2021_in_UFC

2021 in UFC
2021 in UFC
Information
First date	January 16, 2021
Last date	December 18, 2021
Events
Total events	43
UFC	13
TUF Finale events	1
Fights
Total fights	509
Title fights	19
Chronology

2021 in UFC

UFC MMA events in 2021

The year 2021 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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Releases and retirements

These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions:

Aalon Cruz - Released in May - Lightweight^[1]
Al Iaquinta - Retired in November - Lightweight^[2]
Alan Jouban - Retired in May - Welterweight^[3]
Adam Yandiev - Released in March - Middleweight^[4]
Aleksandra Albu - Released in February - Women's Strawweight^[5]
Alex Chambers - Released in February - Women's Strawweight^[5]
Alexander Yakovlev - Released in June - Lightweight^[6]
Alexey Kunchenko - Signed with PFL - Welterweight^[7]
Alistair Overeem - Released in March - Heavyweight^[8]
Ali Alqaisi - Released in February - Bantamweight^[5]
Anderson dos Santos - Released in August - Bantamweight^[9]
Andrew Sanchez - Released in October - Middleweight^[10]
Antônio Carlos Júnior - Released in February - Middleweight^[11]
Anthony Birchak - Released in May - Bantamweight^[1]
Anthony Ivy - Released in February - Welterweight^[11]
Anthony Rocco Martin - Moving to other promotion in January - Welterweight^[12]
Antônio Arroyo - Released in October - Middleweight^[13]
Antônio Braga Neto - Released in September - Middleweight^[14]
Bartosz Fabiński - Released in May - Middleweight^[1]
Bethe Correia - Retired in October - Women's Bantamweight^[15]
Bharat Khandare - Released in November - Featherweight^[16]
Bojan Mihajlović - Released in February - Light Heavyweight^[5]
Brok Weaver - Released in March - Lightweight^[17]
Carlos Condit - Retired in September - Welterweight^[18]
Carlton Minus - Released in February - Lightweight^[11]
Chris de la Rocha - Released in February - Heavyweight^[5]
Christian Aguilera - Released in May - Welterweight^[19]
Cláudia Gadelha - Retired in December - Women's Strawweight^[20]
Cole Williams - Released in February - Welterweight^[11]
Dan Hardy - Released in May - Welterweight^[21]
Darren Stewart - Released in August - Middleweight^[22]
Demian Maia - End of contract - Welterweight^[23]
Diego Sanchez - Released in April - Welterweight^[24]
Dmitry Sosnovskiy - Released in February - Heavyweight^[5]
Don Madge - Signed with PFL - Lightweight^[25]
Drako Rodriguez - Released in August - Bantamweight^[9]
Emil Weber Meek - Released in June - Welterweight^[6]
Emily Whitmire - Released in September - Women's Flyweight^[26]
Felicia Spencer - Retired in December - Women's Featherweight^[27]
Gabriel Silva - Released in March - Bantamweight^[28]
Geraldo de Freitas - Released in March - Bantamweight^[28]
Gian Villante - Retired in November - Heavyweight^[29]^[30]
Gökhan Saki - Released in February - Light Heavyweight^[31]
Impa Kasanganay - Released in December - Welterweight ^[32]
Irwin Rivera - Released in January - Bantamweight^[33]
Jamey Simmons - Released in August - Bantamweight^[9]
Jacob Kilburn - Released in February - Featherweight^[11]
Jerome Rivera - Released in August - Flyweight^[34]
Jimmie Rivera - End of contract - Bantamweight^[23]
Jimmy Flick - Retired in April - Flyweight^[35]
Joe Ellenberger - Released in July - Lightweight^[6]
