2008 in UFC

2008 in UFC
Information
First dateJanuary 19, 2008
Last dateDecember 27, 2008
Events
Total events20
UFC13
UFC Fight Night5
TUF Finale events2
Fights
Total fights201
Title fights11
Chronology
2007 in UFC 2008 in UFC 2009 in UFC

The year 2008 was the 16th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2008 the UFC held 20 events beginning with, UFC 80: Rapid Fire.

2008 UFC.com awards

2008 UFC.COM Awards
No Best Fighter The

Upsets

The

Submissions

The Newcomers The

Knockouts

The

Fights

1 Rashad Evans Frank Mir
defeats
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1
UFC 92 		Dustin Hazelett
defeats
Josh Burkman
The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale 		Brock Lesnar Rashad Evans
defeats
Chuck Liddell
UFC 88 		Forrest Griffin
defeats
Quinton Jackson
UFC 86
2 Thiago Alves Junior dos Santos
defeats
Fabrício Werdum
UFC 90 		Frank Mir
defeats
Brock Lesnar
UFC 81 		Cain Velasquez Junior dos Santos
defeats
Fabrício Werdum
UFC 90 		Kurt Pellegrino
defeats
Thiago Tavares
UFC 88
3 Kenny Florian Rashad Evans
defeats
Chuck Liddell
UFC 88 		Anderson Silva
defeats
Dan Henderson
UFC 82 		Amir Sadollah Anthony Johnson
defeats
Kevin Burns
The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale 		Matt Wiman
defeats
Thiago Tavares
UFC 85
4 Anderson Silva Kevin Burns
defeats
Roan Carneiro
UFC 85 		Kenny Florian
defeats
Joe Stevenson
UFC 91 		Shane Carwin Thiago Alves defeats
Karo Parisyan at UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon &
Matt Hughes at UFC 85 		Sean Sherk
defeats
Tyson Griffin
UFC 90
5 Frank Mir Forrest Griffin
defeats
Quinton Jackson
UFC 86 		Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
defeats
Tim Sylvia
UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens 		Junior dos Santos Quinton Jackson
defeats
Wanderlei Silva
UFC 92 		Demian Maia
defeats
Jason MacDonald
UFC 87
6 Georges St-Pierre Jorge Rivera
defeats
Jorge Gurgel
UFC 80 		Cole Miller
defeats
Brian Foster
UFC 86 		Efraín Escudero James Irvin
defeats
Houston Alexander
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon 		Georges St-Pierre
defeats
Jon Fitch
UFC 87
7 Brock Lesnar Heath Herring
defeats
Cheick Kongo
UFC 82 		Nate Diaz
defeats
Kurt Pellegrino
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon 		The Miller Brothers
Jim Miller and Dan Miller 		Wanderlei Silva
defeats
Keith Jardine
UFC 84 		Nate Diaz
defeats
Kurt Pellegrino
UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon
8 B.J. Penn Brock Lesnar
defeats
Randy Couture
UFC 91 		Demian Maia
defeats
Jason MacDonald
UFC 87 		Tim Boetsch Josh Koscheck
defeats
Yoshiyuki Yoshida
UFC: Fight for the Troops 		Nate Diaz
defeats
Josh Neer
UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer
9 Nate Diaz Pete Sell
defeats
Josh Burkman
UFC 90 		Kevin Burns
defeats
Roan Carneiro
UFC 185 		Kevin Burns Rory Markham
defeats
Brodie Farber
UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin 		Goran Reljić
defeats
Wilson Gouveia
UFC 84
10 Michael Bisping Jason Day
defeats
Alan Belcher
UFC 83 		Dustin Hazelett
defeats
Tamdan McCrory
UFC 85 		C. B. Dollaway Jeremy Stephens
defeats
Rafael dos Anjos
UFC 91 		Paul Kelly
defeats
Paul Taylor
UFC 180
Ref [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2008:

