats Jimi Manuwa UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith	Paulo Costa defeats Yoel Romero UFC 231
4	Kamaru Usman Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Roxanne Modafferi defeats Antonina Shevchenko UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik	Marlon Moraes defeats Raphael Assunção 2 UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2	Grant Dawson	Niko Price defeats James Vick UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Dustin Poirier defeats Max Holloway 2 UFC 236
5	Valentina Shevchenko Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Pedro Munhoz defeats Cody Garbrandt UFC 235	Ovince Saint Preux defeats Michał Oleksiejczuk UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	Kron Gracie	Kevin Lee defeats Gregor Gillespie UFC 244	Vicente Luque defeats Bryan Barberena UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Velasquez
6	Jorge Masvidal Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Jéssica Andrade defeats Rose Namajunas UFC 251	Cory Sandhagen defeats Mario Bautista UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw	Ismail Naurdiev	Jorge Masvidal defeats Darren Till UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal	Henry Cejudo defeats Marlon Moraes UFC 238
7	Demian Maia Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Ismail Naurdiev defeats Michel Prazeres UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos	Paul Craig defeats Kennedy Nzechukwu UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Makhmud Muradov	Anthony Pettis defeats Stephen Thompson UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Justin Gaethje defeats Edson Barboza UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje
8	Justin Gaethje Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Kamaru Usman defeats Tyron Woodley UFC 235	Misha Cirkunov defeats Jimmy Crute UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Casey Kenney	Jéssica Andrade defeats Rose Namajunas UFC 251	Pedro Munhoz defeats Cody Garbrandt UFC 235
9	Henry Cejudo Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Anthony Pettis defeats Stephen Thompson UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Charles Oliveira defeats David Teymur UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2	Greg Hardy	Jan Błachowicz defeats Luke Rockhold UFC 239	Tony Ferguson defeats Donald Cerrone UFC 238
10	Israel Adesanya Top 10 (No ranking order this year)	Jan Błachowicz defeats Luke Rockhold UFC 239	David Zawada defeats Abubakar Nurmagomedov UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar	Viviane Araújo	Josh Emmett defeats Michael Johnson UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Yair Rodríguez defeats Jeremy Stephens 2 UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman
Ref	^[12]	^[13]	^[14]	^[15]	^[16]	^[17]

Events
Number of Events	PPV	Continents	Countries	Cities	Fight Night Bonuses
42	11	5	15	39	168 Total $8,400,000
Longest Event	Shortest Event	Highest Income Live Gate	Lowest Income Live Gate	Highest Attendance	Lowest Attendance
UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson 2:57:27	UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos 1:38:12	UFC 244 $6,575,996.19	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos $636,417.26	UFC 243 57,127	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren 7,155
Title Fights
Undisputed Title Fights	Title Changes	Champions Remained in Their Divisions	Number of Champions	Number of Interim Champions	Number of Title Defenses
17	6	4 LW – Khabib Nurmagomedov WFYW – Valentina Shevchenko WBW – Amanda Nunes WFW – 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	Daniel Cormier	Stipe Miocic	Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	Henry Cejudo
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones	Jon Jones	Flyweight	Henry Cejudo	Vacant
Middleweight	Robert Whittaker	Israel Adesanya	Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	Amanda Nunes
Welterweight	Tyron Woodley	Kamaru Usman	Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Valentina Shevchenko
Lightweight	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Khabib Nurmagomedov	Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	Zhang Weili
Featherweight	Max Holloway	Alexander Volkanovski	Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes	Amanda Nunes
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 on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos UFC 244 UFC 245 7	UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler 5	UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards 10	516	94:59:04
Fighters
Number of Fighters	UFC Debutants	Releases / Retired	Fighters Suspended	Number of Fighters Missed weight
(At the end of Dec 31, 2019) 590	135	106	25	30
Champion feats^[18]
Kamaru Usman outlanded Tyron Woodley by 275 total strikes, setting a new record in a title fight. Jon Jones outlanded Anthony Smith by 193 total strikes, setting a new record in a light heavyweight title fight. Israel Adesanya set a new record after landing four knockdowns in a title fight. Zhang Weili became the first Chinese-born UFC champion. Alexander Volkanovski became the first Australian-born UFC champion.
Fighter feats^[18]
Emily Whitmire's 61 second submission set a new record for the fastest in women's strawweight history. Kamaru Usman's 192 body strikes set a new record for the most in company history. Khalil Rountree Jr.'s 4 knockdowns set a new record for the most in a light heavyweight bout. Michał Oleksiejczuk set a new record at UFC Fight Night 149 by scoring three knockdowns in just 44 seconds, the most ever recorded in such a short span of a bout. Jairzinho Rozenstruik's 9 second knockout at UFC Fight Night 154 is the second fastest finish and knockout in heavyweight history (behind Todd Duffee) Ashley Yoder was the first woman to score a 30–24 card with her victory at UFC Fight Night 154. Diego Sanchez was the first fighter to have 20 decision bouts in the UFC. Jorge Masvidal's five second knockout at UFC 239 set the new record for the fastest knockout and finish in UFC history. Colby Covington set a new UFC record by attempting 515 significant strikes in a single fight, a mark later surpassed by Max Holloway with 744 attempts in 2021. Ovince Saint Preux extended his UFC record for most Von Flue Choke submission victories by securing his fourth. Megan Anderson became the first in the women's featherweight division to win via a triangle-choke submission. Demian Maia extended his UFC record for rear‑naked choke submission victories by securing his ninth. Matt Brown's 13th knockout extended the record for most in welterweight history.