John Allan - Released in November - Light Heavyweight^[36]
Johnny Eduardo - Released in October - Bantamweight^[37]
Jordan Espinosa - Released in March - Flyweight^[38]
Jordan Griffin - Released in May - Featherweight^[1]
José Alberto Quiñónez - Released in March - Bantamweight^[4]
Joseph Benavidez - Retired in September - Flyweight^[39]
Junior Dos Santos - Released in March - Heavyweight^[40]
Justin Jaynes - Released in August - Featherweight^[41]
Justine Kish - Released in April - Women's Flyweight^[42]
Kai Kamaka III - Contract ended in August - Featherweight^[43]
KB Bhullar - Released in May - Middleweight^[1]
Kevin Lee - Released in November - Welterweight^[44]
Khama Worthy - Released in November - Lightweight^[45]
Lara Procópio - Released in July - Women's Flyweight^[6]
Laureano Staropoli - Released in November - Middleweight^[46]
Liana Jojua - Released in November - Women's Flyweight^[47]
Liliya Shakirova - Released in September - Women's Flyweight^[14]
Lívia Renata Souza - Released in November - Women's Strawweight^[48]
Luis Peña - Released in October - Lightweight^[49]
Luke Sanders - Released in May - Bantamweight^[1]
Marion Reneau - Retired in July - Women's Bantamweight^[50]
Markus Perez - Released in February - Middleweight^[11]
Martin Day - Released in February - Bantamweight^[51]
Maurice Greene - Released in May - Heavyweight^[52]
Megan Anderson - Contract ended in March - Women's Featherweight^[53]
Michel Prazeres - Released - Welterweight ^[54]
Mike Perry - Signed with BKFC - Welterweight^[55]
Mike Rodríguez - Released in October - Light Heavyweight^[13]
Mirsad Bektić - Retired in July - Featherweight^[56]
Modestas Bukauskas - Released in October - Light Heavyweight^[57]
Nicco Montaño - Released in August - Women's Flyweight^[58]
Nik Lentz - Retired in January - Featherweight^[59]
Omari Akhmedov - Released in July - Middleweight^[60]
Paul Felder - Retired in May - Lightweight^[61]
Peter Barrett - Released in February - Featherweight^[11]
Randa Markos - Released in November - Women's Strawweight^[62]
Raphael Pessoa - Released in July - Heavyweight^[63]
Ray Rodriguez - Released in April - Bantamweight^[64]
Rhys McKee - Released in January - Welterweight^[65]
Ronaldo Souza - Released in May - Middleweight^[66]
Roosevelt Roberts - Released in August - Lightweight^[9]
Roque Martinez - Released in June - Heavyweight^[6]
Ryan Benoit - Released in August - Flyweight^[34]
Sarah Alpar - Released in October - Women's Flyweight^[13]
Sarah Moras - Released in February - Women's Bantamweight^[11]
Shana Dobson - Released in March - Women's Flyweight^[38]
Spike Carlyle - Released In February - Featherweight^[11]
Stefan Sekulić - Released in July - Welterweight^[67]
Stefan Struve - Retired in February - Heavyweight^[68]
Suman Mokhtarian - Released in February - Featherweight^[5]
Syuri Kondo - Released in February - Women's Strawweight^[5]
Teemu Packalén - Retired in November - Lightweight^[69]
Thomas Almeida - Released in October - Bantamweight^[13]
Tyron Woodley - Contract ended in April - Welterweight^[70]
Vanessa Melo - Released in February - Women's Bantamweight^[11]
Vince Cachero - Released in March - Bantamweight^[17]
Vinicius Moreira - Released in February - Light heavyweight^[11]
Yancy Medeiros - Released in August - Welterweight^[71]
Yorgan De Castro - Released in April - Heavyweight^[42]