ISO Fighter Division
Andre Gusmao Light Heavyweight
Antonio Mendes Light Heavyweight
Brad Blackburn Welterweight
Brad Morris Heavyweight
Brandon Wolff Welterweight
Brock Lesnar Heavyweight
Brodie Farber Welterweight
Cain Velasquez Heavyweight
C. B. Dollaway Middleweight
Chris Wilson Welterweight
Corey Hill Lightweight
Dale Hartt Lightweight
Dan Evensen Heavyweight
Dan Hardy Welterweight
Dan Miller Middleweight
Dante Rivera Middleweight
Dave Kaplan Lightweight
David Baron Lightweight
David Bielkheden Welterweight
Dong Hyun Kim Welterweight
Efraín Escudero Lightweight
Eliot Marshall Light Heavyweight
George Roop Lightweight
Goran Reljić Light Heavyweight
James Giboo Lightweight
ISO Fighter Division
James Lee Light Heavyweight
Jason Brilz Light Heavyweight
Jason Day Middleweight
Jesse Taylor Middleweight
Jim Miller Lightweight
Joe Vedepo Middleweight
Johnny Rees Middleweight
Jon Jones Light Heavyweight
Josh Hendricks Heavyweight
Jules Bruchez Middleweight
Junior dos Santos Heavyweight
Justin Buchholz Lightweight
Kevin Burns Welterweight
Krzysztof Soszynski Light Heavyweight
Kyle Kingsbury Light Heavyweight
Matt Brown Welterweight
Matt Horwich Middleweight
Matt Riddle Welterweight
Michael Patt Light Heavyweight
Mike Massenzio Middleweight
Mike Wessel Heavyweight
Mostapha al-Turk Heavyweight
Nate Loughran Welterweight
Neil Wain Heavyweight
Pat Barry Heavyweight
ISO Fighter Division
Paul Kelly Lightweight
Per Eklund Lightweight
Phillipe Nover Lightweight
Rafael dos Anjos Lightweight
Reese Andy Light Heavyweight
Rob Kimmons Middleweight
Rob Yundt Middleweight
Rolando Delgado Lightweight
Rory Markham Welterweight
Rousimar Palhares Middleweight
Ryan Bader Light Heavyweight
Ryan Roberts Lightweight
Ryan Thomas Welterweight
Samy Schiavo Lightweight
Shane Carwin Heavyweight
Shane Nelson Lightweight
Shane Primm Light Heavyweight
Shannon Gugerty Lightweight
Steve Bruno Welterweight
Steve Cantwell Light Heavyweight
Tim Boetsch Light Heavyweight
Tim Credeur Middleweight
Tom Lawlor Middleweight
Vinny Magalhães Light Heavyweight
Yoshiyuki Yoshida Welterweight

The Ultimate Fighter

Season Finale Division Winner Runner-up
TUF 7: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Jun 21, 2008 Middleweight Amir Sadollah C.B. Dollaway
TUF 8: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Dec 13, 2008 Light Heavyweight Ryan Bader Vinicius Magalhães
Lightweight Efrain Escudero Phillipe Nover

Title fights

Title fights in 2008
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Lightweight B.J. Penn def. Joe Stevenson Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:02 UFC 80: Rapid Fire [a]
Heavyweight Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira def. Tim Sylvia Submission (guillotine choke) 3 1:28 UFC 81: Breaking Point [b]
Middleweight Anderson Silva
(UFC Champion) 		def. Dan Henderson
(Pride Champion) 		Submission (rear-naked choke) 2 4:52 UFC 82: Pride of a Champion [c]
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre (ic) def. Matt Serra (c) TKO (knees) 2 4:45 UFC 83: Serra vs St-Pierre 2 [d]
Lightweight B.J. Penn (c) def. Sean Sherk TKO (flying knee and punches) 3 5:00 UFC 84: Ill Will [e]
Light Heavyweight Forrest Griffin def. Quinton Jackson (c) Decision (unanimous) (48–46, 48–46, 49–46) 5 5:00 UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin [f]
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre (c) def. Jon Fitch Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–43, 50–44) 5 5:00 UFC 87: Seek and Destroy [g]
Middleweight Anderson Silva (c) def. Patrick Côté TKO (knee injury) 3 0:39 UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté [h]
Heavyweight Brock Lesnar def. Randy Couture (c) TKO (punches) 2 3:07 UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar [i]
Heavyweight Frank Mir def. Antônio Nogueira (ic) TKO (punches) 2 1:54 UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 [j]
Light Heavyweight Rashad Evans def. Forrest Griffin (c) KO (punches) 3 2:46 UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 [k]
  1. ^ For the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship. Penn become the second fighter in UFC history to win belt with two weight classes.
  2. ^ For the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship.
  3. ^ Unification of the UFC Middleweight & Pride Welterweight Championship belts[7]
  4. ^ Unification of the UFC Welterweight & UFC Interim Welterweight championships.
  5. ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  6. ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
  7. ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship
  8. ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
  9. ^ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  10. ^ For the UFC Interim Heavyweight Championship.
  11. ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Both winners of The Ultimate Fighter competed in a title fight against each other.

