UFC Event History

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May 29, 2010
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
The UFC Fan Expo took place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center the weekend of the fight. The full fight card featured five Ultimate Fighter season champions Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping, Diego Sanchez, Amir Sadollah and Efrain Escudero. Forrest Griffin was also scheduled to be another Ultimate Fighter winner to compete, but had to pull out due to a shoulder injury.
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April 10, 2010
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
UFC 113 featured the rematch between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Rua for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. Machida first met Shogun at UFC 104, where Lyoto Machida retained his belt by a controversial unanimous decision.
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April 10, 2010
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
UFC 112 consisted of fights between Silva & Maia, Penn & Edgar and Hughes and Gracie
UFC 112 was the first event to be held outdoors in an open-air arena. The Concert Arena (at the Ferrari World theme park) was erected as a temporary venue for the event and was torn down the following week.
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March 27, 2010
Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey
The UFC Primetime series returned to build up the UFC Welterweight Championship fight between Georges St-Pierre and Dan Hardy. IThis was the first time a British fighter had ever fought for a UFC title. A second main event was added due to the extended medical absence of current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. Frank Mir and Shane Carwin fought for the Interim Heavyweight Championship.
UFC 111: St-Pierre vs Hardy was seen in movie theaters throughout the United States via National CineMedia's Fathom event distribution service and played in Canada at the Cineplex Odeon chain.
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Main
Heavyweight: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cain Velasquez
Middleweight: Wanderlei Silva vs. Michael Bisping
Lightweight: Joe Stevenson vs. George Sotiropoulos
Light Heavyweight: Keith Jardine vs. Ryan Bader
Heavyweight: Mirko Filipović vs. Ben Rothwell
Preliminary Card
Light Heavyweight: Elvis Sinosic vs. Chris Haseman
Light Heavyweight: Stephan Bonnar vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Welterweight: Chris Lytle vs. Brian Foster
Middleweight: C.B. Dollaway vs. Goran Reljic
Light Heavyweight: James Te-Huna vs. Igor Pokrajac

February 6, 2010
Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Finally, Randy Couture faced off with Mark Coleman, a bout that was scheduled to take place in 1998 at UFC 17, but was called off due to and injury Randy sustained.
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January 2, 2010
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
This event had serious problems with injuries causing fights to be postponed.
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December 12, 2009
FedExForum, Memphis, Tennesee
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November 21, 2009
Mandalay Bay Events Center
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November 14, 2009, Manchester Evening News Arena, England
UFC 105 is an interesting card that does not have a championship bout but does have several title contenders fighting against each other. First, Randy Couture versus Brandon Vera with Randy dropping down in weight and Vera trying to prove his prowess in the light heavyweight division. Second, Mike Swick vs Dan Hardy with the winner most likely getting a chance to fight GSP for the Championship. Third, Michael Bisping versus Denis Kang with Bisping trying to regroup from his knockout loss to Dan Henderson, and Kang trying to prove himself in the Middleweight division with a strong test against Bisping. Fourth, James Wilks versus Matt Brown, Wilks, who won The Ultimate Fighter season 9, will be tested in fighting the experienced Matt Brown with both wanting to show their strength in the Welterweight division. Fifth, Ross Pearson versus Aaron Riley, Ross Pearson, who won The Ultimate Fighter season 9, wants to prove he has what it takes to be in the UFC and Riley who has tons of experience and will try to become a top contender at the Lightweight division. (Read Commentary)

UFC 104: MACHIDA VS. SHOGUN
October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California
Main Card
Light Heavyweight Championship: Lyoto Machida (c) vs. Mauricio Rua
Heavyweight: Cain Velasquez vs. Ben Rothwell
Lightweight: Gleison Tibau vs. Josh Neer
Lightweight: Joe Stevenson vs. Spencer Fisher
Welterweight: Anthony Johnson vs. Yoshiyuki Yoshida
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight: Antoni Hardonk vs. Patrick Barry
Middleweight: Yushin Okami vs. Chael Sonnen
Middleweight: Jorge Rivera vs. Rob Kimmons
Light Heavyweight: Ryan Bader vs. Eric Schafer
Light Heavyweight: Kyle Kingsbury vs. Razak Al-Hassan
Heavyweight: Stefan Struve vs. Chase Gormley

