# 2014 in UFC

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.

## 2014 UFC.com awards

2014 UFC.COM Awards :
| No | Best Fighter | The Upsets | The Submissions | The Newcomers | The Knockouts | The Fights |
| 1 | Robbie Lawler | T.J. Dillashaw defeats Renan Barão 1 UFC 173 | Charles Oliveira defeats Hatsu Hioki UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt | Corey Anderson | Dong Hyun Kim defeats John Hathaway The Ultimate Fighter China Finale: Kim vs. Hathaway | Johny Hendricks defeats Robbie Lawler UFC 171 |
| 2 | Ronda Rousey | Rafael dos Anjos defeats Benson Henderson UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos | Anthony Pettis defeats Gilbert Melendez UFC 181 | Jake Matthews | Chris Beal defeats Patrick Williams UFC 172 | José Aldo defeats Chad Mendes 2 UFC 179 |
| 3 | T.J. Dillashaw | Rick Story defeats Gunnar Nelson UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story | Ben Saunders defeats Chris Heatherly UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos | Aljamain Sterling | Josh Samman defeats Eddie Gordon UFC 181 | Junior dos Santos defeats Stipe Miocic 1 UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic |
| 4 | Donald Cerrone | Alex Caceres defeats Sergio Pettis UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson | Luke Rockhold defeats Tim Boetsch UFC 172 | Warlley Alves | Mark Hunt defeats Roy Nelson UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson | Matt Brown defeats Erick Silva UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva |
| 5 | Rory MacDonald | Ben Rothwell defeats Alistair Overeem UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Mousasi | Mitch Clarke defeats Al Iaquinta UFC 173 | Colby Covington | Roy Nelson defeats Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson | Abel Trujillo defeats Jamie Varner UFC 169 |
| 6 | Luke Rockhold | Al Iaquinta defeats Ross Pearson UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping | Alex Chambers defeats Anthony Birchak UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic | Elias Theodorou | Dan Henderson defeats Maurício Rua 2 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 | Chris Weidman defeats Lyoto Machida UFC 175 |
| 7 | Fabrício Werdum | Johnny Eduardo defeats Eddie Wineland UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva | Raquel Pennington defeats Ashlee Evans-Smith UFC 181 | Patrick Cummins | Fabrício Werdum defeats Mark Hunt UFC 180 | Robbie Lawler defeats Matt Brown UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown |
| 8 | Rafael dos Anjos | Zak Cummings defeats Yan Cabral UFC Fight Night: Miocic vs. Hunt | Leandro Issa defeats Zhumabek Tursyn The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale | Rashid Magomedov | Albert Tumenov defeats Matt Dwyer UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine | T.J. Dillashaw defeats Renan Barão 1 UFC 173 |
| 9 | Max Holloway | Thiago Santos defeats Ronny Markes UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 | Daniel Cormier defeats Dan Henderson UFC 173 | Joanna Jędrzejczyk | Mike Wilkinson defeats Niklas Bäckström UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story | Dan Henderson defeats Maurício Rua 2 UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 |
| 10 | Neil Magny | Roger Narvaez defeats Luke Barnatt UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | Joseph Benavidez defeats Tim Elliott UFC 172 | Carla Esparza (Tie) Paige VanZant (Tie) Henry Cejudo (Tie) | Abel Trujillo defeats Jamie Varner UFC 169 | Cathal Pendred defeats Mike King UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandão |
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## Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2014:
* Aaron Phillips
* Aisling Daly
* Akbarh Arreola
* Alan Jouban
* Alan Omer
* Albert Cheng
* Albert Tumenov
* Alberto Mina
* Alejandro Pérez
* Aleksei Oleinik
* Alex Chambers
* Alex White
