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ABOUT UFC

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company based out of Las Vegas nevada. It was established in November of 1993 by WOW Promotions and the Semaphore Entertainment Group. The organization's first event UFC 1: The Beginning was held on November 12th 1993 in Denver Colorado. SEG became the primary owners of the UFC in 1995. 

 

Following criticism of UFC 5, time limits were introduced as well as the ability for referees to stand fighters up if there was too much inactivity. Judges were also introduced to decide draws. 

 

 

In 1996, Arizona Senator John McCain seeked to ban the UFC. 36 states banned the UFC. UFC commissioner Jeff Blatnick and referee John McCarthy worked with State Athletic Commissions for the UFC to adhere to their rules. 

 

In 2001, SEG was on the brink of bankruptcy and sold the UFC to the Fertittas brothers for 2 million dollars. The Fertittas established Zuffa LLC. Lorenzo Fertittas was a member of the Nevada State Athletic Commission and were sanctioned in Nevada. The Fertittas brothers  made White the organization’s President Dana White’s first UFC cards, were UFC 30 and UFC 31 which were located in Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City New Jersey. 

 

The Fertitta brothers developed the Ultimate Fighter to increase the sport's popularity.

 

 

At UFC 157, the UFC created the women’s division, headlined by Ronda Rousey, the first UFC women’s champion. Today there are three women’s divisions in the UFC. 

 

 

Zuffa LLC sold the UFC to endeavor for 4.025 billion. Dana White remained the President of the UFC. 

 

 

In 2018, the UFC reached a media deal with Disney and ESPN . 

 

Most PPVs 

 

  1. UFC 229: Nurmagomedov vs. McGregor 2.4 million PPV buys
  2. UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor II 1.6 million PPV buys
  3. UFC 257: McGregor v Poirier 2 1.6 million PPV buys 
  4. UFC 264: Poirier v McGregor 3 1.5 million PPV buys 
  5. UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cerrone 1.35 million PPV buys 
  6. UFC 196: McGregor vs. Diaz 1.32 million PPV buys 
  7. UFC 205: Alvarez vs. McGregor 1.3 million PPV buys 
  8. UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal 1.3 million PPV buys 
  9. UFC 100: Lesnar vs. Mir II 1.3 million PPV buys 
  10. UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor 1.2 million PPV buys 

 

Highest Gates 

 

UFC 306: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley, Arena: Sphere, Las Vegas Nevada Gate: $21,829,245

 

UFC 205: Eddie Alvarez vs. Conor McGregor, Arena Madison Square Garden New York Gate: $17,700,000

 

UFC 229:  Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor, Arena:T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas Nevada Gate: $17,188,895

 

UFC 300: Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill Alex Pereira vs. Jamahal Hill Arena: T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas Nevada  Gate: $16,508,823

 

UFC 303: Alex Pereira vs. Jiri Prochazka 2 Arena: T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada Gate:$15,909,243

 

UFC 264: Dustin Poirier vs. Conor McGregor 3 rena: T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada Gate: $15,759,800

 

 

UFC 299: Sean O’Malley vs Chito Vera, Arena Kaseya Center Miami, Florida, Gate:$14,142,904

 

UFC 295: Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira, Arena: Madison Square Garden, New York  Gate: $12,400,000

 

UFC 285: Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane Arena: T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, Gate $12,150,000

 

UFC 129: Georges St-Pierre vs. Jake Shields. Arena: Rogers Centre Toronto Canada Gate:$12,075,000

 

 

 

Men’s UFC Pound for Pound Rankings

 

