2015 in UFC explained

The year 2015 was the 23rd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

The Ultimate Fighter

The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2015:

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 21: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians	July 12, 2015	Welterweight	Kamaru Usman	Hayder Hassan
TUF: Brazil 4	August 1, 2015	Lightweight	Glaico França	Fernando Bruno
		Bantamweight	Reginaldo Vieira	Dileno Lopes
TUF: Latin America 2	November 21, 2015	Welterweight	Erick Montaño	Enrique Marin
		Lightweight	Enrique Barzola	Horacio Gutiérrez
TUF 22: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber	December 11, 2015	Lightweight	Ryan Hall	Artem Lobov

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2015:

• Abner Lloveras
• Alex Oliveira
• Alex Torres
• Aleksandra Albu
• Álvaro Herrera
• Andrew Holbrook
• Anthony Christodoulou
• Anton Zafir
• Arnold Allen
• Artem Lobov
• Bartosz Fabiński
• Ben Nguyen
• Bentley Syler
• Bruno Rodrigues
• Cesar Arzamendia
• Chris de la Rocha
• Chris Gruetzemacher
• Cody Garbrandt
• Cody Pfister
• Cortney Casey
• Damian Stasiak
• Daniel Jolly
• Danny Roberts
• Darren Till
• Dileno Lopes
• Dominic Waters
• Dong Hyun Kim
• Dominique Steele
• Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
• Enrique Barzola
• Erick Montaño
• Ericka Almeida
• Fernando Bruno
• Frankie Perez
• Francis Ngannou
• Fredy Serrano
• Garreth McLellan
• Geane Herrera
• Glaico França
• Hayder Hassan
• Horacio Gutiérrez
• Holly Holm
• Islam Makhachev
• Izabela Badurek
• Jared Cannonier
• Jason Knight
• Jimmie Rivera
• Joaquim Silva
• Jocelyn Jones-Lybarger
• Joe Merritt
• Jonathan Wilson
• Jonavin Webb
• Joseph Duffy
• Julian Erosa
• Kamaru Usman
• Karolina Kowalkiewicz
• Konstantin Erokhin
• Leo Kuntz
• Levan Makashvili
• Lewis Gonzalez
• Łukasz Sajewski
• Luis Henrique
• Magomed Mustafaev
• Makwan Amirkhani
• Polo Reyes
• Marcin Wrzosek
• Marion Reneau
• Maryna Moroz
• Masio Fullen
• Matheus Nicolau
• Michael Graves
• Mickael Lebout
• Misha Cirkunov
• Nazareno Malegarie
• Nicolas Dalby
• Oluwale Bamgbose
• Paul Redmond
• Reginaldo Vieira
• Rocky Lee
• Roger Zapata
• Ron Stallings
• Ryan Hall
• Sage Northcutt
• Scott Holtzman
• Shamil Abdurakhimov
• Sirwan Kakai
• Shane Campbell
• Steve Bossé
• Steve Kennedy
• Steve Montgomery
• Stevie Ray
• Sultan Aliev
• Taylor Lapilus
• Teemu Packalen
• Teruto Ishihara
• Timothy Johnson
• Tom Breese
• Tony Sims
• Valentina Shevchenko
• Vernon Ramos
• Vicente Luque
• Yusuke Kasuya

Events list

See main article: List of UFC events.

	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
344			Amway Center	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	[1]
343	UFC 194: Aldo vs. McGregor		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[2]
342	The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale		The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[3]
341			The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[4]
340			Olympic Gymnastics Arena	Seoul, South Korea	[5]
339	The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2 Finale		Arena Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	[6]
338	UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm		Etihad Stadium	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	[7]
337			Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	[8]
336			3Arena	Dublin, Ireland	rowspan="1
335	UFC 192: Cormier vs. Gustafsson		Toyota Center	Houston, Texas, U.S.	[9]
334			Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	[10]
333	UFC 191: Johnson vs. Dodson 2		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[11]
332			SaskTel Centre	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	[12]
331			Bridgestone Arena	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	[13]
330	UFC 190: Rousey vs. Correia		HSBC Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[14]
329			United Center	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	[15]
328			The SSE Hydro	Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.	[16]
327			Valley View Casino Center	San Diego, California, U.S.	[17]
326	The Ultimate Fighter: American Top Team vs. Blackzilians Finale		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[18]
325	UFC 189: Mendes vs. McGregor		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[19]
324			Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino	Hollywood, Florida, U.S.	[20]
323			O2 World	Berlin, Germany	[21]
322	UFC 188: Velasquez vs. Werdum		Arena Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico	[22]
321			Smoothie King Center	New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.	[23]
320			Goiânia Arena	Goiânia, Brazil	[24]
319	UFC 187: Johnson vs. Cormier		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[25]
318			Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay, Philippines	[26]
317			Adelaide Entertainment Centre		[27]
316	UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi		Bell Centre	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	[28]
315			Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	[29]
314			Tauron Arena Kraków	Kraków, Poland	[30]
313			Patriot Center	Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.	[31]
312			Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	[32]
311	UFC 185: Pettis vs. dos Anjos		American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	[33]
310	UFC 184: Rousey vs. Zingano		Staples Center	Los Angeles, California, U.S.	[34]
309			Ginásio Gigantinho	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	[35]
308			1stBank Center	Broomfield, Colorado, U.S.	[36]
307	UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[37]
306			Tele2 Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	[38]
305			TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	[39]
304	UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	[40]

