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Alan Jouban

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Alan Jouban is a American mixed martial artist from Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. He currently competes as a Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

Born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, Jouban competed in soccer from a young age through high school until tearing his ACL. He is of French and Syrian descent. Jouban attended and graduated from Ovey Comeaux High School and then went to University of Louisiana at Lafayette in his hometown for a couple of semesters, but left before finishing a degree.

Jouban later began training in Muay Thai in 2005 at the age of 23, and was undefeated as an amateur, which led him into a career in mixed martial arts.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Alexandre Pantoja

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Alexandre Pantoja is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He currently competes as a Flyweight in the UFC. He is the current UFC Flyweight Champion.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 2
 **Draws** | 0
Cynthia Calvillo

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Cynthia Calvillo is a American mixed martial artist from San Jose, California, United States. She currently competes as a Strawweight & Flyweight in the UFC.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Karolina Kowalkiewicz & Weili Zhang

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 1
 **By decision** | 5
 **Draws** | 0
List of UFC champions

This is a list of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champions in each weight division.

UFC has Eight men weight classes: Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight, Welterweight, Lightweights, Featherweights, Bantamweights and Flyweight.

## Current Women champions

UFC has Three Women weight classes: Bantamweights, Flyweight & Strawweight

 Strawweight | Maryna Moroz | UFC on FOX 14 | 1
Ketlen Vieira

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Ketlen Vieira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. She currently competes as a Bantamweight in the UFC.

## Background

Vieira was born in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. She started training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and when she was twelve she started training in Judo. She holds black belts in both disciplines. She is also a decorated wrestler with multiple prestigious titles, including Brazilian national wrestling championship. She transitioned to MMA and trained under Marcinho Pontes, who was José Aldo's early coach at Nova Uniao Manaus gym.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Performance of the night Sub (Two time)  vs. Ashlee Evans-Smith & Ashlee Evans-Smith

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 3
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Jessica Penne

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Jessica Penne is a American mixed martial artist from Newport Beach, California, United States. She currently competes as a Strawweight in the UFC.

## Background

Penne graduated from Diamond Bar High School, participating on the softball and swimming teams. Next at Cal State Fullerton she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Maryna Moroz

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 2
 **By decision** | 4
 **Draws** | 0
Francis N'Gannou

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Francis N'Gannou is a Cameroonian - French mixed martial artist from Batié, Cameroon. He currently competes as a Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Ngannou was born and raised in the village of Batié, Cameroon. He lived in poverty and had little formal education growing up. Ngannou's parents divorced when he was six years old, and he was sent to live with his aunt. At 10 years old, Ngannou started working in a sand quarry in Batié because of a lack of funds. As a youngster, he was approached by several gangs in his village to join them. However, Ngannou refused and instead decided to use his father's negative reputation as a street fighter as motivation to do something positive and pursue boxing.

At the age of 22, Ngannou began training in boxing, despite the initial reluctance of his family. After training for a year, Ngannou stopped training due to an illness. He did various odd jobs to make ends meet, until at the age of 26, he decided to head to Paris, France, to pursue professional boxing. However upon reaching Europe, he was jailed for two months in Spain for illegally crossing the border. After Ngannou reached Paris, he had no money, no friends, and no place to live. After living homeless on the streets of Paris, he began training for free in August 2013 under Didier Carmont. Being a fan of Mike Tyson, Ngannou was originally interested in learning how to box until his coach introduced him to the sport of MMA.

Reflecting on his journey across continents and his decision to become an MMA fighter, Ngannou said:

Ngannou is multilingual. He speaks several languages including Ngemba, French, and English. He learned English after joining the UFC.

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Heavyweight championship (One time)
* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Curtis Blaydes
* Performance of the night (KO) (Two times)  vs. Kimbo Slice & Fabricio Werdum

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 1
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Matt Hughes

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Matt Hughes is a American mixed martial artist from Flint, Michigan, United States. He currently competes as a Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

Matthew Allen Hughes was born on October 13, 1973, in Hillsboro, Illinois. Hughes has two siblings, a sister and his twin brother, Mark. During high school they both played football and wrestling. Hughes went to Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Illinois, before transferring to Lincoln College, in Lincoln, Illinois and then on to Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Robbie Lawler

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 5
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Louis Smolka

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Louis Smolka is a American mixed martial artist from Kapolei, Hawaii, U.S.. He currently competes as a Flyweight & Bantamweight in the UFC.

