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 in UFC
Information
First date	January 4
Last date	December 20
Events
Total events	46 (1 cancelled)
UFC	12 (1 cancelled)
UFC on Fox	4
UFC Fight Night	28
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	503
Title fights	16
Chronology
2013 in UFC 2014 in UFC 2015 in UFC

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^{[citation needed]}
• 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
		Middleweight	Elias Theodorou	Sheldon Westcott
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Middleweight	Warlley Alves	Márcio Alexandre Júnior
		Heavyweight	Antônio Carlos Júnior	Vitor Miranda
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Middleweight	Eddie Gordon	Dhiego Lima
		Light Heavyweight	Corey Anderson	Matt Van Buren
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Bantamweight	Alejandro Pérez	José Alberto Quiñonez
		Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Leonardo Morales
TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned	Dec 12, 2014	Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	Rose Namajunas

Title fights

Title fights in 2014
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Featherweight	José Aldo (c)	def.	Ricardo Lamas	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 169	[a]
Bantamweight	Renan Barão (c)	def.	Urijah Faber	TKO (punches)	1	3:42	UFC 169	[b]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Sara McMann	TKO (knee to the body)	1	1:06	UFC 170	[c]
Welterweight	Johny Hendricks	def.	Robbie Lawler	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 171	[d]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Glover Teixeira	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 172	[e]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	def.	Renan Barão (c)	TKO (head kick & punches)	5	2:26	UFC 173	[f]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Ali Bagautinov	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 174	[g]
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Alexis Davis	KO (punches)	1	0:16	UFC 175	[h]
Middleweight	Chris Weidman (c)	def.	Lyoto Machida	Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 175	[i]
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw (c)	def.	Joe Soto	KO (head kick and punches)	5	2:20	UFC 177	[j]
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Chris Cariaso	Submission (kimura)	2	2:29	UFC 178	[k]
Featherweight	José Aldo (c)	def.	Chad Mendes	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 179	[l]
Heavyweight	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Mark Hunt	TKO (flying knee and punches)	2	2:27	UFC 180	[m]
Lightweight	Anthony Pettis (c)	def.	Gilbert Melendez	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:53	UFC 181	[n]
Welterweight	Robbie Lawler	def.	Johny Hendricks (c)	Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 181	[o]
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	def.	Rose Namajunas	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:26	TUF 20 Finale	[p]

1. For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
2. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
3. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
4. For the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship.
5. For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
6. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
7. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
8. For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
9. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
10. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
11. For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
12. For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
13. For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
14. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
15. For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
16. For the inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events

#	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[7]
301	The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale	Dec 12, 2014	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	1,800[8]
300	UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II	Dec 6, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	9,617[9]
299	UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson	Nov 22, 2014	Frank Erwin Center	Austin, Texas, U.S.	10,131[10]
298	UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt	Nov 15, 2014	Arena Ciudad de México	Mexico City, Mexico	21,000[11]
297	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. St. Preux	Nov 8, 2014	Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves	Uberlândia, Brazil	5,671[12]
296	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping	Nov 8, 2014	Allphones Arena	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	9,904[13]
295	UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2	Oct 25, 2014	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	11,415[14]
294	UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine	Oct 4, 2014	Scotiabank Centre	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	10,782[15]
293	UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story	Oct 4, 2014	Ericsson Globe Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	10,026[16]
292	UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso	Sep 27, 2014	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,544[17]
291	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson	Sep 20, 2014	Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	12,395[18]
290	UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski	Sep 13, 2014	Ginásio Nilson Nelson	Brasília, Brazil	8,822[19]
289	UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi	Sep 5, 2014	Foxwoods Resort Casino	Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S.	4,086[20]
288	UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto	Aug 30, 2014	Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento, California, U.S.	11,100[21]
287	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos	Aug 23, 2014	BOK Center	Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.	7,119[22]
286	UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le	Aug 23, 2014	CotaiArena	Macau, SAR, China	7,022[23]
285	UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux	Aug 16, 2014	Cross Insurance Center	Bangor, Maine, U.S.	5,329[24]
–	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[25]
283	UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao	Jul 19, 2014	The O2	Dublin, Ireland	9,500[26]
282	UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Miller	Jul 16, 2014	Revel Casino Hotel	Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.	4,115[27]
281	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale	Jul 6, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	6,500[28]
280	UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida	Jul 5, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,088[29]
279	UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens	Jun 28, 2014	AT&T Center	San Antonio, U.S.	9,227[30]
278	UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt	Jun 28, 2014	Vector Arena	Auckland, New Zealand	8,089[31]
277	UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov	Jun 14, 2014	Rogers Arena	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	13,506[32]
276	UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov	Jun 7, 2014	Tingley Coliseum	Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.	8,775[33]
275	The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado	May 31, 2014	Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	8,986[34]
274	UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi	May 31, 2014	O2 World	Berlin, Germany	8,000[35]
273	UFC 173: Barão vs. Dillashaw	May 24, 2014	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	11,036[36]
272	UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva	May 10, 2014	U.S. Bank Arena	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	6,143[37]
271	UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira	Apr 26, 2014	Baltimore Arena	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.	13,485[38]
270	UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne	Apr 19, 2014	Amway Center	Orlando, Florida, U.S.	17,000[39]
269	The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale: Bisping vs. Kennedy	Apr 16, 2014	Colisée Pepsi	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	5,029[40]
268	UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson	Apr 11, 2014	du Arena	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	7,963[41]
267	UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2	Mar 23, 2014	Ginásio Nélio Dias	Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil	6,828[42]
266	UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler	Mar 15, 2014	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Texas, U.S.	19,324[43]
265	UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa	Mar 8, 2014	The O2 Arena	London, England, U.K.	14,604[44]
264	The Ultimate Fighter China Finale: Kim vs. Hathaway	Mar 1, 2014	CotaiArena	Macau, SAR, China	6,000[45]
263	UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann	Feb 22, 2014	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10,217[46]
262	UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi	Feb 15, 2014	Arena Jaraguá	Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil	7,511[47]
261	UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II	Feb 1, 2014	Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	14,308[48]
260	UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson	Jan 25, 2014	United Center	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	10,895[49]
259	UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou	Jan 15, 2014	Arena at Gwinnett Center	Duluth, Georgia, U.S.	5,822[50]
258	UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim	Jan 4, 2014	Marina Bay Sands	Marina Bay, Singapore	5,216[51]

See also

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events