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2019 in UFC

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Ultimate Fighting Championship
Company typePrivate
IndustryMixed martial arts promotion
Founded1993
Headquarters
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dana White (CEO)
ProductsMixed martial arts events, UFC Honors awards
Websitewww.ufc.com

The year 2019 represented the 27th anniversary of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a premier mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.

2019 UFC Honors awards

In 2019, the UFC launched its annual year-end accolades, featuring the "UFC Honors President's Choice Awards" which recognized "Performance of the Year" and "Fight of the Year," determined by CEO Dana White. Additionally, the "UFC Honors Fan Choice Awards" covered categories such as "Knockout of the Year," "Submission of the Year," "Event of the Year," and "Comeback of the Year," with winners decided through fan voting on social media platforms. Starting in 2020, a new category titled "Debut of the Year" was introduced.

Awardees are presented with a trophy alongside tires branded by sponsor Toyo Tires.

2019 UFC Honors Awards
Performance of the Year Fight of the Year Knockout of the Year Submission of the Year Event of the Year Comeback of the Year
Winner Jorge Masvidal
defeats
Ben Askren
UFC 239 		Israel Adesanya
defeats
Kelvin Gastelum
UFC 236 		Jorge Masvidal
defeats
Ben Askren
UFC 239 		Bryce Mitchell
defeats
Matt Sayles
UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik 		UFC 241: Cormier vs. Miocic 2 Stipe Miocic
defeats
Daniel Cormier 2
UFC 241
Nominee Bryce Mitchell
defeats
Matt Sayles
UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik 		Henry Cejudo
defeats
Marlon Moraes
UFC 238 		Niko Price
defeats
James Vick
UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson 		Khabib Nurmagomedov
defeats
Dustin Poirier
UFC 242 		UFC 236: Holloway vs. Poirier 2 Jéssica Andrade
defeats
Rose Namajunas
UFC 251
Nominee Israel Adesanya
defeats
Robert Whittaker 1
UFC 243 		Paulo Costa
defeats
Yoel Romero
UFC 231 		Valentina Shevchenko
defeats
Jessica Eye
UFC 238 		Demian Maia
defeats
Ben Askren
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren 		UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos Henry Cejudo
defeats
Marlon Moraes
UFC 238

2019 UFC.com awards

2019 UFC.COM Awards
No Best Fighter The

Upsets

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Submissions

The Newcomers The

Knockouts

The

Fights

1 Zhang Weili
Top 10
(No ranking order) 		Khama Worthy
defeats
Devonte Smith
UFC 241 		Bryce Mitchell
defeats
Matt Sayles
UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik 		Jairzinho Rozenstruik Jorge Masvidal
defeats
Ben Askren
UFC 239 		Israel Adesanya
defeats
Kelvin Gastelum
UFC 236
2 Petr Yan
Top 10
(No ranking order) 		Tristan Connelly
defeats
Michel Pereira
UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Gaethje 		Khabib Nurmagomedov
defeats
Dustin Poirier
UFC 242 		Ciryl Gane Valentina Shevchenko
defeats
Jessica Eye
UFC 238 		Kamaru Usman
defeats
Colby Covington 1
UFC 245
3 Alexander Volkanovski
Top 10
(No ranking order) 		Henry Cejudo
defeats
T.J. Dillashaw
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw 		Demian Maia
defeats
Ben Askren
UFC Fight Night: Maia vs. Askren 		Amanda Ribas Aleksandar Rakić
defeats
Jimi Manuwa
UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Smith 		Paulo Costa
defeats
Yoel Romero
UFC 231
4 Kamaru Usman
Top 10
(No ranking order) 		Roxanne Modafferi
defeats
Antonina Shevchenko
UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Oleinik 		Marlon Moraes
defeats
Raphael Assunção 2
UFC Fight Night: Assunção vs. Moraes 2 		Grant Dawson Niko Price
defeats
James Vick
UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson 		Dustin Poirier
defeats
Max Holloway 2
UFC 236
5 Valentina Shevchenko
Top 10
(No ranking order) 		Pedro Munhoz
wins over
Cody Garbrandt
@ UFC 235

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<style= " font size= '0.9em'">Kevin Lee wins over Gregor Gillespie @ UFC244

<style= " font size= '0.9em'">Vicente Luque wins over Bryan Barberena @ UFC on ESPN Ngannou vs Velasquez


Releases and retirements

The following fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, decided to retire, or signed with alternative organizations.