Month	Day	Fighter	Division	Reason	Ref
January	1	Rolando Dy	Featherweight	Released	^[19]
	8	Matt Bessette	Featherweight	Released	^[20]
	10	Jason Knight	Featherweight	Released	^[21]
	10	Craig White	Welterweight	Released	^[22]
	11	Naoki Inoue	Flyweight	Released	^[23]
	19	Dennis Bermudez	Lightweight	Retired	^[24]
	21	Juliana Lima	Women's Strawweight	Signed with Invicta FC	^[25]
	25	Joby Sanchez	Flyweight	Released	^[26]
	29	Artem Lobov	Featherweight	Released	^[27]
February	2	Matheus Nicolau	Flyweight	Released	^[28]
	7	John Moraga	Flyweight	Released	^[29]
	8	Justin Frazier	Heavyweight	Released	^[30]
	13	Dustin Ortiz	Flyweight	Released	^[31]
	19	Terrion Ware	Bantamweight	Released	^[32]
	19	Yushin Okami	Middleweight	Signed with ONE	^[33]
	21	Georges St-Pierre	Middleweight	Retired	^[34]
	N/A	Rashad Coulter	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[35]
March	7	Chan-Mi Jeon	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[36]
	9	Álvaro Herrera	Lightweight	Released	^[37]
	21	Jordan Johnson	Middleweight	Signed with PFL	^[38]
April	1	Ruslan Magomedov	Heavyweight	Released	^[39]
	9	Ross Pearson	Lightweight	Retired	^[40]
	13	Wilson Reis	Flyweight	Released	^[41]
	18	Jesus Pinedo	Lightweight	Released	^[42]
	20	Sultan Aliev	Welterweight	Retired	^[43]
	21	Josh Burkman	Welterweight	Released	^[44]
May	4	Igor Pokrajac	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[45]
	7	Felipe Silva	Lightweight	Released	^[46]
	12	Tom Duquesnoy	Bantamweight	Retired	^[47]
	16	Jordan Rinaldi	Featherweight	Released	^[48]
	16	Jessica Aguilar	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[49]
	21	Abel Trujillo	Lightweight	Released	^[50]
	24	Justin Willis	Heavyweight	Released	^[51]
	25	Bryan Caraway	Bantamweight	Released	^[52]
	26	Elias Theodorou	Middleweight	Released	^[53]
		Eric Shelton	Flyweight	Released	^[54]
		Marcelo Golm	Heavyweight	Released	^[55]
	28	Abdul-Kerim Edilov	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[56]
	28	Joseph Morales	Flyweight	Released	^[57]
	30	Ashkan Mokhtarian	Flyweight	Released	^[58]
	31	Alex Gorgees	Lightweight	Released	^[59]
June	2	Nick Hein	Lightweight	Retired	^[60]
	4	Jimi Manuwa	Light Heavyweight	Retired	^[61]
	19	Andrew Holbrook	Lightweight	Released	^[62]
July	3	Arjan Bhullar	Heavyweight	Signed with ONE	^[63]
	3	John Lineker	Bantamweight	Released	^[64]
	7	Austin Arnett	Featherweight	Released	^[65]
	9	Ivan Shtyrkov	Heavyweight	Released	^[66]
	17	Amanda Cooper	Women's Strawweight	Signed with Invicta FC	^[67]
	18	Myles Jury	Featherweight	Signed with Bellator MMA	^[68]
	19	Shinsho Anzai	Welterweight	Released	^[69]
August	1	Antonio Trocoli	Heavyweight	Released	^[70]
	3	Cris Cyborg	Women's Featherweight	Released	^[71]
	5	Carlo Pedersoli Jr.	Welterweight	Released	^[72]
	14	Cat Zingano	Women's Bantamweight	Released	^[73]
	17	Jonathan Wilson	Middleweight	Released	^[74]
	24	Jo Sung-Bin	Featherweight	Released	^[75]
	25	Jon Tuck	Lightweight	Released	^[76]
September	5	B.J. Penn	Lightweight	Released	^[77]
	6	Tim Boetsch	Middleweight	Retired	^[78]
	10	Dmitry Smolyakov	Heavyweight	Released	^[79]
	14	Keita Nakamura	Welterweight	Released	^[80]
	19	Alex Garcia	Welterweight	Released	^[81]
	19	David Branch	Middleweight	Released	^[82]
	17	Sarah Frota	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[83]
	30	Ryan MacDonald	Bantamweight	Released	^[84]
October	3	Sergio Pettis	Flyweight	Signed with Bellator MMA	^[85]
	3	Sheymon Moraes	Featherweight	Released	^[86]
	11	Cain Velasquez	Heavyweight	Retired	^[87]
	18	Humberto Bandenay	Featherweight	Released	^[88]
	29	Azamat Murzakanov	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[89]
	N/A	Julian Erosa	Featherweight	Released	^[90]
November	1	Yoshinori Horie	Featherweight	Released	^[91]
	2	Bobby Moffett	Featherweight	Released	^[92]
	5	Thomas Gifford	Lightweight	Released	^[93]
	6	Curtis Millender	Welterweight	Released	^[94]
		Andre Soukhamthath	Bantamweight
		Danilo Belluardo	Lightweight
		Derrick Krantz	Welterweight
		Henry Briones	Bantamweight
		Kyle Stewart	Welterweight
		Maia Stevenson	Women's Strawweight
		Nohelin Hernandez	Bantamweight
	11	Gilbert Melendez	Featherweight	Released	^[95]
	17	Dan Moret	Lightweight	Released	^[96]
	18	Ben Askren	Welterweight	Retired	^[97]
	21	Allen Crowder	Heavyweight	Retired	^[98]
	25	Sérgio Moraes	Welterweight	Released	^[99]
	26	Tarec Saffiedine	Welterweight	Released	^[100]
	29	Gray Maynard	Lightweight	Released	^[101]
December	4	C. B. Dollaway	Middleweight	Released	^[102]
	6	Liz Carmouche	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[103]
	6	Renan Barão	Featherweight	Released	^[104]
	19	Allan Zuniga	Lightweight	Released	^[105]
		Lauren Mueller	Women's Flyweight
		Darrell Horcher	Lightweight
		Jason Gonzalez
		Kurt Holobaugh
		Te Edwards
		Zak Ottow	Welterweight
		Rostem Akman	Welterweight
	24	Patrick Cummins	Light Heavyweight	Retired	^[106]

