List of current UFC fighters
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo Fertitta and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations).In 2016, it was sold to William Morris Endeavor (WME-IMG) for $4 billion. [1] Since its inception, and through its Zuffa management, the UFC has remained one of the more dominant MMA promotions in the world, playing host to a wide field of MMA fighters.[2]
This list provides an up-to-date roster of all fighters currently competing under the UFC promotional banner.[note 1][note 2] Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their number of appearances inside the UFC. Fighters with the same number of fights are listed in order of their number of wins. Fighters with the same UFC record are listed alphabetically.[note 3]
World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was purchased by Zuffa in 2006[3] and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 1, 2011.[4] All former WEC fighters have had their WEC record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with WEC 25 (the first WEC event under Zuffa). These records have been, and will be, continued as former WEC fighters move on in the UFC.[note 4]
Strikeforce was purchased by Zuffa in 2011[5] and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 12, 2013.[6] All former Strikeforce fighters have had their Strikeforce record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm (the first Strikeforce event under Zuffa). These records have been, and will be, continued as former Strikeforce fighters move on in the UFC.[note 5]
Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC).[7] All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.
Recently released
These fighters have been released from their UFC contracts, or announced their retirement, over the course of the last month. If their release has not been announced, then they have been listed here based upon their removal from the UFC's rosters.[note 6]
ISO | Name | Division | Zuffa record |
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BRA | Ricardo Abreu (retired) | Middleweight | 1–1 |
PRY | Cesar Arzamendia | Lightweight | 0–2 |
USA | Anthony Birchak[8] | Bantamweight | 2–2 |
VEN | Maximo Blanco[8] | Featherweight | 4–6 |
BRA | Fernando Bruno[8] | Featherweight | 0–2 |
LVA | Misha Cirkunov | Light heavyweight | 4–0 |
USA | Clay Collard[8] | Featherweight | 1–3 |
GUM | Jon Delos Reyes[8] | Flyweight | 1–3 |
RUS | Milana Dudieva[8] | Women's bantamweight | 1–2 |
POL | Bartosz Fabiński[8] | Welterweight | 2–0 |
USA | Kelly Faszholz | Women's bantamweight | 0–2 |
USA | Joe Gigliotti[8] | Middleweight | 0–2 |
USA | Joey Gomez (retired)[8] | Bantamweight | 0–2 |
KOR | Seo Hee Ham[8] | Women's strawweight | 1–3 |
USA | Geane Herrera[8] | Flyweight | 1–3 |
CAN | Adam Hunter[8] | Middleweight | 0–0 |
FRA | Taylor Lapilus[8] | Bantamweight | 3–1 |
USA | Brock Lesnar[8] | Heavyweight | 4–3 (1 NC) |
USA | Yaotzin Meza[8] | Featherweight | 2–4 (1 NC) |
USA | Cole Miller[8] | Featherweight | 10–9 (1 NC) |
JPN | Takeya Mizugaki[8] | Bantamweight | 10–9 |
MEX | Augusto Montaño[8] | Welterweight | 1–2 |
BIH | Elvis Mutapcic[8] | Middleweight | 0–2–1 |
USA | Sean O'Connell (retired) | Light heavyweight | 2–5 |
AUS | Brendan O'Reilly[8] | Lightweight | 1–3 |
MEX | Érik Pérez[8] | Bantamweight | 7–2 |
USA | Francisco Rivera[8] | Bantamweight | 4–7 (1 NC) |
POL | Łukasz Sajewski[8] | Lightweight | 0–3 |
USA | Jerrod Sanders | Bantamweight | 1–2 (1 NC) |
PHL | Roldan Sangcha-an[8] | Flyweight | 0–2 |
COL | Fredy Serrano[8] | Flyweight | 2–2 |
USA | Tony Sims[8] | Lightweight | 1–2 |
USA | Rick Story[8] | Welterweight | 12–7 |
BRA | Tiago Trator[8] | Featherweight | 2–2 |