## Background

A professional competitor since 2010, he has previously fought for California Xtreme Fighting, King of the Cage and Pacific Xtreme Combat. He is also former flyweight champion of both California Xtreme Fighting and Pacific Xtreme Combat.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Eddie Wineland

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 3
 **Draws** | 0
Lyoto Machida

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Lyoto Machida is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He currently competes as a Middleweight & Light Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Lyoto was born in Salvador, Brazil, as the third son of the highly ranked head of the Brazilian branch of the Japan Karate Association, Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida (町田嘉三). Yoshizo moved to Brazil from Japan when he was 22 years old, where he met and married Lyoto's mother, Ana Claudia, who is of Portuguese and Italian descent. Growing up in Belém, Lyoto began training in karate at the age of 3 and earned his black belt at the age of 13. He also began training in sumo at the age of 8 and Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing at sixteen. He won a number of amateur karate tournaments, including the 2001 Pan American Karate tournament. Later he travelled to Thailand to study Muay Thai, to Japan to study grappling at the NJPW Dojo and finally to United States to pursue his UFC career.

He was the runner-up in the 2000 Brazilian Sumo Championships in the 115 kg division. As an adult, he became Brazilian Champion twice, and placed second in the South American Championship. He defeated American fighter and jiu-jitsu black belt Rafael Lovato Jr. at L.A. Sub X. In addition to his sumo and karate achievements, he has a college degree in Physical Education. Lyoto's older brother Chinzô is also a Shotokan karate champion and MMA fighter, who fights in Bellator MMA. Lyoto and Chinzô fought in a karate tournament final over ten years ago in which Lyoto gave Chinzô a cheek scar that still exists today. His other brothers include Kenzo Machida, a TV journalist for one of Brazil's biggest TV stations, and Take Machida.

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Middleweight championship (Two times)
* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Jack Hermansson
* Performance of the night KO (One time)  vs. Robert Whittaker

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 2
 **Draws** | 0
Matt Brown

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Matt Brown is a American mixed martial artist from Jamestown, Ohio, United States. He currently competes as a Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

Brown was born and raised in Jamestown, Ohio. After being home schooled for two years, he attended Greeneview High School, where he struggled to fit in. Living in a small town with no foreseeable future outside of a low paying factory job as a machinist, Brown grew frustrated and turned to drugs and alcohol. For a period, he was addicted to meth, regularly used cocaine and would often get into fights at parties. By his early twenties he had survived a heroin overdose (which led to his nickname "The Immortal"), had been homeless and had been to prison. Brown's interest in MMA started with drunkenly practicing various submission holds that he had seen on VHS tapes featuring Ken Shamrock on friends.

In what started as a cocaine-fueled trip to see his friend fight, Brown signed up to his first fight on a few hours' notice. He purchased a mouth piece from across the road, boiled it in a nearby restaurant and fought his first fight without any training; despite this he ended up winning. Brown fought again in the same night and was beaten badly, losing a decision. His first formal training was at a Japanese jiu-jitsu gym, where he agreed to another fight in two weeks with Muay Thai rules. In what was actually a sanshou match, Brown wound up losing by decision and went to work the same night. He later transitioned to a Jorge Gurgel affiliate, which led him to full MMA training.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Georges St-Pierre

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 1
 **By decision** | 3
 **Draws** | 0
Chuck Liddell

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Chuck Liddell is a American mixed martial artist from Santa Barbara, California, United States. He currently competes as a Light Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Liddell was born in Santa Barbara, California, of partial Irish descent. He was raised by his single mother and maternal grandfather, who taught Liddell and his siblings boxing techniques from a very young age. Liddell began studying Koeikan karate at the age of 12; the tattoo on his scalp reads "Koei-Kan" (幸栄館).

Liddell was a four-year starter on the football team at San Marcos High School, playing center and linebacker. He also excelled at wrestling. While growing up in Santa Barbara, he often frequented the infamous Del Playa Drive, the middle of the party scene of the college town of Isla Vista, where he often found himself in fights with drunk college students. He became a Division I wrestler at Cal Poly (California Polytechnic State University) in San Luis Obispo California and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business/Accounting in 1995. He holds an amateur kickboxing record of 20 wins and 2 losses, with 16 of his wins coming by way of knockout. When Liddell started his mixed martial arts career, he began to train in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Jon Lewis in Las Vegas, Nevada.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Performance of the Night KO (One time)  vs. Glover Teixeira

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Fight night 28

**Fight night 28:** is the 110th mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event will take place on 14th September 2021 at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, NV, USA

## Event

This event will feature eleven sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. It is the first UFC show and will feature Six main card bouts, and five preliminary bouts. All fights will consist of three five-minute rounds, except for the championship and main event fights, which consists of five five-minute rounds.
Alex Caceres

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Alex Caceres is a American mixed martial artist from Miami, Florida, United States. He currently competes as a Featherweight in the UFC. He is the current UFC Featherweight Champion.