Month	Day	Fighter	Division	Event
January	19	Ariane Lipski	Women's Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 143
		Greg Hardy	Heavyweight
		Mario Bautista	Bantamweight
		Vinicius Moreira	Light Heavyweight
		Kyle Stewart	Lightweight
February	2	Anthony Hernandez	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 144
		Felipe Colares	Bantamweight
		Geraldo de Freitas	Bantamweight
		Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Heavyweight
		Rogério Bontorin	Flyweight
		Taila Santos	Women's Flyweight
	10	Callan Potter	Lightweight	UFC 234
		Marcos Rosa Mariano	Lightweight
		Raulian Paiva	Flyweight
	23	Ismail Naurdiev	Welterweight	UFC Fight Night 145
		Joel Álvarez	Lightweight
		Klidson Abreu	Light Heavyweight
March	2	Ben Askren	Welterweight	UFC 235
	9	Grant Dawson	Featherweight	UFC Fight Night 146
	9	Jeff Hughes	Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 146
	16	Mike Grundy	Featherweight	UFC Fight Night 147
	16	Nicolae Negumereanu	Light Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 147
	23	Jordan Espinosa	Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 148
	23	Ryan MacDonald	Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 148
	30	Casey Kenney	Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN 2
		Kennedy Nzechukwu	Light Heavyweight
		Sabina Mazo	Women's Flyweight
April	13	Boston Salmon	Bantamweight	UFC 236
		Randy Costa	Bantamweight
		Zelim Imadaev	Welterweight
	20	Alen Amedovski	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 149
		Alex da Silva Coelho	Lightweight
		Arman Tsarukyan	Lightweight
		Movsar Evloev	Featherweight
		Rafael Fiziev	Lightweight
		Seung Woo Choi	Featherweight
	27	Mike Davis	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 150
		Takashi Sato	Welterweight
		Thomas Gifford	Lightweight
		Virna Jandiroba	Women's Strawweight
May	4	Cole Smith	Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 151
		Kyle Prepolec	Lightweight
		Marc-André Barriault	Middleweight
		Serghei Spivac	Heavyweight
	11	Carlos Huachin	Bantamweight	UFC 237
		Luana Carolina	Women's Flyweight
		Viviane Araújo	Women's Flyweight
	18	Austin Hubbard	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 152
		Charles Jourdain	Featherweight
		Derrick Krantz	Welterweight
		Felicia Spencer	Women's Featherweight
		Michel Pereira	Welterweight
June	1	Bea Malecki	Women's Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 153
		Danilo Belluardo	Lightweight
		Duda Santana	Women's Bantamweight
		Sergey Khandozhko	Welterweight
		Sung Bin Jo	Featherweight
		Rostem Akman	Welterweight
	8	Grigory Popov	Bantamweight	UFC 238
	22	Deron Winn	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 154
	29	Amanda Ribas	Women's Strawweight	UFC on ESPN 3
		Dalcha Lungiambula	Light Heavyweight
		Dequan Townsend	Middleweight
		Journey Newson	Bantamweight
July	6	Julia Avila	Women's Bantamweight	UFC 239
	6	Nohelin Hernandez	Bantamweight	UFC 239
	13	Brianna Van Buren	Women's Strawweight	UFC Fight Night 155
		John Allan	Light Heavyweight
		Wellington Turman	Middleweight
	20	Domingo Pilarte	Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN 4
	20	Gabriel Silva	Bantamweight	UFC on ESPN 4
	27	Yoshinori Horie	Featherweight	UFC 240
August	3	Hannah Goldy	Women's Strawweight	UFC on ESPN 5
		Cole Williams	Welterweight
		Miranda Granger	Women's Strawweight
	10	Ciryl Gane	Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 156
		Luiz Eduardo Garagorri	Featherweight
		Raphael Pessoa	Heavyweight
		Rodolfo Vieira	Middleweight
		Rodrigo Vargas	Lightweight
	17	Khama Worthy	Lightweight	UFC 241
	31	Da Woon Jung	Light Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 157
		Danaa Batgerel	Bantamweight
		Jun Yong Park	Middleweight
		Khadis Ibragimov	Light Heavyweight
		Karol Rosa	Women's Bantamweight
		Lara Procópio	Women's Flyweight
		Mizuki Inoue	Women's Strawweight
September	7	Fares Ziam	Lightweight	UFC 242
		Lerone Murphy	Featherweight
		Liana Jojua	Women's Flyweight
		Ottman Azaitar	Lightweight
	14	Hunter Azure	Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 158
		Miles Johns	Bantamweight
		Tristan Connelly	Welterweight
	21	Ariane Carnelossi	Women's Strawweight	UFC Fight Night 159
		Askar Askarov	Flyweight
		Tyson Nam	Flyweight
		Vanessa Melo	Women's Bantamweight
	28	Giga Chikadze	Featherweight	UFC Fight Night 160
		Jack Shore	Bantamweight
		Makhmud Muradov	Middleweight
		Mark Madsen	Lightweight
October	6	Brad Riddell	Lightweight	UFC 243
		Bruno Gustavo da Silva	Bantamweight
		Jamie Mullarkey	Lightweight
		Justin Tafa	Heavyweight
		Maki Pitolo	Middleweight
		Yorgan De Castro	Heavyweight
		Zarah Fairn	Women's Featherweight
	12	Miguel Baeza	Welterweight	UFC Fight Night 161
	18	Ben Sosoli	Heavyweight	UFC on ESPN 6
		Brendan Allen	Middleweight
		Diana Belbiţă	Women's Flyweight
		Jonathan Pearce	Featherweight
		Sean Brady	Welterweight
		Sean Woodson	Featherweight
		Tanner Boser	Heavyweight
	26	Don'Tale Mayes	Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 162
	26	Loma Lookboonmee	Women's Strawweight	UFC Fight Night 162
November	9	Abubakar Nurmagomedov	Welterweight	UFC Fight Night 163
		Roman Kopylov	Middleweight
		Shamil Gamzatov	Light Heavyweight
	16	André Muniz	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 164
		Antônio Arroyo	Middleweight
		Isabella de Padua	Women's Flyweight
		Tracy Cortez	Women's Flyweight
December	7	Billy Quarantillo	Featherweight	UFC on ESPN 7
		Jacob Kilburn	Featherweight
		Joe Solecki	Lightweight
		Mallory Martin	Women's Strawweight
	14	Chase Hooper	Featherweight	UFC 245
	14	Punahele Soriano	Middleweight	UFC 245
	21	Omar Morales	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 165

