2021 in UFC
UFC MMA events in 2021
2021 in UFC First date January 16, 2021 (2021-01-16 ) Last date December 18, 2021 (2021-12-18 ) Total events 43 UFC 13 TUF Finale events1 Total fights 509 Title fights 19
The year 2021 was the 28th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
Releases and retirements
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2021:
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
T.J. Dillashaw
Bantamweight
Jan 18, 2019
1 year (NYSAC ) 2 years (USADA )
Erythropoietin (EPO).
NYSAC and USADA
Jan 18, 2021
[72] [73]
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
[74]
Bruno Silva
Blindado
Middleweight
Jun 14, 2019
2 years
Boldenone and its metabolite.
USADA
Jun 14, 2021
[75]
Giacomo Lemos
Heavyweight
Jul 9, 2019
2 years
Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one.
USADA
Jul 9, 2021
[76]
Istela Nunes
Women's Strawweight
Jul 22, 2019
2 years
Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol.
USADA
Jul 22, 2021
[77]
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
[78]
Chase Sherman
The Vanilla Gorilla
Heavyweight
May 13, 2020
9 months
Anastrozole
USADA
Feb 13, 2021
[79]
Aleksander Doskalchuk
Flyweight
Jun 6, 2020
14 months
Mesterolone .
USADA
Aug 6, 2021
[80]
Marc-Andre Barriault
Power Bar
Middleweight
Jul 21, 2020
6 months
Ostarine
USADA
Jan 21, 2021
[81]
Jesse Ronson
The Body Snatcher
Welterweight
Jul 22, 2020
20 months
Metandienone
USADA
Mar 22, 2022
[82]
Jorge Gonzalez
George St.
Light Heavyweight
Aug 5, 2020
2 years
Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite.
USADA
Aug 5, 2022
[83]
Abu Azaitar
Gladiator
Middleweight
Aug 25, 2020
7 months
tamoxifen and/or tamoxifen metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen
USADA
Mar 25, 2021
[84]
Yair Rodríguez
El Pantera
Featherweight
Sep 8, 2020
6 months
3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year
USADA
Mar 8, 2021
[85]
Kevin Croom
The Hard Hitting Hillbilly
Lightweight
Sep 19, 2020
4 1/2 months
Marijuana
NSAC
Jan 26, 2021
[86]
With addition of $1,800 fine
Niko Price
The Hybrid
Welterweight
Sep 19, 2020
6 months
Marijuana
NSAC
Mar 19, 2021
[87]
With addition of $8,500 fine
Oskar Piechota
Imadło
Middleweight
Sep 25, 2020
22 months
Growth hormone releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2 or pralmorelin) and GHRP-2 (1-3) free acid, a metabolite of GHRP-2,
USADA
Jul 25, 2022
[88]
Charlie Ontiveros
The American Badboy
Welterweight
Oct 30, 2020
6 months
Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone metabolites
NSAC
Apr 30, 2021
[89]
With addition of $2,245.36
Raquel Pennington
Rocky
Women's Bantamweight
Nov 7, 2020
6 months
7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064
USADA
May 7, 2021
[90]
Self-reporting doping violation when she found out she had ingested banned substances prescribed by her doctor to help treat a medical condition
Liliya Shakirova
Women's Flyweight
Dec 5, 2020
2 years
Meldonium
USADA
Dec 5, 2022
[91]
Geraldo de Freitas
Spartan
Bantamweight
Jan 11, 2021
2 years
Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors
USADA
Jan 11, 2023
[92]
Raphael Pessoa
Bebezão
Heavyweight
Feb 9, 2021
2 years
7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites Chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB)
USADA
Feb 9, 2023
[93]
Second USADA violation. Results collected from out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. Ressoa also evaded sample collection on January 25, 2021, and January 28, 2021.
