The year 2021 was the 28th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
2021 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | January 16, 2021 | |||
Last date | December 18, 2021 | |||
Events | ||||
Total events | 43 | |||
UFC | 13 | |||
TUF Finale events | 1 | |||
Fights | ||||
Total fights | 509 | |||
Title fights | 19 | |||
Chronology | ||||
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These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2021:
The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1) United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) or World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, (2) by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or (3) by the UFC for reasons also stated below.
ISO | Name | Nickname | Division | From | Duration | Tested positive for / Info | By | Eligible to fight again |
Ref. | Notes |
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T.J. Dillashaw | Bantamweight | Jan 18, 2019 | 1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA) |
Erythropoietin (EPO). | NYSAC and USADA | Jan 18, 2021 | [72] [73] |
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Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | Mar 9, 2019 | 2 years | Exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one. | USADA | Mar 9, 2021 | [74] | |||
Bruno Silva | Blindado | Middleweight | Jun 14, 2019 | 2 years | Boldenone and its metabolite. | USADA | Jun 14, 2021 | [75] | ||
Giacomo Lemos | Heavyweight | Jul 9, 2019 | 2 years | Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one. | USADA | Jul 9, 2021 | [76] | |||
Istela Nunes | Women's Strawweight | Jul 22, 2019 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | Jul 22, 2021 | [77] | |||
Raphael Pessoa | Bebezão | Heavyweight | Mar 4, 2020 | 1 year | hydrochlorothiazide and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide | USADA | Mar 4, 2021 | [78] | ||
Chase Sherman | The Vanilla Gorilla | Heavyweight | May 13, 2020 | 9 months | Anastrozole | USADA | Feb 13, 2021 | [79] | ||
Aleksander Doskalchuk | Flyweight | Jun 6, 2020 | 14 months | Mesterolone. | USADA | Aug 6, 2021 | [80] | |||
Marc-Andre Barriault | Power Bar | Middleweight | Jul 21, 2020 | 6 months | Ostarine | USADA | Jan 21, 2021 | [81] | ||
Jesse Ronson | The Body Snatcher | Welterweight | Jul 22, 2020 | 20 months | Metandienone | USADA | Mar 22, 2022 | [82] | ||
Jorge Gonzalez | George St. | Light Heavyweight | Aug 5, 2020 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite. | USADA | Aug 5, 2022 | [83] | ||
Abu Azaitar | Gladiator | Middleweight | Aug 25, 2020 | 7 months | tamoxifen and/or tamoxifen metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen | USADA | Mar 25, 2021 | [84] | ||
Yair Rodríguez | El Pantera | Featherweight | Sep 8, 2020 | 6 months | 3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year | USADA | Mar 8, 2021 | [85] | ||
Kevin Croom | The Hard Hitting Hillbilly | Lightweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 4 1/2 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Jan 26, 2021 | [86] | With addition of $1,800 fine | |
Niko Price | The Hybrid | Welterweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 6 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Mar 19, 2021 | [87] | With addition of $8,500 fine | |
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 | [88] | ||
Charlie Ontiveros | The American Badboy | Welterweight | Oct 30, 2020 | 6 months | Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone metabolites | NSAC | Apr 30, 2021 | [89] | With addition of $2,245.36 | |
Raquel Pennington | Rocky | Women's Bantamweight | Nov 7, 2020 | 6 months | 7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 | USADA | May 7, 2021 | [90] | Self-reporting doping violation when she found out she had ingested banned substances prescribed by her doctor to help treat a medical condition | |
Liliya Shakirova | Women's Flyweight | Dec 5, 2020 | 2 years | Meldonium | USADA | Dec 5, 2022 | [91] | |||
Geraldo de Freitas | Spartan | Bantamweight | Jan 11, 2021 | 2 years | Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors | USADA | Jan 11, 2023 | [92] | ||
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 | [93] | 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. | |
Rogério Bontorin | Bantamweight | May 1, 2021 | 3 months | Hydrochlorothiazide | USADA | Aug 1, 2021 | [94] | |||
Juancamilo Ronderos | 100 | Flyweight | May 22, 2021 | 1 month | Cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine | USADA | June 22, 2021 | [95] | ||
