2020 in UFC
The year 2020 will be the 28th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
2020 in UFC | ||||
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Information | ||||
First date | Jan 18, 2020 | |||
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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Partnership
Starting in 2021, a partnership between the UFC and Dapper Labs's Flow platform for MMA fans to own, maintain and trade UFC-branded collectibles was announced on February 26, 2020.[1]
Releases and retirements
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
- Ben Sauders - Released in January - Welterweight[2]
- Brad Katona - Released in February - Bantamweight[2]
- Brandon Davis - Released in January - Featherweight[2]
- Carlos Huachin - Released in January - Bantamweight[2]
- Charles Byrd - Retired in June - Middleweight[3]
- Cyril Asker - Released in March - Heavyweight[4]
- Daniel Spitz - Released in January - Heavyweight[2]
- Darko Stošić - Released in January - Light Heavyweight[2]
- Desmond Green - Released in January - Lightweight
- Dong Hyun Ma - Released in March - Lightweight[4]
- Gina Mazany - Released in January - Women's Bantamweight[5]
- Grigory Popov - Released in January - Bantamweight[2]
- Hector Aldana - Released in January - Welterweight[2]
- Henry Cejudo - Retired in May - Bantamweight[6]
- Isabella de Pádua - Released in March - Women's Flyweight[4]
- Khalid Murtazaliev - Released in March - Middleweight[4]
- Ismail Naurdiev - Choose not to resign in March - Welterweight[4]
- Jin Soon Son - Released in January - Bantamweight[7]
- Jodie Esquibel - Released in March - Women's Strawweight[8]
- Jordan Mein - Signed with Bellator MMA in January - Welterweight[9]
- Juan Adams - Released in January - Heavyweight[10]
- Júnior Albini - Released in January - Heavyweight
- Kalindra Faria - Released in February - Women's Flyweight
- Kyle Bochniak - Released in January - Featherweight[11]
- Kyle Prepolec - Released in March - Lightweight[4]
- Lucie Pudilová - Released in January - Women's Bantamweight[2]
- Luke Jumeau - Released in January - Welterweight[2]
- Marcos Rosa Mariano - Released in March - Lightweight[4]
- Martin Bravo - Released in January - Featherweight[2]
- Matthew Lopez - Released in March - Bantamweight[4]
- Nathan Coy - Released in February - Welterweight[12]
- Nordine Taleb - Signed with ARES FC in January - Welterweight[13]
- Polo Reyes - Released in January - Featherweight[2]
- Salim Touahri - Released in January - Welterweight[2]
- Talita Bernardo - Released in March - Women's Bantamweight[4]
- Thiago Alves - Released in January - Welterweight[14]
- Tonya Evinger - Released in March - Women's Bantamweight[4]
- Wuliji Buren - Released in January - Bantamweight
- Yaozong Hu - Released in March - Light Heavyweight[4]
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2020:
- Aalon Cruz - UFC Fight Night 169
- Aleksa Camur - UFC 246
- Anthony Ivy - UFC on ESPN 10
- Austin Lingo - UFC 247
- Brandon Royval - UFC on ESPN 9
- Brok Weaver - UFC Fight Night 167
- Christian Aguilera - UFC on ESPN 10
- Daniel Rodriguez - UFC Fight Night 167
- Darrick Minner - UFC Fight Night 169
- David Dvořák - UFC Fight Night 170
- Gabriel Green - UFC on ESPN 10
- Gustavo Lopez - UFC on ESPN 10
- Herbert Burns - UFC Fight Night 166
- Irwin Rivera - UFC on ESPN 8
- Isaac Villanueva - UFC Fight Night 171
- Jamahal Hill - UFC Fight Night 166
- Jamall Emmers - UFC 248
- Justin Jaynes - UFC on ESPN 11
- Kalinn Williams - UFC 247
- Kyler Phillips - UFC Fight Night 169
- Nate Landwehr - UFC Fight Night 166
- Mariya Agapova - UFC on ESPN 10
- Max Rohskopf - UFC on ESPN 11
- Norma Dumont Viana - UFC Fight Night 169
- Ode Osbourne - UFC 246
- Philipe Lins - UFC Fight Night 171
- Rodrigo Nascimento - UFC on ESPN 8
- Shanna Young - UFC Fight Night 167
- Spike Carlyle - UFC Fight Night 169
- Steve Garcia - UFC Fight Night 169
- T.J. Brown - UFC Fight Night 169
- Tony Gravely - UFC Fight Night 166
- Youssef Zalal - UFC 247
- Zarrukh Adashev - UFC on ESPN 10
Suspended fighters
ISO | Name | Nickname | Division | From | Duration | Tested positive for / Info | By | Eligible to fight again |
Ref. | Notes |
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Fabrício Werdum | Vai Cavalo | Heavyweight | April 25, 2018 | 2 years | Trenbolone, an anabolic steroid. | USADA | April 1, 2020 | [15] [16] |
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T.J. Dillashaw | Bantamweight | January 18, 2019 | 1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA) |
Erythropoietin (EPO). | NYSAC and USADA | January 18, 2021 | [17] [18] |
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Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | March 9, 2019 | 2 years | Exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one. | USADA | March 9, 2021 | [19] | |||
Yaozong Hu | Totoro | Light Heavyweight | March 9, 2019 | Initially 1 year but reduced to 10 months | Arimistane and its metabolite from contamination supplement. | USADA | January 9, 2020 | [4] [20] |