Rogério Bontorin
Bantamweight
May 1, 2021
3 months
Hydrochlorothiazide
USADA
Aug 1, 2021
[94]
Juancamilo Ronderos
100
Flyweight
May 22, 2021
1 month
Cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine
USADA
June 22, 2021
[95]
Chris Barnett
Huggy Bear/Beastboy
Heavyweight
May 22, 2021
4 1/2 months
Marijuana
NSAC
Oct 26, 2021
[96]
Daniel Pineda
The Pit
Featherweight
June 26, 2021
9 months
Amphetamine
NSAC
Mar 26, 2022
[96]
Rodrigo Nascimento
Yogi Bear
Heavyweight
July 17, 2021
6 months
Ritalinic acid
NSAC
Jan 17, 2022
[96]
Ryan Benoit
Baby Face
Flyweight
July 31, 2021
9 months
Modafinil
NSAC
April 1, 2022
[97]
Michel Prazeres
Tractor
Welterweight
Aug 27, 2021
4 years
Clomiphene , Oxandrolone metabolites, and the Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors
NSAC
Aug 27, 2025
[98]
Second USADA violation
Kevin Lee
The Motown Phenom
Welterweight
Aug 28, 2021
6 months
Adderall
NSAC
Feb 28, 2022
[99]
$19,526 Fine
Josh Quinlan
The Maverick
Welterweight
Sep 7, 2021
9 months
Drostanolone
NSAC
June 7, 2022
[100]
Łukasz Brzeski
The Bull
Heavyweight
Sep 14, 2021
9 months
Clomiphene
NSAC
June 14, 2022
[101]
$750 Fine
Carlos Felipe
Boi
Heavyweight
Oct 16, 2021
18 months
Boldenone and its metabolites
NSAC
Apr 16, 2023
[102]
$4,200 fine and $489 in prosecution fees
Zviad Lazishvili
Bantamweight
Oct 23, 2021
9 months
Clomiphene
NSAC
July 24, 2022
[103]
$1,800 fine and $326 in prosecution fees
The Ultimate Fighter
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2021:
Title fights
Title fights in 2021
Weight class
Method
Round
Time
Event
Notes
Welterweight
Kamaru Usman (c)
def.
Gilbert Burns
TKO (punches)
3
0:34
UFC 258
[a]
Bantamweight
Aljamain Sterling
def.
Petr Yan (c)
DQ (illegal knee)
4
4:29
UFC 259
[b]
Women's Featherweight
Amanda Nunes (c)
def.
Megan Anderson
Submission (triangle armbar)
1
2:03
UFC 259
[c]
Light Heavyweight
Jan Błachowicz (c)
def.
Israel Adesanya
Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–45, 49–45)
5
5:00
UFC 259
[d]
Heavyweight
Francis Ngannou
def.
Stipe Miocic (c)
KO (punch)
2
0:52
UFC 260
[e]
Women's Flyweight
Valentina Shevchenko (c)
def.
Jessica Andrade
TKO (elbows)
2
3:19
UFC 261
[f]
Women's Strawweight
Rose Namajunas
def.
Zhang Weili (c)
KO (head kick)
1
1:18
UFC 261
[g]
Welterweight
Kamaru Usman (c)
def.
Jorge Masvidal
KO (punch)
2
1:02
UFC 261
[h]
Lightweight
Charles Oliveira
def.
Michael Chandler
TKO (punches)
2
0:19
UFC 262
[i]
Flyweight
Brandon Moreno
def.
Deiveson Figueiredo (c)
Submission (rear-naked choke)
3
2:26
UFC 263
[j]
Middleweight
Israel Adesanya (c)
def.
Marvin Vettori
Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)
5
5:00
UFC 263
[k]
Heavyweight
Ciryl Gane
def.
Derrick Lewis
TKO (punches)
3
4:11
UFC 265
[l]
Flyweight
Valentina Shevchenko (c)
def.
Lauren Murphy
TKO (punches and elbows)
4
4:00
UFC 266
[m]
Featherweight
Alexander Volkanovski (c)
def.
Brian Ortega
Decision (unanimous)(49–46, 50–45, 50–44)
5
5:00
UFC 266
[n]
Bantamweight
Petr Yan
def.
Cory Sandhagen
Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)
5
5:00
UFC 267
[o]
Light Heavyweight
Glover Teixeira
def.
Jan Błachowicz (c)
Submission (rear-naked choke)
2
3:02
UFC 267
[p]
Women's Strawweight
Rose Namajunas (c)
def.
Zhang Weili
Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 49–46)
5
5:00
UFC 268
[q]
Welterweight
Kamaru Usman (c)
def.
Colby Covington
Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)
5
5:00
UFC 268
[r]
Women's Bantamweight
Julianna Peña
def.