2019 in UFC

2019 UFC Honors awards

2019 UFC.com awards

2019 by the numbers

Releases and retirements

Debut UFC fighters

Suspended fighters

Title fights

Events list

See also

References

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Azamat Murzakanov	The Profession	Light Heavyweight	September 2, 2017	2 years	Boldenone metabolites, specifically 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one and androsta-1,4-diene-6β-ol-3,17-dione in an out-of-competition test submitted on September 2, 2017.	USADA	September 2, 2019	^[107]	Released
C. B. Dollaway	The Doberman	Middleweight	December 13, 2018	2 years	Anastrozole, clomiphene and receiving intravenous (IV) infusion over the allowable limit.	USADA	December 13, 2020	^[108]	Released
T.J. Dillashaw		Bantamweight	January 18, 2019	1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA)	Erythropoietin (EPO).	NYSAC and USADA	January 18, 2021	^[109] ^[110]
Michel Prazeres		Welterweight	March 9, 2019	2 years	Exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one.	USADA	March 9, 2021	^[111]
Hu Yaozong	Totoro	Light Heavyweight	March 9, 2019	Initially 1 year but reduced to 10 months	Arimistane and its metabolite from contamination supplement.	USADA	January 9, 2020	^[112]	Original suspension was 1 year but reduced to 10 months
Roman Dolidze	Bazooka	Light Heavyweight	March 12, 2019	1 year	Clomiphene hormone and its metabolites M1 and M2, as well as 4-chloro-18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-5α-androst-13-en-3α-ol (M3), which is a long-term metabolite of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT).	USADA	March 12, 2020	^[113]
Ivan Shtyrkov	Ural Hulk	Heavyweight	March 27, 2019	2 years	Boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one.	USADA	March 27, 2021	^[114] ^[115]	Released
Jessica Penne		Women's Flyweight	April 8, 2019	Initially 4 years but reduced to 20 months	Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol.	USADA	December 8, 2020	^[116]	Original suspension was 4 years after second violation, but reduced to 20 months in February 2020
Alen Amedovski		Middleweight	April 20, 2019	Initially 6 months but reduced to 3 months	Carboxy-THC, a cannabis metabolite.	USADA	July 20, 2019	^[114]	Original suspension was 6 months, but reduced to 3 months after Alen's successful completion of a drug treatment program.
Thibault Gouti	GT	Lightweight	April 25, 2019	6 months	Ostarine and its metabolite di-hydroxy-LGD-4033. GW1516 metabolites GW1516 sulfoxide and GW1516 sulfone.	USADA	October 25, 2019	^[117]
Dmitry Smolyakov	The Lifeguard	Heavyweight	April 27, 2019	2 years	Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) and intact human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).	USADA	April 27, 2021	^[118]	Released
Melissa Gatto		Women's Bantamweight	June 5, 2019	1 year	Furosemide, a diuretic.	USADA	June 5, 2020	^[119]
Dequan Townsend		Middleweight	June 28, 2019	6 months	Benzoylecgonine (cocaine) and norfentanyl (fentanyl).	USADA	December 28, 2019	^[120]
Vince Murdock		Featherweight	July 6, 2019	20 months	GW1516, a hormone modulator that is better known as cardarine. It is often sold on the black market as endurobol.	USADA	March 6, 2021	^[121]
Giacomo Lemos		Heavyweight	July 9, 2019	2 years	Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one.	USADA	July 9, 2021	^[122]
John Allan		Light Heavyweight	July 13, 2019	1 year	Tamoxifen.	USADA and CSAC	July 13, 2020	^[122]	Fined $4,800 by the CSAC
Sarah Frota	A Treta	Flyweight	July 21, 2019	2 years	Multiple stanozolol metabolites, including 16α-hydroxystanozolol, 3, 16-dihydroxystanozolol and 4β,16-dihydroxystanozolol on the day of UFC 240.	USADA and the Edmonton Combative Sports Commission	July 21, 2021	^[123]	Released
Istela Nunes		Women's Strawweight	July 22, 2019	2 years	Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol.	USADA	July 22, 2021	^[124]
David Branch	The Executive	Middleweight	July 26, 2019	2 years	Ipamorelin, class of peptide hormones and growth factors.	USADA	July 26, 2021	^[125]	Released
Sean O'Malley	Sugar	Bantamweight	August 6, 2019	6 months	Ostarine.	USADA	February 6, 2020	^[126]
Aspen Ladd	Totoro	Women's Bantamweight	August 8, 2019		Ladd's bantamweight license after gaining 18 percent of her weight between weigh-ins and fight day against Germaine de Randamie at UFC Fight Night 155.	CSAC	Until “Extensive medical documentation" is presented to the CSAC to clear suspension.	^[127]
Khalid Taha	The Warrior	Bantamweight	October 6, 2019	1 year	Furosemide (diuretics).	USADA	October 6, 2020	^[128]
Priscila Cachoeira		Women's Flyweight	October 12, 2019	4 months	A diuretic, hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4amino-6chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB).	USADA	February 12, 2020	^[120]
Ovince Saint Preux	OSP	Light Heavyweight	October 25, 2019	3 months	Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs).	USADA	January 25, 2020	^[129]	Ostarine came from a tainted supplement
Diego Sanchez	Nightmare	Welterweight	October 26, 2019	3 months	Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs).	USADA	January 26, 2020	^[129]	Ostarine came from a tainted supplement

