title: 2014 in UFC
text: # 2014 in UFC
  
  The year 2014 was the 22nd year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.
  
  ## Title fights
  
  * ↑ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Middleweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Bantamweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Flyweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Featherweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the interim UFC Heavyweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Lightweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the UFC Welterweight Championship.
  * ↑ For the inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Championship.
  
  ## The Ultimate Fighter
  
  | Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia | Apr 16, 2014 | Welterweight | Chad Laprise | Olivier Aubin-Mercier |
  | TUF Nations: Canada vs. Australia | Apr 16, 2014 | Middleweight | Elias Theodorou | Sheldon Westcott |
  | TUF: Brazil 3 | May 31, 2014 | Middleweight | Warlley Alves | Márcio Alexandre Júnior |
  | TUF: Brazil 3 | May 31, 2014 | Heavyweight | Antônio Carlos Júnior | Vitor Miranda |
  | TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn | Jul 6, 2014 | Middleweight | Eddie Gordon | Dhiego Lima |
  | TUF 19: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn | Jul 6, 2014 | Light Heavyweight | Corey Anderson | Matt Van Buren |
  | TUF: Latin America | Nov 15, 2014 | Bantamweight | Alejandro Pérez | José Alberto Quiñonez |
  | TUF: Latin America | Nov 15, 2014 | Featherweight | Yair Rodríguez | Leonardo Morales |
  | TUF 20: A Champion Will Be Crowned | Dec 12, 2014 | Women's Strawweight | Carla Esparza | Rose Namajunas |
  
  ## Debut UFC fighters
  
  The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2014:
  