UFC 103: FRANKLIN VS NOGUEIRA
September 19, 2009 in Dallas, Texas, American Airlines Center
Catchweight (195lb): Rich Franklin vs. Vitor Belfort
Heavyweight: Mirko Filipović vs. Junior dos Santos
Welterweight: Martin Kampmann vs. Paul Daley
Welterweight: Josh Koscheck vs. Frank Trigg
Lightweight: Tyson Griffin vs. Hermes Franca
Lightweight: Efrain Escudero vs. Cole Miller
Middleweight: Drew McFedries vs. Tomasz Drwal
Lightweight: Jim Miller vs. Steve Lopez
Lightweight: Rafaello Oliveira vs. Nik Lentz
Welterweight: Rick Story vs. Brian Foster
Light Heavyweight: Eliot Marshall vs. Jason Brilz
Light Heavyweight: Vladimir Matyushenko vs. Igor Pokrajac
Lightweight: Rob Emerson vs. Rafael dos Anjos
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UFC 102: COUTURE VS NOGUEIRA
August 29, 2009 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon
Heavyweight: Randy Couture vs. Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
Light Heavyweight: Keith Jardine vs. Thiago Silva
Middleweight: Chris Leben vs. Jake Rosholt
Middleweight: Nate Marquardt vs. Demian Maia
Light Heavyweight: Brandon Vera vs. Krzysztof Soszynski
Middleweight: Ed Herman vs. Aaron Simpson
Heavyweight: Gabriel Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer
Heavyweight: Justin McCully vs. Mike Russow
Heavyweight: Tim Hague vs. Todd Duffee
Middleweight: Nick Catone vs. Mark Muñoz
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UFC 101: Declaration
August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lightweight Championship: B.J. Penn vs. Kenny Florian
Light Heavyweight: Anderson Silva vs. Forrest Griffin
Welterweight: Amir Sadollah vs. Johny Hendricks
Lightweight: Shane Nelson vs. Aaron Riley
Middleweight: Kendall Grove vs. Ricardo Almeida
Lightweight: Josh Neer vs. Kurt Pellegrino
Welterweight: Jesse Lennox vs. Danillo Villefort
Lightweight: George Sotiropoulos vs. George Roop
Welterweight: Matt Riddle vs. Dan Cramer
Middleweight: Thales Leites vs. Alessio Sakara
Welterweight: Tamdan McCrory vs. John Howard
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July 11, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada
Heavyweight Championship: Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Interim Champion Frank Mir
Welterweight Championship: Georges St-Pierre vs. Thiago Alves
Middleweight:: Dan Henderson vs. Michael Bisping
Welterweight:: Jon Fitch vs. Paulo Thiago
Middleweight: Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Alan Belcher
Light Heavyweight: Mark Coleman vs. Stephan Bonnar
Lightweight: Mac Danzig vs. Jim Miller
Light Heavyweight: Jon Jones vs. Jake O'Brien
Welterweight: Dong Hyun Kim vs. TJ Grant
Middleweight: C.B. Dollaway vs. Tom Lawlor
Lightweight: Matt Grice vs. Shannon Gugerty
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June 13, 2009, Cologne, Germany
The main event was a catchweight* bout between Rich Franklin and Wanderlei Silva and included Cheick Kongo vs. Cain Velasquez and the return of Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, who took on Mostapha Al Turk.
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May 23, 2009
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
The main event had Rashad Evans go up against undefeated contender Lyoto Machida. UFC 98 also featured the long anticipated "grudge" match between The Ultimate Fighter 6 coaches Matt Hughes and Matt Serra. Many of the fights scheduled for this card did not take placed due to injuries to fighters.
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April 18, 2009
The main events was the Middleweight bout between Anderson Silva and Thales Leites and the Light Heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua.
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March 7, 2009
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio.
The main event was the Light Heavyweight bout between Quinton Jackson and Keith Jardine.
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February 21, 2009
The O2 Arena, London, England.