Suspended fighters

The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1) United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) or World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, (2) by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or (3) by the UFC for reasons also stated below.

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Name	Nickname	Division	From	Duration	Tested positive for / Info	By	Eligible to fight again	Ref.	Notes
T.J. Dillashaw		Bantamweight	Jan 18, 2019	1 year (NYSAC) 2 years (USADA)	Erythropoietin (EPO).	NYSAC and USADA	Jan 18, 2021	^[72] ^[73]
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	^[74]
Bruno Silva	Blindado	Middleweight	Jun 14, 2019	2 years	Boldenone and its metabolite.	USADA	Jun 14, 2021	^[75]
Giacomo Lemos		Heavyweight	Jul 9, 2019	2 years	Drostanolone and its metabolite 2α-methyl-5α-androstan-3α-ol-17-one.	USADA	Jul 9, 2021	^[76]
Istela Nunes		Women's Strawweight	Jul 22, 2019	2 years	Stanozolol metabolites 16β-hydroxystanozolol and 3′-hydroxystanozolol.	USADA	Jul 22, 2021	^[77]
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	^[78]
Chase Sherman	The Vanilla Gorilla	Heavyweight	May 13, 2020	9 months	Anastrozole	USADA	Feb 13, 2021	^[79]
Aleksander Doskalchuk		Flyweight	Jun 6, 2020	14 months	Mesterolone.	USADA	Aug 6, 2021	^[80]
Marc-Andre Barriault	Power Bar	Middleweight	Jul 21, 2020	6 months	Ostarine	USADA	Jan 21, 2021	^[81]
Jesse Ronson	The Body Snatcher	Welterweight	Jul 22, 2020	20 months	Metandienone	USADA	Mar 22, 2022	^[82]
Jorge Gonzalez	George St.	Light Heavyweight	Aug 5, 2020	2 years	Stanozolol metabolites, drostanolone metabolite and tamoxifen metabolite.	USADA	Aug 5, 2022	^[83]
Abu Azaitar	Gladiator	Middleweight	Aug 25, 2020	7 months	tamoxifen and/or tamoxifen metabolite 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-tamoxifen	USADA	Mar 25, 2021	^[84]
Yair Rodríguez	El Pantera	Featherweight	Sep 8, 2020	6 months	3 Whereabouts Failures in Last Year	USADA	Mar 8, 2021	^[85]
Kevin Croom	The Hard Hitting Hillbilly	Lightweight	Sep 19, 2020	4 1/2 months	Marijuana	NSAC	Jan 26, 2021	^[86]	With addition of $1,800 fine
Niko Price	The Hybrid	Welterweight	Sep 19, 2020	6 months	Marijuana	NSAC	Mar 19, 2021	^[87]	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	^[88]
Charlie Ontiveros	The American Badboy	Welterweight	Oct 30, 2020	6 months	Chlorodehydromethyltestosterone metabolites	NSAC	Apr 30, 2021	^[89]	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	^[90]	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	^[91]
Geraldo de Freitas	Spartan	Bantamweight	Jan 11, 2021	2 years	Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors	USADA	Jan 11, 2023	^[92]
Raphael Pessoa	Bebezão	Heavyweight	Feb 9, 2021	2 years	7-Keto-DHEA and AOD-9064 Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) and its metabolites Chlorothiazide and 4-amino-6-chloro-1,3-benzenedisulfonamide (ACB)	USADA	Feb 9, 2023	^[93]	Second USADA violation. Results collected from out-of-competition on February 9, 2021, February 15, 2021, February 16, 2021, and March 4, 2021. Ressoa also evaded sample collection on January 25, 2021, and January 28, 2021.
Rogério Bontorin		Bantamweight	May 1, 2021	3 months	Hydrochlorothiazide	USADA	Aug 1, 2021	^[94]
Juancamilo Ronderos	100	Flyweight	May 22, 2021	1 month	Cocaine and its metabolite benzoylecgonine	USADA	June 22, 2021	^[95]
Chris Barnett	Huggy Bear/Beastboy	Heavyweight	May 22, 2021	4 1/2 months	Marijuana	NSAC	Oct 26, 2021	^[96]
Daniel Pineda	The Pit	Featherweight	June 26, 2021	9 months	Amphetamine	NSAC	Mar 26, 2022	^[96]
Rodrigo Nascimento	Yogi Bear	Heavyweight	July 17, 2021	6 months	Ritalinic acid	NSAC	Jan 17, 2022	^[96]
Ryan Benoit	Baby Face	Flyweight	July 31, 2021	9 months	Modafinil	NSAC	April 1, 2022	^[97]
Michel Prazeres	Tractor	Welterweight	Aug 27, 2021	4 years	Clomiphene, Oxandrolone metabolites, and the Exogenous administration of testosterone and/or its precursors	NSAC	Aug 27, 2025	^[98]	Second USADA violation
Kevin Lee	The Motown Phenom	Welterweight	Aug 28, 2021	6 months	Adderall	NSAC	Feb 28, 2022	^[99]	$19,526 Fine
Josh Quinlan	The Maverick	Welterweight	Sep 7, 2021	9 months	Drostanolone	NSAC	June 7, 2022	^[100]
Łukasz Brzeski	The Bull	Heavyweight	Sep 14, 2021	9 months	Clomiphene	NSAC	June 14, 2022	^[101]	$750 Fine
Carlos Felipe	Boi	Heavyweight	Oct 16, 2021	18 months	Boldenone and its metabolites	NSAC	Apr 16, 2023	^[102]	$4,200 fine and $489 in prosecution fees
Zviad Lazishvili		Bantamweight	Oct 23, 2021	9 months	Clomiphene	NSAC	July 24, 2022	^[103]	$1,800 fine and $326 in prosecution fees

