List of Irish UFC fighters

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, founded in 1993 by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie. The organization was purchased from its parent company SEG in 2001 by Zuffa LLC, a promotional company owned by Las Vegas casino magnates, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta and managed by Dana White (current president of operations).[1] Since its inception, and through its current Zuffa management, the UFC has remained one of the more dominant MMA promotions in the world, playing host to a wide field of MMA fighters.[2]

This list provides an up to date roster of all Irish fighters currently competing or have previously competed under the UFC promotional banner.[note 1][note 2] Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their number of appearances inside the UFC. Fighters with the same number of fights are listed in order of their number of wins. Fighters with the same UFC record are listed alphabetically.[note 3]

World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was purchased by Zuffa in 2006[3] and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 1, 2011.[4] All former WEC fighters have had their WEC record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with WEC 25 (the first WEC event under Zuffa). These records have been, and will be, continued as former WEC fighters move on in the UFC.[note 4]

Strikeforce was purchased by Zuffa in 2011[5] and officially merged under the UFC brand on January 12, 2013.[6] All former Strikeforce fighters have had their Strikeforce record listed in place of their UFC record, starting with Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm (the first Strikeforce event under Zuffa). These records have been, and will be, continued as former Strikeforce fighters move on in the UFC.[note 5]

Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC).[7] All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg): 2 fighters


ISO Name Nickname UFC record MMA record Team Notes
IRE Egan, TomTom Egan The Tank 4 !0–1 4 !7-5 SBG Ireland First Irish UFC Fighter - competed at UFC 93
IRE PendredCathal Pendred The Punisher 4 !4–2 4 !17–4-1 SBG Ireland Retired from UFC November 2015[8]

Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg): 2 fighters

ISO Name Nickname UFC record MMA record Team Notes
IRE Duffy, JosephJoseph Duffy Irish Joe 1 !2–1 1 !14-2 Tristar Gym
NIR Parke, NormanNorman Parke Stormin 2 !5–2–1 2 !21-4-1 Next Generation The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes Winner

Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg): 3 fighters

ISO Name Nickname UFC record MMA record Team Notes
IRE Lobov, ArtemArtem Lobov The Russian Hammer 1 !0–2 1 !11-12-1 (1) SBG Ireland The Ultimate Fighter 22 Runner-up
IRE McGregor, ConorConor McGregor The Notorious 5 !7–0 5 !19-2 SBG Ireland Current UFC Featherweight Champion[9]
IRE Redmond, PaulPaul Redmond Redser -1 !0–2 -1 !10-6 Team Ryano Released from UFC November 2015[10]

Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg): 2 fighters

ISO Name Nickname UFC record MMA record Team Notes
IRE Holohan, PatrickPatrick Holohan The Hooligan 1 !3–2 1 !12-2-1 SBG Ireland
IRE Seery, NeilNeil Seery 2Tap 1 !3–2 1 !16-11 Team Ryano

Women's strawweights (115 lb, 52 kg): 1 fighter

ISO Name Nickname UFC record MMA record Team Notes
IRE Daly, AislingAisling Daly Ais the Bash 0 !2–1 0 !16-6 SBG Ireland

Other (Non-Irish fighters fighting out of Ireland): 3 fighters

ISO Name Nickname UFC record MMA record Team Notes
FIN Makwan Amirkhani Mr. Finland 0 !2-0 0 !12-2 SBG Ireland Featherweight
FRA Lapilus, TaylorTaylor Lapilus Double Impact 0 !2-1 0 !10-2 SBG Ireland Bantamweight
ISL Nelson, GunnarGunnar Nelson Gunni 0 !5–2 0 !14-2 SBG Ireland Welterweight

See also


Notes

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, all fighters listed are retrieved from ufc.com.
  2. ↑ All names presented are in accordance with UFC.com profiles and may include common nicknames or alternative spellings rather than birth names.
  3. ↑ Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from sherdog.com.
  4. ↑ All asterisked fighters are listed by a combination of their UFC and WEC records.
  5. ↑ All double asterisked fighters are listed by a combination of their UFC and Strikeforce records.

References

  1. ↑ Cliff Montgomery. "The History of the UFC - Part 1". ExtremeProSports.com. Retrieved February 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ MMAjunkie.com Staff (December 23, 2010). "Sports-industry executives choose UFC as best positioned property for 2011". MMAjunkie.com.
  3. ↑ Scott White (December 11, 2006). "UFC Acquires Assets from WFA; Purchases WEC". mmaontap.com.
  4. ↑ ESPN Staff (October 28, 2010). "Huge White announcement sees Aldo arrive in UFC". ESPN.
  5. ↑ "Zuffa purchases Strikeforce". mmafighting.com. 2011-03-12.
  6. ↑ "UFC/Strikeforce Merger Is Finally "Official"". addictedmma.com. 2013-01-16.
  7. ↑ Grant Waterman (October 2003). "MMA Scoring Guide". SFUK.
  8. ↑ "Cathal Pendred calls time on MMA career". RTÉ Sport. 25 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "UFC 194: Conor McGregor beats Jose Aldo in 13 SECONDS!". irishmirror. 12 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Paul Dollery. "Irish fighter released by the UFC following consecutive defeats". The42.



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