Chris Barnett | Huggy Bear/Beastboy | Heavyweight | May 22, 2021 | 4 1/2 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Oct 26, 2021 | [96] | ||
Daniel Pineda | The Pit | Featherweight | June 26, 2021 | 9 months | Amphetamine | NSAC | Mar 26, 2022 | [96] | ||
Rodrigo Nascimento | Yogi Bear | Heavyweight | July 17, 2021 | 6 months | Ritalinic acid | NSAC | Jan 17, 2022 | [96] | ||
Ryan Benoit | Baby Face | Flyweight | July 31, 2021 | 9 months | Modafinil | NSAC | April 1, 2022 | [97] | ||
Michel Prazeres | Tractor | Welterweight | Aug 27, 2021 | 4 years | Clomiphene, Oxandrolone metabolites, and the Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors | NSAC | Aug 27, 2025 | [98] | Second USADA violation | |
Kevin Lee | The Motown Phenom | Welterweight | Aug 28, 2021 | 6 months | Adderall | NSAC | Feb 28, 2022 | [99] | $19,526 Fine | |
Josh Quinlan | The Maverick | Welterweight | Sep 7, 2021 | 9 months | Drostanolone | NSAC | June 7, 2022 | [100] | ||
Łukasz Brzeski | The Bull | Heavyweight | Sep 14, 2021 | 9 months | Clomiphene | NSAC | June 14, 2022 | [101] | $750 Fine | |
Carlos Felipe | Boi | Heavyweight | Oct 16, 2021 | 18 months | Boldenone and its metabolites | NSAC | Apr 16, 2023 | [102] | $4,200 fine and $489 in prosecution fees | |
Zviad Lazishvili | Bantamweight | Oct 23, 2021 | 9 months | Clomiphene | NSAC | July 24, 2022 | [103] | $1,800 fine and $326 in prosecution fees |
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2021:
Season | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
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The Ultimate Fighter 29 | Middleweight | Bryan Battle | Gilbert Urbina | [104] |
Bantamweight | Ricky Turcios | Brady Hiestand | [105] |
Title fights in 2021 | ||||||||
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Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes
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Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Gilbert Burns | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:34 | UFC 258 | [a] |
Bantamweight | Aljamain Sterling | def. | Petr Yan (c) | DQ (illegal knee) | 4 | 4:29 | UFC 259 | [b] |
Women's Featherweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Megan Anderson | Submission (triangle armbar) | 1 | 2:03 | UFC 259 | [c] |
Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz (c) | def. | Israel Adesanya | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–45, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 259 | [d] |
Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou | def. | Stipe Miocic (c) | KO (punch) | 2 | 0:52 | UFC 260 | [e] |
Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def. | Jessica Andrade | TKO (elbows) | 2 | 3:19 | UFC 261 | [f] |
Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas | def. | Zhang Weili (c) | KO (head kick) | 1 | 1:18 | UFC 261 | [g] |
Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Jorge Masvidal | KO (punch) | 2 | 1:02 | UFC 261 | [h] |
Lightweight | Charles Oliveira | def. | Michael Chandler | TKO (punches) | 2 | 0:19 | UFC 262 | [i] |
Flyweight | Brandon Moreno | def. | Deiveson Figueiredo (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:26 | UFC 263 | [j] |
Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (c) | def. | Marvin Vettori | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 263 | [k] |
Heavyweight | Ciryl Gane | def. | Derrick Lewis | TKO (punches) | 3 | 4:11 | UFC 265 | [l] |
Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def. | Lauren Murphy | TKO (punches and elbows) | 4 | 4:00 | UFC 266 | [m] |
Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | def. | Brian Ortega | Decision (unanimous)(49–46, 50–45, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 266 | [n] |
Bantamweight | Petr Yan | def. | Cory Sandhagen | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 267 | [o] |
Light Heavyweight | Glover Teixeira | def. | Jan Błachowicz (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:02 | UFC 267 | [p] |
Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas (c) | def. | Zhang Weili | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 268 | [q] |
Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Colby Covington | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 268 | [r] |
Women's Bantamweight | Julianna Peña | def. | Amanda Nunes (c) | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 2 | 3:26 | UFC 269 | [s] |
Lightweight | Charles Oliveira (c) | def. | Dustin Poirier | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 1:02 | UFC 269 | [t] |