MEX | Héctor Urbina | Welterweight | 1–2 |
USA | Anton Zafir[8] | Welterweight | 0–2 |
CHN | Yao Zhikui[8] | Flyweight | 1–3 |
Recent signings
The fighters in this section have either signed with the UFC in the last month, have recently returned from an announced retirement, or have yet to make their UFC return or debut.[note 6]
ISO | Name | Division | MMA record |
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RUS | Magomed Bibulatov | Flyweight | 13–0 |
BRA | Poliana Botelho | Women's Strawweight | 5–1 |
USA | Jarred Brooks | Flyweight | 12–0 |
GER | Martin Buschkamp | Featherweight | 9–0 (1) |
FRA | Tom Duquesnoy | Bantamweight | 14–1 |
RUS | Abdul-Kerim Edilov | Light Heavyweight | 16–4 |
ENG | Alex Enlund | Featherweight | 14–2 |
BRA | Paulo Henrique Costa | Middleweight | 8–0 |
RUS | Zabit Magomedsharipov | Featherweight | 12–1 |
RUS | Bilyal Makhov | Heavyweight | 0–0 |
USA | Gina Mazany | Women's Bantamweight | 4–0 |
WAL | John Phillips | Light Heavyweight | 21–6 (1) |
UKR | Dmitry Poberezhets | Heavyweight | 24–5–1 (1 NC) |
USA | Michel Quinones | Lightweight | 8–1 |
RUS | Dmitriy Sosnovskiy | Heavyweight | 10–0 |
CAN | Gavin Tucker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Tucker | Featherweight | 9–0 |
AUS | Tai Tuivasa | Heavyweight | 7–0 |
USA | Justin Willis | Heavyweight | 4–1 |
CAN | Aiemann Zahabi | Bantamweight | 6–0 |
Fighters
Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg)
Light heavyweights (205 lb, 93 kg)
Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg)
Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)
Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg)
Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Zuffa record |
---|---|---|---|
USA | Clay Guida | The Carpenter | 12–12 |
USA | Jeremy Stephens | Lil' Heathen | 12–12 |
USA | BJ Penn[37] | The Prodigy | 12–10–2 |
USA | Frankie Edgar | The Answer | 15–5–1 |
GER | Dennis Siver | The Menace | 11–8 (1 NC) |
USA | Cub Swanson | Cub | 14–6 |
USA | Gray Maynard[38] | The Bully | 10–6–1 (1 NC) |
BRA | José Aldo* (C) | Junior | 16–1 |
USA | Ricardo Lamas | The Bully | 12–5 |
BRA | Charles Oliveira | Do Bronx | 9–7 (1 NC) |
USA | Chad Mendes | Money | 12–4 |
USA | Anthony Pettis*[39] | Showtime | 11–6 |
USA | Max Holloway (IC) | Blessed | 13–3 |
USA | Darren Elkins | The Damage | 11–4 |
USA | Alex Caceres | Bruce Leroy | 7–8 (1 NC) |
BRA | Renan Barão | The Baron | 11–3 |
USA | Dennis Bermudez | The Menace | 9–3 |
USA | Sam Sicilia | 5–6 | |
BRA | Godofredo Pepey | Pepey | 5–4 |
USA | Myles Jury | The Fury | 6–2 |
USA | Chas Skelly | The Scrapper | 6–2 |
BRA | Rony Jason | Jason | 4–3 (1 NC) |
BRA | Hacran Dias | Barnabe | 3–4 |
MEX | Yair Rodríguez | El Pantera | 6–0 |
USA | Jimy Hettes | The Kid | 3–3 |
NZL | Dan Hooker | The Hangman | 3–3 |
KOR | Chan Sung Jung | The Korean Zombie | 3–3 |
USA | Mike De La Torre | El Cucuy | 2–3 (1 NC) |
USA | Phillipe Nover | The Filipino Assassin | 1–5 |
USA | Brian Ortega | T-City | 4–0 (1 NC) |
JPN | Mizuto Hirota | Pugnus | 1–3–1 |
BIH | Mirsad Bektić | 4–0 | |
MEX | Gabriel Benítez | Moggly | 3–1 |
RUS | Zubaira Tukhugov | Warrior | 3–1 |
KOR | Doo Ho Choi | The Korean Superboy | 3–1 |
USA | Jason Knight | The Kid | 3–1 |
JPN | Teruto Ishihara | Yashabo | 2–1–1 |
CHN | Ning Guangyou | Smasher | 2–2 |
IRE[40] | Artem Lobov | The Russian Hammer | 2–2 |
USA | Charles Rosa | Boston Strong | 2–2 |
ECU | Marlon Vera | Chito | 2–2 |
FIN | Makwan Amirkhani | Mr. Finland | 3–0 |
PER | Enrique Barzola | El Fuerte | 2–1 |
GBR | Arnold Allen | Almighty | 2–0 |
USA | Ryan Hall[41] | The Wizard | 2–0 |
BRA | Renato Moicano | Moicano | 2–0 |
CHL | Diego Rivas | Pitbull | 2–0 |
USA | Chris Gruetzemacher | Gritz | 1–1 |
