2023 in UFC

The year 2023 was the 30th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States.

UFC in 2023

UFC merged with WWE to form TKO Group

In April 2023, Endeavor Group Holdings announced that UFC would merge with the wrestling promotion WWE to form TKO Group Holdings, a new Public company company majority-owned by Endeavor, with Vince McMahon serving as an executive chairman of the new entity and White remaining as UFC president. The merger was completed on September 12, 2023.

Class action: anti-trust lawsuit

On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware decided to grant class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 who are suing upward of for 1.6 billions in wages that the lawsuit claims Zuffa had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages, setting the stage on 8, April, 2024 trial.

Betting scandal

In early February 2023 UFC introduced rules that banned athletes, coaches, and their close family from betting on UFC events. after the call for a sports betting fraud investigation was made on a fight involving Darrick Minner a student of James Krause, who is a UFC coach and avid bettor, and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos. The UFC was informed by sources that suspicious betting patterns had been observed on the fight.

USADA anti-doping partnership (2015–2024)

The UFC's partnership with USADA coming to an end in 2023, the UFC announced a new partnership with Drug Free Sport International, the same company that oversees the anti-doping programs of the NCAA, MLB, NFL, and NBA. This partnership is set to begin in 2024, after their current contract with USADA expired on December 31, 2023. The UFC announced that former FBI agent George Piro would serve as the independent administrator of the UFC's anti-doping program.

2023 by the numbers

The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques and fighters held or performed for the year of 2020 in UFC.

2023 UFC.com awards

Releases and retirements

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

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2023:

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.

The Ultimate Fighter

The following The Ultimate Fighter seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2023:

Title fights

Events list

Past events

See also

• List of UFC champions
• List of UFC events
• List of current UFC fighters
• 2023 in Bellator MMA
• 2023 in Professional Fighters League
• 2023 in ONE Championship
• 2023 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
• 2023 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
• 2023 in Rizin Fighting Federation
• 2023 in Brave Combat Federation
• 2023 in Legacy Fighting Alliance
• 2023 in Road FC

References

External links

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