This is a list of events held and scheduled by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. UFCs first event, UFC 1, took place on November 12, 1993.
Each UFC event contains several fights. Traditionally, five fights take place on the televised main card, whilst others are held on the unaired preliminary portion[1] and are also aired on the live broadcast if time permits.[2] Occasionally, the UFC holds a live "UFC Prelim" show, prior to their pay-per-view events, which airs at least two of the event's preliminary fights live on Spike TV.[3] As of UFC 100, typically, most UFC events have held 11 fights in total at each event,[4][5] though sometimes there can be more than 11[6] or less,[7] due to last-minute injuries.[8] Prior to UFC 100, it was common to see 9 fights per event take place.[9][10]
UFC events are separated into three different formats:
- "Numbered events", such as UFC 100 that are mostly sold on pay-per-view.
- "Fight Night/UFC on Versus" events, such as UFC Fight Night: Florian vs. Gomi, which air for free on Spike TV and are often used as the lead-in broadcast for season premieres of The Ultimate Fighter[11]
- "Ultimate Fighter Finales", such as The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale, which also air for free on Spike TV and are based around the final of The Ultimate Fighter series tournament.[12]
Many of the "numbered" events have taken place on pay-per-view, though there have been a few exceptions for reasons such as tape-delay. Events such as UFC 72, which took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland were sold on pay-per-view, but due to tape-delay, purchase rates were not as high as events that aired at a traditional starting time.[13] UFC 72 had a buyrate of 200,000 viewers; a figure so low that it would not be matched as of October 2010.[13] As such, many events taking part in significantly different timezones, such as UFC 120 in England, have been aired for free in the U.S. on Spike TV.[14]
In July 2009, the UFC held its unofficial 100th "numbered event". However, officially, despite being called UFC 100, it was actually the 101st due to UFC 37.5. The UFC signed a deal with Fox Sports Net, after Fox agreed to broadcast one fight in June 2002, during its "All-Star Summer" that month.[15] UFC 37 and 38 had already been scheduled and promoted, but as UFC 38 was the promotion's debut in England, they created UFC 37.5; an event that became the first ever mixed martial arts fight available on cable television.[15]
As of UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop, which took place on September 25, 2010, there have been 160 UFC events held in 63 cities, within ten countries and 27 U.S. states. Upcoming events are listed in italics.
Event locations
edit- Total event number: 160
These cities have hosted the following numbers of UFC events as of UFC 119: Mir vs. Cro Cop:
- United States (135)
- Las Vegas, Nevada – 59
- Atlantic City, New Jersey – 6
- Birmingham, Alabama – 4
- Uncasville, Connecticut – 4
- Anaheim, California – 3
- Denver, Colorado – 3
- Hollywood, Florida – 3
- New Orleans, Louisiana – 3
- Columbus, Ohio – 3
- Charlotte, North Carolina – 3
- Los Angeles, California – 2
- Sacramento, California – 2
- San Diego, California – 2
- Broomfield, Colorado – 2
- Augusta, Georgia – 2
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa – 2
- Lake Charles, Louisiana – 2
- Bay St. Louis, Mississippi – 2
- Newark, New Jersey – 2
- Dothan, Alabama – 1
- Mobile, Alabama – 1
- Oakland, California – 1
- Miami, Florida – 1
- Tampa, Florida – 1
- Atlanta, Georgia – 1
- Rosemont, Illinois – 1
- Indianapolis, Indiana - 1
- Bossier City, Louisiana – 1
- Boston, Massachusetts – 1
- Detroit, Michigan – 1
- Minneapolis, Minnesota – 1
- Omaha, Nebraska – 1
- Fayetteville, North Carolina – 1
- East Rutherford, New Jersey – 1
- Buffalo, New York – 1
- Cincinnati, Ohio – 1
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – 1
- Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1
- Portland, Oregon – 1
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1
- Memphis, Tennessee – 1
- Nashville, Tennessee – 1
- Austin, Texas - 1
- Dallas, Texas - 1
- Houston, Texas – 1
- Fairfax, Virginia - 1
- Casper, Wyoming – 1
- United Kingdom (10)
- London, England – 5
- Manchester, England – 2
- Birmingham, England – 1
- Newcastle, England – 1
- Belfast, Northern Ireland - 1
- Canada (4)
- Japan (4)
- Brazil (1)
- São Paulo – 1
- Ireland (1)
- Dublin – 1
- Germany (1)
- Cologne – 1
- Puerto Rico (1)
- San Juan – 1
- Australia (1)
- Sydney – 1
- Abu Dhabi - 1
See also
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- ^ "UFC 117: Silva vs. Sonnen". sherdog.com. August 7, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort". sherdog.com. September 19, 2009.