## Background

Caceres comes from Miami, Florida where he trains at Young Tigers Foundation. Caceres claims to be "inventive and creative" during the fights, often smiling during competition. Caceres also never went the distance in any of his fights prior to joining the TUF cast. Caceres' nickname, "Bruce Leeroy" stems from the character in the film The Last Dragon.

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Featherweight championship (One time, Current)
* Performance of the Night Sub (One time)  vs. Makwan Amirkhani

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 3
 **By decision** | 0
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Fight night 9

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**Fight night 9:** is the 34th mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event will take place on 20th April 2021 at TBD

## Event

This event will feature eleven sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. It is the first UFC show and will feature Six main card bouts, and five preliminary bouts. All fights will consist of three five-minute rounds, except for the championship and main event fights, which consists of five five-minute rounds.

## Bonus awards

* **Fight of the Night:** Alvarez v Matthews
* **Performance of the night ko:** Pettis
* **Performance of the night Sub:** Vieira
Joanna Jędrzejczyk

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Joanna Jędrzejczyk is a Polish mixed martial artist from Olsztyn, Poland. She currently competes as a Strawweight & Flyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Jędrzejczyk discovered Muay Thai when she was 16, while taking up fitness, which eventually led her to compete in national and European tournaments. Jędrzejczyk competed in Muay Thai and kickboxing for 10 years, winning over 60 matches. Her amateur Muay Thai accomplishments include six IFMA world medals (five gold, one silver) and four IFMA European championships with a record of 37 wins and 3 losses. During her professional career Jędrzejczyk won five world titles including the WKN World Championship, J Girls Championship, WBKF Championship, WKF European Championship, and the WMC Championship.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Carla Esparza

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 4
 **Draws** | 0
Robbie Lawler

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Robbie Lawler is a American mixed martial artist from San Diego, California, U.S.. He currently competes as a Welterweight & Middleweight in the UFC.

## Background

Lawler was born in San Diego, California, and is of English, Samoan, African, and Filipino heritage.[citation needed] He moved to Bettendorf, Iowa at the age of ten to live with his father, who served in the Marines. Lawler began training in taekwondo at the age of eight, picking up karate two years later. Lawler attended Bettendorf High School where he received All-State honors in wrestling and football. Lawler was taken under the wing of Pat Miletich when he was 16 years old and began training with Miletich Fighting Systems as soon as he graduated in 2000.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (Two times)  vs. Matt Hughes & Tom Breese

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 **By decision** | 1
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CM Punk

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CM Punk is a American mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois, U.S. He currently competes as a Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

Phillip Jack Brooks was born in Chicago on October 26, 1978. He grew up in nearby Lockport. He has five siblings. His father was an engineer, while his mother was a homemaker. His father struggled with alcoholism which inspired Brooks to become straight edge from an early age, while his mother suffered from bipolar disorder, causing him to become estranged from her. He attended Lockport Township High School.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Vicente Luque

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 **By submission** | 1
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Alex Perez

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Alex Perez is a American mixed martial artist from Hanford, California, United States. He currently competes as a flyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Perez is of Mexican descent. He started wrestling in the sixth grade alongside his two brothers Silverio Esparza and Julian Perez. Perez represent West Hills College Lemoore in wrestling and he was the regional champion and All-American wrestler in his sophomore year in college. After Perez completed high school, he began helping friends train for their MMA fights due to his wrestling experience.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Henry Cejudo

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 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 2
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Anthony Johnson

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Anthony Johnson is a American mixed martial artist from Dublin, Georgia, United States. He currently competes as a Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Anthony Kewoa Johnson was born in Dublin, Georgia. He was raised by his grandparents who formally adopted him at age 2. Early in life, his heroes were his grandfather and the football player Walter Payton. He went to West Laurens High School and then attended Lassen College in Susanville, California on a wrestling scholarship, and became a junior college national wrestling champion. After college he worked as a bouncer and entered mixed martial arts at age 20, after a friend suggested it due to his wrestling background.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Alexander Gustafsson
* Performance of the Night KO (Three time)  vs. Forrest Griffin & Misha Cirkunov & Quinton Jackson

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
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Petr Yan

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Petr Yan is a Russian mixed martial artist from Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the UFC.