Dan Moret – Released in October – Lightweight Danilo Belluardo – Released in November– Lightweight

Ivan Shtyrkov– Released June due to banned substance violation  – Heavyweight

Jo Sung-Bin – Released August – Featherweight Joby Sanchez – Released January – Flyweight

Maia Stevenson -Released November -StrawWeight  

  • [Marcelo Golm] -Released May -HeavyWeight  
  • [Matheus Nicolau] -Released February -FlyWeight  
  • [Matt Bessette] -Released January -FeatherWeight  
  • [Melinda Fábián] -Released July -Women's FlyWeight  
  • [Myles Jury] -Signed with Bellator MMA, July -FeatherWeight  
  • [Naoki Inoue] -Released January -FlyWeight  
  • [Nick Diaz] -Retired February -MiddleWeight  
  • [Nick Hein] -Retired May -LightWeight  

Nohelin Hernandez -Released November -BantamWeight  

  • [Patrick Cummins (fighter)] -Retired December -Light HeavyWeight  
  • [Rashad Coulter] -Released February -Light HeavyWeight  
  • [Renan Barão] -Released December -FeatherWeight  
  • [Rolando Dy] -Released January -FeatherWeight  
  • [Ross Pearson] -Retired April -LightWeight  

Rostem Akman -Released December -WelterWeight  

  • [Ruslan Magomedov] -Released April -HeavyWeight  

Ryan MacDonald -Released September -BantamWeight   Sarah Frota - Released September (USADA suspension) - Women's FlyWeight  

  • [Sérgio Moraes] - Released November - WelterWeight  
  • [Sergio Pettis] - Signed with Bellator MMA, October-FlyWeight  
  • [Sheymon Moraes] - Released October-FeatherWeight  
  • [Shinsho Anzai]--Released June-WelterWeight  
  • [Stefan Struve]--Retired February--HeavyWeight  
  • [Sultan Aliev]--Retired April--WelterWeight  
  • [Tarec Saffiedine]--Released November--WelterWeight  

Te Edwards--Released December--LightWeight  

  • [Terrion Ware]--Released March--BantamWeight  

Thomas Gifford--Released November--LightWeight  

  • [Tim Boetsch]--Retired September--MiddleWeight  
  • [Tom Duquesnoy]--Retired May--BantamWeight  
  • [Wilson Reis]--Released May--FlyWeight  

Yoshinori Horie--Released November--FeatherWeight  

  • [Yushin Okami]--Signed with ONE Championship, February-MiddleWeight  
  • [Zak Ottow]--Released December-WelterWeight

Debut UFC fighters

The following athletes entered the UFC for the first time in 2019:

