2020 in UFC

2020 in UFC
2020 in UFC
Information
First date	January 18, 2020
Last date	December 19, 2020
Events
Total events	46 (5 Cancelled)
UFC	11
Fights
Total fights	456
Title fights	19
Chronology

The year 2020 was the 28th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

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2020 UFC Honors Awards
	Performance of the Year	Fight of the Year	Knockout of the Year	Submission of the Year	Debut of the Year	Event of the Year	Comeback of the Year
Winner	Joaquin Buckley defeats Impa Kasanganay UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Zhang Weili defeats Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 UFC 248	Joaquin Buckley defeats Impa Kasanganay UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Khabib Nurmagomedov defeats Justin Gaethje UFC 254	Khamzat Chimaev defeats John Phillips UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Ige	UFC 256: Figueiredo vs. Moreno	Beneil Dariush defeats Drakkar Klose UFC 248
Nominee	Kevin Holland defeats Ronaldo Souza UFC 256	Dustin Poirier defeats Dan Hooker UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker	Cody Garbrandt defeats Raphael Assunção UFC 250	Ariane Lipski defeats Luana Carolina UFC 285	Jiří Procházka defeats Volkan Oezdemir UFC 251	UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje	Chase Hooper defeats Peter Barrett UFC 256
Nominee	Cody Garbrandt defeats Raphael Assunção UFC 250	Josh Emmett defeats Shane Burgos UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov	Kevin Holland defeats Ronaldo Souza UFC 256	Mackenzie Dern defeats Hannah Cifers UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns	Khaos Williams defeats Alex Morono UFC 247	UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer	Daniel Rodriguez defeats Dwight Grant UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar
Nominee	Charles Oliveira defeats Kevin Lee UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira	Deiveson Figueiredo draws with Brandon Moreno 1 UFC 256	Khaos Williams defeats Abdul Razak Alhassan UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. dos Anjos	Jimmy Flick defeats Cody Durden UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal	Jordan Leavitt defeats Matt Wiman UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori	UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal	Damon Jackson defeats Mirsad Bektić UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley
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2020 UFC.COM Awards
No	Best Fighter	The Upsets	The Submissions	The Newcomers	The Knockouts	The Fights
1	Deiveson Figueiredo	Roxanne Modafferi defeats Maycee Barber UFC 246	Ariane Lipski defeats Luana Carolina UFC 285	Khamzat Chimaev	Joaquin Buckley defeats Impa Kasanganay UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen	Zhang Weili defeats Joanna Jędrzejczyk 1 UFC 248
2	Jan Błachowicz	Shana Dobson defeats Mariya Agapova UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar	Mackenzie Dern defeats Hannah Cifers UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns	Joaquin Buckley	Cody Garbrandt defeats Raphael Assunção UFC 250	Deiveson Figueiredo draws with Brandon Moreno 1 UFC 256
3	Kevin Holland	Julian Erosa defeats Sean Woodson UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker	Aljamain Sterling defeats Cory Sandhagen UFC 250	Brandon Royval	Sean O'Malley defeats Eddie Wineland UFC 250	Dustin Poirier defeats Dan Hooker UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker
4	Gilbert Burns	Khaos Williams defeats Alex Morono UFC 247	Khabib Nurmagomedov defeats Justin Gaethje UFC 254	Khaos Williams	Kevin Holland defeats Ronaldo Souza UFC 256	Josh Emmett defeats Shane Burgos UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov
5	Khamzat Chimaev	Justin Jaynes defeats Frank Camacho UFC on ESPN: Blaydes vs. Volkov	Charles Oliveira defeats Kevin Lee UFC Fight Night: Lee vs. Oliveira	Jiří Procházka	Khamzat Chimaev defeats Gerald Meerschaert UFC Fight Night: Covington vs. Woodley	Dan Hooker defeats Paul Felder UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker
6	Valentina Shevchenko	Marlon Vera defeats Sean O'Malley 1 UFC 252	Jimmy Flick defeats Cody Durden UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Neal	Jamahal Hill	Khaos Williams defeats Abdul Razak Alhassan UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. dos Anjos	Justin Gaethje defeats Tony Ferguson UFC 249
7	Brandon Moreno	Daniel Rodriguez defeats Tim Means UFC Fight Night: Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2	Jack Hermansson defeats Kelvin Gastelum UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2	Youssef Zalal	Beneil Dariush defeats Drakkar Klose UFC 248	Rose Namajunas defeats Jéssica Andrade 2 UFC 251
8	Glover Teixeira	Jan Błachowicz defeats Dominick Reyes UFC 253	Thiago Moisés defeats Michael Johnson UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Teixeira	Ilia Topuria	Jordan Leavitt defeats Matt Wiman UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori	Frankie Edgar defeats Pedro Munhoz UFC on ESPN: Munhoz vs. Edgar
9	Charles Oliveira	Daniel Pineda defeats Herbert Burns UFC 252	Deiveson Figueiredo defeats Joseph Benavidez 2 UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2	Tom Aspinall	Calvin Kattar defeats Jeremy Stephens UFC 283	Jon Jones defeats Dominick Reyes UFC 247
10	Israel Adesanya	Brandon Royval defeats Tim Elliott UFC on ESPN: Woodley vs. Burns	Germaine de Randamie defeats Julianna Peña UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana	Chris Daukaus	Beneil Dariush defeats Scott Holtzman UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik	Vicente Luque defeats Niko Price 2 UFC 249
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Events
Numbers	PPV	Locations	Countries	Cities	Highest attendance	Lowest attendance	Notes
41	11	10	4	9	19,040	0	5 cancelled
Fights
Numbers	Knockouts	Submission	Unanimous decision	Split decision	No contest	Total fight time	Notes
456	139	82	185	35	5	83' 33"	Total title fights - 19
Techniques
Fastest knockout	Fastest submission	Significant punches landed	Number of takedown performed	Number of attempts for a takedown	Number of knockdowns	Number of submission attempts	Notes
Khamzat Chimaev - 0:17 seconds	Brian Kelleher - 0.39 seconds	40,180	905	2,447	187	281
Fighters
Number of fighters	UFC debutants	Releases / Retired	Fighters suspended	Number of champions	Number of interim champions	Number of title defenses	Notes
576	123	85	34	13	1	15

