The year 2024 is the 32nd year in the history of the

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(UFC), a

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promotion based in the United States.

UFC in 2024

Class action: anti-trust lawsuit

On August 9, 2023, U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware granted class action status to more than 1,200 former UFC fighters who competed between December 2010 and June 2017 and are suing for $800 million upward to $1.6 billion in wages, as the lawsuit claims

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had abused its power to suppress UFC fighters' wages. The anti-trust law also permits private plaintiffs to be able to recover three times the damages suffered, meaning the UFC may ultimately pay several billions of dollars worth of damages. The case has a scheduled April 8, 2024 trial date. On March 20, 2024, TKO, UFC parent company reached an agreement to settle all claims in the class action lawsuits for $335 million where the settlement amount will be deductible for tax purposes.

Drug Free Sport International partnership

The UFC announced a new partnership with Drug Free Sport International, begin in January 2024, the same company that oversees the anti-doping programs of the

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, and

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. The administration of the UFC Anti-Doping Program, including sanctioning decisions, will be handled exclusively and independently by Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD), where the former FBI agent

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would serve as the independent administrator of the UFC's anti-doping program.

Vince McMahon resigned over sex trafficking and sexual assault lawsuit

On September 12, 2023, Endeavor merged with

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promotion

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to form a new publicly traded company under the stock symbol "TKO". TKO executive chairman

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resigned on January 26, 2024 after Janel Grant, a former WWE employee, filed a lawsuit against McMahon for sex trafficking and sexual assault.

UFC Performance Institute

In February 2024, the third Performance Institute was opened in

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Acquired by Silver Lake private equity

On April 2, 2024, it was announced by TKO that Endeavor was privately taken 100% by its largest investor, Silver Lake, three years after Endeavor three-year run as a public company where Endeavor purchased the UFC for just over $4 billion in 2016.

New glove (June 2024)

On April 12, 2024, UFC announced a new glove where changes were made to reduce hand injuries and eye pokes (every 14 fights with an average delay of 50 seconds), while maintaining dexterity and not affecting performance. The new gloves were already tested during the ten weeks of the

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2023 and gloves were used starting in June 2024. New features of the gloves include: (1) a wristband locking system to prevent grabbing of the gloves; (2) all seams are now on the palm side with a lack of seams on top of the hands to minimize abrasions and cuts; (3) removal of finger binding that allows the hand to close maturely to reduce eyes pokes, abrasions, and cuts; (4) padding to the sides of the index and pinky finger of the glove to protect bone; (5) ergonomic curved wristband for better fit around the wrist scooped or angled finger holes to eliminate bunching on the inside of the fisted hand lining; (6) and thicker foam padding for maximum flexibility and protection with an updated law profile hook and loop that minimizes snag and reduces weight; they have an authentication and data chip which allows the UFC to identify a pair of gloves to a fighter in a specific fight. The gloves come in XXXS to XXXXL sizes with weight lighter by 1 to 1.5 ounces compared to the previous gloves; the new glove weighs between 3 and 4.9 oz. New gloves include five different glove colors: gun-metal gloves will be used for traditional UFC fights; gold gloves with an octagon trim for championship fights and main event bouts; black gloves for “The Ultimate Fighter”; blue gloves for Dana White’s Contender Series; and red gloves for Road to the UFC tournaments.

Releases and retirements

These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement, or joined other promotions: *A.J. Dobson - Released in March - Middleweight *

Abubakar Nurmagomedov Abubakar Magomedovich Nurmagomedov (born November 13, 1989) is a Russian mixed martial artist, who is currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a three-time Combat Sambo World Championship bron ...

- Released in February - Welterweight *Albert Duraev - Released in February - Middleweight *

Andrei Arlovski Andrei Arlovski (born 4 February 1979) is a Belarusian-American professional mixed martial artist, actor and former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ho ...

- Released in June - Heavyweight *Anton Turkalj - Released in April - Light Heavyweight *Bryan Barberena - Released in March - Middleweight *Carlos Candelario - Released in March - Flyweight *

Cynthia Calvillo Cynthia Tafoya Calvillo ( , born July 13, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the strawweight and flyweight divisions of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. As of August 15, 2022, she is #14 in the UFC women's flyweight ra ...

- Released in April - Women's Strawweight *Daniel Lacerda - Released in March - Flyweight *

Danny Henry Danny Henry (born 17 July 1988) is a Scottish professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Henry began his MMA career in 2011 ...

- Released in April - Featherweight *

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- Released in June - Flyweight *Denys Bondar - Released in March - Flyweight * Devin Clark - Released in February - Light Heavyweight *Fernie Garcia - Released in March - Featherweight *

Emily Ducote Emily Ducote (born January 1, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She previously competed in Invicta FC, where she was the Invicta FC Strawweigh ...

- Released in July - Women's Strawweight *Igor Severino - Released in March -Flyweight *

Jamie Pickett Jamie Russell Pickett (born August 29, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Pickett lived with his grandparents growing up in Chinquapin, North Carol ...

