2025 in UFC
| 2025 in UFC | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information | ||||
| First date | January 13, 2025 | |||
| Last date | December 13, 2025 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 42 | |||
| UFC | 13 | |||
| TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 520 | |||
| Title fights | 21 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2025 was the 33rd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
UFC in 2025
Class action: anti-trust lawsuits
Le v. Zuffa
On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware granted class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 and are suing for $800 million upward to $1.6 billion in wages, as the lawsuit claims Zuffa had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages. The anti-trust law also permits private plaintiffs to be able to recover three times the damages suffered, meaning the UFC may ultimately pay several billions of dollars' worth of damages.[1] The case has a scheduled April 8, 2024 trial date.[2] On March 20, 2024, TKO, UFC parent company reached an agreement to settle all claims in the class action lawsuits for $335 million where the settlement amount will be deductible for tax purposes.[3][4] However, on July 31, 2024, Judge Richard Boulware ruled that the case would be heard by a jury and denied the preliminary approval for a settlement and reset for trial of in October.[5][6] On February 6, 2025, Judge Richard Boulware of Nevada granted final approval for a $375 million settlement in the "Le vs. Zuffa" antitrust lawsuit for monopolistic practices. As part of the settlement, around $240 million to $260 million will be distributed to eligible fighters, specifically those who competed in at least one UFC bout from December 2010 to June 2017. These payments are expected to be made over the next year. Additionally, $40 million from the settlement will be set aside for administrative and legal expenses.[4]
Johnson v. Zuffa
Based on court filings from late July 2025, the Johnson v. Zuffa antitrust lawsuit, originally filed in 2021, is proceeding, and status conference for the case is scheduled for late August 2025.[7]
Cirkunovs v. Zuffa and Davis v. Zuffa
In May 2025, two antitrust lawsuits were filed against the UFC. One, led by former fighter Misha Cirkunov, specifically challenges the enforceability of arbitration clauses and class action waivers in UFC contracts.[8][9] The other lawsuit, filed by former fighter Phil Davis, alleges that the UFC's anticompetitive practices also negatively impacted the ability of non-UFC fighters to secure fair wages.[10][11][12]
Paramount and CBS partnership
On August 11, 2025, the UFC announced a seven-year media rights agreement with Paramount Skydance Corporation worth $7.7 billion. Paramount+ will exclusively stream all events for seven years, starting in 2026. Some numbered events will also air on CBS. The agreement will allow the UFC to move away from pay-per-view as events will stream on Paramount+ at no additional cost. All 13 of the UFC's flagship events and 30 Fight Nights a year will be streamed on the Paramount+ service.[13] UFC CEO and President Dana White announced the UFC would produce four big events per year on CBS, and that the UFC's planned card for the White House on June 27, 2026, would one of those events.[14]
2025 by the numbers
The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques, champions and fighters held or performed for the year of 2025 in UFC.[15]
| Events | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Events | PPV | Continents | Countries | Cities | Fight Night Bonuses |
| 42 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 169 Total $8,450,000 |
| Longest Event | Shortest Event | Highest Income
Live Gate |
Lowest Income
Live Gate |
Highest
Attendance |
Lowest
Attendance |
| UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
2:53:52 |
UFC on ESPN: Gamrot vs. Klein
1:36:45 |
UFC 322
$13,624,189 |
UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes
$1,800,000 |
UFC 322
20,664 |
UFC Fight Night: Ulberg vs. Reyes (exclud. APEX events) 12,543 |
| Title Fights | |||||
| Undisputed
Title Fights |
Title Changes | Champions Remained
in Their Divisions |
Number of
Champions |
Number of
Interim Champions |
Number of
Title Defenses |
| 21 | 8 | 2 LHW – Alex Pereira WFW – Valentina Shevchenko |
13 | 0 | 9 |
| Champions | |||||
| Division | Beginning of The Year | End of The Year | Division | Beginning of The Year | End of The Year |
| Heavyweight | Jon Jones | Tom Aspinall | Bantamweight | Merab Dvalishvili | Petr Yan |
| Light Heavyweight | Alex Pereira | Alex Pereira | Flyweight | Alexandre Pantoja | Joshua Van |
| Middleweight | Dricus du Plessis | Khamzat Chimaev | Women's Bantamweight | Julianna Peña | Kayla Harrison |
| Welterweight | Belal Muhammad | Islam Makhachev | Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko | Valentina Shevchenko |
| Lightweight | Islam Makhachev | Ilia Topuria | Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili | Mackenzie Dern |
| Featherweight | Ilia Topuria | Alexander Volkanovski | |||
| Fights | |||||
| Most Knockouts
at A Single Event |
Most submissions
at A Single Event |
Most Decisions
at A Single Event |
Total Number
of Fights |
Total Number
of Cage Time |
|
| UFC Fight Night: Imavov vs. Borralho
9 |
UFC Fight Night: Garcia vs. Onama
6 |
UFC on ABC: Hill vs. Rountree Jr.
