2020 in UFC

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2020 in UFC
A poster or logo for 2020 in UFC.
Information
First dateJan 18, 2020
Last dateTBD
Events
Total eventsTBD
UFCTBD
TUF Finale eventsTBD
Fights
Total fightsTBD
Title fightsTBD
Chronology
2019 in UFC 2020 in UFC 2021 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.


Partnership[edit]

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[edit]

These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:

Debut UFC fighters[edit]

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2020:


Suspended fighters[edit]

ISO Name Nickname Division From Duration Tested positive for / Info By Eligible to
fight again 		Ref. Notes
Flag of Brazil.svg Fabrício Werdum * Vai Cavalo Heavyweight April 25, 2018 2 years Trenbolone, an anabolic steroid. USADA April 1, 2020 [11]
[12]
Flag of the United States.svg T.J. Dillashaw Bantamweight January 18, 2019 1 year (NYSAC)
2 years (USADA) 		Erythropoietin (EPO). NYSAC and USADA January 18, 2021 [13]
[14]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yaozong Hu Totoro Light Heavyweight March 9, 2019 10 months Arimistane and its metabolite from contamination supplement. USADA January 9, 2020 [15]
Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Penne Women's Flyweight April 8, 2019 20 months Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. USADA December 8, 2020 [16] Original suspension was 4 years after second violation, but reduced to 20 months in February 2020 by USADA.
Flag of Brazil.svg Melissa Gatto Women's Bantamweight June 5, 2019 1 year Furosemide, a diuretic. USADA June 5, 2020 [17]
Flag of the United States.svg 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 [18]
Flag of Brazil.svg Giacomo Lemos Heavyweight July 9, 2019 2 years Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one. USADA July 9, 2020 [19]
Flag of Brazil.svg John Allan Arte Light Heavyweight July 13, 2019 1 year Tamoxifen. USADA and CSAC July 13, 2020 [19] Fined $4,800 by the CSAC.
Flag of Brazil.svg Istela Nunes Women's Strawweight July 22, 2019 2 years Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. USADA July 22, 2021 [20]
Flag of the United States.svg Sean O'Malley Bantamweight August 6, 2019 6 months Ostarine. USADA February 6, 2020 [21]
Flag of Germany.svg Khalid Taha The Warrior Bantamweight October 6, 2019 1 year Furosemide, a diuretic. USADA October 6, 2020 [22]
Flag of Brazil.svg 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 [23]
Flag of the United States.svg 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 [24] Ostarine came from a tainted supplement.
Flag of the United States.svg 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 [24] Ostarine came from a tainted supplement.
Flag of Brazil.svg 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 [25]
Flag of Brazil.svg 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 (the Brazilian Athletic Commission) November 16, 2021 [25]

Title fights[edit]

Title fights in 2020
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko (c) def. Katlyn Chookagian TKO (elbows and punches) 3 1:03 UFC 247 [a]
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones (c) def. Dominick Reyes Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 48–47, 48–47) 5 5:00 UFC 247 [b]
Flyweight Deiveson Figueiredo def. Joseph Benavidez TKO (punches) 2 1:54 UFC Fight Night 169 [c]
Women's Strawweight Zhang Weili (c) def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk Decision (split) (48–47, 48–47, 47–48) 5 5:00 UFC 248 [d]
Middleweight Israel Adesanya (c) def. Yoel Romero Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) 5 5:00 UFC 248 [e]
Lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) vs. Tony Ferguson UFC 249 [f]
Women's Featherweight Amanda Nunes (c) vs. Felicia Spencer UFC 250 [g]
Bantamweight Henry Cejudo (c) vs. José Aldo UFC 250 [h]
Women's Flyweight Valentina Shevchenko (c) vs. Joanne Calderwood UFC 251 [i]
  1. ^ For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.
  2. ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  3. ^ For the vacant UFC Flyweight Championship. Figueiredo missed weight (127.5 lbs) and became ineligible to win the title.
  4. ^ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
  5. ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
  6. ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  7. ^ For the UFC Women's Featherweight Championship.
  8. ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  9. ^ For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship.

Events List[edit]

Main article: List of UFC events

Scheduled events[edit]

Event Date Venue City Country Ref.
UFC Fight Night Aug 15, 2020 3Arena Dublin Ireland [26]
UFC 252 July 11, 2020 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas United States [27]
UFC on ESPN 9 June 27, 2020 Frank Erwin Center Austin, Texas United States [28]
UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Volkov June 20, 2020 SaskTel Centre Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada [29]
UFC Fight Night 176 June 13, 2020 Almaty Arena Nur-Sultan Kazakhstan [30]
UFC 251 June 6, 2020 Perth Arena Perth Australia [31]
UFC Fight Night 175 May 16, 2020 Pechanga Arena San Diego, California United States [32]
UFC 250: Cejudo vs. Aldo May 9, 2020 Ginásio do Ibirapuera São Paulo Brazil [33]
UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman May 2, 2020 Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States [34]
UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira Apr 25, 2020 Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, Nebraska United States [35]
UFC 249: Khabib vs. Ferguson Apr 18, 2020 Barclays Center Brooklyn, New York United States [36]
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris Apr 11, 2020 (postponed) TBA TBA TBA [37]
UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik Mar 28, 2020 (postponed) TBA TBA TBA [37]
UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards Mar 21, 2020 (postponed) TBA TBA TBA [37]

Past events[edit]

# Event Date Venue City Country Atten. Ref. Fight of the Night Performance of the Night Bonus Ref.
513 UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira Mar 14, 2020 Ginásio Nilson Nelson Brasília Brazil None [38] Maryna Moroz vs. Mayra Bueno Silva Charles Oliveira Gilbert Burns $50,000 [39]
512 UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero Mar 7, 2020 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas United States 15,077 [40] Zhang Weili vs. Joanna Jędrzejczyk Beneil Dariush Sean O'Malley $50,000 [41]
511 UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo Feb 29, 2020 Chartway Arena Norfolk United States 7,098 [42] Kyler Phillips vs. Gabriel Silva Megan Anderson Jordan Griffin $50,000 [43]
510 UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker Feb 23, 2020 Spark Arena Auckland New Zealand 10,025 [44] Dan Hooker vs. Paul Felder Jimmy Crute Priscila Cachoeira $50,000 [45]
509 UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 Feb 15, 2020 Santa Ana Star Center Rio Rancho United States 6,449 [46] Scott Holtzman vs. Jim Miller Jan Błachowicz Daniel Rodriguez $50,000 [47]
508 UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes Feb 8, 2020 Toyota Center Houston United States 17,401 [48] Trevin Giles vs. James Krause Kalinn Williams Mario Bautista $50,000 [49]
507 UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. dos Santos Jan 25, 2020 PNC Arena Raleigh United States 14,533 [50] Brett Johns vs. Tony Gravely Alex Perez Herbert Burns $50,000 [51]
506 UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cowboy Jan 18, 2020 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas United States 19,040 [52] N/A Conor McGregor $50,000 [53]
Aleksei Oleinik Brian Kelleher
Drew Dober Carlos Diego Ferreira

See also[edit]

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