2022 in UFC

2022 in UFC
2022 in UFC
Information
First date	January 15, 2022
Last date	December 17, 2022
Events
Total events	42
UFC	13
TUF Finale events	1
Fights
Total fights	511
Title fights	19
Chronology

The year 2022 was the 30th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

First dateJanuary 15, 2022

Last dateDecember 17, 2022

Total events42

UFC13

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Despite the relaxation of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the promotion's UFC Apex continued hosting events with reduced crowds, with 21 events held.

Events
Number of Events	PPV	Continents	Countries	Cities	Fight Night Bonuses
42	13	3	5	16	199 Total $9,950,000
Longest Event	Shortest Event	Highest Income Live Gate	Lowest Income Live Gate	Highest Attendance	Lowest Attendance
UFC 271 2:57:22	UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Hill 1:10:04	UFC 281 $11,562,807.77	UFC 275 $1,546,732	UFC 281 20,845	UFC 275 (exclud. APEX events) 10,787
Title Fights
Undisputed Title Fights	Title Changes	Champions Remained in Their Divisions	Number of Champions	Number of Interim Champions	Number of Title Defenses
18	9	5 BW – Aljamain Sterling FW – Alexander Volkanovski HW – Francis Ngannou WFYW – Valentina Shevchenko WFW –Amanda Nunes	13	1	8
Champions
Division	Beginning of The Year	End of The Year	Division	Beginning of The Year	End of The Year
Heavyweight	Francis Ngannou	Francis Ngannou	Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	Aljamain Sterling
Light Heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	Vacant	Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	Deiveson Figueiredo
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya	Alex Pereira	Women's Bantamweight	Julianna Peña	Amanda Nunes
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Leon Edwards	Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko	Valentina Shevchenko
Lightweight	Charles Oliveira	Islam Makhachev	Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	Mackenzie Dern
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski	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: Kattar vs. Emmett 8	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall 5	UFC 274 10	511	92:30:16
Fighters
Number of Fighters	UFC Debutants	Releases / Retired	Fighters Suspended	Number of Fighters Missed weight
(At the end of Dec 31, 2022) 583	99	125	18	30
Champion feats^[1]
Deiveson Figueiredo became the first two-time UFC Flyweight champion. Jiří Procházka became the first Czech-born UFC champion. Leon Edwards became the first Jamaican-born UFC champion.
Fighter feats^[1]
Katlyn Chookagian became the first fighter in UFC history to win their first 10 bouts by decision. Claudio Puelles became the first fighter to have three victories by kneebar submission. Jéssica Andrade became the first fighter to win by a standing arm-triangle choke submission with her victory at UFC Fight Night 205. Rob Font's 271 significant strikes set the record for the most in a bantamweight bout. Zhang Weili's spinning back‑fist victory was the first by a woman in UFC history. Muhammad Mokaev's 12 takedowns at UFC Fight Night 208 were the most in a flyweight bout. Cory McKenna became the first female to win by a Von Flue choke submission with her victory at UFC on ESPN 40. Khamzat Chimaev's victory at UFC 279 marked his fourth bout without absorbing a significant strike, the most in UFC history. Rafael dos Anjos became the first fighter in UFC history to record over 8 hours of total fight time. Raul Rosas Jr., at 18 years old, became the youngest fighter to score a victory with his UFC 282 win.

2022 UFC Honors Awards
	Performance of the Year	Fight of the Year	Knockout of the Year	Submission of the Year	Debut of the Year	Event of the Year	Comeback of the Year
Winner	Zhang Weili defeats Joanna Jędrzejczyk 2 UFC 275	Khamzat Chimaev defeats Gilbert Burns UFC 273	Leon Edwards defeats Kamaru Usman 2 UFC 278	Islam Makhachev defeats Charles Oliveira UFC 280	Abusupiyan Magomedov defeats Dustin Stoltzfus UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Leon Edwards defeats Kamaru Usman 2 UFC 278
Nominee	Jéssica Andrade defeats Amanda Lemos UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	Dustin Poirier defeats Michael Chandler UFC 281	Michael Chandler defeats Tony Ferguson UFC 274	Jéssica Andrade defeats Amanda Lemos UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	Muhammad Mokaev defeats Cody Durden UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Gregory Rodrigues defeats Chidi Njokuani UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song
Nominee	Michael Chandler defeats Tony Ferguson UFC 274	Matt Schnell defeats Su Mudaerji UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez	Zhang Weili defeats Joanna Jędrzejczyk 2 UFC 275	Jiří Procházka defeats Glover Teixeira UFC 275	Joe Pyfer defeats Alen Amedovski UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song	UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Hill	Matt Schnell defeats Su Mudaerji UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez
Nominee	Molly McCann defeats Luana Carolina UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Jiří Procházka defeats Glover Teixeira UFC 275	Molly McCann defeats Luana Carolina UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Zhang Weili defeats Carla Esparza UFC 281	Yazmin Jauregui defeats Iasmin Lucindo UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	Alex Pereira defeats Israel Adesanya 1 UFC 281
Nominee	Marlon Vera defeats Rob Font UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a	N/a
Ref	^[5]^[6]	^[5]^[6]	^[6]^[7]	^[6]^[8]	^[6]^[9]	^[6]^[10]	^[6]^[11]