10 |
520 | 93:43:36 | |
| Fighters | |||||
| Number of
Fighters |
UFC
Debutants |
Releases /
Retired |
Fighters
Suspended |
Number of Fighters
Missed weight |
|
| (At the end of Dec 31, 2025) 597 |
94 | 114 | 13 | 32 | |
| Champion feats[15] | |||||
| |||||
| Fighter feats[15] | |||||
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2025 UFC Honors awards
Starting in 2019, the UFC created year-end awards with "UFC Honors President's Choice Awards" for categories "Performance of the Year" and "Fight of the Year" being chosen by UFC CEO Dana White. The other "UFC Honors Fan Choice Awards" are for categories "Knockout of the Year", "Submission of the Year", "Event of the Year", "Comeback of the Year" and, from 2020, "Debut of the Year" in which fans are able to vote for the winner on social media.[16]
Winners traditionally received a commemorative trophy along with a set of Toyo Tires, but beginning in 2026, Toyo Tires was no longer a sponsor of the awards.[17]
2025 UFC.com awards
This is the first edition of the UFC.com Awards not written by the late former senior editor Thomas Gerbasi, who passed away in September 2025.[29]
Releases and retirements
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement, or joined other promotions:
| Month | Day | ISO | Fighter | Division | Reason | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | Kang Kyung-ho | Bantamweight | Released | [35] | |
| 8 | Danny Roberts | Welterweight | Released | [36] | ||
| Urijah Faber | Bantamweight | |||||
| Victor Hugo | Featherweight | |||||
| 13 | Holly Holm | Women's Bantamweight | Released at her request | [37] | ||
| 15 | Michał Figlak | Lightweight | Released | [38] | ||
| 16 | Clay Guida | Lightweight | Released | [39] | ||
| 18 | Chris Weidman | Middleweight | Retired | [40] | ||
| 24 | Josefine Lindgren Knutsson | Women's Strawweight | Signed with GFL | [41] | ||
| Julio Arce | Featherweight | Signed with GFL | [42] | |||
| Tony Ferguson | Lightweight | Signed with GFL | [43] | |||
| 25 | Ihor Potieria | Middleweight | Released | [44] | ||
| José Johnson | Flyweight | |||||
| Magomed Gadzhiyasulov | Light Heavyweight | |||||
| Victoria Dudakova | Women's Strawweight | |||||
| February | 1 | Matthew Semelsberger | Welterweight | Released | [45] | |
| 3 | Jairzinho Rozenstruik | Heavyweight | Released | [46] | ||
| Jamal Pogues | Heavyweight | Released | [47] | |||
| 6 | Dominick Cruz | Bantamweight | Retired | [48] | ||
| 11 | Bill Algeo | Featherweight | Retired | [49] | ||
| 15 | Julia Avila | Women's Bantamweight | Retired | [50] | ||
| 17 | Joe Solecki | Lightweight | Retired | [51] | ||
| 18 | Dylan Budka | Middleweight | Released | [52] | ||
| 19 | Warlley Alves | Middleweight | Parted ways | [53] | ||
| 25 | Mashrabjon Ruziboev | Lightweight | Released | [54] | ||
| 27 | Cody Stamann | Bantamweight | Released | [55] | ||
| Jonathan Pearce | Featherweight | |||||
| Joshua Culibao | ||||||
| Taylor Lapilus | Bantamweight | |||||
| 28 | Natan Levy | Lightweight | Released | [56] | ||
| Roosevelt Roberts | Lightweight | Released | [57] | |||
| March | 5 | Julian Marquez | Middleweight | Released | [58] | |
| 7 | Andrea Lee | Women's Flyweight | Released | [59] | ||
| 13 | Landon Quiñones | Lightweight | Released | [60] | ||
| 14 | Armen Petrosyan | Middleweight | Contract Expired | [61] | ||
| 17 | Marcos Rogério de Lima | Heavyweight | Released | [62] | ||