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Title fights in 2021
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman (c)	def.	Gilbert Burns	TKO (punches)	3	0:34	UFC 258	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Bantamweight	Aljamain Sterling	def.	Petr Yan (c)	DQ (illegal knee)	4	4:29	UFC 259	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Women's Featherweight	Amanda Nunes (c)	def.	Megan Anderson	Submission (triangle armbar)	1	2:03	UFC 259	^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Light Heavyweight	Jan Błachowicz (c)	def.	Israel Adesanya	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–45, 49–45)	5	5:00	UFC 259	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Heavyweight	Francis Ngannou	def.	Stipe Miocic (c)	KO (punch)	2	0:52	UFC 260	^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Women's Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Jessica Andrade	TKO (elbows)	2	3:19	UFC 261	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas	def.	Zhang Weili (c)	KO (head kick)	1	1:18	UFC 261	^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman (c)	def.	Jorge Masvidal	KO (punch)	2	1:02	UFC 261	^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Lightweight	Charles Oliveira	def.	Michael Chandler	TKO (punches)	2	0:19	UFC 262	^{[lower-alpha 9]}
Flyweight	Brandon Moreno	def.	Deiveson Figueiredo (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:26	UFC 263	^{[lower-alpha 10]}
Middleweight	Israel Adesanya (c)	def.	Marvin Vettori	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–45, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 263	^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Heavyweight	Ciryl Gane	def.	Derrick Lewis	TKO (punches)	3	4:11	UFC 265	^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Flyweight	Valentina Shevchenko (c)	def.	Lauren Murphy	TKO (punches and elbows)	4	4:00	UFC 266	^{[lower-alpha 13]}
Featherweight	Alexander Volkanovski (c)	def.	Brian Ortega	Decision (unanimous)(49–46, 50–45, 50–44)	5	5:00	UFC 266	^{[lower-alpha 14]}
Bantamweight	Petr Yan	def.	Cory Sandhagen	Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 267	^{[lower-alpha 15]}
Light Heavyweight	Glover Teixeira	def.	Jan Błachowicz (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:02	UFC 267	^{[lower-alpha 16]}
Women's Strawweight	Rose Namajunas (c)	def.	Zhang Weili	Decision (split) (47–48, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 268	^{[lower-alpha 17]}
Welterweight	Kamaru Usman (c)	def.	Colby Covington	Decision (unanimous) (48–47, 48–47, 49–46)	5	5:00	UFC 268	^{[lower-alpha 18]}
Women's Bantamweight	Julianna Peña	def.	Amanda Nunes (c)	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:26	UFC 269	^{[lower-alpha 19]}
Lightweight	Charles Oliveira (c)	def.	Dustin Poirier	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	1:02	UFC 269	^{[lower-alpha 20]}