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events
# Event Date Venue Location Attendance
122 UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 Dec 27, 2008 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 14,166[8]
121 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir Finale Dec 13, 2008 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,853[9]
120 UFC: Fight for the Troops Dec 10, 2008 Crown Coliseum Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. 8,500[10]
119 UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar Nov 15, 2008 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 14,272[11]
118 UFC 90: Silva vs. Côté Oct 25, 2008 Allstate Arena Rosemont, Illinois, U.S. 15,359[12]
117 UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben Oct 18, 2008 National Indoor Arena Birmingham, England, U.K. 9,515[13]
116 UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Neer Sep 17, 2008 Omaha Civic Auditorium Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. 9,103[14]
115 UFC 88: Breakthrough Sep 6, 2008 Philips Arena Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. 14,736[15]
114 UFC 87: Seek and Destroy Aug 9, 2008 Target Center Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. 15,087[16]
113 UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin Jul 19, 2008 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 2,071[17]
112 UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin Jul 5, 2008 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 10,990[18]
111 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale Jun 21, 2008 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,853[18]
110 UFC 85: Bedlam Jun 7, 2008 The O2 arena London, England, U.K. 15,327[19]
109 UFC 84: Ill Will May 24, 2008 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 14,773[20]
108 UFC 83: Serra vs. St-Pierre 2 Apr 19, 2008 Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec, Canada 21,390
107 UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Lauzon Apr 2, 2008 Broomfield Event Center Broomfield, Colorado, U.S. 6,742[21]
106 UFC 82: Pride of a Champion Mar 1, 2008 Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio, U.S. 16,431[22]
105 UFC 81: Breaking Point Feb 2, 2008 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 10,583[23]
104 UFC Fight Night: Swick vs. Burkman Jan 23, 2008 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,900[10]
103 UFC 80: Rapid Fire Jan 19, 2008 Metro Radio Arena Newcastle, England, U.K. 8,412[10]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "The Highly Unofficial 2008 UFC Awards - The Upsets | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  3. ^ "The Highly Unofficial 2008 UFC Awards - The Submissions | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  4. ^ "The Highly Unofficial 2008 UFC Awards- The Newcomers | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  5. ^ "The Highly Unofficial 2008 UFC Awards - The Knockouts | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  6. ^ "The Highly Unofficial 2008 UFC Awards - The Fights | UFC". www.ufc.com. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2024-12-31.
  7. ^ Mohapatra, Pramit (2008-03-03). "After winning at UFC 82, Silva joins an elite class". SI.com. Retrieved 2008-06-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  8. ^ "One third of UFC 92s 14,166 attendees were issued complimentary tickets". mmajunkie.com. Dec 31, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-01-24.
  9. ^ "The Ultimate Fighter 8 Finale earns $405k gate". mmajunkie.com. Dec 24, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  10. ^ a b c "Live Gate & Attendance". mmapayout.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved Oct 19, 2010.
  11. ^ "UFC 91 draws 10,485 paid for $4.8 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Nov 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-03-02.
  12. ^ "UFC 90 in Chicago scores record $2.8 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Oct 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  13. ^ "Cane, Miller, Lytle, Taylor win post-UFC 89 honours". mmafighting.com. Oct 18, 2008.
  14. ^ "UFC Fight Night 15 draws 9,103". tapology.com. 2014.
  15. ^ "UFC 88 draws 14,736 for $2.6 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Sep 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  16. ^ "UFC 87 breaks Target Center gate record". mmajunkie.com. Aug 11, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  17. ^ "UFC Fight Night 14 fighters test clean for performance-enhancing drugs". mmajunkie.com. Jul 29, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  18. ^ a b "UFC 86 scores $3.35 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Jul 10, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  19. ^ "Thiago Alves beats Matt Hughes at UFC 85". canada.com (The Vancouver Sun). Jun 7, 2008. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  20. ^ "UFC 84 Official Gate and Attendance Totals". mmajunkie.com. May 31, 2008. Archived from the original on March 12, 2009.
  21. ^ "Can Florian finish his quest for a title?". sports.yahoo.com. Apr 3, 2008.
  22. ^ "UFC 82 salaries: Paydays for Anderson Silva, Dan Henderson, Heath Herring and more". mmajunkie.com. Mar 3, 2008.
  23. ^ "UFC 81 draws live gate of $2,437,890". mmajunkie.com. Feb 5, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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