| 20 | Montana De La Rosa | Women's Flyweight | Released | [63] | ||
| 21 | Danylo Voievodkin | Heavyweight | Released | [64] | ||
| 22 | Molly McCann | Women's Flyweight | Retired | [65] | ||
| 25 | Abdul Razak Alhassan | Middleweight | Released | [66] | ||
| Antonina Shevchenko | Women's Flyweight | Retired | [67] | |||
| Artem Vakhitov | Light Heavyweight | Rejected Offer | [68] | |||
| 27 | Walt Harris | Heavyweight | Released | [69] | ||
| April | 3 | C.J. Vergara | Flyweight | Released | [70] | |
| 8 | Diana Belbiţă | Flyweight | Retired | [71] | ||
| 9 | Gabriel Miranda | Featherweight | Released | [72] | ||
| Istela Nunes | Women's Strawweight | Released | [73] | |||
| Choi Seung-woo | Featherweight | Released | [73] | |||
| 19 | Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada | Lightweight | Released after being arrested | [74] | ||
| 23 | Caolán Loughran | Bantamweight | Released | [75] | ||
| Cortavious Romious | ||||||
| Lucas Alexander | Featherweight | |||||
| Pedro Falcão | Bantamweight | |||||
| 26 | Anthony Smith | Light Heavyweight | Retired | [76] | ||
| 28 | Guram Kutateladze | Lightweight | Released | [77] | ||
| Kevin Jousset | Welterweight | |||||
| Vinc Pichel | Lightweight | Retired | [78] | |||
| 29 | Dan Argueta | Bantamweight | Retired | [79] | ||
| May | 3 | Marina Rodriguez | Women's Strawweight | Retired | [80] | |
| 7 | Don'Tale Mayes | Heavyweight | Released | [81] | ||
| Ivana Petrović | Women's Flyweight | Released | [82] | |||
| 10 | José Aldo | Featherweight | Retired | [83] | ||
| 15 | Bruno Silva | Middleweight | Released | [84] | ||
| Jimmy Flick | Flyweight | Released | [85] | |||
| 19 | Alex Caceres | Featherweight | Signed with Dirty Boxing | [86] | ||
| 26 | Carlos Hernandez | Flyweight | Released | [87] | ||
| June | 6 | Connor Matthews | Featherweight | Released | [88] | |
| Hakeem Dawodu | Featherweight | Parted ways | [89] | |||
| Kron Gracie | Featherweight | Released | [88] | |||
| 11 | Ariane da Silva | Women's Flyweight | End of Contract | [90] | ||
| 17 | Brad Katona | Bantamweight | Released | [91] | ||
| 21 | Jon Jones | Heavyweight | Retired | [92] | ||
| 24 | Cheyanne Vlismas | Women's Strawweight | Retired | [93] | ||
| 27 | Christopher Ewert | Middleweight | Released | [94] | ||
| July | 9 | Ange Loosa | Welterweight | Released | [95] | |
| Felipe dos Santos | Flyweight | Released | [96] | |||
| Jordan Vucenic | Lightweight | Released | [95] | |||
| Trevin Giles | Welterweight | Retired | [97] | |||
| Viviane Araújo | Women's Flyweight | Released | [95] | |||
| 12 | Lauren Murphy | Women's Flyweight | Retired | [98] | ||
| 14 | Jeka Saragih | Featherweight | Released | [99] | ||
| 19 | Dustin Poirier | Lightweight | Retired | [100] | ||
| 31 | Martin Buday | Heavyweight | Contact Concluded | [101] | ||
| August | 16 | Alvin Hines | Heavyweight | Released | [102] | |
| 19 | Julija Stoliarenko | Women's Flyweight | Released | [103] | ||
| 20 | Bryan Battle | Middleweight | Released | [104] | ||
| September | 6 | Paul Craig | Light Heavyweight | Retired | [105] | |
| 9 | Melissa Martinez | Women's Strawweight | Released | [106] | ||
| Westin Wilson | Featherweight | |||||
| 11 | Austin Hubbard | Lightweight | ||||
| Maheshate Hayisaer | ||||||
| Maryna Moroz | Women's Flyweight | |||||
| Preston Parsons | Welterweight | |||||
| October | 9 | Justin Tafa | Heavyweight | Released | [107] | |
