2011 in UFC

2011 in UFC
Information
First date	January 1, 2011
Last date	December 30, 2011
Events
Total events	27
UFC	17
UFC on Versus	4
UFC on Fox	1
UFC Fight Night	3
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	300
Title fights	13
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 on January 1, 2011.

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)
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Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2011:

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Aaron Rosa	Light Heavyweight
	Alex Caceres	Featherweight
	Alex Soto	Bantamweight
	Alistair Overeem	Heavyweight
	Anthony Njokuani	Lightweight
	Anthony Pettis	Lightweight
	Antonio Banuelos	Bantamweight
	Antonio McKee	Lightweight
	Bart Palaszewski	Lightweight
	Benson Henderson	Lightweight
	Brad Pickett	Bantamweight
	Brian Bowles	Bantamweight
	Brian Ebersole	Welterweight
	Bryan Caraway	Bantamweight
	Byron Bloodworth	Bantamweight
	Chad Mendes	Featherweight
	Chan Sung Jung	Featherweight
	Charlie Valencia	Bantamweight
	Che Mills	Welterweight
	Chris Cariaso	Bantamweight
	Chris Cope	Welterweight
	Chris Weidman	Middleweight
	Clay Harvison	Lightweight
	Clifford Starks	Middleweight
	Cole Escovedo	Bantamweight
	Costas Philippou	Middleweight
	Cub Swanson	Featherweight
	Cung Le	Middleweight
	Curt Warburton	Lightweight
	Damacio Page	Bantamweight
	Danny Castillo	Lightweight
	Danny Downes	Lightweight
	Darren Uyenoyama	Bantamweight
	Dave Herman	Heavyweight
	Demetrious Johnson	Bantamweight
	Dennis Bermudez	Featherweight
	Diego Brandão	Featherweight
	Diego Nunes	Featherweight
	Dominick Cruz	Bantamweight
	Donald Cerrone	Lightweight
	Donny Walker	Featherweight
	Dustin Jacoby	Middleweight

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Dustin Neace	Featherweight
	Dustin Pague	Bantamweight
	Dustin Poirier	Featherweight
	Eddie Wineland	Bantamweight
	Edward Faaloloto	Bantamweight
	Edwin Figueroa	Bantamweight
	Erick Silva	Welterweight
	Erik Koch	Featherweight
	Felipe Arantes	Bantamweight
	Francis Carmont	Middleweight
	Francisco Rivera	Bantamweight
	Hatsu Hioki	Featherweight
	Iuri Alcântara	Bantamweight
	Jake Hecht	Welterweight
	James Head	Welterweight
	Jason Young	Featherweight
	Javier Vazquez	Featherweight
	Jeff Hougland	Bantamweight
	Jimy Hettes	Featherweight
	John Albert	Bantamweight
	John Cholish	Lightweight
	John Dodson	Bantamweight
	John Maguire	Welterweight
	John-Olav Einemo	Heavyweight
	Johnny Bedford	Bantamweight
	Johnny Eduardo	Bantamweight
	Jorge Lopez	Welterweight
	José Aldo	Featherweight
	Joseph Benavidez	Bantamweight
	Joseph Sandoval	Bantamweight
	Josh Clopton	Featherweight
	Josh Ferguson	Bantamweight
	Josh Grispi	Featherweight
	Justin Edwards	Welterweight
	Kamal Shalorus	Lightweight
	Ken Stone	Bantamweight
	Kenny Robertson	Welterweight
	Lance Benoist	Welterweight
	Louis Gaudinot	Flyweight
	Luis Ramos	Welterweight
	Maciej Jewtuszko	Lightweight
	Mackens Semerzier	Featherweight

ISO	Fighter	Division
	Marcus Brimage	Featherweight
	Matt Lucas	Lightweight
	Michael McDonald	Bantamweight
	Miguel Torres	Bantamweight
	Mike Easton	Bantamweight
	Mike Stumpf	Welterweight
	Mitch Clarke	Lightweight
	Nick Ring	Middleweight
	Norifumi Yamamoto	Bantamweight
	Papy Abedi	Welterweight
	Paul Bradley	Welterweight
	Phil De Fries	Heavyweight
	Ramsey Nijem	Lightweight
	Rani Yahya	Featherweight
	Raphael Assunção	Featherweight
	Renan Barão	Bantamweight
	Reuben Duran	Bantamweight
	Ricardo Lamas	Featherweight
	Riki Fukuda	Middleweight
	Robbie Peralta	Featherweight
	Roland Delorme	Bantamweight
	Ronny Markes	Middleweight
	Ryan McGillivray	Welterweight
	Scott Jorgensen	Bantamweight
	Shamar Bailey	Lightweight
	Shane Roller	Lightweight
	Stanislav Nedkov	Light Heavyweight
	Stephen Bass	Featherweight
	Steven Siler	Featherweight
	Stipe Miocic	Heavyweight
	T.J. Dillashaw	Bantamweight
	Takeya Mizugaki	Bantamweight
	Tom Blackledge	Light Heavyweight
	Tony Ferguson	Lightweight
	Urijah Faber	Bantamweight
	Vagner Rocha	Lightweight
	Vaughan Lee	Bantamweight
	Walel Watson	Bantamweight
	Willamy Freire	Lightweight
	Yves Jabouin	Bantamweight
	Zhang Tiequan	Lightweight

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

• UFC
• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events

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