2022 UFC.COM Awards
No	The Fighters	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Alexander Volkanovski	Leon Edwards defeats Kamaru Usman 2 UFC 278	Jéssica Andrade defeats Amanda Lemos UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	Jack Della Maddalena	Leon Edwards defeats Kamaru Usman 2 UFC 278	Jiří Procházka defeats Glover Teixeira UFC 275
2	Alex Pereira	Carla Esparza defeats Rose Namajunas 2 UFC 274	Jiří Procházka defeats Glover Teixeira UFC 275	Jailton Almeida	Michael Chandler defeats Tony Ferguson UFC 274	Khamzat Chimaev defeats Gilbert Burns UFC 273
3	Islam Makhachev	Sean O'Malley defeats Petr Yan UFC 280	Tom Aspinall defeats Alexander Volkov UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Muhammad Mokaev	Molly McCann defeats Luana Carolina UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Dustin Poirier defeats Michael Chandler UFC 281
4	Zhang Weili	Kai Kara-France defeats Askar Askarov UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Daukaus	Islam Makhachev defeats Charles Oliveira UFC 280	Tatsuro Taira	Zhang Weili defeats Joanna Jędrzejczyk 2 UFC 275	Stephen Thompson defeats Kevin Holland UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland
5	Leon Edwards	Victor Henry defeats Raoni Barcelos UFC 270	Claudio Puelles defeats Clay Guida UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	Yazmin Jauregui	Marlon Vera defeats Dominick Cruz UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz	Matt Schnell defeats Su Mudaerji UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez
6	Marlon Vera	Alex Pereira defeats Israel Adesanya 1 UFC 281	Paul Craig defeats Nikita Krylov UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Chidi Njokuani	Alex Pereira defeats Sean Strickland UFC 276	Deiveson Figueiredo defeats Brandon Moreno 3 UFC 270
7	Aljamain Sterling	Aljamain Sterling defeats Petr Yan 2 UFC 273	Matt Schnell defeats Su Mudaerji UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez	Natália Silva	Ilia Topuria defeats Jai Herbert UFC 290	Ciryl Gane defeats Tai Tuivasa UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa
8	Jamahal Hill	Tai Tuivasa defeats Derrick Lewis UFC 271	Charles Oliveira defeats Justin Gaethje UFC 274	Michael Morales	Chris Gutiérrez defeats Frankie Edgar UFC 281	Calvin Kattar defeats Giga Chikadze UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Chikadze
9	Jiří Procházka	Roman Dolidze defeats Jack Hermansson UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland	Ilia Topuria defeats Bryce Mitchell UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Raul Rosas Jr.	Adrian Yañez defeats Tony Kelley UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett	Mateusz Gamrot defeats Arman Tsarukyan 1 UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot
10	Roman Dolidze	Marcin Tybura defeats Alexandr Romanov UFC 278	Said Nurmagomedov defeats Cody Stamann UFC 270	André Fialho	Hayisaer Maheshate defeats Steve Garcia UFC 275	Sean O'Malley defeats Petr Yan UFC 280
Ref	^[12]	^[13]	^[14]	^[15]	^[16]	^[17]

