2009 in UFC

UFC MMA events in 2009

2009 in UFC

Information

First date

January 17, 2009

Last date

December 12, 2009

Events

Total events

UFC

UFC Fight Night

TUF Finale events

Fights

Total fights

215

Title fights

Chronology

2008 in UFC

2009 in UFC

2010 in UFC

The year 2009 was the 17th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2009 the UFC held 20 events beginning with, UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson.

Title fights

Title fights in 2009
Weight class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre (c)	def.	B.J. Penn	TKO (corner stoppage)	4	5:00	UFC 94	^[a]
Middleweight	Anderson Silva (c)	def.	Thales Leites	Decision (unanimous) (49-46, 48-47, 50-46)	5	5:00	UFC 97	^[b]
Light Heavyweight	Lyoto Machida	def.	Rashad Evans (c)	KO (punches)	2	3:57	UFC 98	^[c]
Welterweight	Georges St-Pierre (c)	def.	Thiago Alves	Decision (unanimous) (50–45, 50–44, 50–45)	5	5:00	UFC 100	^[d]
Heavyweight	Brock Lesnar (c)	def.	Frank Mir (ic)	TKO (punches)	2	1:48	UFC 100	^[e]
Lightweight	B.J. Penn (c)	def	Kenny Florian	Submission (rear-naked choke)	4	3:54	UFC 101	^[f]
Light Heavyweight	Lyoto Machida (c)	def.	Mauricio Rua	Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)	5	5:00	UFC 104	^[g]
Lightweight	B.J. Penn (c)	def.	Diego Sanchez	TKO (cut)	5	2:37	UFC 107	^[h]

^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
^ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
^ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
^ UFC Heavyweight Championship unification bout.
^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
^ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
^ For the UFC Lightweight Championship

The Ultimate Fighter

Season	Finale	Division	Winner	Runner-up
TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom	Jun 20, 2009	Lightweight	Ross Pearson	Andre Winner
TUF 9: United States vs. United Kingdom	Jun 20, 2009	Welterweight	James Wilks	DaMarques Johnson
TUF 10: Heavyweights	Dec 5, 2009	Heavyweight	Roy Nelson	Brendan Schaub

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2009:

Igor Pokrajac
Ivan Serati
Jacob Volkmann
Jake Ellenberger
Jake Rosholt
James McSweeney
James Wilks
Jared Hamman
Jay Silva
Jesse Lennox
Jesse Sanders
Joe Brammer
John Hathaway
John Howard
Johny Hendricks
Jon Madsen
Justin Wren
Kimbo Slice
Lucio Linhares
Marcus Jones
Mark Muñoz
Matt Mitrione
Matt Veach
Mike Ciesnolevicz
Mike Pierce
Mike Pyle

Mike Russow
Neil Grove
Nick Catone
Nick Osipczak
Nik Lentz
Nissen Osterneck
Paul Daley
Paulo Thiago
Peter Sobotta
Rafaello Oliveira
Ricardo Funch
Rick Story
Rodney Wallace
Ross Pearson
Roy Nelson
Ryan Madigan
Stefan Struve
Steve Lopez
Steve Steinbeiss
Tim Hague
Tim McKenzie
T. J. Grant
Todd Duffee
Tom Egan
Xavier Foupa-Pokam
Yoshihiro Akiyama

Events list

#	Event	Date	Venue	Location	Attendance
142	UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez	Dec 12, 2009	FedExForum	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.	13,896^[1]
141	The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights Finale	Dec 5, 2009	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, U.S.	1,791^[2]
140	UFC 106: Ortiz vs. Griffin 2	Nov 21, 2009	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, U.S.	10,529^[3]
139	UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera	Nov 14, 2009	Manchester Evening News Arena	Manchester, England, U.K.	16,693^[4]
138	UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun	Oct 24, 2009	Staples Center	Los Angeles, U.S.	14,892^[5]
137	UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort	Sep 19, 2009	American Airlines Center	Dallas, U.S.	17,428^[6]
136	UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard	Sep 16, 2009	Cox Convention Center	Oklahoma City, U.S.	9,490^[7]
135	UFC 102: Couture vs. Nogueira	Aug 29, 2009	Rose Garden	Portland, Oregon, U.S.	16,088^[8]
134	UFC 101: Declaration	Aug 8, 2009	Wachovia Center	Philadelphia, U.S.	17,411^[9]
133	UFC 100	Jul 11, 2009	Mandalay Bay Events Center	Las Vegas, U.S.	10,871^[10]
132	The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom Finale	Jun 20, 2009	Palms Casino Resort	Las Vegas, U.S.	2,217^[11]
131	UFC 99: The Comeback	Jun 13, 2009	Lanxess Arena	Cologne, Germany	12,854^[12]
130	UFC 98: Evans vs. Machida	May 23, 2009	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, U.S.	12,606^[13]
129	UFC 97: Redemption	Apr 18, 2009	Bell Centre	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	21,451^[14]
128	UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann	Apr 1, 2009	Sommet Center	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.	10,267^[15]
127	UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine	Mar 7, 2009	Nationwide Arena	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.	17,033^[16]
126	UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson	Feb 21, 2009	The O₂ arena	London, England, U.K.	13,268^[17]
125	UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens	Feb 7, 2009	USF Sun Dome	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	7,596^[18]
124	UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2	Jan 31, 2009	MGM Grand Garden Arena	Las Vegas, U.S.	14,885^[19]
123	UFC 93: Franklin vs. Henderson	Jan 17, 2009	The O₂	Dublin, Ireland	9,369^[20]

