2014_in_UFC

2014 in UFC
2014 in UFC
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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

2014 in UFC

UFC MMA events in 2014

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.

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[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.

[17] [1]
Staff (December 13, 2014). "UFC on FOX 13 draws reported 15,300 attendance for $1.5 million gate". MMAjunkie.com.

[18] [2]
Staff (December 13, 2014). "TUF 20 Finale draws reported 1,800 attendance for $143,000 gate". MMAjunkie.com.

[19] [3]
"UFC 181 draws reported 9,617 attendance for $2.488 million gate". MMAjunkie.com. December 7, 2014.

[20] [4]
"UFC Fight Night 57 draws reported 10,131 attendance for $670,022 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. November 23, 2014.

[21] [5]
"UFC 180 draws reported 21,000 fans, sets Mexico City Arena gate record". MMAjunkie.com. November 16, 2014.

[22] [6]
"UFC Fight Night 56 draws reported 5,671 fans in Brazil". MMAjunkie.com. November 9, 2014.

[23] [7]
"UFC Fight Night 55 draws reported 9,904 attendance for $1.05 million gate". MMAjunkie.com. November 8, 2014.

[24] [8]
"UFC 179 draws reported 11,415 attendance". MMAjunkie.com. October 26, 2014.

[25] [9]
"UFC Fight Night 54 draws reported 10,782 attendance for $926,000 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. October 5, 2014.

[26] [10]
"UFC Fight Night 53 draws reported 10,026 attendance for $1.1 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. October 4, 2014.

[27] [11]
"UFC 178 draws reported 10,544 attendance for $2.2 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. September 28, 2014.

[28] [12]
"UFC Fight Night 52 draws reported 12,395 attendance". MMAjunkie.com. September 20, 2014.

[29] [13]
"UFC Fight Night 51 draws reported 8,822 attendance (updated)". MMAjunkie.com. September 13, 2014.

[30] [14]
"UFC Fight Night 50 draws reported attendance of 4,086 for $479,620 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. September 6, 2014.

[31] [15]
"UFC 177 draws reported 11,100 attendance for $700,000 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. August 31, 2014.

[32] [16]
"UFC Fight Night 49 draws reported 7,119 attendance for $452,075 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. August 24, 2014.

[33] [17]
"UFC Fight Night 48 draws attendance of 7,022, announced as sellout". MMAjunkie.com. August 23, 2014.

[34] [18]
"UFC Fight Night 47 draws reported 5,329 attendance for $321,470 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. August 17, 2014.

[35] [19]
"UFC on FOX 12 draws reported 11,482 attendance for $735,317 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. July 26, 2014.

[36] [20]
"UFC Fight Night 46 draws one of the year's best non-PPV attendance figures". MMAjunkie.com. July 19, 2014.

[37] [21]
"UFC Fight Night 45 draws 4,115 attendance". MMAjunkie.com. July 17, 2014.

[38] [22]
"TUF 19 Finale draws reported 6,500 attendance for $835,000 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. July 7, 2014.

[39] [23]
"UFC 175 draws reported 10,088 attendance for $4.4 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. July 6, 2014.

[40] [24]
"UFC Fight Night 44 draws reported 9,227 attendance for $728,358 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. June 29, 2014.

[41] [25]
"UFC Fight Night 43 draws reported 8,089 attendance for $913,000 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. June 28, 2014.

[42] [26]
"UFC 174 draws reported 13,506 attendance for $1.14 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. June 15, 2014.

[43] [27]
"UFC Fight Night 42 attendance". MMAweekly.com. June 7, 2014.

[44] [28]
"TUF Brazil 3 Finale draws announced attendance of 8,986". MMAjunkie.com. May 31, 2014.

[45] [29]
"After drawing 8,000 fans, UFC targeting May 2015 return to Berlin". MMAjunkie.com. May 31, 2014.

[46] [30]
"UFC 173 draws 11,036 attendance for $1.7 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. May 24, 2014.

[47] [31]
"UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva draws 6,143 attendance for $415,000 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. May 11, 2014.

[48] [32]
"UFC 172 draws 13,485 attendance for $2.3 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. April 27, 2014.

[49] [33]
"UFC on FOX 11 draws reported 17,000 attendance for $1.65 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. April 19, 2014.