Month	Day	Fighter	Division	Reason	Ref
January	12	Jared Gooden	Welterweight	Released	^[18]
		Maki Pitolo	Middleweight
		Matt Sayles	Lightweight
	27	Jeremy Stephens	Lightweight	Contract not renewed	^[19]
	27	Tom Breese	Middleweight	Signed with Levels Fight League	^[20]
February	8	Mallory Martin	Women's Strawweight	Contract not renewed	^[21]
	9	Dhiego Lima	Welterweight	Retired	^[22]
	10	Andre Ewell	Featherweight	Released	^[23]
		Collin Anglin	Featherweight
		Dakota Bush	Lightweight
		Domingo Pilarte	Bantamweight
		Gaetano Pirrello
		Gustavo Lopez
		Hu Yaozong	Middleweight
		Jordan Williams	Welterweight
		Sasha Palatnikov	Welterweight
		Sean Soriano	Featherweight
	13	Roxanne Modafferi	Women's Flyweight	Retired	^[24]
	17	Jennifer Gonzalez	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[25]
	20	Chas Skelly	Featherweight	Retired	^[26]
	23	Danilo Marques	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[27]
	23	Alexis Davis	Women's Bantamweight	Contract not renewed	^[27]
March	1	Fabio Cherant	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[28]
		Hunter Azure	Bantamweight	Released	^[28]
		Zviad Lazishvili	Bantamweight	Released	^[29]
	8	Carlos Felipe	Heavyweight	Released	^[30]
	12	Greg Hardy	Heavyweight	Released	^[31]
	15	Davi Ramos	Lightweight	Released	^[32]
	16	Sabina Mazo	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[33]
April	11	Alex Oliveira	Welterweight	Contract not renewed	^[34]
	13	Kay Hansen	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[35]
	13	Marlon Moraes	Bantamweight	Retired	^[36]
	31	Ben Rothwell	Heavyweight	Released	^[37]
May	4	Dean Barry	Welterweight	Released	^[38]
	4	Gina Mazany	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[39]
	5	Austin Hubbard	Lightweight	Released	^[40]
		Brandon Jenkins	Lightweight
		Bruno Souza	Featherweight
		Cameron Else	Bantamweight
		Devonte Smith	Lightweight
		Jesse Strader	Bantamweight
		Kazula Vargas	Lightweight
		Kevin Croom	Bantamweight
		Kris Moutinho	Bantamweight
		Luigi Vendramini	Lightweight
		Mark Striegl	Featherweight
		Micheal Gillmore	Welterweight
		Mike Grundy	Featherweight
		Rong Zhu	Lightweight
	6	Ike Villanueva	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[41]
	15	Gregor Gillespie	Lightweight	Released	^[42]
June	4	Felice Herrig	Women's Strawweight	Retired	^[43]
	8	Alex da Silva Coelho	Lightweight	Released	^[44]
		Andreas Michailidis	Welterweight
		Frank Camacho	Lightweight
		Louis Smolka	Bantamweight
	9	Felipe Colares	Bantamweight	Released	^[45]
		T.J. Laramie	Featherweight
		Niklas Stolze	Lightweight
		Tristan Connelly	Lightweight
	12	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Women's Strawweight	Retired	^[46]
	12	Zabit Magomedsharipov	Featherweight	Retired	^[47]
	16	Askar Mozharov	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[48]
	16	Poliana Botelho	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[49]
	23	Gloria de Paula	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[50]
		Rogério Bontorin	Flyweight	Released
		Timur Valiev	Bantamweight	Did not re-sign
	24	Hannah Cifers	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[51]
	24	Zarrukh Adashev	Flyweight	Released	^[51]
July	2	Donald Cerrone	Welterweight	Retired	^[52]
	2	Jessica Eye	Women's Flyweight	Retired	^[53]
	7	Tony Kelley	Bantamweight	Released	^[54]
	12	Joanne Wood	Women's Flyweight	Released	^[55]
	19	Alan Baudot	Heavyweight	Released	^[56]
		Dwight Grant	Welterweight
		Karl Roberson	Light Heavyweight
August	9	Alan Patrick	Lightweight	Released	^[57]
		Danny Chavez	Featherweight
		Ramazan Emeev	Welterweight
	10	Sam Alvey	Middleweight	Released	^[58]
	13	Nina Nunes	Women's Flyweight	Retired	^[59]
	15	Shane Burgos	Featherweight	Signed with PFL	^[60]
	16	Miranda Granger	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[61]
	21	Luke Rockhold	Middleweight	Retired	^[62]
	25	Francisco Figueiredo	Flyweight	Released	^[63]
	25	Youssef Zalal	Bantamweight	Released	^[63]
	31	Cláudio Silva	Welterweight	Released	^[64]
		Harry Hunsucker	Light Heavyweight
		Wu Yanan	Women's Bantamweight
		Uriah Hall	Middleweight	Retired	^[65]
September	6	Alessio Di Chirico	Middleweight	Retired	^[66]
	8	Thiago Santos	Light Heavyweight	Signed with PFL	^[67]
	11	Nate Diaz	Welterweight	Contract completed	^[68]
	15	Mason Jones	Lightweight	Released	^[69]
	15	Mickey Gall	Welterweight	Released	^[69]
	21	Sara McMann	Women's Bantamweight	Released	^[70]
October	4	Shamil Gamzatov	Light Heavyweight	Released	^[71]
	10	Aleksei Oleinik	Heavyweight	Released	^[72]
	20	Randy Costa	Bantamweight	Released	^[73]
	30	Askar Askarov	Flyweight	Released	^[74]
	30	Krzysztof Jotko	Middleweight	Released	^[74]
	31	Cameron Vancamp	Lightweight	Released	^[75]
		Charlie Ontiveros	Lightweight
		Darian Weeks	Welterweight
		Jesse Ronson	Lightweight
		Louis Cosce	Welterweight
		Magomed Mustafaev	Lightweight
		Misha Cirkunov	Light Heavyweight
		Nick Maximov	Middleweight
		Sergey Khandozhko	Welterweight	Retired	^[76]
November	12	Frankie Edgar	Bantamweight	Retired	^[77]
	14	Brad Riddell	Lightweight	Retired	^[78]
	16	Silvana Gómez Juárez	Women's Strawweight	Released	^[79]
	16	Shanna Young	Women's Bantamweight	Released	^[80]
	30	Jason Witt	Welterweight	Retired	^[81]
December	15	Dalcha Lungiambula	Middleweight	Released	^[82]
	15	Benito Lopez	Bantamweight	Released	^[82]
	22	Deron Winn	Middleweight	Released	^[83]
	27	Jared Vanderaa	Heavyweight	Released	^[84]

