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First date	January 13, 2025 (2025-01-13)
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The year 2025 is the 33rd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

UFC in 2025

Releases and retirements

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

• Clay Guida - Released in January - Lightweight
• Danny Roberts - Released in January - Welterweight
• Holly Holm - Released in January - Women's Bantamweight
• Kang Kyung-ho - Retired in January - Bantamweight
• Michał Figlak - Released in January - Lightweight
• Urijah Faber - Released in January - Bantamweight
• Victor Hugo - Released in January - Featherweight

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2025:

• Austin Bashi - UFC Fight Night 249
• Bruno Lopes - UFC Fight Night 249
• Jacobe Smith - UFC Fight Night 249
• Nicolle Caliari - UFC Fight Night 249
• Marco Tulio - UFC Fight Night 249

Suspended fighters

The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1) United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) or World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for violation of taking prohibited substances or non-analytical incidents, (2) by local commissions on misconduct during the fights or at event venues, or (3) by the UFC for reasons also stated below.

ISO	Name	Nickname	Division	From	Duration	Tested positive for / Info	By	Eligible to fight again	Ref.	Notes
	Arman Tsarukyan	Akhalkalakets	Lightweight	April 13, 2024	9 months	Pre-fight altercation with spectator during UFC 300	NSAC	January 12, 2025		$25,000 fine; additionally, if he issues an anti-bullying public service announcement approved by NSAC, sentence can be reduced to six months with fight eligibility on October 12, 2024
	Hamdy Abdelwahab	The Hammer	Heavyweight	July 30, 2022	6 months	Exogenous testosterone	CSAD	January 30, 2025
	José Henrique Souza	Canela	Welterweight	March 8, 2023	2 years	19-Norandrosterone and 19-Noretiocholanolone	USADA	March 8, 2025		Parted with the UFC as of Spring 2023.
	Braxton Smith	The Beautiful Monster	Heavyweight	April 19, 2023	2 years	Exogenous testosterone and/or its precursors	USADA	April 19, 2025		Parted with the UFC as of June 2023.
	Walt Harris	The Big Ticket	Heavyweight	July 11, 2023	4 years	Drostanolone and its metabolites, exogenous testosterone, and Anastrozole	CSAD	July 11, 2027
	Khusein Askhabov	Lion'	Featherweight	February 8, 2024.	2 years	Methandienone (aka Dianabol or D-Bol) metabolites	Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD)	February 8, 2026		Askhabov was released by the UFC
	Azamat Murzakanov	The Professional	Light Heavyweight	November 1, 2024	6 months	LGD-4033 metabolites	CSAD	May 1, 2025		Second violation under the UFC.

The Ultimate Fighter

The following The Ultimate Fighter season is scheduled for broadcast in 2025:

Title fights

1. For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
2. For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
3. For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
4. For the UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.

Events list

Scheduled events

Past events

See also

• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• List of current UFC fighters
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References