Was free on Spike TV
UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson was held on February 21, 2009 at The O2 Arena in London, England. It was broadcast live for fans in Europe and Canada and later tape delayed for U.S. viewers on Spike TV.
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January 31, 2009
The main event featured a rematch of UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre against the UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn for the UFC Welterweight Championship. Georges St.-Pierre defeated BJ Penn by TKO (corner stoppage) after the end of round 4. The co-main event featured a Light heavyweight match between two undefeated fighters, Lyoto Machida and Thiago Silva, who both own perfect 13-0 records. yoto Machida defeated Thiago Silva via KO (punch) at 4:59 of round 1.
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January 17, 2009
The O2, Dublin. Dublin, Ireland
The main event was a light heavyweight bout between former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE middleweight (205 lbs) and welterweight (183 lbs) Champion Dan Henderson. The winner of this fight could be the opposing coach to Michael Bisping for the Ultimate Fighter Season 9. The co-main event featured a light heavyweight rematch between returning stars, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, the PRIDE 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix winner, and the PRIDE 2000 Open Weight Grand Prix winner, UFC Hall of Famer and former heavyweight champion Mark Coleman.
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December 27, 2008
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
On Saturday, December 27, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, Forrest Griffin took on Rashad Evans in the main event and Rashad Evans walked away with the Light Heavyweight Title.. The co-main event saw Heavyweight Champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira take on the #1 heavyweight contender and former UFC Heavyweight champion Frank Mir and Mir put on an awesome performance taking the Interim Heavyweight Title.
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November 15, 2008
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas Nevada
On Saturday, November 15, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, It's was the biggest fight in mixed martial arts history! 3-time UFC® Heavyweight Champ Randy "The Natural" Couture returned to the Octagon™ and lost his title to wrestling powerhouse Brock Lesnar. Randy was technically winning when Lesnar got him to the ground and proceeded to win by ground and pound. Sad night for mma!
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October 25, 2008
Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
The world's greatest pound for pound fighter, Anderson "The Spider" Silva, fought and retained his middleweight title against his number one contender, Patrick "The Predator" Cote.
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October 18, 2008
National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
UFC 89 featured a middleweight bout between Michael Bisping and Chris Leben.
After the event, Chris Leben tested positive for Stanozolol, which is a banned substance. Leben was suspended for 9 months and fined one third of his purse. Leben admitted he had used the substance several monthsbefore the fight, and he stated that he assumed it would have been out of his system by fight time.
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September 6, 2008
Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Wow what a card! Chuck Liddel faced off with Rashad Evans could get a shot at the title. Rich Franklin defeated Matt Hamill, who trained under Tito Ortiz on the third season of The Ultimate Figher. Brazilian Top Team star Rousimar “Toquinho” Palhares was defeated by Dan Henderson and the Karo Parisyan against the new Japanese fighter Yoahiyuki Yoshida, of Shooto and Cage Force fame bout was canceled.

