Ultimate Fighting Championship
American mixed martial arts promotion company
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| March 24 2025 | The acquisition of Endeavor by Silver Lake was completed, finalizing the ownership transfer of TKO and UFC. |
| 2025 | Upcoming UFC 312 featuring a middleweight matchup between Dricus du Plessis and Sean Strickland. |
| March 8 2025 | Magomed Ankalaev becomes the Light Heavyweight Champion |
| February 28 2025 | The sale of On Location and IMG to TKO Group Holdings was officially completed, resulting in Endeavor owning 59% of TKO stock with remaining shareholders controlling 41%. |
| February 9 2025 | Tatiana Suarez defeats Zhang Weili by unanimous decision at UFC 312, challenging Zhang's UFC Women's Strawweight Championship. |
| February 8 2025 | Adesanya vs Gastelum fight inducted into UFC Hall of Fame. |
| February 6 2025 | Judge Richard Boulware granted final approval for a $375 million settlement in the 'Le vs. Zuffa' antitrust lawsuit, with approximately $240-260 million to be distributed to fighters who competed in UFC bouts from December 2010 to June 2017. |
| January 21 2025 | UFC announced the separation of pound-for-pound rankings for men and women, with updated rankings released after UFC 311. |
| 2024 | Rogers successfully bids to regain UFC broadcasting rights in Canada for Sportsnet channels. |
| December 13 2024 | Casting call concludes for The Ultimate Fighter 33 reality show |
| December 7 2024 | Alexandre Pantoja defends his UFC Flyweight Championship by defeating Kai Asakura via technical submission at UFC 310. |
| November 12 2024 | UFC announced the reintroduction of its previous glove design, replacing the new design that had been in use for only six months. UFC President Dana White cited frequent complaints from fighters as the reason for the change. |
| November 4 2024 | Casting call begins for The Ultimate Fighter 33, seeking male flyweight and welterweight contestants |
| October 23 2024 | TKO Group Holdings acquired On Location and IMG from Endeavor in a $3.25 billion deal, with Endeavor receiving approximately 26.14 million common shares and becoming a 59% stakeholder in TKO. |
| October 5 2024 | Julianna Peña becomes the Women's Bantamweight Champion |
| October 5 2024 | Khalil Rountree Jr. defeats Alex Pereira via TKO at UFC 307, challenging Pereira's UFC Light Heavyweight Championship. |
| October 5 2024 | Julianna Peña from the United States is set to compete for the Women's Bantamweight championship |
| September 2024 | A new $375 million settlement was proposed for the Le v Zuffa and Johnson vs. Zuffa lawsuits after the previous settlement was rejected. |
| September 2024 | A new $375 million settlement was proposed for the antitrust lawsuits against UFC. |
| September 14 2024 | Valentina Shevchenko becomes the Women's Flyweight Champion |
| September 14 2024 | Valentina Shevchenko from Kyrgyzstan is set to compete for the Women's Flyweight championship |
| September 14 2024 | Merab Dvalishvili from Georgia becomes the Men's Bantamweight champion |
| July 31 2024 | Judge Richard Boulware denied the preliminary settlement approval and reset a tentative trial date for October 28, ruling that the case would be heard by a jury. |
| July 27 2024 | Belal Muhammad from the United States becomes the Welterweight champion |
| June 27 2024 | Wanderlei Silva, Maurício Rua, Joanna Jędrzejczyk, and Frankie Edgar inducted into UFC Hall of Fame. Silva vs. Sonnen I fight honored |
| May 4 2024 | Alexandre Pantoja successfully defends his UFC Flyweight Championship by defeating Steve Erceg via unanimous decision at UFC 301. |
| April 12 2024 | UFC announced a new glove design aimed at reducing hand injuries and eye pokes, with features including a wristband locking system, repositioned seams, and improved finger flexibility. The gloves were tested during the Dana White's Contender Series 2023 and were set to be implemented in June 2024. |
| April 2 2024 | Endeavor announced that TKO (which owns UFC) would be wholly acquired by private equity firm Silver Lake. |
| April 2 2024 | Silver Lake acquired 100% ownership of Endeavor, which had previously purchased the UFC, completing a significant corporate transition. |
| March 20 2024 | TKO, UFC's parent company, reached an agreement to settle all claims in the class action lawsuits for $335 million. |
| February 2024 | Third UFC Performance Institute opens in Mexico City, Mexico, further expanding the organization's global training infrastructure. |
| February 17 2024 | Ilia Topuria from Georgia becomes the Featherweight champion |
| January 26 2024 | Vince McMahon resigned as executive chairman following a lawsuit filed by Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, alleging sex trafficking and sexual assault. |
| January 20 2024 | Dricus du Plessis from South Africa becomes the Middleweight champion |
| January 1 2024 | UFC began a new anti-doping partnership with Drug Free Sport International, with former FBI agent George Piro serving as the independent administrator of the anti-doping program. |
| December 16 2023 | Alexandre Pantoja defends his UFC Flyweight Championship by defeating Brandon Royval via unanimous decision at UFC 296. |
| November 11 2023 | Alex Pereira from Brazil becomes the Light Heavyweight champion |
| November 11 2023 | Tom Aspinall from England becomes the Interim Heavyweight champion |
| October 11 2023 | USADA announced the end of its partnership with UFC, effective January 1, 2024. |
| October 1 2023 | Zuffa's appeal to the Ninth Circuit court in its antitrust lawsuit was denied. |
| September 12 2023 | Merger between UFC and WWE completed, forming TKO Group Holdings, with Dana White remaining as UFC president. |
| August 9 2023 | U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware granted class action status to over 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017, suing for $800 million to $1.6 billion in wages. |
| July 8 2023 | Yair Rodríguez loses to Alexander Volkanovski via TKO at UFC 290, failing to secure the UFC Featherweight Championship |
| July 8 2023 | Alexandre Pantoja from Brazil becomes the Men's Flyweight champion |
| July 6 2023 | José Aldo, Donald Cerrone, Jens Pulver, and Anderson Silva inducted into UFC Hall of Fame. |
| July 6 2023 | José Aldo, Jens Pulver, and Anderson Silva inducted into UFC Hall of Fame |
| April 2023 | Endeavor Group Holdings announced the merger of UFC with WWE to form TKO Group Holdings, with Vince McMahon as executive chairman. |
| March 18 2023 | Leon Edwards defeats Kamaru Usman via majority decision at UFC 286, retaining his UFC Welterweight Championship. |
| March 4 2023 | Jon Jones from the United States becomes the Heavyweight champion |
| February 12 2023 | Yair Rodríguez wins interim UFC Featherweight Championship by submitting Josh Emmett with a triangle choke at UFC 284 |
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