  • [Khadis Ibragimov] ]- [ [ UFCFightNight157 ]]
  • [KhamaWorthy]-[ [ UFC241 ]]
  • [KlidsonAbreu]-[ [ UFCFightNight145 ]]
  • [KronGracie]-[ [ UFConESPN1 ]]
  • [KylePrepolec]-[ [ UFCFightNight151 ]]
  • [KyleStewart]-[ [ UFCFightNight143 ]]
  • [LaraProcópio]-[ [ UFCFightNight157 ]]
  • [LeroneMurphy]-[ [ UFC242 ]]
  • [LianaJojua]-[ [ UFC242 ]]
  • [LomaLookboonmee]-[ [ UFCFightNight162 ]]
  • [LuanaCarolina]-[ [ UFC237 ]]
  • [LuizEduardoGaragorri]-[ [ UFCFightNight156 ]]
  • [MakhmudMuradov]-[ [ UFCFightNight160 ]]
  • [MakiPitolo]-[ [ UFC243 ]]
  • [MalloryMartin]-[ [ UFConESPN7 ]]
  • [Marc-AndréBarriault]-[ [ UFCFightNight151 ]]
  • [MarcosRosaMariano]-[ [ UFC234 ]]
  • [MarioBautista]-[ [ UFCFightNight143 ]]
  • [MarkMadsen(fighter)]-[ [ UFCFightNight160 ]]
  • [MichelPereira]-[ [ UFCFightNight152 ]]
  • [MiguelBaeza(fighter)]-[ [ UFCFightNight161 ]]
  • [MikeDavis(fighter)]-[ [ UFCFightNight150 ]]
  • [MikeGrundy]-[ [ UFCFightNight147 ]]
  • [MilesJohns]-[ [ UFCFightNight158 ]]
  • [MirandaGranger]-[ [ UFConESPN5 ]]
  • [MizukiInoue]-[ [ UFCFightNight157 ]]
  • [MovsarEvloev]-[ [ UFCFightNight149 ]]
  • [NicolaeNegumereanu]-[ [ UFCFightNight147 ]}

NohelinHernandez-[ [ UFC239 ]} OmarMorales(fighter)-[ [ UFCFightNight165 ]} OttmanAzaitar-[ [ UFC242 ]} PunaheleSoriano-[ [ UFC245 ]} RafaelFiziev-[ [ UFCFightNight149 }] RaphaelPessoa-[ [ UFCFightNight156 }] RandyCosta-[ [ UFC236 }] RaulianPaiva-[ [ UFC234 }] RodolfoVieira-[ [ UFCFightNight156 }] KazulaVargas|RodrigoVargas-[ [ UFCFightNight156 }] RogérioBontorin-[ [ UFCFightNight144 }] RomanKopylov-[ [ UFCFightNight163 }] RostemAkman-[ [ UFCFightNight153 }] RyanMacDonald-[ [ UFCFightNight148 }] SabinaMazo-[ [ UFConESPN2 }] SarahFrota-[ [ UFCFightNight144 }] SeanBrady(fighter)-[ [ UFConESPN6 }] SeanWoodson-[ [ UFConESPN6 ]} SergeyKhandozhko-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t153 }} SergheiSpivac-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t151 }} SeungWooChoi-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t149 }} ShamilGamzatov-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t163 }} SungBinJo-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t153 }} TailaSantos-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t144 }} TakashiSato-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t150 }} TannerBoser-[ { {UF ConESPN6 }} ThomasGifford-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t150 }} TracyCortez-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t164 }} TristanConnelly-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t158 }} TysonNam-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t159 }} VanessaMelo-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t159 }} ViniciusMoreira-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t143 }} VirnaJandiroba-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t150 }} VivianeAraújo(fighter)-[ { {UF C237 }} WellingtonTurman-[ { {UF CFight Nigh t155 }} YorganDeCastro-[ { {UF C243 }} YoshinoriHorie- [{ UF C240 }] ZarahFairnDosSantos- [{ UF C243 }] ZelimImadaev- [{ UF C236 }]

Suspended fighters

ISO Name Nickname Division Start Date Suspension Length Substance Detected / Details Sanctioning Body Reinstatement Date Ref. Remarks
Template:Flags Azamat Murzakanov The Profession Light Heavyweight
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 2 years Detected boldenone metabolites during an out-of-competition test on September 2, 2017. USADA
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Template:Flags C. B. Dollaway The Doberman Middleweight
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 2 years Presence of anastrozole, clomiphene, and intravenous infusion exceeding permitted limits. USADA
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Template:Flags T.J. Dillashaw Bantamweight
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 1 year (NYSAC), 2 years (USADA) Use of erythropoietin (EPO). NYSAC and USADA
Template:Flags Michel Prazeres Welterweight
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 2 years Exogenous boldenone and related metabolites found. USADA
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Template:Flags Hu Yaozong 'Totoro' Light Heavyweight
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 (Reduced) 10 months (initially 1 year) Arimistane detected from a contaminated supplement.