#	Event	Date	Venue	City	Country	Atten.	Ref.	Fight of the Night			Performance of the Night		Bonus	Ref.
589	UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus	Dec 18, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[106]	Amanda Lemos	vs.	Angela Hill	Cub Swanson	Melissa Gatto	$50,000	^[107]
588	UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier	Dec 11, 2021	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	18,471	^[108]	Dominick Cruz	vs.	Pedro Munhoz	Charles Oliveira	Julianna Peña	$50,000	^[109]
											Kai Kara-France	Sean O'Malley
											Tai Tuivasa	Bruno Silva
587	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo	Dec 4, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[110]	Cheyanne Vlismas	vs.	Mallory Martin	Rafael Fiziev	Jamahal Hill	$50,000	^[111]
587	UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo	Dec 4, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[110]	Cheyanne Vlismas	vs.	Mallory Martin	Clay Guida	Chris Curtis	$50,000	^[111]
586	UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate	Nov 20, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[112]	Adrian Yanez	vs.	Davey Grant	Taila Santos	—	$50,000	^[113]
585	UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez	Nov 13, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[114]	Max Holloway	vs.	Yair Rodríguez	Khaos Williams	Andrea Lee	$50,000	^[115]
584	UFC 268: Usman vs Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	United States	20,715	^[116]	Justin Gaethje	vs.	Michael Chandler	Marlon Vera	Alex Pereira	$50,000	^[117]
584	UFC 268: Usman vs Covington 2	Nov 6, 2021	Madison Square Garden	New York City, New York	United States	20,715	^[116]	Justin Gaethje	vs.	Michael Chandler	Bobby Green	Chris Barnett	$50,000	^[117]
583	UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira	Oct 30, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	20,715	^[118]	Petr Yan	vs.	Cory Sandhagen	Glover Teixeira	Khamzat Chimaev	$50,000	^[119]
582	UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori	Oct 23, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[120]	Gregory Rodrigues	vs.	Jun Yong Park	Marvin Vettori	Alex Caceres	$50,000	^[121]
581	UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont	Oct 16, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[122]	—			Jim Miller	Nate Landwehr	$50,000	^[123]
581	UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont	Oct 16, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[122]	—			Bruno Silva	Danaa Batgerel	$50,000	^[123]
580	UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez	Oct 9, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[124]	Marina Rodriguez	vs.	Mackenzie Dern	Mariya Agapova	Lupita Godinez	$50,000	^[125]
579	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker	Oct 2, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[126]	—			Casey O'Neill	Jamie Mullarkey	$50,000	^[127]
579	UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker	Oct 2, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[126]	—			Douglas Silva de Andrade	Alejandro Pérez	$50,000	^[127]
578	UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega	Sep 25, 2021	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	19,029	^[128]	Alexander Volkanovski	vs.	Brian Ortega	Chris Daukaus	Merab Dvalishvili	$50,000	^[129]
577	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann	Sep 18, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[130]	—			Anthony Smith	Arman Tsarukyan	$50,000	^[131]
577	UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann	Sep 18, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[130]	—			Nate Maness	Joaquin Buckley	$50,000	^[131]
576	UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till	Sep 4, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[132]	Molly McCann	vs.	Ji Yeon Kim	Paddy Pimblett	Tom Aspinall	$50,000	^[133]
575	UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze	Aug 28, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[134]	—			Giga Chikadze	Gerald Meerschaert	$50,000	^[135]
575	UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze	Aug 28, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[134]	—			Abdul Razak Alhassan	Pat Sabatini	$50,000	^[135]
574	UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[136]	—			William Knight	Alexandre Pantoja	$50,000	^[137]
574	UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum	Aug 21, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	N/A	^[136]	—			Ignacio Bahamondes	Josiane Nunes	$50,000	^[137]
573	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane	Aug 7, 2021	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	United States	16,604	^[138]	Rafael Fiziev	vs.	Bobby Green	Ciryl Gane	Vicente Luque	$50,000	^[139]
573	UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane	Aug 7, 2021	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	United States	16,604	^[138]	Rafael Fiziev	vs.	Bobby Green	Jessica Penne	Miles Johns	$50,000	^[139]
572	UFC on ESPN: Hall vs. Strickland	July 31, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	—		Jason Witt	vs.	Bryan Barberena	Cheyanne Vlismas	Melsik Baghdasaryan	$50,000	^[140]
571	UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw	July 24, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	15	^[141]	Raulian Paiva	vs.	Kyler Phillips	Adrian Yanez	Darren Elkins	$50,000	^[142]
570	UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés	July 17, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[143]	Billy Quarantillo	vs.	Gabriel Benítez	Rodrigo Nascimento	Rodolfo Vieira	$50,000	^[144]