Month	Day	Fighter	Division	Event	Ref
January	15	Joanderson Brito	Featherweight	UFC on ESPN 32	^[85]
January	15	Joseph Holmes	Middleweight	UFC on ESPN 32	^[86]
January	22	André Fialho	Welterweight	UFC 270	^[87]
		Genaro Valdéz	Lightweight		^[88]
		Jack Della Maddalena	Welterweight		^[89]
		Jasmine Jasudavicius	Women's Flyweight		^[90]
		Michael Morales	Welterweight		^[91]
		Pete Rodriguez	Welterweight		^[89]
		Saimon Oliveira	Bantamweight		^[92]
		Victor Henry	Bantamweight		^[93]
		Viacheslav Borshchev	Lightweight		^[94]
February	5	Chidi Njokuani	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 200	^[95]
		Denys Bondar	Flyweight		^[96]
		Jailton Almeida	Heavyweight		^[97]
		Tresean Gore	Middleweight		^[98]
	12	AJ Dobson	Middleweight	UFC 271	^[99]
	12	Mike Mathetha	Welterweight	UFC 271	^[100]
	19	Chad Anheliger	Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 201	^[101]
		Christian Rodriguez	Bantamweight		^[102]
		Jay Perrin	Bantamweight		^[103]
		Nikolas Motta	Lightweight		^[104]
February	26	Armen Petrosyan	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 202	^[105]
		Carlos Hernandez	Flyweight		^[106]
		Ramona Pascual	Women's Featherweight		^[107]
		Victor Altamirano	Flyweight		^[106]
March	12	A.J. Fletcher	Welterweight	UFC Fight Night 203	^[108]
		Azamat Murzakanov	Light Heavyweight		^[109]
		Javid Basharat	Bantamweight		^[110]
	19	Muhammad Mokaev	Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 204	^[111]
	26	Aliaskhab Khizriev	Middleweight	UFC on ESPN 33	^[112]
April	9	Daniel Santos	Bantamweight	UFC 273	^[113]
		Josh Fremd	Middleweight		^[114]
		Mike Malott	Welterweight		^[115]
		Piera Rodríguez	Women's Strawweight		^[116]
	16	Ange Loosa	Welterweight	UFC on ESPN 34	^[117]
		Caio Borralho	Middleweight		^[118]
		Gadzhi Omargadzhiev	Middleweight		^[118]
		Martin Buday	Heavyweight		^[119]
		Trey Ogden	Lightweight		^[120]
	23	Dean Barry	Welterweight	UFC Fight Night 205	^[121]
	23	Evan Elder	Lightweight	UFC Fight Night 205	^[122]
May	7	Cameron VanCamp	Welterweight	UFC 274	^[123]
		C.J. Vergara	Flyweight		^[124]
		Fernie Garcia	Bantamweight		^[125]
		Kleydson Rodrigues	Flyweight		^[124]
	14	Carlos Candelario	Flyweight	UFC on ESPN 36	^[126]
		Jake Hadley	Flyweight		^[127]
		Manuel Torres	Lightweight		^[128]
		Tatsuro Taira	Flyweight		^[126]
June	4	Askar Mozharov	Light Heavyweight	UFC Fight Night 207	^[129]
		Daniel Argueta	Featherweight		^[130]
		Karine Silva	Women's Flyweight		^[131]
		Rinat Fakhretdinov	Welterweight		^[132]
	12	Hayisaer Maheshate	Lightweight	UFC 275	^[133]
	18	Maria Oliveira	Women's Strawweight	UFC on ESPN 37	^[134]
	18	Natália Silva	Women's Flyweight	UFC on ESPN 37	^[135]
July	6	Emily Ducote	Women's Strawweight	UFC on ABC 3	^[136]
	23	Charles Johnson	Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 208	^[137]
	30	Ihor Potieria	Light Heavyweight	UFC 277	^[138]
August	6	Brogan Walker	Women's Flyweight	UFC on ESPN 40	^[139]
		Juliana Miller	Women's Flyweight		^[139]
		Mohammed Usman	Heavyweight		^[140]
September	3	Abusupiyan Magomedov	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 209	^[141]
	17	Denise Gomes	Women's Strawweight	UFC Fight Night 210	^[142]
	17	Joe Pyfer	Middleweight	UFC Fight Night 210	^[143]
October	15	Lucas Alexander	Featherweight	UFC Fight Night 212	^[144]
	29	Carlos Mota	Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 213	^[145]
	29	Joshua Weems	Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 213	^[146]
November	5	Tamires Vidal	Women's Bantamweight	UFC Fight Night 214	^[147]
November	19	Tereza Bledá	Women's Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 215	^[148]
December	3	Francis Marshall	Featherweight	UFC on ESPN 42	^[149]
	10	Cameron Saaiman	Bantamweight	UFC 282	^[150]
		Erik Silva	Featherweight		^[151]
		Raul Rosas Jr.	Bantamweight		^[152]
		Steven Koslow	Bantamweight		^[150]
	17	Alessandro Costa	Flyweight	UFC Fight Night 216	^[153]