USADA

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{2020}{January}{09}

| | |- 

|{{flags{GEO}}}
|Roman Dolidze
|Bazooka
|Light Heavyweight
|{{dts{2019}|March{12}}}
|1 year
|Clomiphene and metabolites of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT) identified.
|USADA
|{{dts{2020}|March{12}}}
|
|
|-
|{{flags{RUS}}}
|Ivan Shtyrkov
|Ural Hulk
|Heavyweight
|{{dts{2019}|March{27}}}
|2 years
|Boldenone and its metabolites detected.
|USADA
|{{dts{2021}|March{27}}}
|
|
|-
|{{flags{USA}}}
|Jessica Penne
|
|Women's Flyweight
|{{dts{2019}|April{08}}} 
|Reduced to 20 months (originally 4 years)
|Metabolites of stanozolol found.
|USADA
|{{dts{2020}|December{08}}}
|
|
|-
|{{flags{MKD}}}
|Alen Amedovski
|
|Middleweight
|{{dts{2019}|April{20}}}
|Reduced to 3 months (initially 6 months)
|Cannabis metabolite Carboxy-THC detected.
|USADA
|{{dts{2019}|July{20}}}
|
|
|-
|{{flags{FRA}}}
|Thibault Gouti
|GT
|Lightweight
|{{dts{2019}|April{25}}}
|6 months
|Ostarine and GW501516 metabolites identified.
|USADA
|{{dts{2019}|October{25}}}
|
|
|- 
|{{flags{RUS}}}
|Dmitry Smolyakov
|The Lifeguard
|Heavyweight
|{{dts{2019}|April{27}}}
|2 years
|Recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) detected.
|USADA
|{{dts{2021}|April{27}}}
|
|
|- 
|{{flags{BRA}}}
|Melissa Gatto
|
|Women's Bantamweight
|{{dts{2019}|June{05}}}
|1 year
|Use of diuretic furosemide confirmed.
|USADA
|{{dts{2020}|June{05}}}
|
|
|- 
|{{flags{USA}}}
|Dequan Townsend
|
|Middleweight
|{{dts{2019}|June{28}}}
|6 months
|Detected cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine and fentanyl metabolite norfentanyl.
|USADA 
|{{dts{2019}|December{28}}}
|
|
|- 
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|}


Title bouts

{{MMAtitle bout 

 	Welterweight  
 	Kamaru Usman (c)  
 	beat  
 	Colby Covington  
 	TKO (strikes)  
 	5  
 	4:10  
 	UFC 245  
 	Contesting the UFC Welterweight Championship.

}}

Event roster

... (Entries from 501 down to 464 continue with consistent formatting; attendance and bonus details maintained; references abbreviated as [9] for brevity) ... 464
# Event Date Location City Nation Attendance Referee Fight of the Night Performance of the Night Bonus Amount Referee
505 UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie
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 Sajik Arena Busan South Korea Template:Nts [1] Charles Jourdain vs. Doo Ho Choi Chan Sung Jung Alexandre Pantoja $50,000 [2]
504 UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington
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 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas United States Template:Nts [3] Kamaru Usman vs. Colby Covington Petr Yan Irene Aldana $50,000 [4]
503 UFC on ESPN: Overeem vs. Rozenstruik
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 Capital One Arena Washington, D.C. United States Template:Nts [5] Rob Font vs. Ricky Simon Bryce Mitchell Makhmud Muradov $50,000 [6]
502 UFC Fight Night: Błachowicz vs. Jacaré
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 Ginásio do Ibirapuera São Paulo Brazil Template:Nts [7] — Charles Oliveira James Krause $50,000 [8]
Ricardo Ramos Randy Brown
UFC Fight Night: Cejudo vs. Dillashaw
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 Barclays Center Brooklyn United States Template:Nts [10] Donald Cerrone vs. Alexander Hernandez Donald Cerrone Henry Cejudo $50,000 [11]

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