List of UFC events

All UFC bouts take place inside the Octagon.

List of UFC events is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. UFC's first event, UFC 1, took place on November 12, 1993. Each UFC event contains several fights. Traditionally, every event starts off with a preliminary card followed by a main card, with the last fight being known as the main event.

Overview

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UFC events are separated into nine different formats:

  • "Numbered" events, currently airing on pay-per-view, with some exceptions
  • "Fight Night" events, currently airing on ESPN+, formerly aired on Spike, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2 or UFC Fight Pass.
  • "The Ultimate Fighter Finale" events, currently airing on ESPN+, formerly aired on Spike, FX, Fox Sports 1 or UFC Fight Pass.
  • "UFC on ABC" events, currently airing on ABC
  • "UFC on ESPN" events, currently airing on ESPN or ESPN2
  • "UFC on Fox" events, formerly aired on Fox
  • "UFC on FX" events, formerly aired on FX
  • "UFC on Fuel TV" events, formerly aired on Fuel TV
  • "UFC Live" events, formerly aired on Versus

Most of the "numbered" events have taken place on pay-per-view, though there have been a few exceptions for reasons such as tape-delay. Events such as UFC 72, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, were sold on pay-per-view, but due to tape-delay, purchase rates were not as high as events that aired at a traditional starting time.[1] As such, events taking part in significantly different time zones, including UFC 70, UFC 75, UFC 89, UFC 95, UFC 105, UFC 120, UFC 122, and UFC 138, were given a same-night airing in U.S. prime time on Spike.[2]

Historically, the UFC has also aired preliminary fights prior to the main fight cards, either on television via Spike, FX, and Fuel TV, or online via Facebook and YouTube. Beginning in August 2013, starting with UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen, the UFC began airing non-PPV events on either Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2.[3] In January 2014, as part of the organization's global expansion, the UFC began airing various international events exclusively on their subscription-based digital network, UFC Fight Pass.[4]

In July 2009, the UFC held its unofficial 100th "numbered event"; however, officially, despite being called UFC 100, it was actually the 101st numbered event (not to mention the 133rd event overall). The UFC signed a deal with Fox Sports Net, after Fox agreed to broadcast one fight in June 2002, during its "All-Star Summer" that month.[5] UFC 37 and 38 had already been scheduled and promoted, but as UFC 38 was the promotion's debut in the United Kingdom, they created UFC 37.5; an event that featured the first ever mixed martial arts fight available on cable television.[5]

As of UFC on ESPN: Emmett vs. Murphy, which took place on April 5, 2025, there have been 728 UFC events held in 166 cities in 30 countries.

Other events

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In May 2017, the UFC announced White would hold Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series weekly on UFC Fight Pass (becoming, from January 2019 on, exclusive content on ESPN+ in the United States). As with the earlier web series Looking for a Fight, the goal of the series is for White to scout talent for the UFC.[6][7] It was stated ahead of the license being approved that “this is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand,” but instead a promotion that will allow up and coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC.[8]

Scheduled events

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Event Date Venue Location Ref.
UFC 320 Sep 13, 2025 Arena Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico [9]
UFC on ABC 8 Jul 26, 2025 Etihad Arena Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates [10]
UFC Fight Night 260 Jul 12, 2025 Bridgestone Arena Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. [11]
UFC 317 Jun 28, 2025 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. [12]
UFC Fight Night 259 Jun 21, 2025 Baku Crystal Hall Baku, Azerbaijan [13]
UFC Fight Night 258 Jun 14, 2025 State Farm Arena Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. [14]
UFC 316: Dvalishvili vs. O'Malley 2 Jun 7, 2025 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey, U.S. [15]
UFC Fight Night: Blanchfield vs. Barber May 31, 2025 UFC Apex Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. [16]
UFC Fight Night 256 May 17, 2025 [17]
UFC 315: Muhammad vs. Della Maddalena May 10, 2025 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec, Canada [18]
UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo May 3, 2025 Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. [19]
UFC on ESPN: Machado Garry vs. Prates Apr 26, 2025 T-Mobile Center Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. [20]
UFC 314: Volkanovski vs. Lopes Apr 12, 2025 Kaseya Center Miami, Florida, U.S. [21]

Past events

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Number of events by year

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Event locations

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United States (total: 513)

Brazil (total: 40)

Canada (total: 34)

United Kingdom (total: 30)

United Arab Emirates (total: 20)

Australia (total: 19)

Japan (total: 9)

Mexico (total: 8)

China (total: 7)

Germany (total: 6)

Singapore (total: 6)

Sweden (total: 6)

France (total: 3)

Ireland (total: 3)

New Zealand (total: 3)

Russia (total: 3)

Netherlands (total: 2)

Poland (total: 2)

Saudi Arabia (total: 2)

South Korea (total: 2)

Argentina (total: 1)

Chile (total: 1)

Croatia (total: 1)

Czech Republic (total: 1)

Denmark (total: 1)

Philippines (total: 1)

Puerto Rico (total: 1)

Uruguay (total: 1)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Who is the biggest UFC PPV draw part 5". mmapayout.com. September 8, 2010. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "Spike TV announces 8p.m. ET/PT start time for Saturday's UFC 120 event". mmajunkie.com. October 13, 2010. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "'UFC Fight Night 27: Condit vs. Kampmann 2' lineup set with FOX Sports 2 prelims". July 19, 2013.
  4. ^ Staff (December 2, 2013). "UFC to unveil digital network for global expansion". USAtoday.com. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "UFC 37 (And 37.5, too)". sports.yahoo.com. May 9, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  6. ^ Staff (May 12, 2017). "Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series Launches on Fight Pass". Ultimate Fighting Championship. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. ^ Staff (May 13, 2017). "'Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series' debuts July 11 on UFC Fight Pass with 5 live fights a week". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  8. ^ "Dana White rece