2022 in UFC

2022 by the numbers

2022 UFC Honors awards

2022 UFC.com awards

Releases and retirements

Debut UFC fighters

Suspended fighters

The Ultimate Fighter

Title fights

Events list

See also

References

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Fact Checks

Name	Nickname	Division	From	Duration	Tested positive for / Info	By	Eligible to fight again	Ref.	Notes
Jesse Ronson	The Body Snatcher	Welterweight	Jul 22, 2020	20 months	Metandienone	USADA	Mar 22, 2022	^[154]
Jorge Gonzalez	George St.	Light Heavyweight	Aug 5, 2020	2 years	Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite.	USADA	Aug 5, 2022	^[155]
Oskar Piechota	Imadło	Middleweight	Sep 25, 2020	22 months	Growth hormone releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2 or pralmorelin) and GHRP-2 (1-3) free acid, a metabolite of GHRP-2,	USADA	Jul 25, 2022	^[156]
Liliya Shakirova		Women's Flyweight	Dec 5, 2020	2 years	Meldonium	USADA	Dec 5, 2022	^[157]
Geraldo de Freitas	Spartan	Bantamweight	Jan 11, 2021	2 years	Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors	USADA	Jan 11, 2023	^[158]
Raphael Pessoa	Bebezão	Heavyweight	Feb 9, 2021	2 years	7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites Chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB)	USADA	Feb 9, 2023	^[159]	Second USADA violation. Results collected from out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. Ressoa also evaded sample collection on January 25, 2021, and January 28, 2021.
Daniel Pineda	The Pit	Featherweight	June 26, 2021	9 months	Amphetamine	NSAC	Mar 26, 2022	^[160]
Ryan Benoit	Baby Face	Flyweight	July 31, 2021	9 months	Modafinil	NSAC	April 1, 2022	^[161]
Kevin Lee	The Motown Phenom	Welterweight	Aug 28, 2021	6 months	Adderall	NSAC	Feb 28, 2022	^[162]	$19,526 Fine
Josh Quinlan	The Maverick	Welterweight	Sep 7, 2021	9 months	Drostanolone	NSAC	June 7, 2022	^[163]
Łukasz Brzeski	The Bull	Heavyweight	Sep 14, 2021	9 months	Clomiphene	NSAC	June 14, 2022	^[164]	$750 Fine
Carlos Felipe	Boi	Heavyweight	Oct 16, 2021	18 months	Boldenone and its metabolites	NSAC	Apr 16, 2023	^[165]	$4,200 fine and $489 in prosecution fees
Zviad Lazishvili		Bantamweight	Oct 23, 2021	9 months	Clomiphene	NSAC	July 24, 2022	^[166]	$1,800 fine and $326 in prosecution fees
Miles Johns	Chapo	Bantamweight	Feb 5, 2022	6 months	Adderall	USADA	Aug 5, 2022	^[167]	$3,450 fine
Ashlee Evans-Smith	Rebel Girl	Women's Bantamweight	Jan 3, 2022	14 months	dehydroepiandrosterone	USADA	March 3, 2023	^[168]
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos	Capoeira	Welterweight	March 14, 2022	1 year	Ostarine	USADA	March 14, 2023	^[169]
Bobby Green	King	Lightweight	May 16, 2022	6 months	Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)	USADA	November 16, 2022	^[170]
Jeff Molina	El Jefe	Flyweight	Nov 5, 2022	1 year	linked to the investigation that began as a result of suspicious betting activity ahead of the Nov. 5 UFC fight between Darrick Minner	NSAC	N/A	^[171]