Name	Nickname	Division	From	Duration	Tested positive for / Info	By	Eligible to fight again	Ref.	Notes
Fabrício Werdum	Vai Cavalo	Heavyweight	Apr 25, 2018	2 years	Trenbolone, an anabolic steroid.	USADA	Apr 1, 2020	^[78] ^[79]	Reduced suspension as a result of 'substantial assistance'
T.J. Dillashaw		Bantamweight	Jan 18, 2019	1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA)	Erythropoietin (EPO).	NYSAC and USADA	Jan 18, 2021	^[80] ^[81]
Michel Prazeres		Welterweight	Mar 9, 2019	2 years	Exogenous boldenone and its metabolite 5β-androst-1-en-17β-ol-3-one.	USADA	Mar 9, 2021	^[82]
Hu Yaozong	Totoro	Light Heavyweight	Mar 9, 2019	Initially 1 year but reduced to 10 months	Arimistane and its metabolite from contamination supplement.	USADA	Jan 9, 2020	^[83]
Roman Dolidze	Bazooka	Light Heavyweight	Mar 12, 2019	1 year	Clomiphene hormone and its metabolites M1 and M2, as well as 4-chloro-18-nor-17β-hydroxymethyl,17α-methyl-5α-androst-13-en-3α-ol (M3), which is a long-term metabolite of dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (DHCMT).	USADA	March 12, 2020	^[84]
Jessica Penne		Women's Flyweight	Apr 8, 2019	Initially 4 years but reduced to 20 months	Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol.	USADA	Dec 8, 2020	^[85]	Original suspension was 4 years after second violation, but reduced to 20 months in February 2020
Melissa Gatto		Women's Bantamweight	Jun 5, 2019	1 year	Furosemide, a diuretic.	USADA	Jun 5, 2020	^[86]
Bruno Silva	Blindado	Middleweight	Jun 14, 2019	2 years	Boldenone and its metabolite.	USADA	Jun 14, 2021	^[87]
Vince Murdock		Featherweight	Jul 6, 2019	20 months	GW1516, a hormone modulator that is better known as cardarine. It is often sold on the black market as endurobol.	USADA	Sep 6, 2020	^[88] ^[89]	Originally banned for 20 months and reduced to 14 months after documenting neurological condition moyamoya
Giacomo Lemos		Heavyweight	Jul 9, 2019	2 years	Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one.	USADA	Jul 9, 2021	^[90]
John Allan		Light Heavyweight	Jul 13, 2019	1 year	Tamoxifen.	USADA and CSAC	Jul 13, 2020	^[90]	Fined $4,800 by the CSAC
Istela Nunes		Women's Strawweight	Jul 22, 2019	2 years	Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol.	USADA	Jul 22, 2021	^[91]
Sean O'Malley		Bantamweight	Aug 6, 2019	6 months	Ostarine.	USADA	Feb 6, 2020	^[92]
Khalid Taha	The Warrior	Bantamweight	Oct 6, 2019	1 year	Furosemide (diuretics).	USADA	Oct 6, 2020	^[93]
Priscila Cachoeira		Women's Flyweight	Oct 12, 2019	4 months	Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4amino-6chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB).	USADA	Feb 12, 2020	^[94]
Ovince Saint Preux	OSP	Light Heavyweight	Oct 25, 2019	3 months	Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs).	USADA	Jan 25, 2020	^[95]	Ostarine came from a tainted supplement
Diego Sanchez	Nightmare	Welterweight	Oct 26, 2019	3 months	Ostarine and S-23, the family of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs).	USADA	Jan 26, 2020	^[95]	Ostarine came from a tainted supplement
Kelvin Gastelum		Middleweight	Nov 3, 2019	Initially 9 months but reduced to 5 months	Marijuana.	USADA	Apr 3, 2020	^[96]	Original suspension was 9 months, but reduced to 5 months after Gastelum's successful completion of a drug treatment program