Title fights in 2019
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Flyweight	Henry Cejudo (c)	def.	T.J. Dillashaw	TKO (punches)	1	0:32	UFC Fight Night 143	^[a]
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	def.	Tyron Woodley (c)	Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 235	^[b]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Anthony Smith	Decision (unanimous) (48–44, 48–44, 48–44)	5	5:00	UFC 235	^[c]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	def.	Kelvin Gastelum	Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 48–46)	5	5:00	UFC 236	^[d]
Lightweight	Dustin Poirier	def.	Max Holloway	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 236	^[e]
Women's Strawweight	Jéssica Andrade	def.	Rose Namajunas (c)	TKO (slam)	2	2:58	UFC 237	^[f]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Jessica Eye	KO (head kick)	2	0:26	UFC 238	^[g]
Bantamweight	Henry Cejudo	def.	Marlon Moraes	TKO (punches)	3	4:51	UFC 238	^[h]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Holly Holm	TKO (head kick and punches)	1	4:10	UFC 239	^[i]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Thiago Santos	Decision (split) (48–47, 48–47, 47–48)	5	5:00	UFC 239	^[j]
Featherweight	Max Holloway (c)	def.	Frankie Edgar	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 240	^[k]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Liz Carmouche	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC Fight Night 156	^[l]
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic	def.	Daniel Cormier (c)	TKO (punches)	4	4:09	UFC 241	^[m]
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	def.	Jéssica Andrade (c)	TKO (knees and punches)	1	0:42	UFC Fight Night 157	^[n]
Lightweight	Khabib Nurmagomedov (c)	def.	Dustin Poirier (ic)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:06	UFC 242	^[o]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya (ic)	def.	Robert Whittaker (c)	KO (punches)	2	3:33	UFC 243	^[p]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Germaine de Randamie	Decision (unanimous) (49–44, 49–46, 49–45)	5	5:00	UFC 245	^[q]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski	def.	Max Holloway (c)	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 245	^[r]
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman (c)	def.	Colby Covington	TKO (punches)	5	4:10	UFC 245	^[s]

