2022 in UFC
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| First date | January 15, 2022 | |||
| Last date | TBD | |||
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| Total events | TBD | |||
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| TUF Finale events | TBD | |||
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The year 2022 is the 29th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
Contents
Releases and retirements
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
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- Andre Ewell - Released in February - Featherweight[1]
- Alexis Davis - Contract not renewed in February - Women's Bantamweight[2]
- Carlos Felipe - Released in March - Heavyweight [3]
- Collin Anglin - Released in February - Featherweight[1]
- Danilo Marques - Released - Light Heavyweight[2]
- Dakota Bush - Released in February - Lightweight[1]
- Davi Ramos - Request to be released granted -Lighweightref>Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.</ref>
- David Zawada - Released in February - Welterweight[4]
- Dhiego Lima - Retired in February - Welterweight[5]
- Domingo Pilarte - Released in February - Bantamweight[1]
- Fabio Cherant - Released in March - Light Heavyweight[6]
- Gaetano Pirrello - Released in February - Bantamweight[1]
- Greg Hardy - Released in March - Heavyweight[7]
- Gustavo Lopez - Released in February - Bantamweight [1]
- Hu Yaozong - Released in February - Middleweight[1]
- Hunter Azure - Released in March - Bantamweight[6]
- Jared Gooden - Released in January - Welterweight [8]
- Jennifer Gonzalez - Released in February - Women's Flyweight[9]
- Jeremy Stephens - Contract not renewed in January - Lightweight[10]
- Jordan Williams - Released in February - Welterweight[1]
- Mallory Martin - Contract not renewed in February - Women's Strawweight [11]
- Matt Sayles - Released in January - Lightweight [8]
- Maki Pitolo - Released in January - Middleweight [8]
- Roxanne Modafferi - Retired in February - Women's Flyweight[12]
- Sabina Mazo - Released - Women's Flyweight[13]
- Sasha Palatnikov - Released in February - Welterweight[1]
- Sean Soriano - Released in February - Featherweight[1]
- Tom Breese - Signed with Levels Fight League - Middleweight [14]
- Zviad Lazishvili - Released in March - Bantamweight [15]
Debut UFC fighters
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2022:
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- AJ Dobson - UFC 271[16]
- A.J. Fletcher - UFC Fight Night 203[17]
- André Fialho - UFC 270[18]
- Armen Petrosyan - UFC Fight Night 202[19]
- Azamat Murzakanov - UFC Fight Night 203[20]
- Carlos Hernandez - UFC Fight Night 202[21]
- Chad Anheliger - UFC Fight Night 201[22]
- Chidi Njokuani - UFC Fight Night 200[23]
- Christian Rodriguez - UFC Fight Night 201[24]
- Denys Bondar - UFC Fight Night 200[25]
- Genaro Valdéz - UFC 270[26]
- Jack Della Maddalena - UFC 270[27]
- Jailton Almeida - UFC Fight Night 200[28]
- Jasmine Jasudavicius - UFC 270[29]
- Javid Basharat - UFC Fight Night 203[30]
- Jay Perrin - UFC Fight Night 201[31]
- Joanderson Brito - UFC on ESPN 32[32]
- Joseph Holmes - UFC on ESPN 32[33]
- Michael Morales - UFC 270[34]
- Mike Mathetha - UFC 271[35]
- Nikolas Motta - UFC Fight Night 201[36]
- Pete Rodriguez - UFC 270[27]
- Ramona Pascual - UFC Fight Night 202[37]
- Saimon Oliveira - UFC 270[38]
- Tresean Gore - UFC Fight Night 200[39]
- Viacheslav Borshchev - UFC on ESPN 32[40]
- Victor Altamirano - UFC Fight Night 202[21]
- Victor Henry - UFC 270[41]
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 |
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Jesse Ronson | The Body Snatcher | Welterweight | Jul 22, 2020 | 20 months | Metandienone | USADA | Mar 22, 2022 | [42] | |
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Jorge Gonzalez | George St. | Light Heavyweight | Aug 5, 2020 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite. | USADA | Aug 5, 2022 | [43] | |
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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 | [44] | |
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Liliya Shakirova | Women's Flyweight | Dec 5, 2020 | 2 years | Meldonium | USADA | Dec 5, 2022 | [45] | ||
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Geraldo de Freitas | Spartan | Bantamweight | Jan 11, 2021 | 2 years | Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors | USADA | Jan 11, 2023 | [46] | |
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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 | [47] | 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. |
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Daniel Pineda | The Pit | Featherweight | June 26, 2021 | 9 months | Amphetamine | NSAC | Mar 26, 2022 | [48] | |