* Alexander Yakovlev
* Alexis Dufresne
* Aljamain Sterling
* Andreas Ståhl
* Andy Enz
* Angela Hill
* Angela Magaña
* Anthony Birchak
* Anthony Hamilton
* Antônio Carlos Jr.
* Antônio dos Santos Jr.
* Ashlee Evans-Smith
* Augusto Montaño
* Bec Rawlings
* Beneil Dariush
* Brendan O'Reilly
* Brian Ortega
* Bryan Barberena
* Bubba Bush
* Bubba McDaniel
* Cain Carrizosa
* Carla Esparza
* Carlos Diego Ferreira
* Cathal Pendred
* Chad Laprise
* Charles Rosa
* Chas Skelly
* Chris Beal
* Chris Dempsey
* Chris Heatherly
* Chris Indich
* Chris Kelades
* Chris Wade
* Christos Giagos
* Cláudia Gadelha
* Cláudio Silva
* Clay Collard
* Cody Gibson
* Colby Covington
* Corey Anderson
* Damon Jackson
* Dan Hooker
* Dan Kelly
* Daniel Spohn
* Danny Martinez
* Danny Mitchell
* Dashon Johnson
* Dave Galera
* David Michaud
* Derrick Lewis
* Dhiego Lima
* Diego Rivas
* Doo Ho Choi
* Douglas Silva de Andrade
* Eddie Alvarez
* Eddie Gordon
* Elias Theodorou
* Elizabeth Phillips
* Emily Kagan
* Ernest Chavez
* Felice Herrig
* Francisco Treviño
* Frankie Saenz
* Gabriel Benítez
* Gasan Umalatov
* George Sullivan
* Gilbert Burns
* Guido Cannetti
* Guilherme Vasconcelos
* Guto Inocente
* Hans Stringer
* Heather Jo Clark
* Héctor Urbina
* Henry Briones
* Henry Cejudo
* Hernani Perpétuo
* Humberto Brown
* Ian Entwistle
* Jack May
* Jake Collier
* Jake Lindsey
* Jake Matthews
* James Moontasri
* Jan Błachowicz
* Jason Saggo
* Jerrod Sanders
* Jessica Penne
* Jim Alers
* Joanna Jędrzejczyk
* Joanne Calderwood
* Joby Sanchez
* Joe Ellenberger
* Joe Soto
* Johnny Case
* Jon Delos Reyes
* Jorge de Oliveira
* José Alberto Quiñónez
* Josh Copeland
* Josh Shockley
* Juan Puig
* Juliana Lima
* Jumabieke Tuerxun
* Justin Jones
* Kailin Curran
* Kajan Johnson
* Katsunori Kikuno
* Keith Berish
* Kevin Lee
* Kiichi Kunimoto
* Larissa Pacheco
* Lauren Murphy
* Leandro Issa
* Leon Edwards
* Leonardo Morales
* Leslie Smith
* Li Jingliang
* Lisa Ellis
* Louis Smolka
* Luiz Dutra
* Luke Zachrich
* Mairbek Taisumov
* Marcin Bandel
* Márcio Alexandre Jr.
* Marco Beltrán
* Marcos Rogério de Lima
* Mark Eddiva
* Marlon Vera
* Masanori Kanehara
* Mats Nilsson
* Matt Dwyer
* Matt Hobar
* Matt Van Buren
* Michinori Tanaka
* Mike De La Torre
* Mike King
* Mike Rhodes
* Milana Dudieva
* Mirsad Bektic
* Neil Seery
* Nick Hein
* Niklas Bäckström
* Nina Ansaroff
* Ning Guangyou
* Noad Lahat
* Nolan Ticman
* Nordine Taleb
* Olivier Aubin-Mercier
* Paige VanZant
* Patrick Cummins
* Patrick Holohan
* Patrick Walsh
* Patrick Williams
* Paul Felder
* Pawel Pawlak
* Pedro Munhoz
* Randa Markos
* Rashid Magomedov
* Ray Borg
* Renato Moicano
* Ricardo Abreu
* Richard Walsh
* Richardson Moreira
* Rin Nakai
* Rob Font
* Robert Drysdale
* Rodolfo Rubio
* Rodrigo de Lima
* Roger Narvaez
* Roldan Sangcha-an
* Roman Salazar
* Rose Namajunas
* Royston Wee
* Ruan Potts
* Ruslan Magomedov
* Russell Doane
* Sam Alvey
* Sarah Moras
* Scott Askham
* Sean O'Connell
* Sean Soriano
* Sean Strickland
* Seo Hee Ham
* Shane Howell
* Shayna Baszler
* Sheldon Westcott
* Shinsho Anzai
* Shunichi Shimizu
* Tae Hyun Bang
* Takenori Sato
* Tarec Saffiedine
* Tateki Matsuda
* Tatsuya Kawajiri
* Tecia Torres
* Thomas Almeida
* Tiago Trator
* Tim Gorman
* Tina Lähdemäki
* Anthony Rocco Martin
* Ulka Sasaki
* Valérie Létourneau
* Valmir Lazaro
* Viktor Pešta
* Vitor Miranda
* Wagner Silva
* Wang Anying
* Wang Sai
* Warlley Alves
* Wendell Oliveira
* Will Chope
* Willie Gates
* Yair Rodríguez
* Yang Jianping
* Yao Zhikui
* Yosdenis Cedeno
* Yui Chul Nam
* Zhang Lipeng
* Zubaira Tukhugov

## 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 |

## Title fights

* ↑ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
* ↑ For the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
* ↑ For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
* ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
* ↑ For the inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.

