Complete, updated current UFC roster list

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It is a record of the fighters at present signed to contract underneath the UFC. All fighters have been organized by weight division, and inside their division, by their variety of appearances within the UFC. Fighters with the identical variety of appearances are organized by variety of wins, fighters with the identical document are organized alphabetically. Every struggle document has 4 classes: wins, losses, attracts, and no-contests (NC). All struggle information on this article are displayed in that order, with fights leading to a no-contest listed in parentheses.

World Excessive Cagefighting (WEC) was bought by Zuffa in 2006 and formally merged underneath the UFC model on January 1, 2011. In April 2011 Zuffa bought the Strikeforce group, and formally folded it into the UFC in January 2013. All former WEC and Strikeforce fighters are marked with an asterisk * and have had their ZUFFA document listed rather than their UFC document, beginning with WEC 25 and Strikeforce Challengers 15. These information have been, and will likely be, continued as former WEC and Strikeforce fighters transfer on within the UFC.

Fighter weight-class adjustments are famous with both an upward arrow or a downward arrow subsequent to their names. This is applicable to fighters who’ve publicly introduced a weight change however have but to struggle, in addition to those that, as Anderson Silva has on a number of events, are preventing out of their pure weight class after which instantly returning to their earlier one.

“TOTT” stands for “Story of the Tape”, designating the nationality used for every fighter throughout a UFC broadcast.

As of Could 7, 2014 new part “Inactive fighters” has been added, as a technique to categorize these fighters who’ve been inactive for greater than a 12 months, and who don’t have any particular date of return deliberate for his or her subsequent struggle within the UFC. This record can even embrace fighters who’ve been inactive for lower than a 12 months, however have made deliberate statements that they’re taking a long run break from competitors.

Current Cuts

These fighters have been launched from their contract within the final month. If their launch has not been introduced they’ve been listed right here based mostly upon their removing from the UFC’s lively fighter database. Fighters on this desk are listed by their launch date.

Date	Title	Division	Zuffa Document
Could 5, 2022	Ike Villanueva	Gentle Heavyweight	1–5
Could 4, 2022	Dean Barry	Welterweight	0–1
Could 4, 2022	Kevin Croom	Bantamweight	0–3 (1 NC)
Could 4, 2022	Cameron Else	Bantamweight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Micheal Gillmore	Welterweight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Mike Grundy	Featherweight	1–3
Could 4, 2022	Austin Hubbard	Light-weight	3–4
Could 4, 2022	Brandon Jenkins	Light-weight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Miles Johns	Bantamweight	3–2
Could 4, 2022	Gina Mazany	Ladies’s Flyweight	2–6
Could 4, 2022	Kris Moutinho	Bantamweight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Rongzhu	Light-weight	1–2
Could 4, 2022	Devonte Smith	Light-weight	3–3
Could 4, 2022	Bruno Souza	Featherweight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Jesse Strader	Bantamweight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Mark Striegl	Featherweight	0–2
Could 4, 2022	Rodrigo Vargas	Light-weight	1–3
Could 4, 2022	Luigi Vendramini	Light-weight	1–3
Could 4, 2022	Fares Ziam	Light-weight	2–2
Apr. 13, 2022	Kay Hansen	Ladies’s Strawweight	1–3
Apr. 13, 2022	Marlon Moraes (retired)	Bantamweight	5–6
Apr. 11, 2022	Alex Oliveira	Welterweight	11–10 (1 NC)
Mar. 31, 2022	Ben Rothwell	Heavyweight	9–8
Mar. 16, 2022	Sabina Mazo	Ladies’s Flyweight	3–4
Mar. 14, 2022	Davi Ramos	Light-weight	4–3
Mar. 12, 2022	Greg Hardy	Heavyweight	4–5 (1 NC)
Mar. 8, 2022	Carlos Felipe	Heavyweight	3–2
Mar. 1, 2022	Zviad Lazishvili	Bantamweight	0–1

Current Signings

The fighters listed under have been signed or come out of retirement within the final month, or have but to make their octagon debut or return. Fighters on this desk are listed by signing date.