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Ryan Benoit | Baby Face | Flyweight | July 31, 2021 | 9 months | Modafinil | NSAC | April 1, 2022 | [49] | |
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Kevin Lee | The Motown Phenom | Welterweight | Aug 28, 2021 | 6 months | Adderall | NSAC | Feb 28, 2022 | [50] | $19,526 Fine |
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Josh Quinlan | The Maverick | Welterweight | Sep 7, 2021 | 9 months | Drostanolone | NSAC | June 7, 2022 | [51] | |
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Łukasz Brzeski | The Bull | Heavyweight | Sep 14, 2021 | 9 months | Clomiphene | NSAC | June 14, 2022 | [52] | $750 Fine |
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Carlos Felipe | Boi | Heavyweight | Oct 16, 2021 | 18 months | Boldenone and its metabolites | NSAC | Apr 16, 2023 | [53] | $4,200 fine and $489 in prosecution fees |
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Zviad Lazishvili | Bantamweight | Oct 23, 2021 | 9 months | Clomiphene | NSAC | July 24, 2022 | [54] | $1,800 fine and $326 in prosecution fees |
The Ultimate Fighter
The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2022:
| Season | Division | Winner | Runner-up | Ref |
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| The Ultimate Fighter 30[55] | Heavyweight | |||
| Women's Flyweight |
Title fights
| Title fights in 2022 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Brandon Moreno (C) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 270 | [lower-alpha 1] |
| Heavyweight | Francis Ngannou (c) | def. | Ciryl Gane (ic) | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 270 | [lower-alpha 2] |
| Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (C) | def. | Robert Whittaker | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 271 | [lower-alpha 3] |
| Bantamweight | Aljamain Sterling (C) | vs. | Petr Yan (IC) | UFC 273 | [lower-alpha 4] | |||
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (C) | vs. | Chan Sung Jung | UFC 273 | [lower-alpha 5] | |||
| Lightweight | Charles Oliveira (C) | vs. | Justin Gaethje | UFC 274 | [lower-alpha 6] | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Rose Namajunas (c) | vs. | Carla Esparza | UFC 274 | [lower-alpha 7] | |||
| Light Heavyweight | Glover Teixeira (C) | vs. | Jiří Procházka | UFC 275 | [lower-alpha 8] | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (C) | vs. | Taila Santos | UFC 275 | [lower-alpha 9] | |||
- ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Featherweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Lightweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
- ↑ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship
- ↑ For the UFC Women's Flyweight Championship
Events list
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Scheduled events
| Event | Date | Venue | City | Country | Ref. |
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| UFC 276 | July 2, 2022 | T-Mobile Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [56] |
| UFC 275 | Jun 11, 2022 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [57] |
| UFC Fight Night 211 | Jun 4, 2022 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [58] |
| UFC Fight Night 210 | May 21, 2022 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [59] |
| UFC Fight Night 209 | May 14, 2022 | TBD | TBD | TBD | [60] |
| UFC 274: Oliveira vs Gaethje | May 7, 2022 | Footprint Center | Phoenix, Arizona | United States | [61] |
| UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Vera | April 30, 2022 | UFC Apex | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [62] |
| UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade | Apr 23, 2022 | UFC Apex | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [62] |
| UFC Fight Night: Luque vs. Muhammad 2 | Apr 16, 2022 | UFC Apex | Las Vegas, Nevada | United States | [62] |
| UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie | Apr 9, 2022 | VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena | Jacksonville, Florida | United States | [63] |
| UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Daukaus | Mar 26, 2022 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus, Ohio | United States | [64] |
| UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall | Mar 19, 2022 | The O2 | London | England | [65] |
Past events
- ^ 1. Julian Erosa received Steven Peterson's Fight of the Night bonus due to Peterson missing weight.[76]
See also
- List of UFC champions
- List of UFC events
- List of current UFC fighters
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References
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