Amanda Nunes (c)
Submission (rear-naked choke)
2
3:26
UFC 269
[s]
Lightweight
Charles Oliveira (c)
def.
Dustin Poirier
Submission (rear-naked choke)
3
1:02
UFC 269
[t]
Events list
#
Event
Date
Venue
City
Country
Atten.
Ref.
Fight of the Night
Performance of the Night
Bonus
Ref.
589
UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
Dec 18, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[106]
Amanda Lemos
vs.
Angela Hill
Cub Swanson
Melissa Gatto
$50,000
[107]
588
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier
Dec 11, 2021
T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
18,471
[108]
Dominick Cruz
vs.
Pedro Munhoz
Charles Oliveira
Julianna Peña
$50,000
[109]
Kai Kara-France
Sean O'Malley
Tai Tuivasa
Bruno Silva
587
UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo
Dec 4, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[110]
Cheyanne Vlismas
vs.
Mallory Martin
Rafael Fiziev
Jamahal Hill
$50,000
[111]
Clay Guida
Chris Curtis
586
UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate
Nov 20, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[112]
Adrian Yanez
vs.
Davey Grant
Taila Santos
—
$50,000
[113]
585
UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez
Nov 13, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[114]
Max Holloway
vs.
Yair Rodríguez
Khaos Williams
Andrea Lee
$50,000
[115]
584
UFC 268: Usman vs Covington 2
Nov 6, 2021
Madison Square Garden
New York City , New York
United States
20,715
[116]
Justin Gaethje
vs.
Michael Chandler
Marlon Vera
Alex Pereira
$50,000
[117]
Bobby Green
Chris Barnett
583
UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira
Oct 30, 2021
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
20,715
[118]
Petr Yan
vs.
Cory Sandhagen
Glover Teixeira
Khamzat Chimaev
$50,000
[119]
582
UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori
Oct 23, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[120]
Gregory Rodrigues
vs.
Jun Yong Park
Marvin Vettori
Alex Caceres
$50,000
[121]
581
UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont
Oct 16, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[122]
—
Jim Miller
Nate Landwehr
$50,000
[123]
Bruno Silva
Danaa Batgerel
580
UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez
Oct 9, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[124]
Marina Rodriguez
vs.
Mackenzie Dern
Mariya Agapova
Lupita Godinez
$50,000
[125]
579
UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker
Oct 2, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[126]
—
Casey O'Neill
Jamie Mullarkey
$50,000
[127]
Douglas Silva de Andrade
Alejandro Pérez
578
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega
Sep 25, 2021
T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
19,029
[128]
Alexander Volkanovski
vs.
Brian Ortega
Chris Daukaus
Merab Dvalishvili
$50,000
[129]
577
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann
Sep 18, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[130]
—
Anthony Smith
Arman Tsarukyan
$50,000
[131]
Nate Maness
Joaquin Buckley
576
UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till
Sep 4, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[132]
Molly McCann
vs.
Ji Yeon Kim
Paddy Pimblett
Tom Aspinall
$50,000
[133]
575
UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze
Aug 28, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[134]
—
Giga Chikadze
Gerald Meerschaert
$50,000
[135]
Abdul Razak Alhassan
Pat Sabatini
574
UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum
Aug 21, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
N/A
[136]
—
William Knight
Alexandre Pantoja
$50,000
[137]
Ignacio Bahamondes
Josiane Nunes
573
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane
Aug 7, 2021
Toyota Center
Houston , Texas
United States
16,604
[138]
Rafael Fiziev
vs.
Bobby Green
Ciryl Gane
Vicente Luque
$50,000
[139]
Jessica Penne
Miles Johns
572
UFC on ESPN: Hall vs. Strickland
July 31, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
—
Jason Witt
vs.
Bryan Barberena
Cheyanne Vlismas
Melsik Baghdasaryan
$50,000
[140]
571
UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw
July 24, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
15
[141]
Raulian Paiva
vs.
Kyler Phillips
Adrian Yanez
Darren Elkins
$50,000
[142]
570
UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés
July 17, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[143]
Billy Quarantillo
vs.
Gabriel Benítez
Rodrigo Nascimento
Rodolfo Vieira
$50,000
[144]
Mateusz Gamrot
Miesha Tate
569
UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3
July 10, 2021
T-Mobile Arena
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
20,062
[145]
Sean O'Malley
vs.