Date	Title	Division	MMA Document
Could 12, 2022	Yazmin Jauregui	Ladies’s Strawweight	8–0
Apr. 21, 2022	Charles Johnson	Flyweight	11–2
Apr. 20, 2022	Evan Elder	Welterweight	7–1
Apr. 19, 2022	Chase Sherman	Heavyweight	15–10
Apr. 12, 2022	Ange Loosa	Welterweight	8–3
Mar. 7, 2022	Khusein Askhabov	Featherweight	23–0
Feb. 15, 2022	Isaac Dulgarian	Featherweight	5–0
Feb. 15, 2022	Christian Rodriguez	Light-weight	7–1
Feb. 5, 2022	Lucas Almeida	Light-weight	13–1
Feb. 5, 2022	Tatsuro Taira	Flyweight	10–0
Nov. 2, 2021	Maheshate	Light-weight	6–1
Oct. 26, 2021	Cristian Quinonez	Bantamweight	16–3
Oct. 26, 2021	Karine Silva	Ladies’s Flyweight	14–4
Oct. 26, 2021	Manuel Torres	Light-weight	12–2
Oct. 19, 2021	Jonny Parsons	Welterweight	8–2
Oct. 12, 2021	Jake Hadley	Flyweight	8–0
Oct. 5, 2021	Fernie Garcia	Bantamweight	10–1
Sep. 28, 2021	Igor Poterya	Gentle Heavyweight	20–2
Sep. 28, 2021	Daniel Zellhuber	Light-weight	12–0
Sep. 21, 2021	Victor Martinez	Light-weight	13–4
Sep. 21, 2021	Kleydson Rodrigues	Flyweight	7–1
Sep. 14, 2021	Lukasz Brzeski	Heavyweight	9–1
Sep. 8, 2021	Josh Quinlan	Welterweight	6–0
Aug. 31, 2021	Carlos Candelario	Flyweight	8–1
Aug. 6, 2021	Abusupiyan Magomedov	Middleweight	24–4–1
Could 17, 2021	Fernando Padilla	Featherweight	14–4
Could 11, 2021	Askar Mozharov	Gentle Heavyweight	23–7
Jan. 23, 2021	Rinat Fakhretdinov	Middleweight	20–2
Dec. 29, 2020	Isi Fitikefu	Middleweight	6–0
Nov. 24, 2020	Natalia Silva	Ladies’s Flyweight	12–5–1
Sep. 15, 2020	Danyelle Wolf	Ladies’s Featherweight	1–0

Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg): 40 Fighters

First established in 1997 at UFC 12, the heavyweight division is the primary of the trendy weight courses. Mark Coleman was the UFC’s first heavyweight champion and has been adopted by a string of notable fighters, together with Randy Couture, Bas Rutten, and Brock Lesnar. After defeating Francis Ngannou in 2018, Stipe Miocic turned the primary fighter to defend the heavyweight belt greater than twice.

Gentle Heavyweights (205 lb, 93kg): 39 Fighters

The sunshine heavyweight division has typically been described because the bellwether division of the UFC. First shaped at UFC Japan because the middleweight division, it has spawned a number of runs of dominant champions. Tito Ortiz was the longest reigning UFC LHW champion, till Jon Jones took over the mantle.

Middleweights (185 lb, 84 kg): 72 Fighters

It’s laborious to think about the middleweight championship belt with out Anderson Silva, however that’s the world we now stay in. The title was first contested between Dave Menne and Gil Castillo at UFC 33, throughout what many keep in mind because the “darkish ages” of MMA in America. Since Silva misplaced the belt in 2012, Chris Weidman is the one fighter to defend the title greater than as soon as.

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg): 80 Fighters

On October 16, 1998, Pat Miletich turned the primary UFC Welterweight champion. Dominant title runs from Matt Hughes and Georges St-Pierre had been briefly interrupted by BJ Penn and Matt Serra. In 2016, Tyron Woodley took over the function of divisional king and defended the belt 4 instances earlier than dropping it in early 2019 to yet one more wrestler, Kamaru Usman.

Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg): 84 Fighters

Again in 2002, the light-weight division was written off a failed experiment. After a 4 fighter match produced nothing, the division was successfully placed on maintain till 2006. Because it’s rejuvenation it has turn into the UFC’s deepest and best division. When Conor McGregor received the belt in 2016 he turned the UFC’s first concurrent two-division champion. Nonetheless, no title holder has defended the light-weight title greater than 3 times thus far.

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 71 Fighters

The featherweight division has its roots again within the WEC with former champions Urijah Faber and Mike Brown. The present UFC model was taken fighter for fighter in 2010 and was dominated over by Jose Aldo till his defeat by the hands of Conor McGregor in 2015.

Ladies Featherweights (145 lb, 66 kg): 4 Fighters

First constructed over a sequence of superfights for Invicta featherweight champion Cris Cyborg at a catchweight of 140lbs, the UFC lastly created a full fledged 145 lb division on December thirteenth of 2016. Germaine de Randamie defeated Holly Holm on February 11, 2017 to win the primary UFC featherweight title, nonetheless she vacated it shortly afterward when she refused to face Cyborg because the division’s prime contender. Cyborg took the vacated belt in 2017, defeating fellow former Invicta champion Tonya Evinger.

Champion: Amanda Nunes
RK	TotT	Title	Subsequent Battle/Standing	Zuffa Document
–		Macy Chiasson		6–2
–		Norma Dumont		3–2
–		Leah Letson		1–1
–		Danyelle Wolf	Damage	0–0

Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg): 75 Fighters

Additionally a part of the 2010 merger, and the WEC earlier than it, the bantamweight division is likely one of the UFC’s latest. Pre UFC notables embrace Miguel Torres, Chase Beebe, and Eddie Wineland. A protracted-extended title run from Dominick Cruz was affected by accidents and solely produced 3 title defenses over two phrases and virtually 4 years as champ.