References

^ "UFC 107 draws reported 13,896 attendees for "over $1.5 million" gate". mmajunkie.com. Dec 13, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
^ "The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale draws 1,791 attendees for $503,600 gate". mmajunkie.com. Dec 17, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25.
^ "UFC 106 draws 10,529 attendees (6,631 paid) for $3 million gate (Updated)". mmajunkie.com. Nov 24, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
^ "UFC 105 breaks European attendance record in front of "educated" U.K. crowd". mmajunkie.com. Nov 15, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-11-17.
^ ""UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun" officially draws 14,892 spectators for $1.9 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Oct 27, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
^ "UFC 103 in Dallas a sellout with 17,428 attendees, $2.4 million estimated gate". mmajunkie.com. Sep 20, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23.
^ "UFC Fight Night 19 officially draws 9,490 attendees for $577,997 live gate". mmajunkie.com. Sep 22, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23.
^ "Despite sluggish sales start, UFC 102 draws 16,088 for $1.92 million gate; Seattle up next?". mmajunkie.com. Aug 30, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01.
^ "UFC 101 draws 17,411 attendance for Pennsylvania state record $3.55 million live gate". mmajunkie.com. Aug 9, 2010. Archived from the original on 2009-08-12.
^ "UFC 100 draws live gate of $5,128,490". fiveouncesofpain.com. Jul 21, 2010. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2015.
^ "The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale nabs 2,217 attendees for a $500K gate". mmajunkie.com. Jun 29, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23.
^ "UFC 99 draws reported 12,800 spectators for $1.3 million live gate in Cologne, Germany". mmajunkie.com. Jun 13, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "UFC 98 in Las Vegas delivers 12,606 spectators and $3.4 million gate". mmajunkie.com. May 24, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "UFC 97 sets new North American MMA attendance record with 21,451". mmajunkie.com. Apr 19, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "UFC's Tennessee debut sets UFC Fight Night attendance record". mmajunkie.com. Apr 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23.
^ "UFC 96 draws 17,033 spectators for a $1.8 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Mar 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "UFC 95 delivers 1 million U.S. and strong". mmaweekly.com. Feb 23, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25.
^ "UFC Fight Night 17 draws 7,596 for $428k live gate". mmajunkie.com. Feb 8, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "UFC 94 officially draws 14,885 for $4.29 million gate according to NSAC". mmajunkie.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
^ "UFC 93 draws 6,369 attendees for $1.3 million gate". mmajunkie.com. Jan 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2015-03-04.

