The year 2025 is the 33rd year in the history of the

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promotion based in the United States.

UFC in 2025

Class action: anti-trust lawsuits

On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware granted class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 and are suing for $800 million upward to $1.6 billion in wages, as the lawsuit claims

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had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages. The anti-trust law also permits private plaintiffs to be able to recover three times the damages suffered, meaning the UFC may ultimately pay several billions of dollars worth of damages. The case has a scheduled April 8, 2024 trial date. On March 20, 2024,

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, UFC parent company reached an agreement to settle all claims in the class action lawsuits for $335 million where the settlement amount will be deductible for tax purposes. However, on July 31, 2024, Judge Richard Boulware ruled that the case would be heard by a jury and denied the preliminary approval for a settlement and reset for trial of in October. On February 6, 2025, Judge Richard Boulware of Nevada granted final approval for a $375 million settlement in the "Le vs. Zuffa" antitrust lawsuit for monopolistic practices. As part of the settlement, around $240 million to $260 million will be distributed to eligible fighters, specifically those who competed in at least one UFC bout from December 2010 to June 2017. These payments are expected to be made over the next year. Additionally, $40 million from the settlement will be set aside for administrative and legal expenses.

Releases and retirements

These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement, or joined other promotions: * Abdul Razak Alhassan - Released in March - Middleweight *Ahmad Sohail Hassanzada - Released in April - Lightweight *

Alex Caceres Alex Caceres (born June 20, 1988) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2008, Caceres mostly competed in his regional circuit ...

- Signed with Dirty Boxing in May - Featherweight * Andrea Lee - Released in March - Women's Flyweight *Ange Loosa - Released in July - Welterweight * Anthony Smith - Retired in April - Light Heavyweight *

Antonina Shevchenko Antonina Anatolyevna Shevchenko (; born ) is a Kyrgyz and Peruvian retired Muay Thai fighter and mixed martial artist who competed in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the older sister of current U ...

- Retired in March - Women's Flyweight * Ariane da Silva - Released in June - Women's Flyweight * Armen Petrosyan - Contract Expired in March - Middleweight * Bill Algeo - Retired in February - Featherweight * Brad Katona - Released in June - Bantamweight *

Brad Tavares Bradley Kaipo Sarbida Tavares (born December 21, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2007, Tavares fought in regional p ...

- Released in May - Middleweight *Caolan Loughran - Released in April - Bantamweight * Bruno Silva - Released in May - Middleweight * C.J. Vergara - Released in April - Flyweight *Carlos Hernandez - Released in May - Flyweight * Choi Seung-woo - Released in April - Featherweight * Cheyanne Vlismas - Retired in June - Women's Strawweight *

Chris Weidman Christopher James Weidman (born June 17, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. An accomplis ...

- Retired in January - Middleweight *

Clay Guida Clayton Charles Guida (; born December 8, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist, who competed in the UFC in the Lightweight division. A professional since 2003, Guida also formerly competed for Strikeforce, the WEC, King of the ...

- Released in January - Lightweight * Cody Stamann - Released in February - Bantamweight *Connor Matthews - Released in June - Featherweight *Cortavious Romious - Released in April - Bantamweight *Daniel Argueta - Retired in April - Bantamweight * Danny Roberts - Released in January - Welterweight *

Diana Belbiţă Diana Irena Belbiță (born June 26, 1996) is a Romanian former mixed martial artist, and kickboxing, judo and kempo practitioner. She competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Belbiță is a former w ...

- Retired in April - Women's Flyweight *

Dominick Cruz Dominick Rogelio Cruz (born March 9, 1985) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, sports analyst and color commentator. He competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the first ...

- Retired in February - Bantamweight *

Don'Tale Mayes Don'Tale O'Neil Mayes (born January 16, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), achieving a 6–9 record, and 1 no contest in the promotion. Back ...

- Released in May - Heavyweight *Dylan Budka - Released in February - Middleweight *Felipe dos Santos - Released in July - Flyweight *Gabriel Miranda - Released in April - Featherweight *Guram Kutateladze - Released in April - Lightweight *

Hakeem Dawodu Hakeem Tyrone Dawodu (born July 2, 1991) is a Canadian mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He also competed for the World Series of Fighting. Early life Dawodu was born in Calgar ...