Isabella de Pádua	Belinha	Women's Flyweight	Nov 16, 2019	2 years	19-Norandrosterone (19-NA), the main urinary metabolite of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone) and other 19-norsteroids (class of anabolic agent).	USADA and CABMMA	Nov 16, 2021	^[82] ^[33]	Released
Rachael Ostovich		Women's Flyweight	Jan 3, 2020	8 months	Ostarine and GW1516.	USADA	Sep 9, 2020	^[97]	Prohibited substance found in supplement
Duda Santana	Cowboyzinha	Women's Bantamweight	Jan 10, 2020	1 year	Selective androgen receptor modulator LGD-4033	USADA	Jan 10, 2021	^[98]	Released by UFC
Lara Procópio		Women's Bantamweight	Feb 17, 2020	6 months	Ostarine	USADA	Aug 17, 2020	^[99]
Raphael Pessoa	Bebezão	Heavyweight	Mar 4, 2020	1 year	hydrochlorothiazide and its metabolites chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide	USADA	Mar 4, 2021	^[100]
Deron Winn		Middleweight	Mar 7, 2020	9 months	Amphetamines.	NSAC	Dec 7, 2020	^[101]	Fined $1,800
Chase Sherman	The Vanilla Gorilla	Heavyweight	May 13, 2020	9 months	Anastrozole	USADA	Feb 13, 2021	^[102]
Jamahal Hill	Sweet Dreams	Light Heavyweight	May 30, 2020	6 months	Marijuana.	NSAC	Nov 30, 2020	^[101]	Fined 15% of his fight purse
Aleksander Doskalchuk		Flyweight	Jun 6, 2020	14 months	Mesterolone.	USADA	Aug 6, 2021	^[103]
Luis Peña	Violent Bob Ross	Lightweight	Jun 17, 2020	4+1⁄2 months	Marijuana.	NSAC	Nov 2, 2020	^[101]	Reduced suspension was due to his fight being taken on short notice, fined 15% of his fight purse
Tim Elliott		Flyweight	Jun 17, 2020	4+1⁄2 months	Marijuana.	NSAC	Nov 2, 2020	^[101]	Reduced suspension was due to his fight being taken on short notice, fined 15% of his fight purse
Marc-Andre Barriault	Power Bar	Middleweight	Jul 21, 2020	6 months	Ostarine	USADA	Jan 21, 2021	^[104]
Jesse Ronson	The Body Snatcher	Welterweight	Jul 22, 2020	20 months	Metandienone	USADA	Mar 22, 2022	^[105]
Jorge Gonzalez	George St.	Light Heavyweight	Aug 5, 2020	2 years	Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite.	USADA	Aug 5, 2022	^[106]
Yair Rodríguez	El Pantera	Featherweight	Sep 8, 2020	6 months	3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year	USADA	Mar 8, 2021	^[107]
Kevin Croom	The Hard Hitting Hillbilly	Lightweight	Sep 19, 2020	4+1⁄2 months	Marijuana.	NSAC	Jan 26, 2021	^[108]	With addition of $1,800 fine
Niko Price	The Hybrid	Welterweight	Sep 19, 2020	6 months	Marijuana	NSAC	Mar 19, 2021	^[109]	With addition of $8,500 fine
Oskar Piechota	Imadło	Middleweight	Sep 25, 2020	22 months	Growth hormone releasing peptide 2 (GHRP-2 or pralmorelin) and GHRP-2 (1-3) free acid, a metabolite of GHRP-2,	USADA	Jul 25, 2022	^[110]
Erik Koch	The Phoenix	Welterweight	Oct 3, 2020	18 months	3′-hydroxy-stanozolol, a metabolite of stanozolol	USADA	Apr 3, 2022	^[111]
Charlie Ontiveros	The American Badboy	Welterweight	Oct 30, 2020	6 months	Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone metabolites	NSAC	Apr 30, 2021	^[112]	With addition of $2,245.36
Raquel Pennington	Rocky	Women's Bantamweight	Nov 7, 2020	6 months	7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064	USADA	May 7, 2021	^[113]	Self-reporting doping violation when she found out she had ingested banned substances prescribed by her doctor to help treat a medical condition
Liliya Shakirova		Women's Flyweight	Dec 5, 2020	2 years	Meldonium	USADA	Dec 5, 2022	^[114]