[50] [34]
"TUF Nations Finale's attendance mark pushes live gate to $340,000". MMAjunkie.com. April 17, 2014.

[51] [35]
"UFC Fight Night 39 attendance pushes gate to $1.8 million". MMAjunkie.com. April 11, 2014.

[52] [36]
"UFC Fight Night 38 draws reported 6,828 attendance". MMAjunkie.com. March 23, 2014.

[53] [37]
"UFC 171 draws reported 19,324 attendance for $2.6 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. March 15, 2014.

[54] [38]
"UFC Fight Night 37 draws reported 14,604 attendance for $2 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. March 8, 2014.

[55] [39]
Staff (2014-03-01). "TUF China Finale draws announced attendance of 6,000 in Macau". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-03-01.

[56] [40]
Staff (2014-02-23). "UFC 170 draws reported 10,217 attendance for $1,558,870 live gate". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-02-23.

[57] [41]
John Morgan (February 16, 2014). "UFC Fight Night 36 draws reported attendance of 7,511". mmajunkie.com.

[58] [42]
MMAJunkie staff (February 2, 2014). "UFC 169 draws reported 14,308 attendance for $1.651 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com.

[59] [43]
John Morgan and Matt Erickson (January 25, 2014). "UFC on FOX 10 draws reported 10,895 attendance for $863,655 live gate". MMAjunkie.com.

[60] [44]
"UFC Fight Night 35 draws reported 5,822 attendance for $231,951 live gate". MMAjunkie.com. January 15, 2014.

[61] [45]
Staff (2014-01-04). "UFC Fight Night 34 draws reported 5,216 attendance in Singapore debut". mmajunkie.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.

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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	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Bantamweight	Renan Barão (c)	def.	Urijah Faber	TKO (punches)	1	3:42	UFC 169	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Sara McMann	TKO (knee to the body)	1	1:06	UFC 170	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Welterweight	Johny Hendricks	def.	Robbie Lawler	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 48–47)	5	5:00	UFC 171	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Light Heavyweight	Jon Jones (c)	def.	Glover Teixeira	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 172	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw	def.	Renan Barão (c)	TKO (head kick & punches)	5	2:26	UFC 173	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Ali Bagautinov	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 174	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Women's Bantamweight	Ronda Rousey (c)	def.	Alexis Davis	KO (punches)	1	0:16	UFC 175	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Middleweight	Chris Weidman (c)	def.	Lyoto Machida	Decision (unanimous) (49–45, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 175	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
Bantamweight	T.J. Dillashaw (c)	def.	Joe Soto	KO (head kick and punches)	5	2:20	UFC 177	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
Flyweight	Demetrious Johnson (c)	def.	Chris Cariaso	Submission (kimura)	2	2:29	UFC 178	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Featherweight	José Aldo (c)	def.	Chad Mendes	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 179	^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Heavyweight	Fabrício Werdum	def.	Mark Hunt	TKO (flying knee and punches)	2	2:27	UFC 180	^{[lower-alpha 13]}
Lightweight	Anthony Pettis (c)	def.	Gilbert Melendez	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:53	UFC 181	^{[lower-alpha 14]}
Welterweight	Robbie Lawler	def.	Johny Hendricks (c)	Decision (split) (48–47, 47–48, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 181	^{[lower-alpha 15]}
Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	def.	Rose Namajunas	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:26	TUF 20 Finale	^{[lower-alpha 16]}

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia	Apr 16, 2014	Welterweight	Chad Laprise	Olivier Aubin-Mercier
TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia	Apr 16, 2014	Middleweight	Elias Theodorou	Sheldon Westcott
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Middleweight	Warlley Alves	Márcio Alexandre Júnior
TUF: Brazil 3	May 31, 2014	Heavyweight	Antônio Carlos Júnior	Vitor Miranda
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Middleweight	Eddie Gordon	Dhiego Lima
TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn	Jul 6, 2014	Light Heavyweight	Corey Anderson	Matt Van Buren
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Bantamweight	Alejandro Pérez	José Alberto Quiñonez
TUF: Latin America	Nov 15, 2014	Featherweight	Yair Rodríguez	Leonardo Morales
TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned	Dec 12, 2014	Women's Strawweight	Carla Esparza	Rose Namajunas

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

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