| 15 | André Muniz | Middleweight | Released | [108] | ||
| Brogan Walker | Women's Flyweight | |||||
| Irina Alekseeva | Women's Bantamweight | |||||
| 22 | Danny Barlow | Middleweight | Released | [109] | ||
| 27 | Azat Maksum | Flyweight | Released | [110] | ||
| Hamdy Abdelwahab | Heavyweight | |||||
| November | 3 | Isaac Dulgarian | Featherweight | Released | [111] | |
| 7 | Quang Le | Bantamweight | Released | [112] | ||
| Rolando Bedoya | Lightweight | |||||
| Yanal Ashmouz | ||||||
| 10 | Chris Barnett | Heavyweight | Released | [113] | ||
| Kiefer Crosbie | Welterweight | |||||
| Kurt Holobaugh | Lightweight | |||||
| 27 | Marek Bujło | Heavyweight | Released | [114] | ||
| December | 6 | Henry Cejudo | Bantamweight | Retired | [115] | |
| 16 | Łukasz Brzeski | Heavyweight | Released | [116] | ||
| Marcin Prachnio | Light Heavyweight | Released | [117] | |||
| Ricardo Ramos | Featherweight | Released | [116] | |||
| Viacheslav Borshchev | Lightweight | |||||
| Yusaku Kinoshita | Welterweight | |||||
| 18 | Rhys McKee | Welterweight | Released | [118] | ||
| 22 | Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos | Welterweight | Released | [119] | ||
| Loik Radzhabov | Lightweight | |||||
| Rinat Fakhretdinov | Welterweight | Contract Concluded | [120] |
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2025:
| Month | Day | ISO | Fighter | Division | Event | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | Austin Bashi | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 249 | [121] | |
| Bruno Lopes | Light Heavyweight | [122] | ||||
| Jacobe Smith | Welterweight | [123] | ||||
| Marco Tulio | Middleweight | [124] | ||||
| Nicolle Caliari | Women's Flyweight | [125] | ||||
| 18 | Azamat Bekoev | Middleweight | UFC 311 | [126] | ||
| Billy Elekana | Light Heavyweight | [127] | ||||
| February | 1 | Bogdan Grad | Featherweight | UFC Fight Night 250 | [128] | |
| 9 | Aleksandre Topuria | Bantamweight | UFC 312 | [129] | ||
| Colby Thicknesse | ||||||
| Jonathan Micallef | Welterweight | [130] | ||||
| Kody Steele | Lightweight | [131] | ||||
| Quillan Salkilld | Lightweight | [132] | ||||
| Tallison Teixeira | Heavyweight | [133] | ||||
| 15 | Elijah Smith | Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night 251 | [134] | ||
| Jose Miguel Delgado | Featherweight | [135] | ||||
| 22 | Austin Vanderford | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 252 | [136] | ||
| Eric McConico | Middleweight | [137] | ||||
| Julius Walker | Light Heavyweight | [138] | ||||
| Nick Klein | Middleweight | [139] | ||||
| March | 1 | Mário Pinto | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 253 | [140] | |
| 8 | Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos | Middleweight | UFC 313 | [141] | ||
| 15 | Diyar Nurgozhay | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 254 | [142] | ||
| Josias Musasa | Bantamweight | [143] | ||||
| Kevin Vallejos | Featherweight | [144] | ||||
| Yuneisy Duben | Women's Flyweight | [145] | ||||
| 22 | Alexia Thainara | Women's Strawweight | UFC Fight Night 255 | [146] | ||
| Andrey Pulyaev | Middleweight | [147] | ||||
| 29 | Ateba Gautier | Middleweight | UFC on ESPN 64 | [148] | ||
| David Martínez | Bantamweight | [149] | ||||
| April | 5 | Daniel Frunza | Welterweight | UFC on ESPN 65 | [150] | |
| Luis Gurule | Flyweight | [151] | ||||
| Torrez Finney | Middleweight | [152] | ||||