  * Aaron Phillips
  * Aisling Daly
  * Akbarh Arreola
  * Alan Jouban
  * Alan Omer
  * Albert Cheng
  * Albert Tumenov
  * Alberto Mina
  * Alejandro Pérez
  * Alex Chambers
  * Alex White
  * Alexander Yakovlev
  * Alexis Dufresne
  * Aljamain Sterling
  * Andreas Ståhl
  * Andy Enz
  * Angela Hill
  * Angela Magaña
  * Anthony Birchak
  * Anthony Hamilton
  * Antônio Carlos Jr.
  * Antônio dos Santos Jr.
  * Ashlee Evans-Smith
  * Augusto Montaño
  * Bec Rawlings
  * Beneil Dariush
  * Brendan O'Reilly
  * Brian Ortega
  * Bryan Barberena
  * Bubba Bush
  * Bubba McDaniel
  * Cain Carrizosa
  * Carla Esparza
  * Carlos Diego Ferreira
  * Cathal Pendred
  * Chad Laprise
  * Charles Rosa
  * Chas Skelly
  * Chris Beal
  * Chris Dempsey
  * Chris Heatherly
  * Chris Indich
  * Chris Kelades
  * Chris Wade
  * Christos Giagos
  * Cláudia Gadelha
  * Cláudio Silva
  * Clay Collard
  * Cody Gibson
  * Colby Covington
  * Corey Anderson
  * Damon Jackson
  * Dan Hooker
  * Dan Kelly
  * Daniel Spohn
  * Danny Martinez
  * Danny Mitchell
  * Dashon Johnson
  * Dave Galera
  * David Michaud
  * Derrick Lewis
  * Dhiego Lima
  * Diego Rivas
  * Doo Ho Choi
  * Douglas Silva de Andrade
  * Eddie Alvarez
  * Eddie Gordon
  * Elias Theodorou
  * Elizabeth Phillips
  * Emily Kagan
  * Ernest Chavez
  * Felice Herrig
  * Francisco Treviño
  * Frankie Saenz
  * Gabriel Benítez
  * Gasan Umalatov
  * George Sullivan
  * Gilbert Burns
  * Guido Cannetti
  * Guilherme Vasconcelos
  * Guto Inocente
  * Hans Stringer
  * Heather Jo Clark
  * Héctor Urbina
  * Henry Briones
  * Henry Cejudo
  * Hernani Perpétuo
  * Humberto Brown
  * Ian Entwistle
  * Jack May
  * Jake Collier
  * Jake Lindsey
  * Jake Matthews
  * James Moontasri
  * Jan Blachowicz
  * Jason Saggo
  * Jerrod Sanders
  * Jessica Penne
  * Jim Alers
  * Joanna Jędrzejczyk
  * Joanne Calderwood
  * Joby Sanchez
  * Joe Ellenberger
  * Joe Soto
  * Johnny Case
  * Jon Delos Reyes
  * Jorge de Oliveira
  * Jose Alberto Quinonez
  * Josh Copeland
  * Josh Shockley
  * Juan Puig
  * Juliana Lima
  * Jumabieke Tuerxun
  * Justin Jones
  * Kailin Curran
  * Kajan Johnson
  * Katsunori Kikuno
  * Keith Berish
  * Kevin Lee
  * Kiichi Kunimoto
  * Larissa Pacheco
  * Lauren Murphy
  * Leandro Issa
  * Leon Edwards
  * Leonardo Morales
  * Leslie Smith
  * Li Jingliang
  * Lisa Ellis
  * Louis Smolka
  * Luiz Dutra
  * Luke Zachrich
  * Mairbek Taisumov
  * Marcin Bandel
  * Márcio Alexandre Jr.
  * Marco Beltrán
  * Marcos Rogério de Lima
  * Mark Eddiva
  * Marlon Vera
  * Masanori Kanehara
  * Mats Nilsson
  * Matt Dwyer
  * Matt Hobar
  * Matt Van Buren
  * Michinori Tanaka
  * Mike De La Torre
  * Mike King
  * Mike Rhodes
  * Milana Dudieva
  * Mirsad Bektic
  * Neil Seery
  * Nick Hein
  * Niklas Bäckström
  * Nina Ansaroff
  * Ning Guangyou
  * Noad Lahat
  * Nolan Ticman
  * Nordine Taleb
  * Oleksiy Oliynyk
  * Olivier Aubin-Mercier
  * Paige VanZant
  * Patrick Cummins
  * Patrick Holohan
  * Patrick Walsh
  * Patrick Williams
  * Paul Felder
  * Pawel Pawlak
  * Pedro Munhoz
  * Randa Markos
  * Rashid Magomedov
  * Ray Borg
  * Renato Moicano
  * Ricardo Abreu
  * Richard Walsh
  * Richardson Moreira
  * Rin Nakai
  * Rob Font
  * Robert Drysdale
  * Rodolfo Rubio
  * Rodrigo de Lima
  * Roger Narvaez
  * Roldan Sangcha-an
  * Roman Salazar
  * Rose Namajunas
  * Royston Wee
  * Ruan Potts
  * Ruslan Magomedov
  * Russell Doane
  * Sam Alvey
  * Sarah Moras
  * Scott Askham
  * Sean O'Connell
  * Sean Soriano
  * Sean Strickland
  * Seohee Ham
  * Shane Howell
  * Shayna Baszler
  * Sheldon Westcott
  * Shinsho Anzai
  * Shunichi Shimizu
  * Tae Hyun Bang
  * Takenori Sato
  * Tarec Saffiedine
  * Tateki Matsuda
  * Tatsuya Kawajiri
  * Tecia Torres
  * Thomas Almeida
  * Tiago Trator
  * Tim Gorman
  * Tina Lähdemäki
  * Tony Martin
  * Ulka Sasaki
  * Valérie Létourneau
  * Valmir Lazaro
  * Viktor Pešta
  * Vitor Miranda
  * Wagner Silva
  * Wang Anying
  * Wang Sai
  * Warlley Alves
  * Wendell Oliveira
  * Will Chope
  * Willie Gates
  * Yair Rodríguez
  * Yang Jianping
  * Yao Zhikui
  * Yosdenis Cedeno
  * Yui Chul Nam
  * Zhang Lipeng
  * Zubaira Tukhugov
  
