Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
First Event: November 12, 1993
Total Events: 260
President: Dana White
CEO: Lorenzo and Frank Ferttita
Parent Company: Zuffa LLC
Matchmaker(s): Sean Shelby & Mick Maynard
Website: UFC.com
Number of Fighters Under Contract: 453
Ratings:
Visibility : ★★★★★
Fighter Pay: ★★★★★
Sponsorship Opportunities: ★★★★★
Fighter Treatment: ★★★★★
Fighter Safety: ★★★★★
Promotional Quality: ★★★★★
Media Relations: ★★★★
Financial Stability: ★★★★★
Business Integrity: ★★★★★
Promotional Vision: ★★★★★
Sport Development: ★★★★★
Employee Treatment: ★★★★★
Drug Testing: ★★★
Upcoming Schedule:
Champions:
Heavyweight: Stipe Miocic
Light Heavyweight: Daniel Cormier
Middleweight: Michael Bisping
Welterweight: Tyron Woodley
Lightweight: Conor McGregor
Featherweight: Jose Aldo
Bantamweight: Dominick Cruz
Flyweight: Demetrious Johnson
Women’s Bantamweight: Amanda Nunes
Former UFC Champions:
Heavyweights: Fabricio Werdum, Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, Brock Lesnar, Shane Carwin (Interim), Frank Mir, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Interim), Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Arlovski, Josh Barnett, Ricco Rodriguez, Kevin Randleman, Bas Rutten, Maurice Smith, Mark Coleman
Light Heavyweights: Jon Jones, Maurcio “Shogun” Rua, Lyoto Machida, Rashad Evans, Forrest Griffin, “Rampage” Jackson, Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort, Frank Shamrock
Middleweights: Luke Rockhold, Chris Weidman, Anderson Silva, Rich Franklin, Evan Tanner, Murilo Bustamante, Dave Menne
Welterweights: Robbie Lawler, Johny Hendricks, Georges St. Pierre, Carlos Condit (Interim & WEC) Matt Serra, Matt Hughes, B.J. Penn, Carlos Newton, Pat Miletich
Lightweights: Rafael Dos Anjos, Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Frankie Edgar, B.J. Penn, Sean Sherk, Jens Pulver
Featherweights: Conor McGrgeor, Jose Aldo, Mike Brown (WEC), Urijah Faber (WEC)
Bantamweights: T.J. Dillashaw, Renan Barao, Dominick Cruz, Miguel Torres (WEC), Eddie Wineland (WEC)
Flyweights:
Women’s Bantamweight: Miesha Tate, Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey
Women’s Strawweight: Carla Esparza
Former WEC Champions
Heavyweights: Ron Waterman
Light Heavyweights: Steve Cantwell, Brian Stann, Doug Marshall, Lodune Sincaid, Scott Smith, Jason Lambert. Frank Shamrock
Middleweights: Paulo Filho, Joe Riggs, Chris Leben
Welterweights: Carlos Condit, Mike Pyle, Karos Parisyan, Shonie Carter, Nick Diaz
Lightweights: Anthony Pettis, Ben Henderson, Jamie Varner, Rob McCullough, Hermes Franca, Gabe Ruediger, Gilbert Melendez
Featherweights: Jose Aldo, Mike Brown, Urijah Faber, Cole Escovedo
Bantamweights: Dominick Cruz, Brian Bowles, Miguel Torres, Chase Beebe, Eddie Wineland
Former PRIDE Champions:
Heavyweights: Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Light Heavyweights: Dan Henderson, Wanderlei Silva
Middleweights: Dan Henderson
Lightweights: Takanori Gomi
Former Strikeforce Champions:
Heavyweights: Alistair Overeem
Light Heavyweights: Dan Henderson, Rafael “Feijao”, King Mo Lawal, Gegard Mousasi, Renato Sobral, Bobby Southworth
Middleweights: Luke Rockhold, “Jacare” Souza, Jake Shields, Cung Le, Frank Shamrock
Welterweights: Tarec Saffiedine, Nate Marquardt, Nick Diaz
Lightweights: Gilbert Melendez, Josh Thomson, Clay Guida
Women’s Featherweight: Cris Cyborg
Women’s Bantamweight: Ronda Rousey, Miesha Tate, Marloes Coenen, Sarah Kaufman