| 2020 in UFC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 18, 2020 (2020-01-18) | |||
| Last date | December 19, 2020 (2020-12-19) | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 46 (5 Cancelled) | |||
| UFC | 11 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 456 | |||
| Title fights | 19 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year2020 was the 28th year in the history of theUltimate Fighting Championship (UFC), amixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
Starting in 2021, a partnership between the UFC and Dapper Labs's Flow platform for MMA fans to own, maintain and trade UFC-branded collectibles was announced on February 26, 2020.[1]
Onwards from April 2021, the UFC announcedVenum as their exclusive outfitting partner on July 11, 2020.[2]
Starting in 2019, the UFC created year-end awards with "UFC Honors President's Choice Awards" for categories "Performance of the Year" and "Fight of the Year" being chosen by UFC CEODana White. The other "UFC Honors Fan Choice Awards" are for categories "Knockout of the Year", "Submission of the Year", "Event of the Year", "Comeback of the Year" and, from 2020, "Debut of the Year" in which fans are able to vote for the winner on social media.[3]
Winners receive a trophy commemorating their achievement along with a set of tires from sponsorToyo Tires.[4]
The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques and fighters held or performed for the year of 2020 in UFC.[18]
| Events | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | PPV | Locations | Countries | Cities | Highest attendance | Lowest attendance | Notes |
| 41 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 19,040 | 0 | 5 cancelled |
| Fights | |||||||
| Numbers | Knockouts | Submission | Unanimous decision | Split decision | No contest | Total fight time | Notes |
| 456 | 139 | 82 | 185 | 35 | 5 | 83' 33" | Total title fights - 19 |
| Techniques | |||||||
| Fastest knockout | Fastest submission | Significant punches landed | Number of takedown performed | Number of attempts for a takedown | Number of knockdowns | Number of submission attempts | Notes |
| Khamzat Chimaev - 0:17 seconds | Brian Kelleher - 0.39 seconds | 40,180 | 905 | 2,447 | 187 | 281 | |
| Fighters | |||||||
| Number of fighters | UFC debutants | Releases / Retired | Fighters suspended | Number of champions | Number of interim champions | Number of title defenses | Notes |
| 576 | 123 | 85 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |
These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2020:
The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1)United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) orWorld 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 | Ref. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fabrício Werdum | Vai Cavalo | Heavyweight | Apr 25, 2018 | 2 years | Trenbolone, ananabolic steroid. | USADA | Apr 1, 2020 | [78] [79] | Reduced suspension as a result of 'substantial assistance' |
 | T.J. Dillashaw | Bantamweight | Jan 18, 2019 | 1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA) | Erythropoietin (EPO). | NYSAC andUSADA | Jan 18, 2021 | [80] [81] | ||
| Michel Prazeres | Welterweight | Mar 9, 2019 | 2 years | Exogenousboldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one. | USADA | Mar 9, 2021 | [82] | ||
 | Hu Yaozong | Totoro | Light Heavyweight | Mar 9, 2019 | Initially 1 year but reduced to 10 months | Arimistane and its metabolite from contamination supplement. | USADA | Jan 9, 2020 | [83] | |
 | Roman Dolidze | Bazooka | Light Heavyweight | Mar 12, 2019 | 1 year | Clomiphene hormone and its metabolites M1 and M2, as well as 4-chloro-18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-5α-androst-13-en-3α-ol (M3), which is a long-term metabolite ofdehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT). | USADA | March 12, 2020 | [84] | |
| Jessica Penne | Women's Flyweight | Apr 8, 2019 | Initially 4 years but reduced to 20 months | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | Dec 8, 2020 | [85] | Original suspension was 4 years after second violation, but reduced to 20 months in February 2020 | |