USA | Kyle Bochniak | Crash | 1–1 |
USA | Chris Avila | 0–2 | |
CAN | Jeremy Kennedy | JBC | 1–0 |
USA | Luke Sanders | Cool Hand | 1–0 |
USA | Shane Burgos[42] | Hurricane | 1–0 |
GER | Martin Buschkamp | Barracuda | 0–0 |
ENG | Alex Enlund | 0–0 | |
RUS | Zabit Magomedsharipov[43] | 0–0 | |
CAN | Gavin Tucker | Guv’Nor | 0–0 |
Women's featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Zuffa record |
---|---|---|---|
BRA | Cris Justino | Cyborg | 6–0 (1 NC) |
NED | Germaine de Randamie | The Iron Lady | 5–2 |
USA | Holly Holm | The Preacher's Daughter | 3–2 |
Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg)
Women's bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Zuffa record |
---|---|---|---|
BRA | Amanda Nunes (C) | The Lioness | 7–2 |
CAN | Alexis Davis | Ally-Gator | 6–3 |
USA | Raquel Pennington | Rocky | 6–2 |
USA | Ronda Rousey | Rowdy | 6–2 |
USA | Sara McMann | 4–3 | |
USA | Liz Carmouche | Girlrilla | 3–4 |
USA | Jessica Eye | Evil | 1–5 (1 NC) |
BRA | Bethe Correia | Pitbull | 4–2 |
USA | Leslie Smith | The Peacemaker | 3–3 |
USA | Marion Reneau | The Belizean Bruiser | 3–2 |
USA | Julianna Peña | The Venezuelan Vixen | 4–1 |
KGZ | Valentina Shevchenko | Bullet | 3–1 |
USA | Cat Zingano | Alpha | 2–2 |
USA | Lauren Murphy | Lucky | 1–3 |
USA | Ashlee Evans-Smith | 2–1 | |
USA | Katlyn Chookagian | Blonde Fighter | 1–1 |
CAN | Sarah Moras | Cheesecake | 1–1 |
BRA | Ketlen Vieira | Fenômeno | 1–0 |
SWE | Lina Länsberg | Elbow Queen | 0–1 |
VEN | Veronica Macedo | 0–1 | |
MEX | Irene Aldana | Robles | 0–1 |
USA | Gina Mazany | Danger | 0–0 |
Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)
ISO | Name | Nickname | Zuffa record |
---|---|---|---|
USA | Joseph Benavidez | The Beefcake | 17–4 |
USA | Demetrious Johnson (C) | Mighty Mouse | 15–2–1 |
USA | John Moraga | 5–5 | |
USA | Ian McCall | Uncle Creepy | 3–5–1 |
JPN | Kyoji Horiguchi | 7–1 | |
USA | Dustin Ortiz | 5–4 | |
USA | Sergio Pettis | The Phenom | 6–2 |
BRA | Jussier Formiga | Formiga | 5–3 |
USA | Louis Smolka | Da Last Samurai | 5–3 |
BRA | Wilson Reis | 5–2 | |
USA | Tim Elliott | 2–5 | |
USA | Henry Cejudo | The Messenger | 4–2 |
USA | Ray Borg | The Tazmexican Devil | 4–2 |
IRE | Neil Seery | 2Tap | 3–3 |
USA | Ben Nguyen | 10 | 3–1 |
USA | Ryan Benoit | Baby Face | 2–3 |
JPN | Ulka Sasaki | Ulka | 2–2 |
MEX | Brandon Moreno | The Assassin Baby | 2–0 |
BRA | Matheus Nicolau | 2–0 | |
MEX | Hector Sandoval | Kid Alex | 1–1 |
PHL | Jenel Lausa | Da Demolition Man | 1–0 |
BRA | Alexandre Pantoja | The Cannibal | 1–0 |
USA | Eric Shelton | Showtime | 0–1 |
RUS | Magomed Bibulatov[47] | The Gladiator | 0–0 |
Women's strawweights (115 lb, 52 kg)
See also
- List of UFC champions
- List of UFC events
- List of current Bellator fighters
- List of current WSOF fighters
- List of current WSOF-Global fighters
- List of current Invicta FC fighters
Notes
- ^ Unless otherwise cited, all fighters listed are retrieved from ufc.com.
- ^ All names presented are in accordance with UFC.com profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names.
- ^ Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from sherdog.com.
- ^ All asterisked fighters are listed by a combination of their UFC and WEC records.
- ^ All double asterisked fighters are listed by a combination of their UFC and Strikeforce records.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m The flags listed in these tables are in accordance with official UFC telecasts and may not fully or accurately represent the full citizenship of the peoples listed.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k UFC championship title holders are marked with a (C).
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