2009 in UFC

2009 in UFC
2009 in UFC
Information
First date	January 17, 2009
Last date	December 12, 2009
Events
Total events	20
UFC	15
UFC Fight Night	3
TUF Finale events	2
Fights
Total fights	215
Title fights	11
Chronology

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.	Maurício Rua	Decision (unanimous) (48-47, 48-47, 48-47)	5	5:00	UFC 104	^[g]
Lightweight	B.J. Penn (c)	def.	Diego Sanchez	TKO (doctor stoppage)	5	2:37	UFC 107	^[h]

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:

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]

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