| Melissa Gatto | Women's Bantamweight | Jun 5, 2019 | 1 year | Furosemide, adiuretic. | USADA | Jun 5, 2020 | [86] | ||
| Bruno Silva | Blindado | Middleweight | Jun 14, 2019 | 2 years | Boldenone and its metabolite. | USADA | Jun 14, 2021 | [87] | |
| Vince Murdock | Featherweight | Jul 6, 2019 | 20 months | GW1516, a hormone modulator that is better known ascardarine. It is often sold on the black market asendurobol. | USADA | Sep 6, 2020 | [88] | Originally banned for 20 months and reduced to 14 months after documenting neurological conditionmoyamoya | |
| Giacomo Lemos | Heavyweight | Jul 9, 2019 | 2 years | Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one. | USADA | Jul 9, 2021 | [90] | ||
| John Allan | Light Heavyweight | Jul 13, 2019 | 1 year | Tamoxifen. | USADA andCSAC | Jul 13, 2020 | [90] | Fined $4,800 by theCSAC | |
| Istela Nunes | Women's Strawweight | Jul 22, 2019 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol. | USADA | Jul 22, 2021 | [91] | ||
| Sean O'Malley | Bantamweight | Aug 6, 2019 | 6 months | Ostarine. | USADA | Feb 6, 2020 | [92] | ||
 | Khalid Taha | The Warrior | Bantamweight | Oct 6, 2019 | 1 year | Furosemide (diuretics). | USADA | Oct 6, 2020 | [93] | |
| Priscila Cachoeira | Women's Flyweight | Oct 12, 2019 | 4 months | Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metaboliteschlorothiazide and 4amino-6chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB). | USADA | Feb 12, 2020 | [94] | ||
| Ovince Saint Preux | OSP | Light Heavyweight | Oct 25, 2019 | 3 months | Ostarine and S-23, the family ofselective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). | USADA | Jan 25, 2020 | [95] | Ostarine came from a tainted supplement |
| Diego Sanchez | Nightmare | Welterweight | Oct 26, 2019 | 3 months | Ostarine and S-23, the family ofselective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs). | USADA | Jan 26, 2020 | [95] | Ostarine came from a tainted supplement |
| Kelvin Gastelum | Middleweight | Nov 3, 2019 | Initially 9 months but reduced to 5 months | Marijuana. | USADA | Apr 3, 2020 | [96] | Original suspension was 9 months, but reduced to 5 months after Gastelum's successful completion of a drug treatment program | |
| Isabella de Pádua | Belinha | Women's Flyweight | Nov 16, 2019 | 2 years | 19-Norandrosterone (19-NA), the main urinary metabolite ofnandrolone (19-nortestosterone) and other 19-norsteroids (class of anabolic agent). | USADA and CABMMA | Nov 16, 2021 | [82] [33] | Released |
| Rachael Ostovich | Women's Flyweight | Jan 3, 2020 | 8 months | Ostarine andGW1516. | USADA | Sep 9, 2020 | [97] | Prohibited substance found in supplement | |
| Duda Santana | Cowboyzinha | Women's Bantamweight | Jan 10, 2020 | 1 year | Selective androgen receptor modulatorLGD-4033 | USADA | Jan 10, 2021 | [98] | Released by UFC |
| Lara Procópio | Women's Bantamweight | Feb 17, 2020 | 6 months | Ostarine | USADA | Aug 17, 2020 | [99] | ||
| Raphael Pessoa | Bebezão | Heavyweight | Mar 4, 2020 | 1 year | hydrochlorothiazide and its metaboliteschlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide | USADA | Mar 4, 2021 | [100] | |
| Deron Winn | Middleweight | Mar 7, 2020 | 9 months | Amphetamines. | NSAC | Dec 7, 2020 | [101] | Fined $1,800 | |
| Chase Sherman | The Vanilla Gorilla | Heavyweight | May 13, 2020 | 9 months | Anastrozole | USADA | Feb 13, 2021 | [102] | |
| Jamahal Hill | Sweet Dreams | Light Heavyweight | May 30, 2020 | 6 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Nov 30, 2020 | [101] | Fined 15% of his fight purse |
 | Aleksander Doskalchuk | Flyweight | Jun 6, 2020 | 14 months | Mesterolone. | USADA | Aug 6, 2021 | [103] | ||
| Luis Peña | Violent Bob Ross | Lightweight | Jun 17, 2020 | 4+1⁄2 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Nov 2, 2020 | [101] | Reduced suspension was due to his fight being taken on short notice, fined 15% of his fight purse |
| Tim Elliott | Flyweight | Jun 17, 2020 | 4+1⁄2 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Nov 2, 2020 | [101] | Reduced suspension was due to his fight being taken on short notice, fined 15% of his fight purse | |
 | Marc-Andre Barriault | Power Bar | Middleweight | Jul 21, 2020 | 6 months | Ostarine | USADA | Jan 21, 2021 | [104] | |