| Uran Satybaldiev | Heavyweight | [153] | ||||
| 12 | Patrício Pitbull | Featherweight | UFC 314 | [154] | ||
| 26 | Gauge Young | Lightweight | UFC on ESPN 66 | [155] | ||
| Malcolm Wellmaker | Bantamweight | [156] | ||||
| May | 17 | Matheus Camilo | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night 256 | [157] | |
| Yadier del Valle | Featherweight | [158] | ||||
| 31 | Michael Aswell | Lightweight | UFC on ESPN 68 | [159] | ||
| June | 7 | Andreas Gustafsson | Welterweight | UFC 316 | [160] | |
| Mark Choinski | Lightweight | [161] | ||||
| Yoo Joo-sang | Featherweight | [162] | ||||
| 21 | Ko Seok-hyeon | Welterweight | UFC on ABC 8 | [163] | ||
| Rizvan Kuniev | Heavyweight | [164] | ||||
| Tofiq Musayev | Lightweight | [165] | ||||
| 28 | Alvin Hines | Heavyweight | UFC 317 | [166] | ||
| July | 19 | Islam Dulatov | Welterweight | UFC 318 | [167] | |
| Jackson McVey | Middleweight | [168] | ||||
| 26 | Marcus Buchecha | Heavyweight | UFC on ABC 9 | [169] | ||
| August | 2 | John Yannis | Featherweight | UFC on ESPN 71 | [170] | |
| 16 | Aaron Pico | Featherweight | UFC 319 | [171] | ||
| Alibi Idiris | Flyweight | [172] | ||||
| Baisangur Susurkaev | Middleweight | [173] | ||||
| Eric Nolan | ||||||
| 23 | Taiyilake Nueraji | Welterweight | UFC Fight Night 257 | [174] | ||
| September | 6 | Ante Delija | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 258 | [175] | |
| Axel Sola | Welterweight | [176] | ||||
| Harry Hardwick | Featherweight | [177] | ||||
| Robert Ruchała | Featherweight | [178] | ||||
| 13 | Alden Coria | Flyweight | UFC Fight Night 259 | [179] | ||
| Alice Pereira | Women's Bantamweight | [180] | ||||
| Daniil Donchenko | Welterweight | [181] | ||||
| Rodrigo Sezinando | ||||||
| Santiago Luna | Bantamweight | [182] | ||||
| 28 | Brando Peričić | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 260 | [183] | ||
| Cameron Rowston | Middleweight | [184] | ||||
| Elisha Ellison | Heavyweight | [183] | ||||
| October | 4 | Jakub Wikłacz | Bantamweight | UFC 320 | [185] | |
| Tre'ston Vines | Middleweight | [186] | ||||
| 11 | Beatriz Mesquita | Lightweight | UFC Fight Night 261 | [187] | ||
| 18 | Melissa Croden | Women's Bantamweight | UFC Fight Night 262 | [188] | ||
| Yousri Belgaroui | Middleweight | [189] | ||||
| 25 | Louie Sutherland | Heavyweight | UFC 321 | [190] | ||
| November | 1 | Donte Johnson | Middleweight | UFC Fight Night 263 | [191] | |
| Kevin Christian | Light Heavyweight | [192] | ||||
| 8 | Josh Hokit | Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 264 | [193] | ||
| Max Gimenis | Heavyweight | [193] | ||||
| 15 | Ethyn Ewing | Featherweight | UFC 322 | [194] | ||
| 22 | Abdul-Rakhman Yakhyaev | Light Heavyweight | UFC Fight Night 265 | [195] | ||
| Denzel Freeman | Heavyweight | [196] | ||||
| Luke Riley | Featherweight | [197] | ||||
| Marek Bujło | Heavyweight | [196] | ||||
| Saygid Izagakhmaev | Welterweight | [198] | ||||
| Shaqueme Rock | Lightweight | [199] | ||||
| December | 6 | Iwo Baraniewski | Light Heavyweight | UFC 323 | [200] | |
| 13 | Allen Frye | Heavyweight | UFC on ESPN 73 | [201] | ||
| Cezary Oleksiejczuk | Middleweight | [202] | ||||
| Guilherme Pat | Heavyweight | [201] | ||||
| Isaac Thomson | Featherweight | [203] | ||||
| Lance Gibson Jr. | Lightweight | [204] | ||||