## Background

Yan was born to a father of mixed Chinese-Russian descent and a Russian mother. In sixth grade, Yan began training in ITF Taekwon-do and often fought in the streets and at the school in his area, so his family often moved to try and prevent this. Yan's older brother trained in boxing in the city of Dudinka, Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Petr wanted to learn how to box too. But his elder brother initially refused to take Petr along with him, thus Petr decided to sneak and follow his brother to go to learn the sport of boxing. From then on, Petr went on to train in boxing for 8 years and achieved the rank of Master of Sport in Boxing in the 64 kg weight category. Petr Yan also graduated from the Siberian Federal University in the city of Omsk with a degree in Physical Culture and Sport.

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Bantamweight championship (One time)

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 **By submission** | 0
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Edson Barboza

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Edson Barboza is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He currently competes as a Featherweight & Lightweight in the UFC. He is the current UFC Featherweight Champion.

## Background

Barboza comes from Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. He was born prematurely at 28 weeks and given a 50/50 chance of surviving past infancy. At the age of 8, he began practicing and competing in Muay Thai. His professional Muay Thai record is 25–3, with 22 victories by knockout and 17 first-round finishes. Barboza moved to the United States in January 2009.

Barboza's professional MMA career began in April 2009 in Tampa, Florida with a victory over Aaron Steadman via TKO in the first round. In his next fight, in the Renaissance MMA promotion, Barboza defeated Lee King via second-round KO, winning the lightweight title. Barboza defended the belt, also against King, later that year, winning via submission in the first round.

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Featherweight championship (Two times, Current)

## MMA record

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 **By decision** | 2
 **Draws** | 0
Jack Hermansson

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Jack Hermansson is a Norwegian and Swedish mixed martial artist from Uddevalla, Sweden. He currently competes as a Middleweight in the UFC.

## Background

Hermansson was born and raised in Uddevalla, Sweden, on June 10, 1988, with six siblings. He started his martial arts career as a Greco-Roman wrestler in 1997, at age of 9. After training some Muay Thai and other disciplines, he transitioned to mixed martial arts in 2008.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Lyoto Machida
* Performance of the Night Sub (Two Times)  vs. Jared Cannonier & Krzysztof Jotko

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 2
 **By decision** | 0
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Darren Elkins

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Darren Elkins is a American mixed martial artist from Portage, Indiana, United States. He currently competes as a Featherweight in the UFC.

## Background

Elkins was born in Hobart, Indiana and competed four years in wrestling for Portage High School. Elkins placed seventh in the state of Indiana as a freshman, qualified for the state competition as a sophomore, placed third as a junior, and was a State Champion as a high school senior. Darren also won multiple freestyle state championships as a youth. Elkins then went to college for two years and wrestled at University of Wisconsin Parkside, but did not finish his education at the university nor earn a degree.

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 **By submission** | 2
 **By decision** | 0
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Rankings/Men

All the rankings for the MEN weight classes.

* As of 7th February 2021

## Heavyweight

NR:Alexander Gustafsson, Andre Bishop, Andrei Arlovski, Anthony Johnson, Anthony Joshua, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, Ben Rothwell, Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez, Daniel Cormier, Dan Severn, Fabricio Werdum, Ilir Latifi, Isaac Frost, Jon Jones, Kimbo Slice, Mark Coleman, Stefan Struve, Tai Tuivasa, Todd Duffee, Tyson Fury

## LightHeavyweight

NR: Alexander Gustafsson, Anderson Silva, Anthony Johnson, Antônio Rogério Nogueira, Chris Weidman, Chuck Liddell, Corey Anderson, Dan Henderson, Daniel Cormier, Forrest Griffin, Gian Villante, Gökhan Saki, Ilir Latifi, Jimi Manuwa, Luke Rockhold, Lyoto Machida, Mauricio Rua, Ovince Saint Preux, Quinton Jackson, Rashad Evans, Ronaldo Souza, Sam Alvey, Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva

## Middleweight

NR: Anderson Silva, Anthony Smith, Chael Sonnen, Dan Henderson, Demian Maia, Georges St-Pierre, Krzysztof Jotko, Luke Rockhold, Lyoto Machida, Michael Bisping, Nick Diaz, Robbie Lawler, Ronaldo Souza, Royce Gracie, Sam Alvey, Thiago Santos, Tom Breese, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, Yoel Romero