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Flagship events	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UU 8 9 10 11 UU 2 12 13 14 15 Japan 16 17 Brazil 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 37.5 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 308
Fight Nights (on Spike TV)	UFN 1 UFN 2 UFN 3 UFN 4 UFN 5 UFN 6 Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3 Sanchez vs. Riggs Evans vs. Salmon Stevenson vs. Guillard Stout vs. Fisher Thomas vs. Florian Swick vs. Burkman Florian vs. Lauzon Silva vs. Irvin Diaz vs. Neer Fight for the Troops Lauzon vs. Stephens Condit vs. Kampmann Diaz vs. Guillard Maynard vs. Diaz Florian vs. Gomi Marquardt vs. Palhares Fight for the Troops 2 Nogueira vs. Davis Shields vs. Ellenberger
UFC on Versus/UFC Live	Vera vs. Jones Jones vs. Matyushenko Sanchez vs. Kampmann Kongo vs. Barry Hardy vs. Lytle Cruz vs. Johnson
UFC on Fox	Velasquez vs. dos Santos Evans vs. Davis Diaz vs. Miller Shogun vs. Vera Henderson vs. Diaz Johnson vs. Dodson Henderson vs. Melendez Johnson vs. Moraga Johnson vs. Benavidez 2 Henderson vs. Thomson Werdum vs. Browne Lawler vs. Brown dos Santos vs. Miocic Gustafsson vs. Johnson Machida vs. Rockhold Dillashaw vs. Barão 2 dos Anjos vs. Cowboy 2 Johnson vs. Bader Teixeira vs. Evans Holm vs. Shevchenko Maia vs. Condit VanZant vs. Waterson Shevchenko vs. Peña Johnson vs. Reis Weidman vs. Gastelum Lawler vs. dos Anjos Jacaré vs. Brunson 2 Emmett vs. Stephens Poirier vs. Gaethje Alvarez vs. Poirier 2 Lee vs. Iaquinta 2
UFC on FX	Guillard vs. Miller Alves vs. Kampmann Johnson vs. McCall Maynard vs. Guida Browne vs. Bigfoot Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson Belfort vs. Bisping Belfort vs. Rockhold
UFC on Fuel TV	Sanchez vs. Ellenberger Gustafsson vs. Silva The Korean Zombie vs. Poirier Muñoz vs. Weidman Struve vs. Miocic Franklin vs. Le Barão vs. McDonald Silva vs. Stann Mousasi vs. Latifi Nogueira vs. Werdum
Fight Nights (on FS1, FS2, FXX, or UFC Fight Pass)	Shogun vs. Sonnen Condit vs. Kampmann 2 Teixeira vs. Bader Maia vs. Shields Machida vs. Muñoz Fight for the Troops 3 Belfort vs. Henderson 2 Hunt vs. Bigfoot Saffiedine vs. Lim Rockhold vs. Philippou Machida vs. Mousasi Kim vs. Hathaway Gustafsson vs. Manuwa Shogun vs. Henderson 2 Nogueira vs. Nelson Bisping vs. Kennedy Brown vs. Silva Muñoz vs. Mousasi Miocic vs. Maldonado Henderson vs. Khabilov Te Huna vs. Marquardt Swanson vs. Stephens Cowboy vs. Miller McGregor vs. Brandão Bader vs. Saint Preux Bisping vs. Le Henderson vs. dos Anjos Jacaré vs. Mousasi Bigfoot vs. Arlovski Hunt vs. Nelson Nelson vs. Story MacDonald vs. Saffiedine Rockhold vs. Bisping Shogun vs. Saint Preux Edgar vs. Swanson Machida vs. Dollaway McGregor vs. Siver Henderson vs. Thatch Bigfoot vs. Mir Maia vs. LaFlare Mendes vs. Lamas Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2 Miocic vs. Hunt Edgar vs. Faber Condit vs. Alves Boetsch vs. Henderson Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne Machida vs. Romero Mir vs. Duffee Bisping vs. Leites Teixeira vs. Saint Preux Holloway vs. Oliveira Barnett vs. Nelson Holohan vs. Smolka Belfort vs. Henderson 3 Magny vs. Gastelum Henderson vs. Masvidal Namajunas vs. VanZant Dillashaw vs. Cruz Hendricks vs. Thompson Cowboy vs. Cowboy Silva vs. Bisping Hunt vs. Mir Rothwell vs. dos Santos Overeem vs. Arlovski Almeida vs. Garbrandt MacDonald vs. Thompson dos Anjos vs. Alvarez McDonald vs. Lineker Rodríguez vs. Caceres Arlovski vs. Barnett Poirier vs. Johnson Cyborg vs. Länsberg Lineker vs. Dodson Lamas vs. Penn dos Anjos vs. Ferguson Mousasi vs. Hall 2 Bader vs. Nogueira 2 Whittaker vs. Brunson Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov Rodríguez vs. Penn Bermudez vs. The Korean Zombie Lewis vs. Browne Belfort vs. Gastelum Manuwa vs. Anderson Swanson vs. Lobov Gustafsson vs. Teixeira Lewis vs. Hunt Holm vs. Correia Chiesa vs. Lee Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio Pettis vs. Moreno Volkov vs. Struve Rockhold vs. Branch Saint Preux vs. Okami Cowboy vs. Till Brunson vs. Machida Poirier vs. Pettis Werdum vs. Tybura Bisping vs. Gastelum Swanson vs. Ortega Stephens vs. Choi Machida vs. Anders Cowboy vs. Medeiros Werdum vs. Volkov Barboza vs. Lee Maia vs. Usman Thompson vs. Till Rivera vs. Moraes Cowboy vs. Edwards dos Santos vs. Ivanov Shogun vs. Smith Gaethje vs. Vick Hunt vs. Oleinik Santos vs. Anders Volkan vs. Smith The Korean Zombie vs. Rodríguez Magny vs. Ponzinibbio Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 dos Santos vs. Tuivasa