#	Event	Date	Venue	City	Country	Atten.	Ref.	Fight of the Night			Performance of the Night		Bonus	Ref.
505	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie	Dec 21, 2019	Sajik Arena	Busan	South Korea	10,651	^[130]	Charles Jourdain	vs.	Doo Ho Choi	Chan Sung Jung	Alexandre Pantoja	$50,000	^[131]
504	UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington	Dec 14, 2019	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas	United States	16,811	^[132]	Kamaru Usman	vs.	Colby Covington	Petr Yan	Irene Aldana	$50,000	^[132]
503	UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik	Dec 7, 2019	Capital One Arena	Washington, D.C.	United States	10,816	^[133]	Rob Font	vs.	Ricky Simon	Bryce Mitchell	Makhmud Muradov	$50,000	^[134]
502	UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré	Nov 16, 2019	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo	Brazil	10,344	^[135]	N/a			Charles Oliveira	James Krause	$50,000	^[135]
502	UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré	Nov 16, 2019	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo	Brazil	10,344	^[135]	N/a			Ricardo Ramos	Randy Brown	$50,000	^[135]
501	UFC Fight Night: Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar	Nov 9, 2019	CSKA Arena	Moscow	Russia	11,305	^[136]	Zabit Magomedsharipov	vs.	Calvin Kattar	Magomed Ankalaev	David Zawada	$50,000	^[136]
500	UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz	Nov 2, 2019	Madison Square Garden	New York City	United States	20,143	^[137]	Stephen Thompson	vs.	Vicente Luque	Kevin Lee	Corey Anderson	$50,000	^[137]
499	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren	Oct 26, 2019	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Kallang	Singapore	7,155	^[138]	Demian Maia	vs.	Ben Askren	Beneil Dariush	Ciryl Gane	$50,000	^[139]
498	UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Weidman	Oct 18, 2019	TD Garden	Boston	United States	12,066	^[140]	Yair Rodríguez	vs.	Jeremy Stephens	Dominick Reyes	Charles Rosa	$50,000	^[140]
497	UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson	Oct 12, 2019	Amalie Arena	Tampa	United States	10,597	^[141]	Cub Swanson	vs.	Kron Gracie	Niko Price	Marlon Vera	$50,000	^[141]
496	UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya	Oct 6, 2019	Marvel Stadium	Melbourne	Australia	57,127	^[142]	Brad Riddell	vs.	Jamie Mullarkey	Israel Adesanya	Yorgan De Castro	$50,000	:^[143]
495	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	Sep 28, 2019	Royal Arena	Copenhagen	Denmark	12,767	^[144]	N/a			Jared Cannonier	Ovince Saint Preux	$50,000	^[145]
495	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Cannonier	Sep 28, 2019	Royal Arena	Copenhagen	Denmark	12,767	^[144]	N/a			John Phillips	Jack Shore	$50,000	^[145]
494	UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Stephens	Sep 21, 2019	Mexico City Arena	Mexico City	Mexico	10,112	^[146]	Carla Esparza	vs.	Alexa Grasso	Steven Peterson	Paul Craig	$50,000	^[147]
493	UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje	Sep 14, 2019	Rogers Arena	Vancouver	Canada	15,114	^[148]	Tristan Connelly	vs.	Michel Pereira	Justin Gaethje	Misha Cirkunov	$50,000	^[148]
492	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019	The Arena, Yas Island	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	N/a					Khabib Nurmagomedov	Ottman Azaitar	$50,000	^[149]
492	UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier	Sep 7, 2019	The Arena, Yas Island	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	N/a					Belal Muhammad	Muslim Salikhov	$50,000	^[149]