## Welterweight

NR: Alan Jouban, Alex Oliveira, Anthony Pettis, Ben Askren, BJ Penn, Carlos Condit, CM Punk, Conor McGregor, Darren Till, Diego Sanchez, Donald Cerrone, Erick Silva, Georges St-Pierre, Gunnar Nelson, Jake Matthews, James Vick, Johny Hendricks, Kelvin Gastelum, Kevin Lee, Matt Brown, Matt Hughes, Mickey Gall, Mike Perry, Nate Diaz, Nick Diaz, Omari Akhmedov, Paul Felder, Rafael dos Anjos, Royce Gracie, Santiago Ponzinibbio, Tim Means, Tom Breese, Tony Ferguson, Yancy Medeiros

## Lightweight

NR: Alexander Hernandez, Alexander Volkanovski, Alex Oliveira, Anthony Pettis, BJ Penn, Bobby Green, Clay Guida, Donald Cerrone, Eddie Alvarez, Edson Barboza, Evan Dunham, Frankie Edgar, Gilbert Burns, Jake Matthews, James Vick, Jeremy Stephens, Jim Miller, Joe Duffy, Joe Lauzon, Jorge Masvidal, Josh Emmett, Leonardo Santos, Marc Diakiese, Max Holloway, Michael Chiesa, Michael Johnson, Nate Diaz, Nik Lentz, Renato Moicano Carneiro, Rustam Khabilov, Yancy Medeiros

## Featherweight

NR: Alex Caceres, Anthony Pettis, Charles Oliveira, Charles Rosa, Clay Guida, Conor McGregor, Cub Swanson, Daniel Hooker, Darren Elkins, Diego Sanchez, Dooho Choi. Dustin Poirier, Frankie Edgar, Jose Aldo, Makwan Amirkhani, Michael Johnson, Mirsad Bektić, Raphael Assunção, Renato Moicano Carneiro, Ricardo Lamas, Urijah Faber

## Bantaweight

NR: Eddie Wineland, Frankie Saenz, Henry Cejudo, Iuri Alcântara, John Dodson, John Lineker, Johnny Eduardo, Louis Smolka, Ray Borg, Renan Barão, Sean O'Malley, Thomas Almeida, Tim Elliott, T.J. Dillashaw, Urijah Faber

## Flyweight

NR: Demetrious Johnson, Henry Cejudo, John Dodson, Jussier Formiga, Louis Smolka, Ray Borg, T.J. Dillashaw
Dan Henderson

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Dan Henderson is a American mixed martial artist from Downey, California, U.S.. He currently competes as a Middleweight & Light Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Henderson grew up on a ranch in Apple Valley, California. He started wrestling at a young age and started being noticed as a relentless competitor. When he entered high school he placed on the wrestling team with his brother Tom at Victor Valley High, which was coached by Sam Gollmyer and assisted by their father Bill Henderson and Joe Barrios.[citation needed] He is of Native American, English, Scottish and French descent. Henderson had previously been prescribed testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) after being diagnosed with low testosterone levels in 2007. However, TRT has no longer been allowed in UFC competition since 2014. After TRT was banned, Henderson said that he quit using TRT "cold turkey".

Henderson was coached by Bob Anderson, of the defunct California Jets. He placed second at the California State Wrestling Championship in 1987 and Victor Valley won the team title. In 1988, he placed fifth in the state finals and several months later won national crowns in both freestyle and Greco Roman at the Junior Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa.[citation needed]

According to the March 2007 Confederated Umatilla Journal: "Henderson's grandmother, Alice (Bergevin) LeJune, is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes and owns land on the Umatilla Indian Reservation. From all accounts, Henderson is 1/16 Walla Walla Native American." In the interview Henderson commented: "Now I know I'm Walla Walla. It's refreshing to find some of those things out. I look Indian and I knew I had some, but I didn't know what tribe or exactly how much. It will be good to be able to tell my kids about their heritage."

## Championships and accomplishments

* Performance of the Night KO (Two time)  vs. Omari Akhmedov & Anthony Smith

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Robert Whittaker

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Robert Whittaker is a Australian mixed martial artist from Auckland, New Zealand. He currently competes as a Middleweight in the UFC.

## Background

Whittaker's father enrolled Robert, aged seven, and his brother in a Goju-ryu Karate school, to encourage them in self-discipline and self-defence. After training in the discipline for a little over eight years, and earning his black belt, his father offered him the chance to change to another sport or drop Karate entirely. While his brother decided to drop out, Robert chose to switch to Hapkido gym run by Henry Perez, following his move to Menai. Not long afterwards, Perez transformed his gym into an MMA gym. Having no other choice, Whittaker began training in MMA and was immediately hooked, choosing MMA as his preferred sport over Rugby League.