1. Richardson, Andrew (2025-01-16). "Midnight Mania: 'The Carpenter' Released After 18 Years". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2025-01-16.
2. "❌ Fighter removed: Danny Roberts". UFC Roster Watch on X. Jan 7, 2025. Retrieved Jan 7, 2025.
3. Martin, Damon (2025-01-13). "Holly Holm exits UFC roster after requesting release from promotion". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-01-14.
4. "Kyung-ho Kang announces retirement after 12 years, 14 fights in UFC". MMA Junkie. 2025-01-07. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
5. Cruz, Guilherme (2025-01-15). "UFC parts ways with two lightweights". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
6. Harry Kettle (2025-01-09). "UFC quietly releases MMA legend Urijah Faber". bjpenn.com. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
7. "❌ Fighter removed: Victor Hugo". UFC Roster Watch on X. Jan 7, 2025. Retrieved Jan 7, 2025.
8. Bitter, Shawn (2025-01-12). "UFC Vegas 101: Christian Rodriguez Derails Another Prospect, Gives Austin Bashi First Loss". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
9. Bitter, Shawn (2025-01-11). "UFC Vegas 101: Bruno Lopes Overcomes Slow Start, Beats Magomed Gadzhiyasulov in Debut". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
10. Bitter, Shawn (2025-01-11). "UFC Vegas 101: Jacobe Smith Explodes Out of the Gate, Floors Preston Parsons". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
11. Bitter, Shawn (2025-01-11). "UFC Vegas 101: Ernesta Kareckaitė Fends Off Game Newcomer Nicolle Caliari". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
12. Bitter, Shawn (2025-01-11). "UFC Vegas 101: Marco Tulio Makes Statement in Debut, Puts Away Ihor Potieria". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
13. "Arman Tsarukyan fined $25K, suspended nine months by NAC for UFC 300 fan altercation". MMA Junkie. 2024-06-25. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
14. Matthew Wells and Nolan King (2024-07-31). "UFC suspends Hamdy Abdelwahab six months for second drug test failure, points to supplement". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
15. "New UFC signee Jose Henrique suspended by USADA before promotional debut". MMA Junkie. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
16. "Braxton Smith Accepts Sanction for Violation of UFC Anti-Doping Policy". USADA. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
17. "Midnight Mania! The Big Ticket's Big Suspension". MMAmania.com. 2024-03-21. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
18. Staff (2024-03-26). "Khusein Askhabov Saddled with Two Year Ban Following Doping Violation". Cageside Press. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
19. Mike Bohn (2024-12-30). "UFC's Azamat Murzakanov accepts six-month suspension for anti-doping violation". MMA Junkie. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
20. Holland, Jesse (2024-11-01). "How to become a UFC fighter: TUF 33 open casting call, weight classes and application details". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2024-11-01.
21. Evanoff, Josh (2024-11-04). "REPORT | Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan 2 official for UFC 311 in Los Angeles | BJPenn.com". | BJPenn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
22. Matthew Wells (2024-12-04). "UFC 311 news: Merab Dvalishvili vs. Umar Nurmagomedov announced as co-main title fight". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
23. ^ Mathew Riddle (2024-12-07). "UFC Announces 2 Huge Title Fights for UFC 312". si.com. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
24. Jesse Holland (2025-01-10). "Gilbert Burns returns, fights welterweight phenom Michael Morales at UFC 314 in Miami". mmamania.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
25. MMA Bulgaria (2025-01-12). "Гига Чикадзе срещу Давид Онама на UFC Vegas 105" (in Bulgarian). mma.bg. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
26. Kyle Dimond (2024-11-21). "UFC's 2025 Plans For Mexico Reported, Including Noche UFC In Guadalajara". mmanews.com. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
27. Farah Hannoun (2024-11-12). "UFC returns to London for Fight Night event on March 22". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
28. ^ Nolan King (2024-11-16). "UFC announces 2025 schedule including slew of new events". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
29. Diego Ribas (2024-11-06). "UFC encaminha Luana Dread vs Montana de La Rosa para março, em Las Vegas" (in Spanish). agfight.com. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
30. Tristen Critchfield (2024-12-08). "UFC's Return to Seattle Official for Feb. 22". sherdog.com. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
31. Guilherme Cruz (2024-11-05). "Jacqueline Cavalcanti vs. Julia Avila in the works for Feb. 15 UFC card". mmafighting.com. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
32. NSW Government (2024-10-16). "Return of UFC Octagon puts Sydney cage on the world stage". nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
33. Staff (2024-09-12). "A Professional Slap-Fighting Contest Heads to Riyadh Season". saudimoments.com. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
34. Drew Beaupre (2024-11-05). "Islam Makhachev vs. Arman Tsarukyan 2 Reportedly Booked for 2025". si.com. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
35. Mike Bohn (2025-01-12). "UFC Fight Night 249 post-event facts: Mackenzie Dern overtaking strawweight record books". mmajunkie.usatoday.com. Retrieved 2025-01-12.
36. Chris Taylor (2025-01-11). "UFC Vegas 101 Bonus Report: Mackenzie Dern one of four fighters to take home $50k". bjpenn.com. Retrieved 2025-01-11.

External links

• UFC past events on UFC.com
• UFC events results at Sherdog.com

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