  ## Events list
  
  | # | Event | Date | Venue | Location | Attendance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 303 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway | Dec 20, 2014 | Ginásio José Corrêa | Barueri, Brazil | — |
  | 302 | UFC on Fox: dos Santos vs. Miocic | Dec 13, 2014 | US Airways Center | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | 15,300 |
  | 301 | The Ultimate Fighter: A Champion Will Be Crowned Finale | Dec 12, 2014 | Palms Casino Resort | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 1,800 |
  | 300 | UFC 181: Hendricks vs. Lawler II | Dec 6, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 9,617 |
  | 299 | UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. Swanson | Nov 22, 2014 | Frank Erwin Center | Austin, Texas, U.S. | 10,131 |
  | 298 | UFC 180: Werdum vs. Hunt | Nov 15, 2014 | Arena Ciudad de México | Mexico City, Mexico | 21,000 |
  | 297 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. St. Preux | Nov 8, 2014 | Ginásio Municipal Tancredo Neves | Uberlândia, Brazil | 5,671 |
  | 296 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Bisping | Nov 8, 2014 | Allphones Arena | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 9,904 |
  | 295 | UFC 179: Aldo vs. Mendes 2 | Oct 25, 2014 | Ginásio do Maracanãzinho | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11,415 |
  | 294 | UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine | Oct 4, 2014 | Scotiabank Centre | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | 10,782 |
  | 293 | UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story | Oct 4, 2014 | Ericsson Globe Arena | Stockholm, Sweden | 10,026 |
  | 292 | UFC 178: Johnson vs. Cariaso | Sep 27, 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 10,544 |
  | 291 | UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs. Nelson | Sep 20, 2014 | Saitama Super Arena | Saitama, Japan | 12,395 |
  | 290 | UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski | Sep 13, 2014 | Ginásio Nilson Nelson | Brasília, Brazil | 8,822 |
  | 289 | UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi | Sep 5, 2014 | Foxwoods Resort Casino | Ledyard, Connecticut, U.S. | 4,086 |
  | 288 | UFC 177: Dillashaw vs. Soto | Aug 30, 2014 | Sleep Train Arena | Sacramento, California, U.S. | 11,100 |
  | 287 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. dos Anjos | Aug 23, 2014 | BOK Center | Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. | 7,119 |
  | 286 | UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Le | Aug 23, 2014 | CotaiArena | Macau, SAR, China | 7,022 |
  | 285 | UFC Fight Night: Bader vs. St. Preux | Aug 16, 2014 | Cross Insurance Center | Bangor, Maine, U.S. | 5,329 |
  | – | UFC 176: Aldo vs. Mendes II | Aug 2, 2014 | Staples Center | Los Angeles, U.S. | Cancelled |
  | 284 | UFC on Fox: Lawler vs. Brown | Jul 26, 2014 | SAP Center | San Jose, California, U.S. | 11,482 |
  | 283 | UFC Fight Night: McGregor vs. Brandao | Jul 19, 2014 | The $O_2$ | Dublin, Ireland | 9,500 |
  | 282 | UFC Fight Night: Cerrone vs. Miller | Jul 16, 2014 | Revel Casino Hotel | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | 4,115 |
  | 281 | The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale | Jul 6, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 6,500 |
  | 280 | UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida | Jul 5, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 10,088 |
  | 279 | UFC Fight Night: Swanson vs. Stephens | Jun 28, 2014 | AT&T Center | San Antonio, U.S. | 9,227 |
  | 278 | UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs. Marquardt | Jun 28, 2014 | Vector Arena | Auckland, New Zealand | 8,089 |
  | 277 | UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov | Jun 14, 2014 | Rogers Arena | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 13,506 |
  | 276 | UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Khabilov | Jun 7, 2014 | Tingley Coliseum | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | 8,775 |
  | 275 | The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs. Maldonado | May 31, 2014 | Ginásio do Ibirapuera | São Paulo, Brazil | 8,986 |
  | 274 | UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi | May 31, 2014 | $O_2$ World | Berlin, Germany | 8,000 |
  | 273 | UFC 173: Barão vs. Dillashaw | May 24, 2014 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 11,036 |
  | 272 | UFC Fight Night: Brown vs. Silva | May 10, 2014 | U.S. Bank Arena | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | 6,143 |
  | 271 | UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira | Apr 26, 2014 | Baltimore Arena | Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | 13,485 |
  | 270 | UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne | Apr 19, 2014 | Amway Center | Orlando, Florida, U.S. | 17,000 |
  | 269 | The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale: Bisping vs. Kennedy | Apr 16, 2014 | Colisée Pepsi | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | 5,029 |
  | 268 | UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Nelson | Apr 11, 2014 | du Arena | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | 7,963 |
  | 267 | UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Henderson 2 | Mar 23, 2014 | Ginásio Nélio Dias | Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil | 6,828 |
  | 266 | UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler | Mar 15, 2014 | American Airlines Center | Dallas, Texas, U.S. | 19,324 |
  | 265 | UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa | Mar 8, 2014 | The $O_2$ Arena | London, England, U.K. | 14,604 |
  | 264 | The Ultimate Fighter China Finale: Kim vs. Hathaway | Mar 1, 2014 | CotaiArena | Macau, SAR, China | 6,000 |
  | 263 | UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann | Feb 22, 2014 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | 10,217 |
  | 262 | UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Mousasi | Feb 15, 2014 | Arena Jaraguá | Jaraguá do Sul, Brazil | 7,511 |
  | 261 | UFC 169: Barao vs. Faber II | Feb 1, 2014 | Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. | 14,308 |
  | 260 | UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Thomson | Jan 25, 2014 | United Center | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | 10,895 |
  | 259 | UFC Fight Night: Rockhold vs. Philippou | Jan 15, 2014 | Arena at Gwinnett Center | Duluth, Georgia, U.S. | 5,822 |
  | 258 | UFC Fight Night: Saffiedine vs. Lim | Jan 4, 2014 | Marina Bay Sands | Marina Bay, Singapore | 5,216 |
  