Whittaker prefers not to engage in trash-talk outside of the octagon. As he puts it:

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Middleweight championship (One time)
* Performance of the night (KO) (One time)  vs. [[[Omari Akhmedov]]

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 **By decision** | 1
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Marion Reneau

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Marion Reneau is a American mixed martial artist from Visalia, California, United States. She currently competes as a Bantamweight in the UFC.

## Background

Marion Reneau is a graduate of California State University Long Beach with a degree in sports medicine and she is a high school teacher

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Johnny Eduardo

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Johnny Eduardo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the UFC.

## Background

Eduardo made his professional MMA debut at the age of sixteen. He fought exclusively in his native Brazil for the first two years of his career, achieving a record of 11 wins and 3 losses.

In December 1999, Eduardo made his international debut as he faced Takanori Gomi at Vale Tudo Japan 1999. He lost the fight via rear-naked choke submission.

Eduardo made his United States debut in April 2009 as he fought on one of the early cards for Bellator Fighting Championships.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Frankie Edgar

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Chipo Kongo

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Chipo Kongo is a South African mixed martial artist from Cape Town, South Africa. He currently competes as a Heavyweight in the WFA.

## WFA career

Kongo lost his first fight by KO against Jeff Kelly at WFA 3

Kongo lost his 2nd fight by KO against Alex Gonzalez at WFA 6

Kongo won his 3rd fight by KO against Nick Browne at WFA 9

Kongo lost his 4th fight by KO against Mitchell Gomez at WFA 11

Kongo won his 5th fight by KO against Nick Browne at WFA 14

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Junior dos Santos

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Junior dos Santos is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Caçador, Santa Catarina, Brazil. He currently competes as a Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Dos Santos and his two siblings were raised by a single mother, Maria, after his alcoholic father Sebastian left the family in mid-1990s. He started to work at the age of ten in order to help his family. He trained Capoeira throughout his teenage years before his first serious contact with martial arts happened at the age of 21, when he began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Yuri Carlton. After only six months of training, dos Santos won a few jiu-jitsu tournaments in Salvador. One year later, Dos Santos was invited to join a boxing practice by a friend, where he met his boxing coach Luiz Carlos Dórea. Dórea also trained mixed martial arts and roughly a year after he started training boxing he had his debut professional fight.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Paul Felder

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Paul Felder is a American mixed martial artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He currently competes as a Lightweight & Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

Felder was born and raised in Philadelphia and is of Irish and German descent. He began training in martial arts at age 12, starting with Tae Kwon Do and Karate at Zhang Sah. Felder competed in the AAU Junior Olympic Games for Tae Kwon Do with his cousin Niko Portillo, who was the main inspiration for Felder's fighting career. Felder attended Ridley High School in Folsom, Pennsylvania and later the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, for acting, graduating in 2008.

During college, Felder began training in Muay Thai before later transitioning to mixed martial arts. Due to his karate background, he was given the nickname "The Irish Dragon", a reference to his Irish heritage and fellow karate practitioner Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. Felder initially pushed back against the nickname, but it caught on and he stuck with it. After fellow UFC lightweight fighter Conor McGregor commented that Felder's surname was of German origin, Felder joked in January 2021 that he would use the nickname "The German Dragon" if he ever fought McGregor.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Yancy Medeiros
* Performance of the night (KO) (One time)  vs. Yancy Medeiros

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Ben Askren

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Ben Askren is a American mixed martial artist from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. He currently competes as a Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

He is competitive in the sport of disc golf. In 2009, Askren finished 9th in the Amateur World Championships. Askren is sponsored by Discraft. He is also involved in cryptocurrency investing.

Askren co-hosts a couple of weekly wrestling podcasts: 'FloWrestling Radio Live' with Christian Pyles on FloWrestling, 'The Funky & FRB Show' with Front Row Brian on Rokfin and 'The T-Row & Funky Show' with two-time NCAA Champion Tommy Rowlands.

## Championships and accomplishments

* UFC Welterweight championship (one time)
* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Stephen Thompson

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 3
 **By decision** | 2
 **Draws** | 0
Joanne Calderwood

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Joanne Calderwood is a Scottish mixed martial artist from Irvine, Scotland. She currently competes as a Strawweight & Flyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Calderwood first got started in Muay Thai training by accident. When she was 13, her younger brother was meant to go to a class with his friend, however they never came. Her mother asked her to go along to keep him company. She fell in love with it and begged her mother to allow her to give up competitive swimming to do the two classes each week. This quickly led to doing two sessions a day and spending all of her time training on her own between these sessions.

She worked several jobs growing up, including one after secondary school that involved her helping children and people who were on ventilation machines, monitoring them in the hospital and assisting them when needed. But those were 12-hour shifts, which drained energy and made training difficult.