- Released in June - Featherweight *

Holly Holm Holly Rene Holm (born October 17, 1981) is an American professional boxer and former mixed martial artist. She previously competed in the women's Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where she is a former Women's ...

- Released in January at her request - Women's Bantamweight *Ihor Potieria - Released in January - Middleweight *Istela Nunes - Released in April - Women's Flyweight *Ivana Petrović - Released in May - Women's Flyweight * Jairzinho Rozenstruik - Released in February - Heavyweight * Jalin Turner - Retired in March - Lightweight *Jamal Pogues - Released in February - Heavyweight *Jimmy Flick - Released in May - Flyweight * Joe Solecki - Retired in February - Lightweight *

Jon Jones Jonathan Dwight Jones (born July 19, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the ...

- Retired in June - Heavyweight * Jonathan Pearce - Released in February - Featherweight *Jordan Vucenic - Released in July - Lightweight *José Johnson - Released in January - Flyweight *

José Aldo José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Júnior (; born 9 September 1986), known as José Aldo, is a Brazilian former professional mixed martial artist and professional boxer who competed in the Bantamweight and Featherweight divisions of the Ultimate F ...

- Retired in May - Featherweight *

Josefine Lindgren Knutsson Josefine Lindgren Knutsson (born 16 January 1996) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who competed in the Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is also a former kickboxer and was a K-1 flyweight (-52 kg) Grand ...

- signed with GFL - Women's Strawweight * Joshua Culibao - Released in February - Featherweight *

Julia Avila Julia Avila (born May 11, 1988) is a former American mixed martial artist who competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Previously she has competed in Invicta FC, HD MMA, XKO MMA, Total Warrior Combat and King of the Cage (KOTC). Bac ...

- Retired in February - Women's Bantamweight *

Julian Marquez Julian Marquez (born May 8, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Marquez was born and raised in Kansas City, Misso ...

- Released in March - Middleweight *

Julio Arce Julio Arce (born October 27, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist. He was the former Ring of Combat bantamweight and featherweight champion. He also won the Golden Gloves 2011 Championship. Arce competed in the Bantamweight division in the ...

- Signed with GFL - Featherweight * Kang Kyung-ho - Retired in January - Bantamweight * Kevin Jousset - Released in April - Welterweight *

Kron Gracie Kron Stavik Gracie (born July 11, 1988) is a Brazilian and American mixed martial artist, submission grappler, and instructor. He previously competed in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A member of the Gracie fa ...

- Released in June - Featherweight *Landon Quiñones - Released in March - Lightweight *

Lauren Murphy Lauren Marie Murphy (born July 27, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She also fought for Invicta FC where she is a former In ...

- Retired in July - Women's Flyweight *Lucas Alexander - Released in April - Featherweight *Magomed Gadzhiyasulov - Released in January - Light Heavyweight * Marcos Rogério de Lima - Released in March - Heavyweight *

Marina Rodriguez Marina Alcalde Rodriguez (born April 29, 1987) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist. She competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), achieving an 8-5 record, with 2 draws in the promotion. ...

- Retired in May - Women's Strawweight *

Matthew Semelsberger Matthew Semelsberger (born November 23, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Semelsberger is a 2011 graduate of Urbana High School, where he compete ...

- Released in February - Welterweight *Michał Figlak - Released in January - Lightweight *

Molly McCann Molly Maria McCann Pearson (born 4 May 1990) is an English former mixed martial artist. She is a former Cage Warriors Flyweight Champion and formerly competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Ear ...

- Retired in March - Women's Strawweight *

Montana De La Rosa Montana De La Rosa (née Stewart) (born February 14, 1995) is an American mixed martial artist (MMA). She competed in the Flyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background De La Rosa was born in Helena, Montana, United S ...

- Released in March - Women's Flyweight *

Natan Levy Natan Levy (; born September 30, 1991) is a French-Israeli professional mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Early life Levy was born on in Paris, France to a traditional Jew ...