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August 9, 2008
Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Georges 'Rush' St-Pierre kept the UFC® Welterweight Championship at UFC® 87: SEEK AND DESTROY, in what was a very good fight. He is truly an athlete, and not just a fighter. He is what the sport should be all about, guys who know how to train as atheltes and are willing to do so! BJ Penn broke into the cage and challenged St-Pierre. A fight to look forward to! Then, hometown hero Brock Lesnar returned to the Octagon™ to seek redemption in the Heavyweight Division and won. Lightweight contenders Kenny 'KenFlo' Florian and Roger 'El Matador' Huerta battled it out with Florian beating Huerta by decision.
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July 5, 2008
Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
UFC 86: Jackson vs. Griffin held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 5, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The title bout was between Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Forrest Griffin, who were coaches on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest. This fight was for the UFC light heavyweight championship which was held by Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
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June 7, 2008
The O2 Arena, London, England

Former two-time UFC® welterweight champion Matt Hughes went after an unprecedented third title against Brazilian slugger Thiago “Pitbull” Alevs, but did not . Other bouts feature Michael “The Count” Bisping, Brandon “The Truth” Vera, Fabricio “Vai Cavalo” Werdum, Mike “Quick” Swick, and Marcus “The Irish Hand Grenade” Davis.
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May 24, 2008
MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Lightweight Champion BJ “The Prodigy” Penn and former champion Sean “The Muscle Shark” Sherk faced off and determined that BJ Penn is king of the 155 pound, lightweight division. In the light heavyweight division we saw superfights by “The Huntington Beach Bad Boy”, Tito Ortiz, who took on undefeated Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, and “The Axe Murderer”, Wanderlei Silva, went after “The Dean of Mean”, Keith Jardine.
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April 19, 2008
Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"UFC® went to Canada for the first time ever on Saturday, April 19th! One year ago, Matt "The Terror" Serra shocked the world by defeating Georges "Rush" St-Pierre for the UFC® Welterweight Championship. Now, after defeating Matt Hughes in December, St-Pierre entered the Octagon™ as the Interim Welterweight Champion facing the man who took his title - this time, in his home province of Quebec. St-Pierre beat Matt Serra! The undisputed king of the 170-pound weight class was determined at UFC® 83: SERRA VS. ST-PIERRE 2. Congratulation George St-Pierre!!! More UFC: 83 fight results below!
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March 1, 2008
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

On Saturday, March 1, one of the biggest questions in all of mixed martial arts was be answered - who is the greatest middleweight fighter in the world and UFC® Middleweight Champion? Anderson "The Spider" Silva took on PRIDE 185 lb. champion Dan Henderson in the pivotal battle that determine the undisputed king of the middleweights. Anderson Silva one UFC 82: PRIDE OF A CHAMPION!
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February 2, 2008
Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada
On the night before the biggest football game of the year, UFC® took center stage with an immense night of hard-hitting heavyweight fight action. At UFC 81, former UFC® heavyweight champion Frank Mir put wrestling superstar Brock Lesnar to the ultimate test, as Lesnar made his move from the squared circle into the Octagon™ to prove that he is for real. The new UFC heavyweight king was decided as Tim "The Maine-iac" Sylvia faced Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira for the Interim UFC Heavyweight Title. Here are the results!
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January 19, 2008
Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
"The Prodigy BJ Penn and Joe "Daddy" Stevenson fought for the interim UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. The main event was originally scheduled for an interim lightweight championship between Sean Sherk and Bj Penn but, then-lightweight champion Sean Sherk, was stripped of his title after the California State Athletic Commission upheld his suspension for testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone. With Sherk's loss of the lightweight championship belt, the Penn-Stevenson bout would determine the undisputed championship. (More Info, Results and Promo Video)

December 29, 2007
Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada

UFC 79: NEMESIS took place on Saturday, December 29 on Pay-Per-View - Georges "Rush" St-Pierre vs. Matt Hughes for the UFC Interim Welterweight Championship, and Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell vs. Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva in a mixed martial arts fan's dream match. Plus, the UFC debut of Sokoudjou who faces Lyoto Machida took place.
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November 17, 2007
Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey

For the first time ever, two winners of The Ultimate Fighter went head to head - as Rashad Evans and Michael Bisping faced off inside the Octagon. Plus, 205 lb. knockout artist Houston Alexander was put to the test as he faced the heavy handed Thiago Silva.
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