She eventually found another gym, left that job to work at the gym and made a significant commitment to her training.

"I had to make a decision if I wanted to keep fighting or stay in my job," she said. "I wanted to keep fighting."

## Championships and accomplishments

* Performance of the night (KO) (One time)  vs. Tecia Torres

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Marc Diakiese

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Marc Diakiese is a English mixed martial artist from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He currently competes as a Lightweight in the UFC.

## Background

Diakiese was the first UFC fighter to pose for Gay Times Magazine, an LGBT publication where his view on LGBT community was "As people, we are all one".

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Mackenzie Dern

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Mackenzie Dern is a American mixed martial artist from Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.. She currently competes as a Strawweight in the UFC.

## Background

Dern was born in Arizona, the daughter of Wellington "Megaton" Dias, a highly decorated grappling competitor himself. As a child, she grew up travelling back and forth between Arizona and her father's native Brazil. Dern is fluent in English and Portuguese. She has stated that Portuguese has become her primary tongue, explaining that "my Dad and step Mom are both Brazilian. My boyfriend speaks Portuguese. I'm speaking Portuguese more than English. I still have lots of interactions in English of course. But I think in Portuguese, anything to do with fight is all in Portuguese in my mind, I dream in Portuguese."

Dern began training by the age of three and practicing with her father and stepmother who is also a black belt, Luciana Tavares. Mackenzie started competing at a young age, and began competing in the adult divisions at 14 years old. She has won a world championship in every belt level as she progressed to black belt rank, which was awarded to her by her father in December 2012, three months prior to her 20th birthday. She graduated from Ironwood High School in Glendale, Arizona.

Due to her six 1st place finishes at the Asian Open, Mackenzie is the only female Jiu-Jitsu competitor to have won Gold Medals, at Black Belt level, at each of the 5 principal/highest ranking IBJJF Gi Championships - the other events are the Worlds, the Euros, the Pan Ams and the Brazilian Nationals. One of her biggest achievements in BJJ came when she managed to defeat Gabi Garcia despite a huge weight difference, becoming one of the few women on the planet to ever do so.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Weili Zhang
* Performance of the night (Sub) (Two times)  vs. Joanne Calderwood & Michelle Waterson

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 2
 **By decision** | 2
 **Draws** | 0
Bobby Green

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Bobby Green is a American mixed martial artist from San Bernardino, California, United States. He currently competes as a Lightweight in the UFC.

## Background

Green was born in San Bernardino, California and became a foster child when he was five years old, as his father was incarcerated and mother was unable to take care of her children due to a drug addiction. Green began wrestling in his sophomore year at A.B. Miller High School in Fontana, California, placing twice in the state tournament. Green began pursuing a career in professional mixed martial arts while he was also working at a warehouse to help support his son.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 5
 **Draws** | 0
Fight night 30

**Fight night 30:** is the 118th mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event will take place on 28th September 2021 at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, NV, USA

## Event

This event will feature eleven sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. It is the first UFC show and will feature Six main card bouts, and five preliminary bouts. All fights will consist of three five-minute rounds, except for the championship and main event fights, which consists of five five-minute rounds.

## Bonus awards

* **Fight of the Night:**
* **Performance of the night ko:**
* **Performance of the night Sub:**
Antônio Rogério Nogueira

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Antônio Rogério Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Vitória da Conquista, Bahia, Brazil. He currently competes as a Light Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Antônio Rogério Nogueira hails from the town of Vitória da Conquista, Brazil and trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo de la Riva. Along with his brother, Nogueira trains with Black House. He claims that it is not usual for Brazilian twins to have the same first name but the twins' mother named them both after their father Antônio Amielto.

Although they are identical twins, Nogueira can be distinguished from his brother by his lighter weight and shorter height, and by the presence of a scar on his brother's lower back. He is an instructor in San Diego, California along with his brother, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, former interim UFC Heavyweight Champion and former PRIDE Heavyweight Champion.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 1
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Ronaldo Souza

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Ronaldo Souza is a Brazilian mixed martial artist from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. He currently competes as a Middleweight & Light Heavyweight in the UFC.