570	UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés	July 17, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[143]	Billy Quarantillo	vs.	Gabriel Benítez	Mateusz Gamrot	Miesha Tate	$50,000	^[144]
569	UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3	July 10, 2021	T-Mobile Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	20,062	^[145]	Sean O'Malley	vs.	Kris Moutinho	Tai Tuivasa	Dricus du Plessis	$75,000	^[146]
568	UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov	June 26, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[147]	Raoni Barcelos	vs.	Timur Valiev	Marcin Prachnio	Kennedy Nzechukwu	$50,000	^[148]
567	UFC on ESPN: The Korean Zombie vs. Ige	June 19, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[149]	Marlon Vera	vs.	Davey Grant	Matt Brown	Seung Woo Choi	$50,000	^[150]
566	UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2	June 12, 2021	Gila River Arena	Glendale, Arizona	United States	17,208	^[151]	Brad Riddell	vs.	Drew Dober	Brandon Moreno	Paul Craig	$50,000	^[152]
565	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai	June 5, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[153]	Santiago Ponzinibbio	vs.	Miguel Baeza	Jairzinho Rozenstruik	Marcin Tybura	$50,000	^[154]
564	UFC Fight Night: Font vs. Garbrandt	May 22, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[155]	Justin Tafa	vs.	Jared Vanderaa	Carla Esparza	Bruno Gustavo da Silva	$50,000	^[156]
563	UFC 262: Oliveira vs. Chandler	May 15, 2021	Toyota Center	Houston, Texas	United States	16,005	^[157]	Edson Barboza	vs.	Shane Burgos	Charles Oliveira	Christos Giagos	$75,000	^[158]
562	UFC on ESPN: Rodriguez vs. Waterson	May 8, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[159]	Gregor Gillespie	vs.	Carlos Diego Ferreira	Alex Morono	Carlston Harris	$50,000 (Ferreira missed weight; thus he was ineligible to receive the $50,000 bonus and his bonus went to Gillespie instead.)	^[160]
561	UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka	May 1, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[161]	Jiří Procházka	vs.	Dominick Reyes	Jiří Procházka	Giga Chikadze	$50,000	^[162]
560	UFC 261: Usman vs. Masvidal 2	Apr 24, 2021	VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena	Jacksonville, Florida	United States	15,269	^[163]	Jeff Molina	vs.	Aori Qileng	Kamaru Usman	Rose Namajunas	$50,000	^[164]
559	UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Gastelum	Apr 17, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[165]	Robert Whittaker	vs.	Kelvin Gastelum	Gerald Meerschaert	Tony Gravely	$50,000	^[166]
558	UFC on ABC: Vettori vs. Holland	Apr 10, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[167]	Julian Marquez	vs.	Sam Alvey	Mackenzie Dern	Mateusz Gamrot	$50,000	^[168]
557	UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2	Mar 27, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[169]	Tyron Woodley	vs.	Vicente Luque	Francis Ngannou	Sean O'Malley	$50,000	^[170]
556	UFC on ESPN: Brunson vs. Holland	Mar 20, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[171]	—			Max Griffin	Grant Dawson	$50,000	^[172]
556	UFC on ESPN: Brunson vs. Holland	Mar 20, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[171]	—			Bruno Gustavo da Silva	Adrian Yanez	$50,000	^[172]
555	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad	Mar 13, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[173]	—			Dan Ige	Ryan Spann	$50,000	^[174]
555	UFC Fight Night: Edwards vs. Muhammad	Mar 13, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[173]	—			Davey Grant	Matthew Semelsberger	$50,000	^[174]
554	UFC 259: Błachowicz vs. Adesanya	Mar 6, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[175]	Kennedy Nzechukwu	vs.	Carlos Ulberg	Uroš Medić	Kai Kara-France	$50,000	^[176]
553	UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Gane	Feb 27, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[177]	Pedro Munhoz	vs.	Jimmie Rivera	Ronnie Lawrence	N/A	$50,000	.^[178]
552	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis	Feb 20, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[179]	—			Derrick Lewis	Chris Daukaus	$50,000	^[180]
552	UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis	Feb 20, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[179]	—			Tom Aspinall	Aiemann Zahabi	$50,000	^[180]
551	UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns	Feb 13, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[181]	—			Kamaru Usman	Julian Marquez	$50,000	^[182]
551	UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns	Feb 13, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[181]	—			Polyana Viana	Anthony Hernandez	$50,000	^[182]
550	UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov	Feb 6, 2021	UFC Apex	Las Vegas, Nevada	United States	0	^[183]	Beneil Dariush	vs.	Carlos Diego Ferreira	Alexander Volkov	Cory Sandhagen	$50,000	^[184]
549	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2	Jan 24, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2,600	^[185]	—			Dustin Poirier	Michael Chandler	$50,000	^[186]
549	UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2	Jan 24, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2,600	^[185]	—			Makhmud Muradov	Marina Rodriguez	$50,000	^[186]
548	UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny	Jan 20, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2,000	^[187]	Mike Davis	vs.	Mason Jones	Umar Nurmagomedov	Warlley Alves	$50,000	^[188]
547	UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar	Jan 16, 2021	Etihad Arena	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	2,000	^[189]	Max Holloway	vs.	Calvin Kattar	Alessio Di Chirico	Li Jingliang	$50,000	^[190]

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