2014 in UFC

2014 in UFC
2014 in UFC
Information
First date	January 4
Last date	December 20
Events
Total events	46 (1 cancelled)
UFC	12 (1 cancelled)
UFC on Fox	4
UFC Fight Night	28
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	503
Title fights	16
Chronology

The year 2014 was the 22nd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

Title fights

Title fights in 2014
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Featherweight	José Aldo (c)	def.	Ricardo Lamas	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 169	^[a]
Bantamweight	Renan Barão (c)	def.	Urijah Faber	TKO (punches)	1	3:42	UFC 169	^[b]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Sara McMann	TKO (knee to the body)	1	1:06	UFC 170	^[c]
Welterweight	Johny Hendricks	def.	Robbie Lawler	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 171	^[d]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Glover Teixeira	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 172	^[e]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	def.	Renan Barão (c)	TKO (head kick & punches)	5	2:26	UFC 173	^[f]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Ali Bagautinov	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 174	^[g]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Alexis Davis	KO (punches)	1	0:16	UFC 175	^[h]
Middleweight	Chris Weidman (c)	def.	Lyoto Machida	Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 175	^[i]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw (c)	def.	Joe Soto	KO (head kick and punches)	5	2:20	UFC 177	^[j]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Chris Cariaso	Submission (kimura)	2	2:29	UFC 178	^[k]
Featherweight	José Aldo (c)	def.	Chad Mendes	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 179	^[l]
Heavyweight	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Mark Hunt	TKO (flying knee and punches)	2	2:27	UFC 180	^[m]
Lightweight	Anthony Pettis (c)	def.	Gilbert Melendez	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:53	UFC 181	^[n]
Welterweight	Robbie Lawler	def.	Johny Hendricks (c)	Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 181	^[o]
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	def.	Rose Namajunas	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:26	TUF 20 Finale	^[p]

The Ultimate Fighter

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia	Apr 16, 2014	Welterweight	Chad Laprise	Olivier Aubin-Mercier
TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia	Apr 16, 2014	Middleweight	Elias Theodorou	Sheldon Westcott
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Middleweight	Warlley Alves	Márcio Alexandre Júnior
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Heavyweight	Antônio Carlos Júnior	Vitor Miranda
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Middleweight	Eddie Gordon	Dhiego Lima
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Light Heavyweight	Corey Anderson	Matt Van Buren
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Bantamweight	Alejandro Pérez	José Alberto Quiñonez
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Leonardo Morales
TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned	Dec 12, 2014	Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	Rose Namajunas

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2014:

Events list

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
303	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway	Dec 20, 2014	Ginásio José Corrêa	Barueri, Brazil	—
302	UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic	Dec 13, 2014	US Airways Center	Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.	15,300^[1]
301	The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale	Dec 12, 2014	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,800^[2]
300	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	9,617^[3]
299	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson	Nov 22, 2014	Frank Erwin Center	Austin, Texas, U.S.	10,131^[4]
298	UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt	Nov 15, 2014	Arena Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico	21,000^[5]
297	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. St. Preux	Nov 8, 2014	Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves	Uberlândia, Brazil	5,671^[6]
296	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping	Nov 8, 2014	Allphones Arena	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	9,904^[7]
295	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11,415^[8]
294	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine	Oct 4, 2014	Scotiabank Centre	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	10,782^[9]
293	UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story	Oct 4, 2014	Ericsson Globe Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	10,026^[10]
292	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,544^[11]
291	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson	Sep 20, 2014	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	12,395^[12]
290	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski	Sep 13, 2014	Ginásio Nilson Nelson	Brasília, Brazil	8,822^[13]
289	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi	Sep 5, 2014	Foxwoods Resort Casino	Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.	4,086^[14]
288	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014	Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento, California, U.S.	11,100^[15]
287	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos	Aug 23, 2014	BOK Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.	7,119^[16]
286	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le	Aug 23, 2014	CotaiArena	Macau, SAR, China	7,022^[17]
285	UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux	Aug 16, 2014	Cross Insurance Center	Bangor, Maine, U.S.	5,329^[18]
–	UFC 176: Aldo vs. Mendes II	Aug 2, 2014	Staples Center	Los Angeles, U.S.	Cancelled
284	UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown	Jul 26, 2014	SAP Center	San Jose, California, U.S.	11,482^[19]
283	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao	Jul 19, 2014	The O₂	Dublin, Ireland	9,500^[20]
282	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Miller	Jul 16, 2014	Revel Casino Hotel	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	4,115^[21]
281	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale	Jul 6, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	6,500^[22]
280	UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida	Jul 5, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,088^[23]
279	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens	Jun 28, 2014	AT&T Center	San Antonio, U.S.	9,227^[24]
278	UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt	Jun 28, 2014	Vector Arena	Auckland, New Zealand	8,089^[25]
277	UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov	Jun 14, 2014	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	13,506^[26]
276	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov	Jun 7, 2014	Tingley Coliseum	Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.	8,775^[27]
275	The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado	May 31, 2014	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	8,986^[28]
274	UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi	May 31, 2014	O₂ World	Berlin, Germany	8,000^[29]
273	UFC 173: Barão vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,036^[30]
272	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014	U.S. Bank Arena	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	6,143^[31]
271	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	Apr 26, 2014	Baltimore Arena	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	13,485^[32]
270	UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne	Apr 19, 2014	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	17,000^[33]
269	The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale: Bisping vs. Kennedy	Apr 16, 2014	Colisée Pepsi	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	5,029^[34]
268	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson	Apr 11, 2014	du Arena	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	7,963^[35]
267	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2	Mar 23, 2014	Ginásio Nélio Dias	Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	6,828^[36]
266	UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler	Mar 15, 2014	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	19,324^[37]
265	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa	Mar 8, 2014	The O₂ Arena	London, England, U.K.	14,604^[38]
264	The Ultimate Fighter China Finale: Kim vs. Hathaway	Mar 1, 2014	CotaiArena	Macau, SAR, China	6,000^[39]
263	UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann	Feb 22, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,217^[40]
262	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi	Feb 15, 2014	Arena Jaraguá	Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil	7,511^[41]
261	UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II	Feb 1, 2014	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	14,308^[42]
260	UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson	Jan 25, 2014	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	10,895^[43]
259	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou	Jan 15, 2014	Arena at Gwinnett Center	Duluth, Georgia, U.S.	5,822^[44]
258	UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim	Jan 4, 2014	Marina Bay Sands	Marina Bay, Singapore	5,216^[45]

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