Ladies Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg): 26 Fighters

The ladies’s bantamweight division is the primary girls’s division in UFC historical past. Strikeforce champion Ronda Rousey was promoted to UFC champion upon the weightclass’ inception on December sixth, 2012. Her struggle with Liz Carmouche turned the primary girls’s UFC bout, and among the many largest in girls’s fight sports activities historical past. Rousey went on to defend her title six instances, earlier than dropping it to Holly Holm.

Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg): 40 Fighters

The UFC’s flyweight division is its first really non-transported weight class for the reason that promotion determined to create a light-weight division all the way in which again in 2001. Demetrious Johnson emerged from an preliminary four-man match because the division’s first champion and went on to turn into probably the most dominant champion in UFC historical past, with 11 title defenses. Johnson misplaced his title to Henry Cejudo in 2018, and was shortly launched from his contract in change for ONE Championship fighter Ben Askren.

Ladies Flyweights (125 lb, 57 kg): 42 Fighters

In April of 2016, Joanne Calderwood vs. Valerie Letourneau was introduced as the primary flyweight bout in UFC historical past. A 12 months later, the promotion made plans for a girls’s flyweight season of the Final Fighter, with the intention to absolutely create the division and crown its first champion. Following harm and USADA points a late discover bout between Mara Romero Borella and Kalindra Faria turned the primary struggle within the newly official weight class. On the TUF 26 Finale Nicco Montano defeated Roxanne Modafferi to turn into the primary UFC girls’s flyweight champion. Montano was stripped lower than a 12 months later after withdrawing from her first title protection because of weight slicing points.

Ladies Strawweights (115 lb, 52 kg): 44 Fighters

On December 11, 2013 the UFC introduced it’s acquisition of 11 strawweight fighter contracts from Invicta FC. This included the contracts of the the present Invicta champion, Carla Esparza, in addition to prime contenders Tecia Torres and Joanne Calderwood. The primary UFC 115 lb champion, Carla Esparza, was topped following the twentieth season of the Final Fighter when she defeated Rose Namajunas for the title. Joanna Jedrzejczyk turned the division’s first dominant champ, defending the belt 5 instances between 2015 and 2017.

Inactive Fighters

Because of the growing measurement and complexity of the UFC roster it has turn into needed to begin separating out these fighters who’ve been inactive for more and more lengthy stretches of time. The aim of this record has at all times been to current customers with data as to who’s preventing within the UFC at present. As such, fighters will likely be included on this desk if they’ve been inactive for greater than a 12 months with no deliberate date of return, or have made official statements that they’re stepping away from the game for an undetermined time period. Fighters will likely be organized by weight class, and alphabetically inside weight class, and listed with the date of their final struggle.

Date	Title	Division	Zuffa Document
Jul. 8, 2017	Travis Browne	Heavyweight	9–7–1
N/A	Jorge Gonzalez	Gentle Heavyweight	0–0
Oct. 31, 2020	Jack Marshman	Middleweight	3–5
Dec. 7, 2019	Trevor Smith*	Middleweight	7–9
Oct. 12, 2019	Hector Aldana	Welterweight	0–3
N/A	Calen Born	Welterweight	0–0
Jun. 17, 2017	Dong Hyun Kim	Welterweight	13–4 (1 NC)
Mar. 1, 2014	John Hathaway	Welterweight	7–2
Oct. 5, 2019	Luke Jumeau	Welterweight	2–2
Aug. 31, 2013	Pascal Krauss	Welterweight	2–2
Could 12, 2018	Alberto Mina	Welterweight	3–1
Jan. 2, 2016	Sheldon Westcott	Welterweight	1–2
Dec. 21, 2019	Dong-Hyun Ma	Light-weight	3–5
Sep. 16, 2017	Alex Reyes	Light-weight	0–1
Sep. 7, 2019	Mairbek Taisumov	Light-weight	7–2
Feb. 2, 2019	David Teymur	Light-weight	5–1
Could 15, 2021	Kevin Aguilar	Featherweight	2–4
Oct. 12, 2019	Kron Gracie	Featherweight	1–1
Nov. 9, 2019	Zabit Magomedsharipov	Featherweight	6–0
Jul. 18, 2020	Nad Narimani	Featherweight	2–2
Dec. 14, 2019	Daniel Teymur	Featherweight	1–4
N/A	Zhenhong Lu	Featherweight	0–0
Dec. 14, 2019	Urijah Faber*	Bantamweight	19–10
Could 24, 2014	Chris Holdsworth	Bantamweight	2–0
Dec. 8, 2018	Matthew Lopez	Bantamweight	2–4
Dec. 21, 2019	Pingyuan Liu	Bantamweight	2–2