Title fights in 2020
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Katlyn Chookagian	TKO (elbows and punches)	3	1:03	UFC 247	^[a]
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Dominick Reyes	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 247	^[b]
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo	def.	Joseph Benavidez	TKO (punches)	2	1:54	UFC Fight Night 169	^[c]
Women's Strawweight	Zhang Weili (c)	def.	Joanna Jędrzejczyk	Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 248	^[d]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya (c)	def.	Yoel Romero	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 248	^[e]
Bantamweight	Henry Cejudo (c)	def.	Dominick Cruz	TKO (knee and punches)	2	4:58	UFC 249	^[f]
Lightweight	Justin Gaethje	def.	Tony Ferguson	TKO (punches)	5	3:39	UFC 249	^[g]
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Felicia Spencer	Decision (unanimous) (50–44, 50–44, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 250	^[h]
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	def.	José Aldo	TKO (punches)	5	3:24	UFC 251	^[i]
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	def.	Max Holloway	Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 251	^[j]
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman (c)	def.	Jorge Masvidal	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 251	^[k]
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo	def.	Joseph Benavidez	Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	4:48	UFC Fight Night 172	^[l]
Heavyweight	Stipe Miocic (c)	def.	Daniel Cormier	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 252	^[m]
Light Heavyweight	Jan Błachowicz	def.	Dominick Reyes	TKO (punches)	2	4:36	UFC 253	^[n]
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya (c)	def.	Paulo Costa	TKO (punches)	2	3:59	UFC 253	^[o]
Lightweight	Khabib Nurmagomedov (c)	def.	Justin Gaethje (ic)	Technical Submission (triangle choke)	2	1:34	UFC 254	^[p]
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Jennifer Maia	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 255	^[q]
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo (c)	def.	Alex Perez	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:57	UFC 255	^[r]
Flyweight	Deiveson Figueiredo (c)	vs.	Brandon Moreno	Draw (majority) (48–46, 47–47, 47–47)	5	5:00	UFC 256	^[s]

2020 in UFC

Partnership

2020 UFC Honors awards

2020 UFC.com awards

2020 by the numbers

Releases and retirements

Debut UFC fighters

Suspended fighters

Title fights

Events list

See also

References

External links

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