| Yaroslav Amosov | Welterweight | [205] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Harris | The Big Ticket | Heavyweight | July 11, 2023 | 4 years | Drostanolone and its metabolites, exogenous testosterone, and Anastrozole | CSAD | July 11, 2027 | [206] | Parted with UFC as of March 2025. | |
| Arman Tsarukyan | Akhalkalakets | Lightweight | April 13, 2024 | 9 months | Pre-fight altercation with spectator during UFC 300 | NSAC | January 12, 2025 | [207] | $25,000 fine; additionally, if he issued an anti-bullying public service announcement approved by the NSAC, sentence could have been reduced to six months with fight eligibility on October 12, 2024 | |
| Hamdy Abdelwahab | The Hammer | Heavyweight | July 30, 2024 | 6 months | Exogenous testosterone | CSAD | January 30, 2025 | [208] | ||
| Conor McGregor | Notorious | Lightweight | September 20, 2024 | 18 months | Three anti-doping whereabout failures on June 13, September 19, and September 20, 2024. | CSAD | March 20, 2026 | [209] | ||
| Azamat Murzakanov | The Professional | Light Heavyweight | November 1, 2024 | 6 months | LGD-4033 metabolites | CSAD | May 1, 2025 | [210] | Second violation under the UFC. | |
| Dennis Buzukja | The Great | Lightweight | December 7, 2024 | 9 months | Altercation with a fan at UFC 310 | NSAC | September 7, 2025 | [211] | $2,500 fine with additional legal fees of $157.04; additionally, if he does community service executed by the NSAC, sentence can be reduced to six months with fight eligibility on June 7, 2025. | |
| Marcos Rogério de Lima | Pezão | Heavyweight | January 24, 2025 | 1 year | Anastrozole | CSAD | January 24, 2026 | [212] | Second violation under the UFC. Parted ways with the UFC in March 2025. | |
| Danylo Voievodkin | Heavyweight | November 10, 2024 | 2 years | Meldonium | CSAD | November 10, 2026 | [213] | Parted ways with the UFC in March 2025. | ||
| Douglas Silva de Andrade | D-Silva | Bantamweight | February 28, 2025 | 6 months | Furosemide | CSAD | August 28, 2025 | [214] | ||
| Sean Strickland | Tarzan | Middleweight | June 29, 2025 | 6 months | Altercation at a Tuff-N-Uff event | NSAC | December 29, 2025 | [215] | $5,000 fine with additional legal fees; additionally, if he does complete an anger management course, sentence can be reduced to four and a half months with fight eligibility on November 11, 2025. | |
| Alvin Hines | Goozie | Heavyweight | July 11, 2025 | 1 year | Anabolic steroid Drostanolone | CSAD | July 11, 2026 | [216] |
Parted ways with the UFC in August 2025. | |
| Ramazan Temirov | Temurlan | Flyweight | July 5, 2025 | 1 year | Trimetazidine | CSAD | July 5, 2026 | [218] | ||
| Maryna Moroz | The Iron Lady | Women's Flyweight | July 17, 2025 | 1 year | Meldonium | CSAD | July 17, 2026 | [219] | Parted ways with the UFC in September 2025.[220] |
The Ultimate Fighter
The following The Ultimate Fighter season was broadcast in 2025:
| Season | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Ultimate Fighter 33[221] | Flyweight | Joseph Morales | Alibi Idiris | [222] |
| Welterweight | Daniil Donchenko | Rodrigo Sezinando | [223] |
Title fights
| Title fights in 2025 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Bantamweight | Merab Dvalishvili (c) | def.[224] | Umar Nurmagomedov | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 311 | [a] |
| Lightweight | Islam Makhachev (c) | def.[225] | Renato Moicano | Submission (brabo choke) | 1 | 4:05 | UFC 311 | [b] |
| Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili (c) | def.[226] | Tatiana Suarez | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 312 | [c] |
| Middleweight | Dricus du Plessis (c) | def.[227] | Sean Strickland | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 312 | [d] |
| Light Heavyweight | Magomed Ankalaev | def.[228] | Alex Pereira (c) | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 313 | [e] |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski | def.[229] | Diego Lopes | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 314 | [f] |
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def.[230] | Manon Fiorot | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 315 | [g] |
| Welterweight | Jack Della Maddalena | def.[231] | Belal Muhammad (c) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 315 | [h] |
| Women's Bantamweight | Kayla Harrison | def.[232] | Julianna Peña (c) | Submission (kimura) | 2 | 4:55 | UFC 316 | [i] |
| Bantamweight | Merab Dvalishvili (c) | def.[233] | Sean O'Malley | Submission (north-south choke) | 3 | 4:42 | UFC 316 | [j] |
| Flyweight | Alexandre Pantoja (c) | def.[234] | Kai Kara-France | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 1:54 | UFC 317 | [k] |
| Lightweight | Ilia Topuria | def.[235] | Charles Oliveira | KO (punches) | 1 | 2:27 | UFC 317 | [l] |
| Middleweight | Khamzat Chimaev | def.[236] | Dricus du Plessis (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–44) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 319 | [m] |
| Bantamweight | Merab Dvalishvili (c) | def.[237] | Cory Sandhagen | Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 49–45, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 320 | [n] |
| Light Heavyweight | Alex Pereira | def.[238] | Magomed Ankalaev (c) | TKO (punches and elbows) | 1 | 1:20 | UFC 320 | [o] |
| Women's Strawweight | Mackenzie Dern | def.[239] | Virna Jandiroba | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 321 | [p] |
| Heavyweight | Tom Aspinall (c) | vs.[240] | Ciryl Gane | NC (accidental eye poke) | 1 | 4:35 | UFC 321 | [q] |
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def.[241] | Zhang Weili | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 322 | [r] |
| Welterweight | Islam Makhachev | def.[242] | Jack Della Maddalena (c) | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 322 | [s] |
| Flyweight | Joshua Van | def.[243] | Alexandre Pantoja (c) | TKO (arm injury) | 1 | 0:26 | UFC 323 | [t] |
| Bantamweight | Petr Yan | def.[244] | Merab Dvalishvili (c) | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 323 | [u] |
- ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the vacant UFC Featherweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
- ^ For the vacant UFC Lightweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the vacant UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
- ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
Events list
Past events
See also
- List of UFC champions
- List of UFC events
- List of current UFC fighters
- 2025 in Professional Fighters League
- 2025 in ONE Championship
- 2025 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
- 2025 in Legacy Fighting Alliance
- 2025 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
- 2025 in Rizin Fighting Federation
- 2025 in Oktagon MMA
- 2025 in Brave Combat Federation
- 2025 in Cage Warriors
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