491	UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Zhang	Aug 31, 2019	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre Arena	Shenzhen	China	10,302	^[150]	Alateng Heili	vs.	Danaa Batgerel	Zhang Weili	Li Jingliang	$50,000	^[151]
490	UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2	Aug 17, 2019	Honda Center	Anaheim	United States	17,304	^[152]	Paulo Costa	vs.	Yoel Romero	Stipe Miocic	Khama Worthy	$50,000	^[152]
489	UFC Fight Night: Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2	Aug 10, 2019	Antel Arena	Montevideo	Uruguay	9,225	^[153]	Vicente Luque	vs.	Mike Perry	Volkan Oezdemir	Veronica Macedo	$50,000	^[153]
488	UFC on ESPN: Covington vs. Lawler	Aug 3, 2019	Prudential Center	Newark	United States	10,427	^[154]	Antonina Shevchenko	vs.	Lucie Pudilová	Nasrat Haqparast	Matt Schnell	$50,000	^[155]
487	UFC 240: Holloway vs. Edgar	Jul 27, 2019	Rogers Place	Edmonton	Canada	12,144	^[156]	Deiveson Figueiredo	vs.	Alexandre Pantoja	Geoff Neal	Hakeem Dawodu	$50,000	^[157]
486	UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards	Jul 20, 2019	AT&T Center	San Antonio	United States	9,255	^[158]	Mario Bautista	vs.	Jin Soo Son	Walt Harris	Dan Hooker	$50,000	^[158]
485	UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019	Golden 1 Center	Sacramento	United States	10,306	^[159]	N/a			Urijah Faber	Josh Emmett	$50,000	^[149]
485	UFC Fight Night: de Randamie vs. Ladd	Jul 13, 2019	Golden 1 Center	Sacramento	United States	10,306	^[159]	N/a			Andre Fili	Jonathan Martinez	$50,000	^[149]
484	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas	United States	18,358	^[149]	N/a			Amanda Nunes	Jorge Masvidal	$50,000	^[149]
484	UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos	Jul 6, 2019	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas	United States	18,358	^[149]	N/a			Jan Błachowicz	Yadong Song	$50,000	^[149]
483	UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos	Jun 29, 2019	Target Center	Minneapolis	United States	10,123	^[160]	N/a			Francis Ngannou	Joseph Benavidez	$50,000	^[160]
483	UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. dos Santos	Jun 29, 2019	Target Center	Minneapolis	United States	10,123	^[160]	N/a			Alonzo Menifield	Eryk Anders	$50,000	^[160]
482	UFC Fight Night: Moicano vs. The Korean Zombie	Jun 22, 2019	Bon Secours Wellness Arena	Greenville	United States	7,682	^[161]	Deron Winn	vs.	Eric Spicely	Chan Sung Jung	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	$50,000	^[161]
481	UFC 238: Cejudo vs. Moraes	Jun 8, 2019	United Center	Chicago	United States	16,083	^[162]	Tony Ferguson	vs.	Donald Cerrone	Henry Cejudo	Valentina Shevchenko	$50,000	^[163]
480	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith	Jun 1, 2019	Ericsson Globe	Stockholm	Sweden	14,319	^[164]	N/a			Anthony Smith	Aleksandar Rakić	$50,000	^[165]
480	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith	Jun 1, 2019	Ericsson Globe	Stockholm	Sweden	14,319	^[164]	N/a			Makwan Amirkhani	Leonardo Santos	$50,000	^[165]
479	UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Lee	May 18, 2019	Blue Cross Arena	Rochester	United States	8,132	^[166]	Aspen Ladd	vs.	Sijara Eubanks	Michel Pereira	Grant Dawson	$50,000	^[167]
478	UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade	May 11, 2019	Jeunesse Arena	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	15,193	^[168]	Jéssica Andrade	vs.	Rose Namajunas	Jéssica Andrade	Warlley Alves	$50,000	^[169]
