2015 in UFC

The year 2015 was the 23rd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

2015 in UFC
Information
First date	January 3
Last date	December 19
Events
Total events	41
UFC	13
UFC on Fox	4
UFC Fight Night	22
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	473
Title fights	20
Chronology
2014 in UFC 2015 in UFC 2016 in UFC

2015 UFC.com awards

2015 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Conor McGregor	Holly Holm defeats Ronda Rousey UFC 193	Ronda Rousey defeats Cat Zingano UFC 184	Holly Holm	Holly Holm defeats Ronda Rousey UFC 193	Robbie Lawler defeats Rory MacDonald 2 UFC 189
2	Rafael dos Anjos	Rafael dos Anjos defeats Anthony Pettis UFC 185	Godofredo Pepey defeats Andre Fili UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Tom Breese	Conor McGregor defeats José Aldo UFC 194	Daniel Cormier defeats Alexander Gustafsson UFC 192
3	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Ryan Benoit defeats Sergio Pettis UFC 185	Gilbert Burns defeats Alex Oliveira UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Sage Northcutt	Thiago Santos defeats Steve Bossé UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Tony Ferguson defeats Edson Barboza The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale
4	Holly Holm	Leonardo Santos defeats Kevin Lee UFC 194	Thales Leites defeats Tim Boetsch UFC 183	Joe Duffy	Paul Felder defeats Danny Castillo UFC 182	Andrei Arlovski defeats Travis Browne UFC 187
5	Daniel Cormier	Uriah Hall defeats Gegard Mousasi UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Tony Ferguson defeats Edson Barboza The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Makwan Amirkhani	Frankie Edgar defeats Chad Mendes The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	John Lineker defeats Francisco Rivera UFC 191
6	Luke Rockhold	Maryna Moroz defeats Joanne Calderwood UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2	Alex Chambers defeats Kailin Curran UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	Kamaru Usman	Stephen Thompson defeats Jake Ellenberger The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Brian Ortega defeats Thiago Tavares UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
7	Demetrious Johnson	James Vick defeats Jake Matthews UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	Joe Duffy defeats Ivan Jorge UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites	Magomed Mustafaev	Andrei Arlovski defeats Travis Browne UFC 187	Yair Rodríguez defeats Charles Rosa UFC 188
8	Max Holloway	Dan Hooker defeats Hatsu Hioki UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	Keita Nakamura defeats Li Jingliang UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Stevie Ray	Uriah Hall defeats Gegard Mousasi 1 UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Edson Barboza defeats Paul Felder 1 UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2
9	Tony Ferguson	Andrew Holbrook defeats Jake Matthews UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Brunson	Gunnar Nelson defeats Brandon Thatch UFC 189	Alex Oliveira	Thomas Almeida defeats Brad Pickett UFC 189	Nicolas Dalby defeats Darren Till UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka
10	Neil Magny	Patrick Cummins defeats Rafael Cavalcante UFC 190	Aljamain Sterling defeats Takeya Mizugaki UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold	Ben Nguyen	Matt Dwyer defeats William Macário UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Gian Villante defeats Corey Anderson UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold
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Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2015:

