2013 in UFC

The year 2013 was the 21st year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. 2013 started with UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping. 2013 also saw the introduction of the women's bantamweight weight class with UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche.

2013 UFC.com awards

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2013:

Adam Cella
Adlan Amagov
Adriano Martins
Alan Patrick
Alex Garcia
Alexis Davis
Ali Bagautinov
Alptekin Özkiliç
Amanda Nunes
Andre Fili
Anthony Lapsley
Anthony Smith
Antonio Braga Neto
Ben Wall
Bethe Correia
Bobby Green
Bobby Voelker
Brandon Thatch
Brian Houston
Brian Melancon
Bristol Marunde
Bruno Santos
Bubba McDaniel
Caros Fodor
Cat Zingano
Chris Holdsworth
Clint Hester
Collin Hart
Conor McGregor
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Omielańczuk
Daniel Sarafian
Darrell Montague
Davey Grant
Drew Dober
Dustin Kimura
Dustin Ortiz
Dylan Andrews
Eddie Mendez
Elias Silvério
Estevan Payan
Francimar Barroso
Garett Whiteley
Gegard Mousasi
Germaine de Randamie
Gian Villante
Gilbert Melendez
Gilbert Smith
Godofredo Pepey
Hyun Gyu Lim
Igor Araújo
Ildemar Alcântara
Iliarde Santos
Ilir Latifi
Isaac Vallie-Flagg
Ivan Jorge
James Krause
James Vick
Jared Rosholt
Jessamyn Duke
Jesse Ronson
Jéssica Andrade
Jessica Eye
Jessica Rakoczy
Jimmy Quinlan
João Zeferino
Jon Manley
Jordan Mein
Jorge Masvidal
Jose Maria Tome
Josh Samman
Josh Sampo
Julianna Peña
Julie Kedzie
Junior Hernandez
Justin Scoggins
K. J. Noons
Kazuki Tokudome
Kelvin Gastelum
Kevin Casey
Kevin Souza
K. J. Noons
Krzysztof Jotko
Kurt Holobaugh
Kyoji Horiguchi
Kyung Ho Kang
Leandro Silva
Leonardo Santos
Liz Carmouche
Lorenz Larkin
Lucas Martins
Luke Barnatt
Luke Rockhold
Michel Prazeres
Miesha Tate
Mizuto Hirota
Nah-Shon Burrell
Nandor Guelmino
Neil Magny
Nico Musoke
Nikita Krylov
Omari Akhmedov
Ovince St. Preux
Pedro Nobre
Peggy Morgan
Piotr Hallmann
Quinn Mulhern
Rafael Cavalcante
Raquel Pennington
Richie Vaculik
Robert Whiteford
Roger Bowling
Roger Gracie
Roger Hollett
Ronaldo Souza
Ronda Rousey
Rosi Sexton
Roxanne Modafferi
Ryan Benoit
Ryan Couture
Ryan LaFlare
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Sara McMann
Sarah Kaufman
Sean Spencer
Sergio Pettis
Sheila Gaff
Thiago Santos
Tim Kennedy
Tom Niinimäki
Tor Troéng
Trevor Smith
Tyron Woodley
Uriah Hall
Viscardi Andrade
Walt Harris
William Macário
Wilson Reis
Yan Cabral
Yancy Medeiros
Yoel Romero
Yuri Villefort
Zach Makovsky
Zak Cummings
The Ultimate Fighter

Title fights

Events list

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
257	UFC 168: Weidman vs. Silva 2		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	15650
256	UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Benavidez 2		Sleep Train Arena	Sacramento, California, U.S.	11573
255	UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Bigfoot		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	Brisbane, Australia	11393
254	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate Finale		Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	4853
253	UFC 167: St-Pierre vs. Hendricks		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	14856
252			Goiânia Arena	Goiânia, Brazil	10565
251			Fort Campbell	Fort Campbell, Kentucky, U.S.	rowspan="1
250			Phones 4u Arena	Manchester, England, U.K.	10355
249	UFC 166: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 3		Toyota Center	Houston, Texas, U.S.	17238
248			Ginásio José Corrêa	Barueri, Brazil	6621
247	UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson		Air Canada Centre	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	15504
246			Mineirinho Arena	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	5126
245	UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis		BMO Harris Bradley Center	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.	9178
244			Bankers Life Fieldhouse	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	6417
243			TD Garden	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.	14181
242	UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie		HSBC Arena	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13873
241	UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Moraga		KeyArena	Seattle, Washington, U.S.	8967
240	UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	12964
239	UFC 161: Evans vs. Henderson		MTS Centre	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	14754
238	UFC on Fuel TV: Nogueira vs. Werdum		Ginásio Paulo Sarasate	Fortaleza, Brazil	6286
237	UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2		MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	12380
236	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold		Arena Jaraguá	Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil	7642
235	UFC 159: Jones vs. Sonnen		Prudential Center	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.	15227
234	UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez		HP Pavilion	San Jose, California, U.S.	13506
233			Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	5918
232	UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi		Ericsson Globe Arena	Stockholm, Sweden	14506
231	UFC 158: St-Pierre vs. Diaz		Bell Centre	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	20145
230	UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann		Saitama Super Arena	Saitama, Japan	14682
229	UFC 157: Rousey vs. Carmouche		Honda Center	Anaheim, California, U.S.	13257
228	UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald		Wembley Arena	London, England, U.K.	10349
227	UFC 156: Aldo vs. Edgar		Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.	10275
226	UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson		United Center	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.	16091
225	UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping		Ginásio do Ibirapuera	São Paulo, Brazil	9116

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping

UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Bisping was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 19, 2013, at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil.

Background

The main fight featured middleweights Michael Bisping and Vitor Belfort. The event also held the first UFC fight for Daniel Sarafian, middleweight finalist on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil. Sarafian was injured before the championship fight with Cezar Ferreira, who went on to win the show.
Johnny Eduardo was briefly linked to a bout at this event against Iuri Alcântara, but was replaced by George Roop. Roop was then injured and replaced by UFC newcomer Pedro Nobre.
Thiago Perpetuo was expected to face Michael Kuiper at the event; however, Perpetuo suffered an injury and was replaced by Caio Magalhaes. On December 27, it was announced that Magalhaes had also pulled out of the bout and that Kuiper would be shifted to UFC on Fox 6 on January 26, 2013 to face Buddy Roberts.
Roger Hollett was expected to face Wagner Prado at the event; however, Hollett was forced out of the bout with a torn bicep and was replaced by promotional newcomer Ildemar Alcântara.

Results

Bonus awards

The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.

Fight of the Night: C.B. Dollaway vs. Daniel Sarafian
Knockout of the Night: Vitor Belfort
'''Submission of the Night: Ildemar Alcântara'''
UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez

UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez was a mixed martial arts event held on April 20, 2013, at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The event was broadcast live on FOX.

Background

The event was headlined by a UFC Lightweight Championship bout between defending champion Benson Henderson and Strikeforce Lightweight Champion Gilbert Melendez. Also featured on the card was a bout between two time UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion Daniel Cormier.
Clay Guida was expected to face Chad Mendes at this event. However it was revealed on March 15 that Guida had pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by Darren Elkins.
Dan Hardy was expected to face Matt Brown at the event. However, Hardy was forced out of the bout due to medical issues regarding his heart and was replaced by Jordan Mein.
Francisco Rivera was expected to face Hugo Viana at the event. However, Rivera was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by T.J. Dillashaw.
A scheduled bout between Jon Tuck and Norman Parke was scrapped during the week leading up to the event, as Tuck was forced out of the bout with an injury.