- Released in February - Lightweight *Nikolay Veretennikov - Released in February - Welterweight *Pedro Falcão - Released in April - Bantamweight * Roosevelt Roberts - Released in February - Lightweight * Taylor Lapilus - Released in February - Bantamweight *

Tony Ferguson Anthony Armand Ferguson Padilla (born February 12, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist where he is a former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. A professional since 2008, and was signed to the UFC from his '' The Ultimate Fi ...

- Signed with FL - Welterweight *Trevin Giles - Released in July - Welterweight *Urijah Faber">Trevin_Giles.html" ;"title="FL - Welterweight *Trevin Giles">FL - Welterweight *Trevin Giles - Released in July - Welterweight *Urijah Faber - Released in January - Bantamweight *Victor Hugo - Released in January - Featherweight *Victoria Dudakova - Released in January - Women's Strawweight *Vinc Pichel - Retired in April - Lightweight *Viviane Araújo (fighter), Viviane Araújo - Released in July - Women's Flyweight *Walt Harris (fighter), Walt Harris - Released in March - Heavyweight *

Warlley Alves Warlley Alves (born 4 January 1991) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2011, Warlley made a name for himsel ...

- Parted ways in February - Middleweight

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2025: *Alexia Thainara - UFC Fight Night 255 *Alvin Hines - UFC 317 *Andreas Gustafsson -

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*Andrey Pulyaev - UFC Fight Night 255 *Ateba Abega Gautier - UFC on ESPN 64 *Austin Bashi -

UFC Fight Night 249 ''UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Ribas 2'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 249, UFC Vegas 101'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 107'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship taking place on January 11, 2025, at the UFC Apex ...

Austin Vanderford Austin Vanderford (born March 21, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist, who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He previously fought in Bellator MMA, where he contended for the Be ...

- UFC Fight Night 252 * Azamat Bekoev - UFC 311 *Aleksandre Topuria -

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*Billy Elekana - UFC 311 *Bogdan Grad - UFC Fight Night 250 *Bruno Lopes -

*Colby Thicknesse -

*Daniel Frunza - UFC on ESPN 65 *David Martinez - UFC on ESPN 64 *Diyar Nurgozhay - UFC Fight Night 254 *Djorden Ribeiro dos Santos -

UFC 313 ''UFC 313: Pereira vs. Ankalaev '' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 8, 2025, at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Valley, United States. Background A U ...

*Elijah Smith - UFC Fight Night 251 *Eric McConico - UFC Fight Night 252 *Gauge Young - UFC on ESPN 66 *Jacobe Smith -

*Jonathan Micallef -

*Jose Delgado - UFC Fight Night 251 *Josias Musasa - UFC Fight Night 254 *Julius Walker - UFC Fight Night 252 *Kevin Vallejos - UFC Fight Night 254 *Ko Seok-hyun - UFC on ABC 8 *Kody Steele -

*Luis Gurule - UFC on ESPN 65 *Malcolm Wellmaker - UFC on ESPN 66 *Marco Tulio -

*Mário Pinto - UFC Fight Night 253 *Mark Choinski -

*Matheus Camilo - UFC Fight Night 256 *Michael Aswell - UFC on ESPN 68 *Nick Klein - UFC Fight Night 252 *Nicolle Caliari -

Patrício Pitbull Patrício Andre de Sousa Freire (born July 7, 1987), known professionally as Patrício Pitbull, is a Brazilian professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Champi ...

- UFC 314 *Quillan Salkilld -

* Rizvan Kuniev - UFC on ABC 8 * Tallison Teixeira -

* Tofiq Musayev - UFC on ABC 8 *Torrez Finney - UFC on ESPN 65 *Uran Satybaldiev - UFC on ESPN 65 *Yadier del Valle - UFC Fight Night 256 *Yoo Joo-sang -

*Yuneisy Duben - UFC Fight Night 254

Suspended fighters

The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1)

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(USADA) or

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(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.

The Ultimate Fighter

The following

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season is scheduled for broadcast in 2025:

Title fights

Events list

Scheduled events

Past events

References

External links

UFC past events on UFC.com

UFC events results at Sherdog.com
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