UFC on ESPN (or ESPN2)	Ngannou vs. Velasquez Barboza vs. Gaethje Ngannou vs. dos Santos dos Anjos vs. Edwards Covington vs. Lawler Reyes vs. Weidman Overeem vs. Rozenstruik Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik Overeem vs. Harris Woodley vs. Burns Eye vs. Calvillo Blaydes vs. Volkov Poirier vs. Hooker Kattar vs. Ige Whittaker vs. Till Munhoz vs. Edgar Holm vs. Aldana Santos vs. Teixeira Smith vs. Clark Hermansson vs. Vettori Chiesa vs. Magny Brunson vs. Holland Whittaker vs. Gastelum Reyes vs. Procházka Rodriguez vs. Waterson The Korean Zombie vs. Ige Makhachev vs. Moisés Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw Hall vs. Strickland Cannonier vs. Gastelum Barboza vs. Chikadze Font vs. Aldo Kattar vs. Chikadze Blaydes vs. Daukaus Luque vs. Muhammad 2 Font vs. Vera Błachowicz vs. Rakić Kattar vs. Emmett Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot dos Anjos vs. Fiziev Santos vs. Hill Vera vs. Cruz Thompson vs. Holland Vera vs. Sandhagen Holloway vs. Allen Song vs. Simón Kara-France vs. Albazi Vettori vs. Cannonier Strickland vs. Magomedov Holm vs. Bueno Silva Sandhagen vs. Font Luque vs. dos Anjos Dariush vs. Tsarukyan Ribas vs. Namajunas Blanchfield vs. Fiorot Nicolau vs. Perez Lewis vs. Nascimento UFC on ESPN 57
Fight Nights (on ESPN+)	Cejudo vs. Dillashaw Assunção vs. Moraes 2 Błachowicz vs. Santos Lewis vs. dos Santos Till vs. Masvidal Thompson vs. Pettis Overeem vs. Oleinik Jacaré vs. Hermansson Iaquinta vs. Cowboy dos Anjos vs. Lee Gustafsson vs. Smith Moicano vs. The Korean Zombie de Randamie vs. Ladd Shevchenko vs. Carmouche 2 Andrade vs. Zhang Cowboy vs. Gaethje Rodríguez vs. Stephens Hermansson vs. Cannonier Joanna vs. Waterson Maia vs. Askren Magomedsharipov vs. Kattar Błachowicz vs. Jacaré Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie Blaydes vs. dos Santos Anderson vs. Błachowicz 2 Felder vs. Hooker Benavidez vs. Figueiredo Lee vs. Oliveira Woodley vs. Edwards Overeem vs. Harris Smith vs. Teixeira Hermansson vs. Weidman Smith vs. Teixeira Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Brunson vs. Shahbazyan Lewis vs. Oleinik Smith vs. Rakić Overeem vs. Sakai Waterson vs. Hill Covington vs. Woodley Moraes vs. Sandhagen Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie Hall vs. Silva Felder vs. dos Anjos Thompson vs. Neal Overeem vs. Volkov Blaydes vs. Lewis Rozenstruik vs. Gane Edwards vs. Muhammad Font vs. Garbrandt Rozenstruik vs. Sakai Gane vs. Volkov Brunson vs. Till Smith vs. Spann Santos vs. Walker Dern vs. Rodriguez Ladd vs. Dumont Costa vs. Vettori Holloway vs. Rodríguez Vieira vs. Tate Lewis vs. Daukaus Hermansson vs. Strickland Walker vs. Hill Makhachev vs. Green Santos vs. Ankalaev Volkov vs. Aspinall Lemos vs. Andrade Holm vs. Vieira Volkov vs. Rozenstruik Blaydes vs. Aspinall Gane vs. Tuivasa Sandhagen vs. Song Dern vs. Yan Grasso vs. Araújo Kattar vs. Allen Rodriguez vs. Lemos Nzechukwu vs. Cuțelaba Cannonier vs. Strickland Strickland vs. Imavov Lewis vs. Spivak Andrade vs. Blanchfield Muniz vs. Allen Yan vs. Dvalishvili Holloway vs. Allen Pavlovich vs. Blaydes Dern vs. Hill Aspinall vs. Tybura Holloway vs. The Korean Zombie Gane vs. Spivak Grasso vs. Shevchenko 2 Fiziev vs. Gamrot Dawson vs. Green Yusuff vs. Barboza Almeida vs. Lewis Allen vs. Craig Song vs. Gutiérrez Ankalaev vs. Walker 2 Dolidze vs. Imavov Hermansson vs. Pyfer Moreno vs. Royval 2 Rozenstruik vs. Gaziev Tuivasa vs. Tybura Allen vs. Curtis 2 Barboza vs. Murphy 242 243 244 245
UFC on ABC	Holloway vs. Kattar Vettori vs. Holland Ortega vs. Rodríguez Rozenstruik vs. Almeida Emmett vs. Topuria Whittaker vs. Chimaev Sandhagen vs. Nurmagomedov
The Ultimate Fighter Finales	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
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