• Abner Lloveras
• Alex Oliveira
• Alex Torres
• Aleksandra Albu
• Álvaro Herrera
• Andrew Holbrook
• Anthony Christodoulou
• Anton Zafir
• Arnold Allen
• Artem Lobov
• Bartosz Fabiński
• Ben Nguyen
• Bentley Syler
• Bruno Rodrigues
• Cesar Arzamendia
• Chris de la Rocha
• Chris Gruetzemacher
• Cody Garbrandt
• Cody Pfister
• Cortney Casey
• Damian Stasiak
• Daniel Jolly
• Danny Roberts
• Darren Till
• Dileno Lopes
• Dominic Waters
• Dong Hyun Kim
• Dominique Steele
• Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
• Enrique Barzola
• Erick Montaño
• Ericka Almeida
• Fernando Bruno
• Frankie Perez
• Francis Ngannou
• Fredy Serrano
• Garreth McLellan
• Geane Herrera
• Glaico França
• Hayder Hassan
• Horacio Gutiérrez
• Holly Holm
• Islam Makhachev
• Izabela Badurek
• Jared Cannonier
• Jason Knight
• Jimmie Rivera
• Joaquim Silva
• Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
• Joe Merritt
• Jonathan Wilson
• Jonavin Webb
• Joseph Duffy
• Julian Erosa
• Kamaru Usman
• Karolina Kowalkiewicz
• Konstantin Erokhin
• Leo Kuntz
• Levan Makashvili
• Lewis Gonzalez
• Łukasz Sajewski
• Luis Henrique
• Magomed Mustafaev
• Makwan Amirkhani
• Polo Reyes
• Marcin Wrzosek
• Marion Reneau
• Maryna Moroz
• Masio Fullen
• Matheus Nicolau
• Michael Graves
• Mickael Lebout
• Misha Cirkunov
• Nazareno Malegarie
• Nicolas Dalby
• Oluwale Bamgbose
• Paul Redmond
• Reginaldo Vieira
• Rocky Lee
• Roger Zapata
• Ron Stallings
• Ryan Hall
• Sage Northcutt
• Scott Holtzman
• Shamil Abdurakhimov
• Sirwan Kakai
• Shane Campbell
• Steve Bossé
• Steve Kennedy
• Steve Montgomery
• Stevie Ray
• Sultan Aliev
• Taylor Lapilus
• Teemu Packalen
• Teruto Ishihara
• Timothy Johnson
• Tom Breese
• Tony Sims
• Valentina Shevchenko
• Vernon Ramos
• Vicente Luque
• Yusuke Kasuya

The Ultimate Fighter

The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2015:

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians	July 12, 2015	Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Hayder Hassan
TUF: Brazil 4	August 1, 2015	Lightweight	Glaico França	Fernando Bruno
		Bantamweight	Reginaldo Vieira	Dileno Lopes
TUF: Latin America 2	November 21, 2015	Welterweight	Erick Montaño	Enrique Marin
		Lightweight	Enrique Barzola	Horacio Gutiérrez
TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber	December 11, 2015	Lightweight	Ryan Hall	Artem Lobov

Title fights

Title fights in 2015
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Daniel Cormier	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 182	[a]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Cat Zingano	Submission (straight armbar)	1	0:14	UFC 184	[b]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	def.	Carla Esparza (c)	TKO (punches)	2	4:17	UFC 185	[c]
Lightweight	Rafael dos Anjos	def.	Anthony Pettis (c)	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 185	[d]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Kyoji Horiguchi	Submission (armbar)	5	4:59	UFC 186	[e]
Middleweight	Chris Weidman (c)	def.	Vitor Belfort	TKO (punches)	1	2:53	UFC 187	[f]
Light Heavyweight	Daniel Cormier	def.	Anthony Johnson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:39	UFC 187	[g]
Heavyweight	Fabrício Werdum (ic)	def.	Cain Velasquez (c)	Submission (guillotine choke)	3	2:13	UFC 188	[h]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)	def.	Jessica Penne	TKO (punches and knee)	3	4:22	UFC Fight Night 69	[i]
Welterweight	Robbie Lawler (c)	def.	Rory MacDonald	TKO (punches)	5	1:00	UFC 189	[j]
Featherweight	Conor McGregor	def.	Chad Mendes	TKO (punches)	2	4:57	UFC 189	[k]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw (c)	def.	Renan Barão	TKO (punches)	4	0:35	UFC on Fox 16	[l]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Bethe Correia	KO (punches)	1	0:34	UFC 190	[m]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	John Dodson	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50-45)	5	5:00	UFC 191	[n]
Light Heavyweight	Daniel Cormier (c)	def.	Alexander Gustafsson	Decision (split) (48-47, 47-48, 49-46)	5	5:00	UFC 192	[o]
Women's Strawweight	Joanna Jędrzejczyk (c)	def.	Valérie Létourneau	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 50-45)	5	5:00	UFC 193	[p]
Women's Bantamweight	Holly Holm	def.	Ronda Rousey (c)	KO (head kick and punches)	2	0:59	UFC 193	[q]
Middleweight	Luke Rockhold	def.	Chris Weidman (c)	TKO (punches)	4	3:12	UFC 194	[r]
Featherweight	Conor McGregor (ic)	def.	José Aldo (c)	KO (punch)	1	0:13	UFC 194	[s]
Lightweight	Rafael dos Anjos (c)	def.	Donald Cerrone	TKO (body kick and punches)	1	1:06	UFC on Fox 17	[t]

1. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
2. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
3. For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
4. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
5. For the UFC Flyweight Championship. Latest finish in UFC history.
6. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
7. For the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
8. For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
9. For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
10. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
11. For the interim UFC Featherweight Championship.
12. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
13. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
14. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
15. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
16. For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
17. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
18. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
19. For the UFC Featherweight Championship. Latest fastest title finish in UFC history.
20. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
344	UFC on Fox: dos Anjos vs. Cerrone 2	Dec 19, 2015	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	14,459[7]
343	UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor	Dec 12, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	16,516[8]
342	The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale	Dec 11, 2015	The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,800[9]
341	UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant	Dec 10, 2015	The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,643[10]
340	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal	Nov 28, 2015	Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul, South Korea	12,156[11]
339	The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 Finale	Nov 21, 2015	Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	10,410[12]
338	UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm	Nov 15, 2015	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56,214[13]
337	UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson 3	Nov 7, 2015	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	10,628[14]
336	UFC Fight Night: Holohan vs. Smolka	Oct 24, 2015	3Arena	Dublin, Ireland	—
335	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson	Oct 3, 2015	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas, U.S.	14,622[15]
334	UFC Fight Night: Barnett vs. Nelson	Sep 27, 2015	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	10,137[16]
333	UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2	Sep 5, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,873[17]
332	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Oliveira	Aug 23, 2015	SaskTel Centre	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	7,202[18]
331	UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux	Aug 8, 2015	Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	7,539[19]
330	UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia	Aug 1, 2015	HSBC Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14,723[20]
329	UFC on Fox: Dillashaw vs. Barão 2	Jul 25, 2015	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	11,663[21]
328	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites	Jul 18, 2015	The SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.	10,451[22]
327	UFC Fight Night: Mir vs. Duffee	Jul 15, 2015	Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, California, U.S.	5,471[23]
326	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale	Jul 12, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	4,844[24]
325	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor	Jul 11, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	16,019[25]
324	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Romero	Jun 27, 2015	Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	5,604[26]
323	UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne	Jun 20, 2015	O2 World	Berlin, Germany	8,155[27]
322	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum	Jun 13, 2015	Arena Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico	21,036[28]
321	UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson	Jun 6, 2015	Smoothie King Center	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	6,231[29]
320	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves	May 30, 2015	Goiânia Arena	Goiânia, Brazil	3,500[30]
319	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier	May 23, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	12,615[31]
318	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Faber	May 16, 2015	Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay, Philippines	13,446[32]
317	UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt	May 10, 2015	Adelaide Entertainment Centre	Adelaide, South Australia	7,984[33]
316	UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi	Apr 25, 2015	Bell Centre	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	10,154[34]
315	UFC on Fox: Machida vs. Rockhold	Apr 18, 2015	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	13,306[35]
314	UFC Fight Night: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2	Apr 11, 2015	Tauron Arena Kraków	Kraków, Poland	10,000[36]
313	UFC Fight Night: Mendes vs. Lamas	Apr 4, 2015	Patriot Center	Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.	5,417[37]
312	UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. LaFlare	Mar 21, 2015	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7,707[38]
311	UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos	Mar 14, 2015	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	17,160[39]
310	UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano	Feb 28, 2015	Staples Center	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	17,654[40]
309	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Mir	Feb 22, 2015	Ginásio Gigantinho	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	5,080[41]
308	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch	Feb 14, 2015	1stBank Center	Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.	5,807[42]
307	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz	Jan 31, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	13,114[43]
306	UFC on Fox: Gustafsson vs. Johnson	Jan 24, 2015	Tele2 Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	30,000[44]
305	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Siver	Jan 18, 2015	TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	13,828[45]
304	UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier	Jan 3, 2015	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,575[46]

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events