Season	Division	Winner	Runner-up	Ref
The Ultimate Fighter 30^[172]	Heavyweight	Mohammed Usman	Zac Pauga	^[173]
The Ultimate Fighter 30^[172]	Women's Flyweight	Juliana Miller	Brogan Walker-Sanchez	^[174]

Title fights in 2022
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo	def.	Brandon Moreno (c)	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 270	^[a]
Heavyweight	Francis Ngannou (c)	def.	Ciryl Gane (ic)	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 270	^[b]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya (c)	def.	Robert Whittaker	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 271	^[c]
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling (c)	def.	Petr Yan (ic)	Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 273	^[d]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	def.	Chan Sung Jung	TKO (punches)	4	0:45	UFC 273	^[e]
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	def.	Rose Namajunas (c)	Decision (split) (47–48, 49–46, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 274	^[f]
Lightweight	Charles Oliveira	def.	Justin Gaethje	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	3:22	UFC 274	^[g]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Taila Santos	Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 275	^[h]
Light Heavyweight	Jiří Procházka	def.	Glover Teixeira (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	5	4:32	UFC 275	^[i]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	def.	Max Holloway	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 276	^[j]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya (c)	def.	Jared Cannonier	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 276	^[k]
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	def.	Kai Kara-France	TKO (body kick and punches)	3	4:34	UFC 277	^[l]
Women's Bantamweight	Amanda Nunes	def.	Julianna Peña (c)	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–44, 50–43)	5	5:00	UFC 277	^[m]
Welterweight	Leon Edwards	def.	Kamaru Usman (c)	KO (head kick)	5	4:04	UFC 278	^[n]
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling (c)	def.	T.J. Dillashaw	TKO (punches)	2	3:44	UFC 280	^[o]
Lightweight	Islam Makhachev	def.	Charles Oliveira	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	2	3:16	UFC 280	^[p]
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili	def.	Carla Esparza (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	1:05	UFC 281	^[q]
Middleweight	Alex Pereira	def.	Israel Adesanya (c)	TKO (punches)	5	2:01	UFC 281	^[r]
Light Heavyweight	Jan Błachowicz	vs.	Magomed Ankalaev	Draw (split) (48–47, 46–48, 47–47)	5	5:00	UFC 282	^[s]