477	UFC Fight Night: Iaquinta vs. Cowboy	May 4, 2019	Canadian Tire Centre	Ottawa	Canada	10,960	^[170]	Donald Cerrone	vs.	Al Iaquinta	Walt Harris	Macy Chiasson	$50,000	^[171]
476	UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Hermansson	Apr 27, 2019	BB&T Center	Sunrise	United States	12,254	^[172]	Mike Perry	vs.	Alex Oliveira	Glover Teixeira	Jim Miller	$50,000	^[173]
475	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik	Apr 20, 2019	Yubileyny Sports Palace	Saint Petersburg	Russia	7,236	^[174]	Islam Makhachev	vs.	Arman Tsarukyan	Magomed Mustafaev	Sergei Pavlovich	$50,000	^[175]
474	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019	State Farm Arena	Atlanta	United States	14,297	^[176]	Israel Adesanya	vs.	Kelvin Gastelum	N/a		$50,000	^[177]
474	UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2	Apr 13, 2019	State Farm Arena	Atlanta	United States	14,297	^[176]	Dustin Poirier	vs.	Max Holloway	N/a		$50,000	^[177]
473	UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje	Mar 30, 2019	Wells Fargo Center	Philadelphia	United States	11,123	^[178]	Justin Gaethje	vs.	Edson Barboza	Paul Craig	Jack Hermansson	$50,000	^[178]
472	UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Pettis	Mar 23, 2019	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville	United States	10,863	^[179]	Bryce Mitchell	vs.	Bobby Moffett	Anthony Pettis	Randa Markos	$50,000	^[180]
471	UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal	Mar 16, 2019	The O₂ Arena	London	England	16,602	^[181]	Jorge Masvidal	vs.	Darren Till	Jorge Masvidal	Dan Ige	$50,000	^[182]
470	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos	Mar 9, 2019	Intrust Bank Arena	Wichita	United States	7,265	^[183]	Junior dos Santos	vs.	Derrick Lewis	Niko Price	Beneil Dariush	$50,000	^[184]
469	UFC 235: Jones vs. Smith	Mar 2, 2019	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas	United States	14,790	^[185]	Pedro Munhoz	vs.	Cody Garbrandt	Johnny Walker	Diego Sanchez	$50,000	^[186]
468	UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos	Feb 23, 2019	O₂ Arena	Prague	Czech Republic	16,583	^[187]	N/a			Thiago Santos	Stefan Struve	$50,000	^[188]
468	UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Santos	Feb 23, 2019	O₂ Arena	Prague	Czech Republic	16,583	^[187]	N/a			Michał Oleksiejczuk	Dwight Grant	$50,000	^[188]
467	UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Velasquez	Feb 17, 2019	Talking Stick Resort Arena	Phoenix	United States	14,269	^[189]	Vicente Luque	vs.	Bryan Barberena	Kron Gracie	Luke Sanders	$50,000	^[190]
466	UFC 234: Adesanya vs. Silva	Feb 10, 2019	Rod Laver Arena	Melbourne	Australia	15,238	^[191]	Israel Adesanya	vs.	Anderson Silva	Montana De La Rosa	Devonte Smith	$50,000	^[192]
465	UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2	Feb 2, 2019	Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste	Fortaleza	Brazil	10,040	^[193]	N/a			Marlon Moraes	José Aldo	$50,000	^[194]
465	UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2	Feb 2, 2019	Centro de Formação Olímpica do Nordeste	Fortaleza	Brazil	10,040	^[193]	N/a			Charles Oliveira	Johnny Walker	$50,000	^[194]
–	UFC 233	Jan 26, 2019	Honda Center	Anaheim	United States	Cancelled	^[195]^[196]	N/a					Cancelled	N/a
464	UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw	Jan 19, 2019	Barclays Center	Brooklyn	United States	12,152	^[197]	Donald Cerrone	vs.	Alexander Hernandez	Donald Cerrone	Henry Cejudo	$50,000	^[198]