2011 in UFC

2011 in UFC
Information
First dateJanuary 1, 2011
Last dateDecember 30, 2011
Events
Total events27
UFC17
UFC on Versus4
UFC on Fox1
UFC Fight Night3
TUF Finale events2
Fights
Total fights300
Title fights13
Chronology
2010 in UFC 2011 in UFC 2012 in UFC

The year 2011 was the 19th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2011 the UFC held 27 events beginning with, UFC 125: Resolution.

2011 UFC.com awards

2011 UFC.COM Awards
No Best Fighter The

Upsets

The

Submissions

The Newcomers The

Knockouts

The

Fights

The

Import

1 Jon Jones Tito Ortiz
defeats
Ryan Bader
UFC 132 		Frank Mir
defeats
Antônio Rogério Nogueira
UFC 140 		Chris Weidman Cheick Kongo
defeats
Pat Barry
UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry 		Dan Henderson
defeats
Maurício Rua
UFC 139 		Dominick Cruz
2 Junior dos Santos Johny Hendricks
defeats
Jon Fitch
UFC 142 		The Korean Zombie
defeats
Leonard Garcia
UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis 		Brian Ebersole Sam Stout
defeat
Yves Edwards
UFC 131 		Frankie Edgar
defeats
Gray Maynard 2
UFC 125 		José Aldo
3 Anderson Silva Dennis Siver defeats George Sotiropoulos at UFC 127 (Tie)
Rafael dos Anjos defeats George Sotiropoulos at UFC 132 (Tie) 		Pablo Garza
defeats
Yves Jabouin
UFC 129 		Tony Ferguson John Makdessi
defeats
Kyle Watson
UFC 129 		Benson Henderson
defeats
Clay Guida
UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos 		Benson Henderson
4 Frankie Edgar Charlie Brenneman
defeats
Rick Story
UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry 		Joe Lauzon
defeats
Curt Warburton
UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry 		Jimy Hettes Johny Hendricks
defeats
Jon Fitch
UFC 141 		Dominick Cruz
defeats
Urijah Faber 2
UFC 132 		Donald Cerrone
5 Benson Henderson Stanislav Nedkov
defeats
Luiz Cané
UFC 134 		Nate Diaz
defeats
Takanori Gomi
UFC 135 		Diego Brandão (Tie)
John Dodson (Tie) 		Anderson Silva
defeats
Vitor Belfort
UFC 126 		Frankie Edgar
defeats
Gray Maynard
UFC 125 		Urijah Faber
6 Nick Diaz (Tie)
Dan Henderson (Tie) 		Brian Stann
defeats
Chris Leben
UFC 125 		Diego Brandão
defeats
Dennis Bermudez
The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale 		Mike Easton Lyoto Machida
defeats
Randy Couture
UFC 129 		Nate Diaz
defeats
Donald Cerrone
UFC 141 		The Korean Zombie
7 Johny Hendricks Demetrious Johnson
defeats
Miguel Torres
UFC 140 		Jon Jones
defeats
Lyoto Machida
UFC on Fuel TV: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger 		Dave Herman Frankie Edgar
defeats
Gray Maynard
UFC 125 		Diego Sanchez
defeats
Martin Kampmann
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann 		Dustin Poirier
8 Mark Muñoz Rick Story
defeats
Thiago Alves
UFC 130 		Tito Ortiz
defeats
Ryan Bader
UFC 132 		Che Mills The Korean Zombie
defeats
Mark Hominick
UFC 140 		Wanderlei Silva
defeats
Cung Le
UFC 139 		Michael McDonald
9 Donald Cerrone Wanderlei Silva
defeats
Cung Le
UFC 139 		Terry Etim
defeats
Edward Faaloloto
UFC 138 		Walel Watson Junior dos Santos
defeats
Cain Velasquez
UFC 166 		Kyle Kingsbury
defeats
Fábio Maldonado
The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale 		Chad Mendes
10 Dominick Cruz Dustin Poirier
defeats
Josh Grispi
UFC 125 		Chris Lytle
defeats
Dan Hardy
UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle 		Costas Philippou Wanderlei Silva defeats Cung Le at UFC 139 (Tie)
Anthony Johnson defeats Charlie Brenneman at UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson (Tie) 		Edson Barboza
defeats
Anthony Njokuani
UFC 128 		Danny Castillo (Tie)
Alistair Overeem (Tie)
Ref [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2012:

The Ultimate Fighter

Season Finale Division Winner Runner-up
TUF 13: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Jun 4, 2011 Welterweight Tony Ferguson Ramsey Nijem
TUF 14: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Dec 3, 2011 Bantamweight John Dodson T.J. Dillashaw
Featherweight Diego Brandao Dennis Bermudez