Kris Moutinho
Tai Tuivasa
Dricus du Plessis
$75,000
[146]
568
UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov
June 26, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[147]
Raoni Barcelos
vs.
Timur Valiev
Marcin Prachnio
Kennedy Nzechukwu
$50,000
[148]
567
UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige
June 19, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[149]
Marlon Vera
vs.
Davey Grant
Matt Brown
Seung Woo Choi
$50,000
[150]
566
UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2
June 12, 2021
Gila River Arena
Glendale , Arizona
United States
17,208
[151]
Brad Riddell
vs.
Drew Dober
Brandon Moreno
Paul Craig
$50,000
[152]
565
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai
June 5, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[153]
Santiago Ponzinibbio
vs.
Miguel Baeza
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Marcin Tybura
$50,000
[154]
564
UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt
May 22, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[155]
Justin Tafa
vs.
Jared Vanderaa
Carla Esparza
Bruno Gustavo da Silva
$50,000
[156]
563
UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler
May 15, 2021
Toyota Center
Houston , Texas
United States
16,005
[157]
Edson Barboza
vs.
Shane Burgos
Charles Oliveira
Christos Giagos
$75,000
[158]
562
UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson
May 8, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[159]
Gregor Gillespie
vs.
Carlos Diego Ferreira
Alex Morono
Carlston Harris
$50,000 (Ferreira missed weight; thus he was ineligible to receive the $50,000 bonus and his bonus went to Gillespie instead.)
[160]
561
UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka
May 1, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[161]
Jiří Procházka
vs.
Dominick Reyes
Jiří Procházka
Giga Chikadze
$50,000
[162]
560
UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2
Apr 24, 2021
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Jacksonville , Florida
United States
15,269
[163]
Jeff Molina
vs.
Aori Qileng
Kamaru Usman
Rose Namajunas
$50,000
[164]
559
UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum
Apr 17, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[165]
Robert Whittaker
vs.
Kelvin Gastelum
Gerald Meerschaert
Tony Gravely
$50,000
[166]
558
UFC on ABC: Vettori vs. Holland
Apr 10, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[167]
Julian Marquez
vs.
Sam Alvey
Mackenzie Dern
Mateusz Gamrot
$50,000
[168]
557
UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2
Mar 27, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[169]
Tyron Woodley
vs.
Vicente Luque
Francis Ngannou
Sean O'Malley
$50,000
[170]
556
UFC on ESPN: Brunson vs. Holland
Mar 20, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[171]
—
Max Griffin
Grant Dawson
$50,000
[172]
Bruno Gustavo da Silva
Adrian Yanez
555
UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad
Mar 13, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[173]
—
Dan Ige
Ryan Spann
$50,000
[174]
Davey Grant
Matthew Semelsberger
554
UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya
Mar 6, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[175]
Kennedy Nzechukwu
vs.
Carlos Ulberg
Uroš Medić
Kai Kara-France
$50,000
[176]
553
UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane
Feb 27, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[177]
Pedro Munhoz
vs.
Jimmie Rivera
Ronnie Lawrence
N/A
$50,000
.[178]
552
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
Feb 20, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[179]
—
Derrick Lewis
Chris Daukaus
$50,000
[180]
Tom Aspinall
Aiemann Zahabi
551
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns
Feb 13, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[181]
—
Kamaru Usman
Julian Marquez
$50,000
[182]
Polyana Viana
Anthony Hernandez
550
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov
Feb 6, 2021
UFC Apex
Las Vegas , Nevada
United States
0
[183]
Beneil Dariush
vs.
Carlos Diego Ferreira
Alexander Volkov
Cory Sandhagen
$50,000
[184]
549
UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2
Jan 24, 2021
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
2,600
[185]
—
Dustin Poirier
Michael Chandler
$50,000
[186]
Makhmud Muradov
Marina Rodriguez
548
UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny
Jan 20, 2021
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
2,000
[187]
Mike Davis
vs.
Mason Jones
Umar Nurmagomedov
Warlley Alves
$50,000
[188]
547
UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar
Jan 16, 2021
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
2,000
[189]
Max Holloway
vs.
Calvin Kattar
Alessio Di Chirico
Li Jingliang
$50,000
[190]
See also
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