#	Event	Date	Venue	City	Country	Atten.	Ref.	Fight of the Night			Performance of the Night		Bonus	Ref.
631	UFC Fight Night: Cannonier vs. Strickland	Dec 17, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[175]	Drew Dober	vs.	Bobby Green	Alex Caceres	Michał Oleksiejczuk	$50,000	^[176]
630	UFC 282: Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev	Dec 10, 2022	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	18,455	^[177]	Darren Till	vs.	Dricus du Plessis	Santiago Ponzinibbio	Ilia Topuria	$50,000	^[178]
											Raul Rosas Jr.	Jairzinho Rozenstruik
											Edmen Shahbazyan	Chris Curtis
											Billy Quarantillo	T.J. Brown
											Cameron Saaiman	N/a
629	UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland	Dec 3, 2022	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida	United States	17,065	^[179]	Stephen Thompson	vs.	Kevin Holland	Sergei Pavlovich	Roman Dolidze	$50,000	^[180]
628	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba	Nov 19, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[181]	N/a			Kennedy Nzechukwu	Muslim Salikhov	$50,000	^[182]
628	UFC Fight Night: Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba	Nov 19, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[181]	N/a			Jack Della Maddalena	Natália Silva	$50,000	^[182]
627	UFC 281: Adesanya vs. Pereira	Nov 12, 2022	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	United States	20,845	^[183]	Dustin Poirier	vs.	Michael Chandler	Alex Pereira	Zhang Weili	$50,000	^[184]
626	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos	Nov 5, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[185]	N/a			Neil Magny	Mario Bautista	$50,000	^[186]
626	UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos	Nov 5, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[185]	N/a			Polyana Viana	Tamires Vidal	$50,000	^[186]
625	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen	Oct 29, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[187]	N/a			Tresean Gore	Roman Dolidze	$50,000	^[188]
625	UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Allen	Oct 29, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[187]	N/a			Steve Garcia	Christian Rodriguez	$50,000	^[188]
624	UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev	Oct 22, 2022	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	13,400	^[189]	Petr Yan	vs.	Sean O'Malley	Islam Makhachev	Belal Muhammad	$50,000	^[190]
623	UFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo	Oct 15, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[191]	Duško Todorović	vs.	Jordan Wright	Jonathan Martinez	Tatsuro Taira	$50,000	^[192]
622	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan	Oct 1, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[193]	John Castañeda	vs.	Daniel Santos	Joaquim Silva	Brendan Allen	$50,000	^[194]
622	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Yan	Oct 1, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[193]	John Castañeda	vs.	Daniel Santos	Chelsea Chandler	Guido Cannetti	$50,000	^[194]
621	UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song	Sep 17, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[195]	Gregory Rodrigues	vs.	Chidi Njokuani	Damon Jackson	Joseph Pyfer	$50,000	^[196]
620	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson	Sep 10, 2022	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,125	^[197]	N/a			Nate Diaz	Irene Aldana	$50,000	^[198]
620	UFC 279: Diaz vs. Ferguson	Sep 10, 2022	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,125	^[197]	N/a			Johnny Walker	Jailton Almeida	$50,000	^[198]
619	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Tuivasa	Sep 3, 2022	Accor Arena	Paris	France	15,405	^[199]	Ciryl Gane	vs.	Tai Tuivasa	Abus Magomedov	Benoît Saint-Denis	$50,000	^[200]
618	UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2	Aug 20, 2022	Vivint Arena	Salt Lake City, Utah	United States	18,321	^[201]	Paulo Costa	vs.	Luke Rockhold	Leon Edwards	Victor Altamirano	$50,000	^[202]
617	UFC on ESPN: Vera vs Cruz	Aug 13, 2022	Pechanga Arena	San Diego, California	United States	12,804	^[203]	Nate Landwehr	vs.	David Onama	Marlon Vera	Tyson Nam	$50,000	^[204]
616	UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Hill	Aug 6, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[205]	Thiago Santos	vs.	Jamahal Hill	Geoff Neal	Mohammed Usman	$50,000	^[206]
616	UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Hill	Aug 6, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[205]	Thiago Santos	vs.	Jamahal Hill	Bryan Battle	N/a	$50,000	^[206]
615	UFC 277: Peña vs. Nunes 2	Jul 30, 2022	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas	United States	19,442	^[207]	Brandon Moreno	vs.	Kai Kara-France	Alexandre Pantoja	Drew Dober	$50,000	^[208]
614	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall	Jul 23, 2022	The O₂ Arena	London	England	17,813	^[209]	N/a			Paddy Pimblett	Nikita Krylov	$50,000	^[210]
614	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall	Jul 23, 2022	The O₂ Arena	London	England	17,813	^[209]	N/a			Molly McCann	Jonathan Pearce	$50,000	^[210]
613	UFC on ABC: Ortega vs. Rodríguez	Jul 16, 2022	UBS Arena	Elmont, New York	United States	16,979	^[211]	Matt Schnell	vs.	Su Mudaerji	Li Jingliang	Dustin Jacoby	$50,000	^[212]
											Ricky Simón	Amanda Lemos
											Bill Algeo	Punahele Soriano
612	UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev	Jul 9, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[213]	Michael Johnson	vs.	Jamie Mullarkey	Rafael Fiziev	Chase Sherman	$50,000	^[214]