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events

External links

• UFC past events on UFC.com
• UFC events results at Sherdog.com
• UFC Upcoming events and Past event results at Boldtiger.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: UFC on FOX 17 Dos Anjos vs Cerrone 2 Gate and Attendance from Orlando. Staff. mmaweekly.com. 2015-12-19. 2015-12-19.
2. Web site: UFC 194 draws reported 16,516 attendance for $10.1 million live gate. Staff. mmajunkie.com. 2015-12-13. 2015-12-13.
3. News: TUF 22 Finale draws sellout for $450,000 gate in Las Vegas. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-12-12. 2015-12-12.
4. News: UFC Fight Night 80 draws reported 1,643 attendance for $234,725 gate in Las Vegas. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-12-11. 2015-12-11.
5. News: UFC Fight Night 79 draws reported 12,156 attendance for first event in South Korea. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-11-28. 2015-11-28.
6. News: UFC Fight Night 78 draws announced 10,410 fans for debut in Monterrey, Mexico. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-11-22. 2015-11-22.
7. News: UFC 193 crowd of 56,214 sets company attendance record. mmafighting.com. Dave Doyle. 2015-11-15. 2015-11-15.
8. News: UFC Fight Night 77 post-fight facts. mmajunkie.com. Mike Bohn. 2015-11-08. 2015-11-08.
9. News: UFC 192 attendance, live gate: Event ranks fourth of four all-time events at Toyota Center. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-10-04. 2015-10-04.
10. Web site: UFC Fight Night 75: Barnett vs. Nelson attendance figures from Japan. mmaweekly.com. Staff. 2015-09-27. 2015-09-27.
11. News: UFC 191 draws 10,873 attendance for $1,362,700 live gate in Las Vegas. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-09-06. 2015-09-06.
12. News: UFC Fight Night 74 attendance: Saskatchewan debut draws announced 7,202 fans. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-08-24. 2015-08-24.
13. Web site: UFC Fight Night 73 draws announced attendance of 7,539 for $454,551 gate. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-08-09. 2015-08-09.
14. Web site: UFC 190 draws announced attendance of 14,723 for Rousey-Correia in Brazil. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-08-02. 2015-08-02.
15. News: UFC on FOX 16 draws 11,663 attendance for $1.2 million live gate. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-07-25. 2015-07-25.
16. News: UFC Fight Night 72 draws announced attendance of 10,451 for $1.5 million live gate. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-07-18. 2015-07-18.
17. News: UFC Fight Night 71 draws reported attendance of 5,471 for $412,000 gate. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-07-16. 2015-07-16.
18. News: TUF 21 Finale draws reported 4,844 attendance for $291,000 live gate. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-07-13. 2015-07-13.
19. News: UFC 189 draws announced attendance of 16,019 for record $7.2 million live gate. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-07-12. 2015-07-12.
20. News: UFC Fight Night 70 draws sellout crowd of 5,604. MMAjunkie.com. Staff. 2015-06-28. 2015-06-28.
21. Web site: UFC Fight Night 69 draws an announced 8,155 fans. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-06-20. 2015-06-20.
22. Web site: UFC 188 draws reported 21,036 fans for Werdum's upset of Velasquez in Mexico City. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-06-14. 2015-06-14.
23. News: UFC Fight Night 68 draws announced 6,231 attendance for $621,523 live gate. MMAjunkie.com. Staff. 2015-06-07. 2015-06-07.
24. Web site: UFC Fight Night 67 draws announced 3,500 attendance in Brazil. mmajunkie.com. Staff. 2015-05-31. 2015-05-31.
25. News: UFC 187 draws reported attendance of 12,615 fans for $5,189,167 live gate. mmajunkie.com. May 24, 2015.
26. News: UFC Fight Night 66 attendance: UFC scores sellout in Philippines debut. mmajunkie.com. May 16, 2015.
27. News: UFC Fight Night 65 draws announced attendance of 7,984 for $833,810 live gate. mmajunkie.com. May 10, 2015.
28. News: UFC 186 draws reported 10,154 fans for $668,000 live gate in Montreal. mmajunkie.com. April 26, 2015.
29. News: UFC on FOX 15 draws announced 13,306 fans for $1.2 million gate. mmajunkie.com. April 18, 2015.
30. News: UFC Fight Night 64 draws 10,000 fans for $720,000 live gate. mmajunkie.com. April 11, 2015.
31. News: UFC Fight Night 63 attendance: Event earns $200K more than previous visit to venue. mmajunkie.com. April 4, 2015.
32. News: UFC Fight Night 62 draws announced 7,707 fans in Rio de Janeiro. mmajunkie.com. March 22, 2015.
33. News: UFC 185 draws reported 17,160 fans for $2.155 million gate in Dallas. MMAjunkie.com. March 15, 2015.
34. News: UFC 184 draws reported 17,654 fans for $2.675 million live gate. MMAjunkie.com. March 1, 2015.
35. News: UFC Fight Night 61 Gate and Attendance for Bigfoot vs. Mir. MMAweekly.com. February 23, 2015.
36. News: UFC Fight Night 60 draws reported 5,807 attendance for $382,875 live gate. MMAjunkie.com. February 15, 2015.
37. News: 'UFC 183: Silva vs. Diaz' draws reported 13,114 fans for $4.5 million live gate. MMAjunkie.com. February 1, 2015.
38. News: UFC on FOX 14 confirmed as largest European gate in promotion's history. MMAjunkie.com. January 24, 2015.
39. News: UFC Fight Night 59 draws reported 13,828 attendance for $1.34 million gate. MMAjunkie.com. January 19, 2014.
40. News: UFC 182 Gate and Attendance Low, but PPV Expectations Running High. MMAweekly.com. January 4, 2015.