Released | |
Jessica Penne | Women's Flyweight | April 8, 2019 | Initially 4 years but reduced to 20 months | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | December 8, 2020 | [21] | Original suspension was 4 years after second violation, but reduced to 20 months in February 2020 | ||
Melissa Gatto | Women's Bantamweight | June 5, 2019 | 1 year | Furosemide, a diuretic. | USADA | June 5, 2020 | [22] | |||
Bruno Silva | Blindado | Middleweight | June 14, 2019 | 2 years | Boldenone and its metabolite. | USADA | June 14, 2021 | [23] | ||
Vince Murdock | Featherweight | July 6, 2019 | 20 months | GW1516, a hormone modulator that is better known as cardarine. It is often sold on the black market as endurobol. |
USADA | March 6, 2021 | [24] | |||
Giacomo Lemos | Heavyweight | July 9, 2019 | 2 years | Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one. | USADA | July 9, 2021 | [25] | |||
John Allan Arte | Light Heavyweight | July 13, 2019 | 1 year | Tamoxifen. | USADA and CSAC | July 13, 2020 | [25] | Fined $4,800 by the CSAC | ||
Istela Nunes | Women's Strawweight | July 22, 2019 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | July 22, 2021 | [26] | |||
Sean O'Malley | Bantamweight | August 6, 2019 | 6 months | Ostarine. | USADA | February 6, 2020 | [27] | |||
Khalid Taha | The Warrior | Bantamweight | October 6, 2019 | 1 year | Furosemide (diuretics). | USADA | October 6, 2020 | [28] | ||
Priscila Cachoeira | Women's Flyweight | October 12, 2019 | 4 months | Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4amino-6chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB). | USADA | February 12, 2020 | [29] | |||
Ovince Saint Preux | OSP | Light Heavyweight | October 25, 2019 | 3 months | Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). | USADA | January 25, 2020 | [30] | Ostarine came from a tainted supplement | |
Diego Sanchez | Nightmare | Welterweight | October 26, 2019 | 3 months | Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). | USADA | January 26, 2020 | [30] | Ostarine came from a tainted supplement | |
Kelvin Gastelum | Middleweight | November 3, 2019 | Initially 9 months but reduced to 5 months | Marijuana | USADA | April 3, 2020 | [31] | Original suspension was 9 months but reduced to 5 months after Gastelum's successful completion of a drug treatment program | ||
Isabella de Pádua | Belinha | Women's Flyweight | November 16, 2019 | 2 years | 19-Norandrosterone (19-NA), the main urinary metabolite of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) and other 19-norsteroids (class of anabolic agent). | USADA and CABMMA | November 16, 2021 | [19] [32] |
Released | |
Rachael Ostovich | Women's Flyweight | January 3, 2020 | 8 months | Ostarine and GW1516. | USADA | September 9, 2020 | [33] | Prohibited substance found in supplement | ||
Title fights
- For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Flyweight Championship. Figueiredo missed weight (127.5 lbs) and became ineligible to win the title.
- For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
- For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- For the interim UFC Lightweight Championship.
- For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Bantamweight Championship.
- For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
- For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
- For the vacant UFC Flyweight Championship.
- For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
Events List
Scheduled events
Event | Date | Venue | City | Country | Ref. | Notes |
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UFC Fight Night 178 | Aug 29, 2020 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [34] | Planned |
UFC Fight Night 177 | Aug 22, 2020 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [35] | Planned |
UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 | Aug 15, 2020 | UFC APEX | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [36] | Planned |
UFC Fight Night 176 | Aug 8, 2020 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [37] | Planned |
UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Aldana | Aug 1, 2020 | TBD | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [38] | Planned |
UFC Fight Night: Whittaker vs. Till | Jul 25, 2020 | UFC Fight Island | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | [39] | Planned |
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 | Jul 19, 2020 | UFC Fight Island | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | [40] | Planned |
UFC Fight Night: Kattar vs. Ige | Jul 16, 2020 | UFC Fight Island | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | [39] | Planned |
UFC 251: Usman vs. Burns | Jul 12, 2020 | UFC Fight Island | Yas Island, Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | [41] | Planned |
UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker | Jun 27, 2020 | UFC APEX | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [42] | Planned |
Past events
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