  1. Islam Makhachev, 26-1, Lightweight, 14 fight win streak,  3 Title Defenses
  2. Alex Pereira, 11-2, Light Heavyweight, 4 fight win streak  2 Title Defenses
  3. Jon Jones, 27-1 (1 NC), Heavyweight,5 fight win streak, 0 Title Defenses
  4. Ilia Topuria, 15-0, Featherweight, 15 fight win streak,  0 Title Defenses
  5. Belal Muhumad, 24-3, Welterweight, 6 fight win streak 0 Title Defenses
  6. Driscus Du Plessis, 22-2, Middleweight, 10 fight win streak,  1 Title Defense 
  7. Merab Dvalishvilli, 18-4, bantamweight, 11 fight win streak, 0 Title Defenses
  8. Tom Aspinall, 15-3, Heavyweight, 3 fight win streak, 1 Interim Title Defense 
  9. Leon Edwards, 22-4 (1 NC),welterweight 0 fight win streak, former welterweight champion
  10. Alexander Volkanovski,26-4 featherweight, 0 fight win streak, former featherweight champion 
  11. Max Holloway, 26-7, featherweight 3 fight win streak, former featherweight champion, BMF champion, 
  12. Alexandre Pantoja,28-5, Flyweight  6 fight win streak, 2 Title Defenses
  13.  Sean O’Malley, bantamweight, 0 fight win streak, former bantamweight champion
  14. Sean Strickland, 29-5, middleweight, 1 fight win streak, former middleweight champion 
  15. Charles Olivera, 34-10, lightweight, 0 fight win streak, former lightweight champion

 

 

Women’s Pound for Pound Rankings 

 

  1. Valentina Shevchenko, 24-4-1, flyweight, 1 fight win streak, 0 title defenses 
  2. Zhang Weili, 25-3, strawweight, 4 fight win streak, 0 title defenses 
  3. Alexa Grasso, 16-4-1 flyweight, 0 fight win streak, former flyweight champion
  4. Manon Fiorot, 12–1, flyweight, 12 fight win streak, 
  5. Julianna Peña, bantamweight, 11–5, 0 fight win streak, former bantamweight champion
  6. Rose Namajunas 13–6, 2 fight win streak, former 2X strawweight champion 
  7. Erin Blanchfield, 12-2, 0 fight win streak
  8. Raquel Pennington, 16-8,  bantamweight  6 fight win streak, 0 Title defenses 
  9. Tatiana Suarez, 10-0,  Strawweight, 10 fight win streak 
  10.  Yan Xiaonan, 17-4 (1 NC), Strawweight 0 fight win streak
  11. Kayla Harriso, , 17-1,bantamweight, 2 flight win streak, 
  12. Virna Jandiroba, 21-3, strawweight, 4 fight win streak
  13.  Jessica Andrade, 26-13, flyweight, strawweight, 0 fight win streak
  14. Natália Silva, 18-5-1, flyweight, 12 fight win streak
  15. Amanda Lemos, 14-4-1, Strawweight, 0 fight win streak

 

 

Weight Classes and Champions 

 

Heavyweight 206-265 lbs Champion: Jon Jones 2023- ; Interim Tom Aspinall 2023-

 

Light Heavyweight 205 lbs Champion: Alex Pereria 2023- 

 

Middleweight 185 lbs Champion: Driscus Du Plessis 2024- 

 

Welterweight 170 lbs Champion: Belal Muhumad 2024- 

 

Lightweight 155 lbs Champion: Islam Makhachev 2022- 

 

Featherweight 145 lbs Champion: Ilia Topuria 2024- 

 

Bantamweight 135 lbs Champion: Merab Dvalishvili 2024- 

 

Flyweight 125 lbs Champion: Alexandre Pantoja 2023- 

 

 

Women’s Divisions 

 

Bantamweight 135 lbs Champion : Raquel Pennington 2024-

 

Flyweight 125 lbs Champion: Valentino Shevchenko 2024- 

 

Strawweight 115 lbs Champion: Zhang Weili 2022- 

 

 

Upcoming Events: 

 

UFC 307, October 5th, Utah PPV

UFC Fight Night October 12th, Las Vegas

UFC Fight Night: October 19th Las Vegas 

UFC 308, October 26th, Abu Dhabi PPV

 

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