| Jesse Ronson | The Body Snatcher | Welterweight | Jul 22, 2020 | 20 months | Metandienone | USADA | Mar 22, 2022 | [105] | |
 | Jorge Gonzalez | George St. | Light Heavyweight | Aug 5, 2020 | 2 years | Stanozolol metabolites,drostanolone metabolite andtamoxifen metabolite. | USADA | Aug 5, 2022 | [106] | |
| Yair Rodríguez | El Pantera | Featherweight | Sep 8, 2020 | 6 months | 3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year | USADA | Mar 8, 2021 | [107] | |
| Kevin Croom | The Hard Hitting Hillbilly | Lightweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 4+1⁄2 months | Marijuana. | NSAC | Jan 26, 2021 | [108] | With addition of $1,800 fine |
| Niko Price | The Hybrid | Welterweight | Sep 19, 2020 | 6 months | Marijuana | NSAC | Mar 19, 2021 | [109] | With addition of $8,500 fine |
 | 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 | [110] | |
| Erik Koch | The Phoenix | Welterweight | Oct 3, 2020 | 18 months | 3′-hydroxy-stanozolol, a metabolite ofstanozolol | USADA | Apr 3, 2022 | [111] | |
| Charlie Ontiveros | The American Badboy | Welterweight | Oct 30, 2020 | 6 months | Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone metabolites | NSAC | Apr 30, 2021 | [112] | With addition of $2,245.36 |
| Raquel Pennington | Rocky | Women's Bantamweight | Nov 7, 2020 | 6 months | 7-Keto-DHEA andAOD-9064 | USADA | May 7, 2021 | [113] | Self-reporting doping violation when she found out she had ingested banned substances prescribed by her doctor to help treat a medical condition |
 | Liliya Shakirova | Women's Flyweight | Dec 5, 2020 | 2 years | Meldonium | USADA | Dec 5, 2022 | [114] |
| Title fights in 2020 | ||||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | |||
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def. | Katlyn Chookagian | TKO (elbows and punches) | 3 | 1:03 | UFC 247 | [a] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jon Jones (c) | def. | Dominick Reyes | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 247 | [b] |
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Joseph Benavidez | TKO (punches) | 2 | 1:54 | UFC Fight Night 169 | [c] |
| Women's Strawweight | Zhang Weili (c) | def. | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 248 | [d] |
| Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (c) | def. | Yoel Romero | Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 248 | [e] |
| Bantamweight | Henry Cejudo (c) | def. | Dominick Cruz | TKO (knee and punches) | 2 | 4:58 | UFC 249 | [f] |
| Lightweight | Justin Gaethje | def. | Tony Ferguson | TKO (punches) | 5 | 3:39 | UFC 249 | [g] |
| Women's Featherweight | Amanda Nunes (c) | def. | Felicia Spencer | Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–45) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 250 | [h] |
| Bantamweight | Petr Yan | def. | José Aldo | TKO (punches) | 5 | 3:24 | UFC 251 | [i] |
| Featherweight | Alexander Volkanovski (c) | def. | Max Holloway | Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 251 | [j] |
| Welterweight | Kamaru Usman (c) | def. | Jorge Masvidal | Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 251 | [k] |
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo | def. | Joseph Benavidez | Technical Submission (rear-naked choke) | 1 | 4:48 | UFC Fight Night 172 | [l] |
| Heavyweight | Stipe Miocic (c) | def. | Daniel Cormier | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 252 | [m] |
| Light Heavyweight | Jan Błachowicz | def. | Dominick Reyes | TKO (punches) | 2 | 4:36 | UFC 253 | [n] |
| Middleweight | Israel Adesanya (c) | def. | Paulo Costa | TKO (punches) | 2 | 3:59 | UFC 253 | [o] |
| Lightweight | Khabib Nurmagomedov (c) | def. | Justin Gaethje (ic) | Technical Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 1:34 | UFC 254 | [p] |
| Women's Flyweight | Valentina Shevchenko (c) | def. | Jennifer Maia | Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 255 | [q] |
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo (c) | def. | Alex Perez | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 1:57 | UFC 255 | [r] |
| Flyweight | Deiveson Figueiredo (c) | vs. | Brandon Moreno | Draw (majority) (48–46, 47–47, 47–47) | 5 | 5:00 | UFC 256 | [s] |
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