611	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	July 2, 2022	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,649	^[215]	Robbie Lawler	vs.	Bryan Barberena	Alex Pereira	Jalin Turner	$50,000	^[216]
611	UFC 276: Adesanya vs. Cannonier	July 2, 2022	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,649	^[215]	Robbie Lawler	vs.	Bryan Barberena	Julija Stoliarenko	N/a	$50,000	^[216]
610	UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot	Jun 25, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[217]	Arman Tsarukyan	vs.	Mateusz Gamrot	Shavkat Rakhmonov	Josh Parisian	$50,000	^[218]
610	UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot	Jun 25, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[217]	Arman Tsarukyan	vs.	Mateusz Gamrot	Thiago Moisés	N/a	$50,000	^[218]
609	UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett	Jun 18, 2022	Moody Center	Austin, Texas	United States	13,689	^[219]	Calvin Kattar	vs.	Josh Emmett	Kevin Holland	Joaquin Buckley	$50,000	^[220]
											Gregory Rodrigues	Adrian Yanez
											Jeremiah Wells	Ricardo Romos
											Cody Stamann	Phil Hawes
											Roman Dolidze	N/a
608	UFC 275: Teixeira vs. Procházka	Jun 12, 2022	Singapore Indoor Stadium	Kallang	Singapore	10,787	^[221]	Glover Teixeira	vs.	Jiří Procházka	Zhang Weili	Jake Matthews	$50,000	^[222]
											Jack Della Maddalena	Hayisaer Maheshate
											Silvana Gómez Juárez	N/a
607	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik	Jun 4, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[223]	Lucas Almeida	vs.	Michael Trizano	Karine Silva	Ode' Osbourne	$50,000	^[224]
606	UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira	May 21, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[225]	Michel Pereira	vs.	Santiago Ponzinibbio	Chidi Njokuani	Chase Hooper	$50,000	^[226]
605	UFC on ESPN: Błachowicz vs. Rakić	May 14, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[227]	Katlyn Chookagian	vs.	Amanda Ribas	Ryan Spann	Manuel Torres	$50,000	^[228]
604	UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje	May 7, 2022	Footprint Center	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	17,232	^[229]	Brandon Royval	vs.	Matt Schnell	Michael Chandler	André Fialho	$50,000	^[229]
603	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera	Apr 30, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[230]	Marlon Vera	vs.	Rob Font²	Joanderson Brito	Francisco Figueiredo	$50,000	^[231]
602	UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade	Apr 23, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[232]	Sergey Khandozhko	vs.	Dwight Grant	Jéssica Andrade	Claudio Puelles	$50,000	^[233]
601	UFC on ESPN: Luque vs. Muhammad 2	Apr 16, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[234]	Mayra Bueno Silva	vs.	Wu Yanan	Drakkar Klose	André Fialho	$50,000	^[235]
600	UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie	Apr 9, 2022	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	Jacksonville, Florida	United States	14,605	^[236]	Gilbert Burns	vs.	Khamzat Chimaev	Alexander Volkanovski	Alexey Oleynik	$50,000	^[237]
599	UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Daukaus	Mar 26, 2022	Nationwide Arena	Columbus, Ohio	United States	18,630	^[238]	Bryan Barberena	vs.	Matt Brown	Curtis Blaydes	Chris Gutiérrez	$50,000	^[239]
598	UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall	Mar 19, 2022	The O₂ Arena	London	England	17,081	^[240]	N/a			Tom Aspinall	Arnold Allen	$50,000	^[241]
											Paddy Pimblett	Molly McCann
											Ilia Topuria	Makwan Amirkhani
											Sergei Pavlovich	Paul Craig
											Muhammad Mokaev	N/a
597	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev	Mar 12, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[242]	N/a			Song Yadong	Khalil Rountree Jr.	$50,000	^[243]
597	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Ankalaev	Mar 12, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[242]	N/a			Cody Brundage	Azamat Murzakanov	$50,000	^[243]
596	UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal	Mar 5, 2022	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,425	^[244]	Colby Covington	vs.	Jorge Masvidal	Kevin Holland	Maryna Moroz	$50,000	^[245]
595	UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Green	Feb 26, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[246]	Priscila Cachoeira	vs.	Ji Yeon Kim	Wellington Turman	Arman Tsarukyan	$50,000	^[247]
594	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill	Feb 19, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[248]	N/a			Jamahal Hill	Kyle Daukaus	$50,000	^[249]
594	UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill	Feb 19, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[248]	N/a			David Onama	Stephanie Egger	$50,000	^[249]
593	UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2	Feb 12, 2022	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	United States	17,872	^[250]	Douglas Silva de Andrade	vs.	Sergey Morozov	Tai Tuivasa	Jared Cannonier	$50,000	^[251]
592	UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Strickland	Feb 5, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[252]	Julian Erosa	vs.	Steven Peterson¹	Shavkat Rakhmonov	Chidi Njokuani	$50,000	^[253]
591	UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane	Jan 22, 2022	Honda Center	Anaheim	United States	17,387	^[254]	Deiveson Figueiredo	vs.	Brandon Moreno	Said Nurmagomedov	Vanessa Demopoulos	$50,000	^[255]
590	UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Chikadze	Jan 15, 2022	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/a	^[256]	Calvin Kattar	vs.	Giga Chikadze	Jake Collier	Viacheslav Borshchev	$50,000	^[257]