2021 in UFC
The year 2021 will be 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 | TBD | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | TBD | |||
| UFC | TBD | |||
| TUF Finale events | TBD | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | TBD | |||
| Title fights | TBD | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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Releases and retirements
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
- Antônio Carlos Júnior - Released in February - Middleweight [1]
- Anthony Ivy - Released in February - Welterweight [1]
- Anthony Rocco Martin - Moving to other promotion in January - Welterweight[2]
- Bethe Correia - Retired in January - Women's Bantamweight[3]
- Carlton Minus - Released in February - Lightweight [1]
- Cole Williams - Released in February - Welterweight [1]
- Irwin Rivera - Released in January - Bantamweight[4]
- Jacob Kilburn - Released in February - Featherweight [1]
- Markus Perez - Released in February - Middleweight [1]
- Nik Lentz - Retired in January - Featherweight [5]
- Ottman Azaitar - Released in January - Lightweight [6]
- Peter Barrett - Released in February - Featherweight [1]
- Rhys McKee - Released in January - Welterweight [7]
- Sarah Moras - Released in February - Women's Bantamweight [1]
- Spike Carlyle - Released In February - Featherweight [1]
- Vanessa Melo - Released in February - Women's Bantamweight [1]
- Vinicius Moreira - Released in February - Light heavyweight [1]
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2021:
- Michael Chandler - UFC 257
- Francisco Figueiredo - UFC on ESPN 20
- Gaetano Pirrello - UFC on ESPN 20
- Joselyne Edwards - UFC on ABC 1
- Manon Fiorot - UFC on ESPN 20
- Mason Jones - UFC on ESPN 20
- Sergey Morozov - UFC on ESPN 20
- Umar Nurmagomedov - UFC on ESPN 20
- Victoria Leonardo - UFC on ESPN 20
Suspended fighters
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 | [8] [9] |
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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 | [10] | ||
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Bruno Silva | Blindado | Middleweight | Jun 14, 2019 | 2 years | Boldenone and its metabolite. | USADA | Jun 14, 2021 | [11] | |
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Giacomo Lemos | Heavyweight | Jul 9, 2019 | 2 years | Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one. | USADA | Jul 9, 2021 | [12] | ||
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Istela Nunes | Women's Strawweight | Jul 22, 2019 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | Jul 22, 2021 | [13] | ||
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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 | [14] | |
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Chase Sherman | The Vanilla Gorilla | Heavyweight | May 13, 2020 | 9 months | Anastrozole | USADA | Feb 13, 2021 | [15] | |
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Aleksander Doskalchuk | Flyweight | Jun 6, 2020 | 14 months | Mesterolone. | USADA | Aug 6, 2021 | [16] | ||
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Marc-Andre Barriault | Power Bar | Middleweight | Jul 21, 2020 | 6 months | Ostarine | USADA | Jan 21, 2021 | [17] | |
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Jesse Ronson | The Body Snatcher | Welterweight | Jul 22, 2020 | 20 months | Metandienone | USADA | Mar 22, 2022 | [18] | |
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Jorge Gonzalez | George St. | Light Heavyweight | Aug 5, 2020 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite. | USADA | Aug 5, 2022 | [19] | |
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Abu Azaitar | Gladiator | Middleweight | Aug 25, 2020 | 7 months | tamoxifen and/or tamoxifen metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen | USADA | Mar 25, 2021 | [20] | |
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Yair Rodríguez | El Pantera | Featherweight | Sep 8, 2020 | 6 months | 3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year | USADA | Mar 8, 2021 | [21] | |
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Kevin Croom | The Hard Hitting Hillbilly | Lightweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 4 1/2 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Jan 26, 2021 | [22] | With addition of $1,800 fine |
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Niko Price | The Hybrid | Welterweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 6 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Mar 19, 2021 | [23] | With addition of $8,500 fine |
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Raquel Pennington | Rocky | Women's Bantamweight | Nov 7, 2020 | 6 months | 7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 | USADA | May 7, 2021 | [24] | Self-reporting doping violation when she found out she had ingested banned substances prescribed by her doctor to help treat a medical condition |
Title fights
| Title fights in 2021 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | vs. | Gilbert Burns | UFC 258 | [lower-alpha 1] | |||
| Bantamweight | Petr Yan (c) | vs. | Aljamain Sterling | UFC 259 | [lower-alpha 2] | |||
| Women's Featherweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | vs. | Megan Anderson | UFC 259 | [lower-alpha 3] | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz (c) | vs. | Israel Adesanya | UFC 259 | [lower-alpha 4] | |||
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | vs. | Brian Ortega | UFC 260 | [lower-alpha 5] | |||
| Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic (c) | vs. | Francis Ngannou | UFC 260 | [lower-alpha 6] | |||
- For the UFC Welterweight Championship
- For the UFC Bantamweight Championship
- For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship
- For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
- For the UFC Featherweight Championship
- For the UFC Heavyweight Championship
Events list
Scheduled events
| Event | Date | Venue | City | Country | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UFC Fight Night 190 | April 17, 2021 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [25] |
| UFC Fight Night 189 | April 10, 2021 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [26] |
| UFC 260: Miocic vs Ngannou 2 | Mar 27, 2021 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [27] |
| UFC Fight Night 188 | Mar 20, 2021 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [28] |
| UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Chimaev | Mar 13, 2021 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [29] |
| UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya | Mar 6, 2021 | UFC Apex | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [30] |
| UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane | Feb 27, 2021 | [31] | |||
| UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis | Feb 20, 2021 | [32] | |||
| UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns | Feb 13, 2021 | [33] | |||
| UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov | Feb 6, 2021 | [34] | |||
Past events
| # | Event | Date | Venue | City | Country | Atten. | Ref. | Fight of the Night | Performance of the Night | Bonus | Ref. | |||
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| 549 | UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 | Jan 24, 2021 | Etihad Arena | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2600 | [35] | N/A | Dustin Poirier | Michael Chandler | $50,000 | [36] | ||
| Makhmud Muradov | Marina Rodriguez | |||||||||||||
| 548 | UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny | Jan 20, 2021 | Etihad Arena | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2,000 | [37] | Mike Davis | vs. | Mason Jones | Umar Nurmagomedov | Warlley Alves | $50,000 | [38] |
| 547 | UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar | Jan 16, 2021 | Etihad Arena | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 2,000 | [39] | Max Holloway | vs. | Calvin Kattar | Alessio Di Chirico | Li Jingliang | $50,000 | [40] |
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