The year 2018 was the 26th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States and founded in November 1993. This year, the UFC celebrated its 25th anniversary, and an anniversary event was held on November 10, 2018 in Denver, Colorado, the city where the historical UFC 1 was held.[1]
2018 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 14 | |||
Last date | December 29 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 39 | |||
UFC | 13 | |||
UFC on Fox | 5 | |||
TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 473 | |||
Title fights | 18 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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Title fights in 2018 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
Light Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier (c) | def. | Volkan Oezdemir | TKO (punches) | 2 | 2:00 | UFC 220 | [a] |
Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic (c) | def. | Francis Ngannou | Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-44, 50-44) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 220 | [b] |
Middleweight | Yoel Romero | def. | Luke Rockhold | KO (punches) | 3 | 1:48 | UFC 221 | [c] |
Women's Featherweight | Cris Cyborg (c) | def | Yana Kunitskaya | TKO (punches) | 1 | 3:25 | UFC 222 | [d] |
Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas (c) | def | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 223 | [e] |
Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov | def | Al Iaquinta | Decision (unanimous) (50-44, 50-43, 50-43) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 223 | [f] |
Women's Bantamweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Raquel Pennington | TKO (punches) | 5 | 2:36 | UFC 224 | [g] |
Welterweight | Colby Covington | def. | Rafael dos Anjos | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 48-47, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 225 | [h] |
Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier | def. | Stipe Miocic (c) | KO (punches) | 1 | 4:33 | UFC 226 | [i] |
Flyweight | Henry Cejudo | def. | Demetrious Johnson (c) | Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 48-47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 227 | [j] |
Bantamweight | T.J. Dillashaw (c) | def. | Cody Garbrandt | TKO (knee and punches) | 1 | 4:17 | UFC 227 | [k] |
Welterweight | Tyron Woodley (c) | def. | Darren Till | Submission (D'Arce choke) | 2 | 4:19 | UFC 228 | [l] |
Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) | def. | Conor McGregor | Submission (neck crank) | 4 | 3:03 | UFC 229 | [m] |
Heavyweight | Daniel Cormier (c) | def. | Derrick Lewis | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 2:14 | UFC 230 | [n] |
Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko | def. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 49-46, 49-46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 231 | [o] |
Featherweight | Max Holloway (c) | def. | Brian Ortega | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 4 | 5:00 | UFC 231 | [p] |
Women's Featherweight | Amanda Nunes | def. | Cris Cyborg (c) | KO (punch) | 1 | 0:51 | UFC 232 | [q] |
Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones | def. | Alexander Gustafsson | TKO (punches) | 3 | 2:02 | UFC 232 | [r] |
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2018:
Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
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TUF 27: Undefeated | July 6, 2018 | Lightweight | Mike Trizano | Joe Giannetti | [2] |
Featherweight | Brad Katona | Jay Cucciniello | [2] | ||
TUF 28: Heavy Hitters | November 30, 2018 | Heavyweight | Juan Francisco Espino Dieppa | Justin Frazier | [3] |
Women's Featherweight | Macy Chiasson | Pannie Kianzad | [4] |
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2018:
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