## Background

Souza was born in Vila Velha, Brazil, into a cafuzo family and was raised in Cariacica, Brazil. Souza had a rough upbringing, and on the day he turned 15, he saw one of his good friends get shot to death. After this event, Souza's mother moved him to Manaus to go and live with his brother and he started training in Judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu when he was 17. He is an eight-time World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, including gold medals in the Openweight class in 2003, 2004 and 2005. His other credentials include the 2005 77–87 kg ADCC Champion and the 2005 ADCC Absolute Division runner-up, only losing to Roger Gracie who outweighed him by approximately 25 lbs. Along with Roger Gracie and Marcelo Garcia, Souza is widely considered to be among the greatest BJJ practitioners of his time.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Israel Adesanya
* Performance of the Night Sub (One time)  vs. Kevin Holland

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 6
 **By decision** | 0
 **Draws** | 0
Fight night 10

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**Fight night 10:** is the 34th mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event will take place on 27th April 2021 at TBD

## Event

This event will feature eleven sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. It is the first UFC show and will feature Six main card bouts, and five preliminary bouts. All fights will consist of three five-minute rounds, except for the championship and main event fights, which consists of five five-minute rounds.

## Bonus awards

* **Fight of the Night:** Oezdemir v Anderson
* **Performance of the night ko:** Dodson
* **Performance of the night Sub:** Moraes
Megan Anderson

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Megan Anderson is a Australian mixed martial artist from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She currently competes as a Bantamweight in the UFC.

## Background

Anderson was born and raised on the Gold Coast, Queensland. She attended All Saints Anglican School throughout her upbringing and moved to Canberra at the beginning of 2008 to join the Australian Army upon graduation from high school. After serving two and a half years in the military, she was discharged when it was discovered she had attempted to take her own life and was subsequently hospitalised. She then returned to the Gold Coast and worked as a receptionist while getting involved in the local boxing scene. Through her boxing connections, she was introduced to mixed martial arts and began training in 2013.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Cris "Cyborg"

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 1
 **By decision** | 2
 **Draws** | 0
Michael Chandler

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Michael Chandler is a American mixed martial artist from High Ridge, Missouri, U.S.. He currently competes as a Lightweight in the UFC.

## Background

Chandler was born and raised in High Ridge, Missouri, on April 24, 1986. He was born the second of four children to Michael Sr. and Betty Chandler. Chandler was on the honor roll every term in high school, received three letters in football, and finished second at the Missouri State High School Championships his senior year for wrestling. He was voted the Most Valuable Wrestler during his senior season and was selected to the All-St. Louis Team.

Upon graduating from Northwest High School in 2004, Chandler enrolled at the University of Missouri, walking onto the school's wrestling squad. While at Missouri, Chandler was a four-time NCAA Division I qualifier, collected 100 career wins, as well as earning fifth place at NCAA's as a senior, earning DI All-American honors. Chandler earned runner-up honors in the 2008 and 2009 Big 12 Championships and was awarded automatic bids to three of the four NCAA Championships he competed in. Chandler compiled a 31–15 record against Big 12 opponents and a 100–40 overall record in his four years as a starter. He majored in personal finance management services with a minor in real estate.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 0
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Kevin Lee

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Kevin Lee is a American mixed martial artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. He currently competes as a Lightweight & Welterweight in the UFC.

## Background

Lee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 4, 1992, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Kevin has a sister and two younger brothers, one of which is Keith, also a professional mixed martial artist signed to Bellator who has been training with Kevin previously at Xtreme Couture and currently at Tristar.

He competed in basketball growing up and began wrestling during his junior year at Southfield High School. Lee was talented enough to continue his wrestling career at Grand Valley State University, where he was a national tournament qualifier and went 37–0 as a sophomore. However, with two years left of wrestling eligibility at the school, Lee dropped out to focus on a career in mixed martial arts.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Fight of the Night (One time)  vs. Tyron Woodley

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 0
 **By decision** | 3
 **Draws** | 0
Kevin Holland

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Kevin Holland is a American mixed martial artist from Riverside, California, United States. He currently competes as a Middleweight in the UFC.

## Background

Born in Riverside, California and raised in Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario, Holland started martial arts training when he was 16 years old and was a fan of Georges St-Pierre. He fell in love with the UFC after watching UFC 100, the first time he'd watched the UFC, when he was visiting his father in Philadelphia.

## MMA record

 **By submission** | 2
 **By decision** | 1
 **Draws** | 0
Fight night 14

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**Fight night 14:** is the 54th mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event will take place on 25th May 2021 at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, NV, USA

## Event

This event will feature eleven sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts. It is the first UFC show and will feature Six main card bouts, and five preliminary bouts. All fights will consist of three five-minute rounds, except for the championship and main event fights, which consists of five five-minute rounds.

## Bonus awards

* **Fight of the Night:** Dariush v Alvarez
* **Performance of the night KO:** Reyes
* **Performance of the night Sub:** Weidman