## 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 |
| 301 | The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale | Dec 12, 2014 | Palms Casino Resort | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,800 |
| 300 | UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II | Dec 6, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 9,617 |
| 299 | UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | Nov 22, 2014 | Frank Erwin Center | Austin, Texas, U.S. | 10,131 |
| 298 | UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt | Nov 15, 2014 | Arena Ciudad de México | Mexico City, Mexico | 21,000 |
| 297 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. St. Preux | Nov 8, 2014 | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves | Uberlândia, Brazil | 5,671 |
| 296 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping | Nov 8, 2014 | Allphones Arena | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 9,904 |
| 295 | UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 | Oct 25, 2014 | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11,415 |
| 294 | UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine | Oct 4, 2014 | Scotiabank Centre | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 10,782 |
| 293 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story | Oct 4, 2014 | Ericsson Globe Arena | Stockholm, Sweden | 10,026 |
| 292 | UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso | Sep 27, 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 10,544 |
| 291 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson | Sep 20, 2014 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 12,395 |
| 290 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski | Sep 13, 2014 | Ginásio Nilson Nelson | Brasília, Brazil | 8,822 |
| 289 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi | Sep 5, 2014 | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S. | 4,086 |
| 288 | UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto | Aug 30, 2014 | Sleep Train Arena | Sacramento, California, U.S. | 11,100 |
| 287 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos | Aug 23, 2014 | BOK Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | 7,119 |
| 286 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le | Aug 23, 2014 | CotaiArena | Macau, SAR, China | 7,022 |
| 285 | UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux | Aug 16, 2014 | Cross Insurance Center | Bangor, Maine, U.S. | 5,329 |
| – | 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 |
| 283 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao | Jul 19, 2014 | The O$_2$ | Dublin, Ireland | 9,500 |
| 282 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Miller | Jul 16, 2014 | Revel Casino Hotel | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | 4,115 |
| 281 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale | Jul 6, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 6,500 |
| 280 | UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida | Jul 5, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 10,088 |
| 279 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens | Jun 28, 2014 | AT&T Center | San Antonio, U.S. | 9,227 |
| 278 | UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt | Jun 28, 2014 | Vector Arena | Auckland, New Zealand | 8,089 |
| 277 | UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov | Jun 14, 2014 | Rogers Arena | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 13,506 |
| 276 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov | Jun 7, 2014 | Tingley Coliseum | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | 8,775 |
| 275 | The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado | May 31, 2014 | Ginásio do Ibirapuera | São Paulo, Brazil | 8,986 |
| 274 | UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi | May 31, 2014 | O$_2$ World | Berlin, Germany | 8,000 |
| 273 | UFC 173: Barão vs. Dillashaw | May 24, 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 11,036 |
| 272 | UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva | May 10, 2014 | U.S. Bank Arena | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | 6,143 |
| 271 | UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira | Apr 26, 2014 | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | 13,485 |
| 270 | UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne | Apr 19, 2014 | Amway Center | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | 17,000 |
| 269 | The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale: Bisping vs. Kennedy | Apr 16, 2014 | Colisée Pepsi | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | 5,029 |
| 268 | UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson | Apr 11, 2014 | du Arena | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 7,963 |
| 267 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 | Mar 23, 2014 | Ginásio Nélio Dias | Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | 6,828 |
| 266 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler | Mar 15, 2014 | American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | 19,324 |
| 265 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa | Mar 8, 2014 | The O$_2$ Arena | London, England, U.K. | 14,604 |
| 264 | The Ultimate Fighter China Finale: Kim vs. Hathaway | Mar 1, 2014 | CotaiArena | Macau, SAR, China | 6,000 |
| 263 | UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann | Feb 22, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 10,217 |
| 262 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi | Feb 15, 2014 | Arena Jaraguá | Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil | 7,511 |
| 261 | UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II | Feb 1, 2014 | Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | 14,308 |
| 260 | UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson | Jan 25, 2014 | United Center | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | 10,895 |
| 259 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou | Jan 15, 2014 | Arena at Gwinnett Center | Duluth, Georgia, U.S. | 5,822 |
| 258 | UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim | Jan 4, 2014 | Marina Bay Sands | Marina Bay, Singapore | 5,216 |