Title fights

Title fights in 2011
Weight class Method Round Time Event Notes
Lightweight Frankie Edgar (c) vs. Gray Maynard Draw (split) (46–48, 48–46, 47–47) 5 5:00 UFC 125 [a]
Middleweight Anderson Silva (c) def. Vitor Belfort KO (front kick and punches) 1 3:25 UFC 126 [b]
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones def. Maurício Rua (c) TKO (knees and punches) 3 2:37 UFC 128 [c]
Featherweight José Aldo (c) def. Mark Hominick Decision (unanimous) (48–45, 48–46, 49–46) 5 5:00 UFC 129 [d]
Welterweight Georges St-Pierre (c) def. Jake Shields Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 48–47, 48–47) 5 5:00 UFC 129 [e]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz (c) def. Urijah Faber Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 48–47) 5 5:00 UFC 132 [f]
Middleweight Anderson Silva (c) def. Yushin Okami TKO (punches) 2 2:04 UFC 134 [g]
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones (c) def. Quinton Jackson Submission (rear-naked choke) 4 1:14 UFC 135 [h]
Bantamweight Dominick Cruz (c) def Demetrious Johnson Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 49–46, 50–45) 5 5:00 UFC on Versus 6 [i]
Featherweight José Aldo (c) def. Kenny Florian Decision (unanimous) (49–46, 49–46, 49–46) 5 5:00 UFC 136 [j]
Lightweight Frankie Edgar (c) def. Gray Maynard KO (punches) 4 3:54 UFC 136 [k]
Heavyweight Junior dos Santos def. Cain Velasquez (c) KO (punches) 1 1:04 UFC on Fox 1 [l]
Light Heavyweight Jon Jones (c) def. Lyoto Machida Technical Submission (guillotine choke) 2 4:26 UFC 140 [m]
  1. ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  2. ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
  3. ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  4. ^ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
  5. ^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
  6. ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  7. ^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
  8. ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  9. ^ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  10. ^ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
  11. ^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  12. ^ For the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  13. ^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Events list

Main article: List of UFC events
# Event Date Venue Location Attendance
193 UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem Dec 30, 2011 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 13,793[8]
192 UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida Dec 10, 2011 Air Canada Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada 18,303[9]
191 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller Finale Dec 3, 2011 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1,909[10]
190 UFC 139: Shogun vs. Henderson Nov 19, 2011 HP Pavilion San Jose, California, U.S. 13,832[11]
189 UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. dos Santos Nov 12, 2011 Honda Center Anaheim, California, U.S. 11,607[12]
188 UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz Nov 5, 2011 LG Arena Birmingham, England, U.K. 10,823[13]
187 UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz Oct 29, 2011 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 10,313[14]
186 UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III Oct 8, 2011 Toyota Center Houston, Texas, U.S. 16,164[15]
185 UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson Oct 1, 2011 Verizon Center Washington, D.C., U.S. 9,380[16]
184 UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage Sep 24, 2011 Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado, U.S. 16,344[17]
183 UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger Sep 17, 2011 Ernest N. Morial Convention Center New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. 7,112[18]
182 UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami Aug 27, 2011 HSBC Arena Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14,000[19]
181 UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle Aug 14, 2011 Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. 6,751[20]
180 UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz Aug 6, 2011 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, U.S. 11,583[21]
179 UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber Jul 2, 2011 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 13,109[22]
178 UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry Jun 26, 2011 Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. 7,792[23]
177 UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin Jun 11, 2011 Rogers Arena Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 14,685[24]
176 The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos Finale Jun 4, 2011 Palms Casino Resort Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 2,053[25]
175 UFC 130: Rampage vs. Hamill May 28, 2011 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 12,753[26]
174 UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields Apr 30, 2011 Rogers Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada 55,724[27]
173 UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis Mar 26, 2011 KeyArena Seattle, U.S. 13,741[28]
172 UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones Mar 19, 2011 Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey, U.S. 12,619[29]
171 UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann Mar 3, 2011 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. 8,319[30]
170 UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Feb 27, 2011 Acer Arena Sydney, Australia 18,186[31]
169 UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort Feb 5, 2011 Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 10,893[32]
168 UFC: Fight for the Troops 2 Jan 22, 2011 Fort Hood Fort Hood, Texas, U.S. 3,200[33]
167 UFC 125: Resolution Jan 1, 2011 MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 12,874[34]

See also

References

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  10. ^ "TUF 14 Finale officially draws 1,909 attendance and $453K gate". MMAjunkie.com. Dec 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
  11. ^ "UFC 139 officially draws 13,832 attendance and $1.27 million gate". MMAjunkie.com. Nov 21, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-23.
  12. ^ "UFC on FOX officially draws 11,607 attendance for $1.07 million gate". MMAjunkie.com. Nov 17, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-08.
  13. ^ "UFC 138 draws a reported 10,823 attendees for record-setting $1.5 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. Nov 5, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-21.
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  15. ^ "UFC 136 draws reported 16,164 attendance for $2.23 million gate". MMAjunkie.com. Oct 9, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11.
  16. ^ "UFC on Versus 6 sets event series' attendance and live-gate records". MMAjunkie.com. Oct 2, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-05-10.
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  22. ^ "UFC 132 officially draws 13,109 attendees for $2.3 million live gate". MMAjunkie.com. Jul 8, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  23. ^ "UFC on Versus 4 earns reported 7,792 attendance figure for $562K gate". mmajunkie.com. Jun 26, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30.
  24. ^ "UFC 131 scores 14,685 attendance figure for $2.8 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Jun 12, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  25. ^ "TUF 13 Finale officially draws 2,053 attendance and $440K gate". mmajunkie.com. Jun 20, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26.
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  30. ^ "UFC on Versus 3 draws a reported 8,319 attendees for 471k live gate". mmajunkie.com. Mar 4, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
  31. ^ "UFC 127 draws a reported 18,186 attendees for $3.5 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Feb 28, 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
  32. ^ "UFC 126 draws a reported 10,893 attendees for $3.6 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. 2011-02-06. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30.
  33. ^ "UFC Fight Night 23 "Troops 2" show draws estimated attendance of 3,200". mmajunkie.com. 2011-01-24. Archived from the original on 2011-01-27.
  34. ^ "UFC 125 officially draws 12,874 attendees for $2.17 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. 2011-01-13. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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