- ^ "UFC 110: Nogueira vs. Velasquez". sherdog.com. February 21, 2010.
- ^ "Perosh replaces Rothwell at UFC 110, Sinosic vs. Haseman pulled from prelims". mmajunkie.com. February 18, 2010.
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- ^ a b "UFC 120 reportedly sets European attendance record". mmajunkie.com. October 16, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 119 officially draws 15,811 attendance for $1.6 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. September 30, 2010.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 22 draws reported 7,724 attendance for $595,900 live gate". mmajunkie.com. September 16, 2010.
- ^ "MASC: UFC 118 draws 14,168 spectators for $2.8 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. September 2, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 117 draws reported 12,971 attendees for $1.56 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. August 8, 2010.
- ^ "UFC on Versus 2 draws reported attendance of 8,132 for $490k gate". mmajunkie.com. August 2, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 116 officially draws 12,740 attendess for $4.05 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. July 14, 2010.
- ^ "The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale draws reported attendance of 1,708 for a $430k live gate". mmajunkie.com. June 20, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 115 officially draws 17,669 attendance for $4.2 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. June 24, 2010.
- ^ "NSAC corrects UFC 114 attendance and gate, promotions estimates nearly spot on". mmajunkie.com. June 9, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 113 draws reported attendance of 17,647 for $3.27 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. May 9, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi draws 11,008 attendance for estimated $3.5 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. April 11, 2010.
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- ^ "UFC 107 draws reported 13,896 attendees for "over $1.5 million" gate". mmajunkie.com. December 13, 2009.
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- ^ ""UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun" officially draws 14,892 spectators for $1.9 million gate". mmajunkie.com. October 27, 2009.
- ^ "UFC 103 in Dallas a sellout with 17,428 attendees, $2.4 million estimated gate". mmajunkie.com. September 20, 2009.
- ^ "UFC Fight Night 19 officially draws 9,490 attendees for $577,997 live gate". mmajunkie.com. September 22, 2009.
- ^ "Despite sluggish sales start, UFC 102 draws 16,088 for $1.92 million gate; Seattle up next?". mmajunkie.com. August 30, 2009.
- ^ "UFC 101 draws 17,411 attendance for Pennsylvania state record $3.55 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. August 9, 2010.
- ^ "UFC 100 draws live gate of $5,128,490". fiveouncesofpain.com. July 21, 2010.
- ^ "The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale nabs 2,217 attendees for a $500K gate". mmajunkie.com. June 29, 2009.
- ^ "UFC 99 draws reported 12,800 spectators for $1.3 million live gate in Cologne, Germany". mmajunkie.com. June 13, 2009.
- ^ "UFC 98 in Las Vegas delivers 12,606 spectators and $3.4 million gate". mmajunkie.com. May 24, 2009.
- ^ "UFC 97 sets new North American MMA attendance record with 21,451". mmajunkie.com. April 19, 2009.
- ^ "UFC's Tennessee debut sets UFC Fight Night attendance record". mmajunkie.com. April 2, 2009.
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- ^ "UFC Fight Night 17 draws 7,596 for $428k live gate". mmajunkie.com. February 8, 2009.
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External links
edit- "UFC events". Sherdog.com. Retrieved October 13, 2010.