2019 in UFC


The year 2019 was the 27th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

2019 UFC Honors awards

Starting this year, the UFC created year-end awards with "UFC Honors President's Choice Awards" for categories "Performance of the Year" and "Fight of the Year" being chosen by UFC CEO Dana White. The other "UFC Honors Fan Choice Awards" are for categories "Knockout of the Year", "Submission of the Year", "Event of the Year", "Comeback of the Year" and, from 2020, "Debut of the Year" in which fans are able to vote for the winner on social media.
Winners receive a trophy commemorating their achievement along with a set of tires from sponsor Toyo Tires.

2019 by the numbers

The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques, champions and fighters held or performed for the year of 2019 in UFC.

Releases and retirements

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

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2019:

Suspended fighters

ISONameNicknameDivisionFromDurationTested positive for / InfoByEligible to
fight again		Ref.Notes
Russiadts|2017|September|02dts|2019|September|02