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There have been multiple instances in UFC history where a fighter misses the required weight limit for a championship fight. The following fights were originally scheduled and advertised as title fights, with the contenders earning a title shot, but due to a fighter missing weight these fights took place, only one fighter was eligible for the ...
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) rankings, which were introduced in February 2013, are generated by a voting panel made up of media members. These media members are asked to vote for whom they feel are the top fighters in the UFC by weight class and pound-for-pound. A fighter is only eligible to be voted on if they are of active status in ...
On December 16, 1994, Royce Gracie became the first fighter to reach 10 fights in the UFC. [1] On July 7, 2007, Tito Ortiz became the first fighter to reach 20 fights in the UFC. [2] On September 8, 2018, Jim Miller became the first fighter to reach 30 fights in the UFC. [3]
One of the biggest upsets in early UFC history. Maurício Rua vs. Dan Henderson: July 5, 2018 [46] UFC Hall of Fame Ceremony, 2018 Dan Henderson def. Maurício Rua by unanimous decision in a back-and-forth fight at UFC 139. Second five-round non-title fight in UFC history and first to go the distance. Fight of the Night. Fight of the Year (2011).
Fighter Wins Travis Fulton: 40 Igor Vovchanchyn: 40 Renan Barao: 32 Luis Rafael Laurentino 31^ Julio Cesar Neves Jr. 30 Khabib Nurmagomedov: 29 John Strawn
Second Russian UFC champion (after Oleg Taktarov) [172] First Muslim UFC champion [173] Third most control time in UFC Lightweight division history (1:29:08) [171] Fifth highest control time percentage in UFC Lightweight division history (54.6%) [171] Fourth most top position time in UFC Lightweight division history (1:04:28) [171]
Her head-kick knockout of Eye is seen as one of the greatest KOs in UFC history. Women's strawweight Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-5; 4 KO/TKOs, 1 submission, 11 decisions)
Matthew Allen Hughes (born October 13, 1973) [4] is an American retired mixed martial artist with a background in wrestling.Widely considered among the greatest fighters in the history of MMA, he is a former two-time UFC Welterweight Champion, UFC Hall of Fame inductee, and NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee. [5]