- Retired in March - Middleweight *

Joanne Wood Joanne Wood (; born 23 December 1986) is a Scottish professional mixed martial artist and former Muay Thai champion who competed in the Women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Biography Wood first started Muay Thai ...

- Retired in March - Women's Flyweight *Josh Parisian - Released in March - Heavyweight *Josh Quinlan - Released in July - Welterweight *Juancamilo Ronderos - Released in February - Flyweight *Khusein Askhabov - Released in March - Featherweight *

Lucie Pudilová Lucie Pudilová (born June 13, 1994) is a Czech female mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She was the Gladiator Championship Fighting Bantamweight female champion in Czech R ...

- Released in July - Women's Flyweight *

Luis Saldaña Luis Saldaña (born January 27, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Having his first boxing match at eight years old, he was introduced to the spor ...

- Released in March - Featherweight *

Makhmud Muradov Makhmud Muradov (born 8 February 1990) is a Tajik-born Uzbek

- Released in May - Middleweight * Malcolm Gordon - Retired in January - Flyweight * Mark Madsen - Retired in February - Lightweight *

Marc Diakiese Marc Diakiese (born 16 March 1993) is a Congolese-born English professional mixed martial artist who competes as a lightweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He has also competed for Caged Steel and BAMMA. Background Aged 17, Diakies ...

- Released in June - Lightweight *Mateus Mendonçą - Released in March - Flyweight * Matt Brown - Retired in May - Welterweight *

Michelle Waterson-Gomez Michelle Waterson-Gomez (born January 6, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist, actress, stuntwoman, and former model who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion. Between 2013 a ...

- Retired in June - Women's Strawweight *

Miguel Baeza Miguel Baeza (born August 23, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Baeza was born in Davie, Florida to a Puerto Rican family. Baeza ...

- Released in July - Welterweight *

Muhammad Mokaev Muhammad Mokaev (born 30 July 2000) is an English professional mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He formerly competed in Brave Combat ...

- Released in July - Flyweight *

Nate Maness Nate Maness (born June 27, 1991), is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Maness made his amateur debut in 2013, winning four bou ...

- Released in June - Flyweight *

Phil Hawes Phillip Nicholas Fitzgerald Hawes (born January 8, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Hawes started out as a standout wrestler, winning a national ...

- Released in February - Middleweight *

Stephanie Egger Stephanie Egger (born August 12, 1988) is a Swiss female mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Egger is a judo black belt, having won the 2010 European U23 Championships ...

- Released in February - Women's Bantamweight *

T.J. Brown Trenton Joseph "T.J." Brown (born May 22, 1990) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Brown made his MMA debut in 2013 at Cage Com ...

- Released in January - Featherweight *

Tyson Pedro Tyson Pedro (born 17 September 1991) is an Australian mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Pedro is an Australian of Spanish, American Samoa heritage. He ...

- Retired in March - Light Heavyweight *Yohan Lainesse - Released in January - Welterweight *Valentine Woodburn - Released in April - Welterweight *Zac Pauga - Released in February - Light Heavyweight

Debut UFC fighters

The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2024: *Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady - UFC Fight Night 238 *AJ Cunningham - UFC Fight Night 238 *Alice Ardelean - UFC 304 *André Lima - UFC on ESPN 53 *Angel Pacheco - UFC on ESPN 54 *Antonio Trócoli - UFC on ABC 6 *Bekzat Almakhan - UFC Fight Night 238. *Bernardo Sopaj - UFC Fight Night 238 *Bolaji Oki - UFC Fight Night 236 *Brendson Ribeiro - UFC 298 *Carli Judice - UFC on ESPN 58 *Carlos Prates - UFC Fight Night 236 *Carlos Vera - UFC 298 *

César Almeida César Augusto Oliveira de Almeida (born 6 January 1989) is a Brazilian handball goalkeeper for BM Granollers and the Brazilian national team. He won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 20 ...

- UFC Fight Night 240 *Chang Ho Lee - UFC on ABC 6 *Charalampos Grigoriou - UFC Fight Night 239 *Chris Padilla - UFC on ESPN 55 *Connor Matthews - UFC on ESPN 54 *Danny Barlow - UFC 298 *Danny Silva - UFC Fight Night 239 *Dariya Zheleznyakova - UFC on ESPN 53 *Dione Barbosa - UFC 301 *Dylan Budka - UFC Fight Night 240 *Ernesta Kareckaitė - UFC 301 *Fatima Kline - UFC on ESPN 59 *Felipe Bunes - UFC Fight Night 234 *Felipe Lima - UFC on ABC 6 *Hyder Amil - UFC Fight Night 236 *Ibo Aslan - UFC on ESPN 54 *Igor Severino - UFC on ESPN 53 *James Llontop - UFC on ESPN 55 *Jean Matsumoto - UFC Fight Night 240 *Jean Silva - UFC Fight Night 234 *Julia Polastri - UFC on ESPN 58 *

Jhonata Diniz Jhonata Diniz is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He competed for GLORY and SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship. Kickboxing and Muay Thai career Early career Jhonata Diniz defeated Jan Soukup by decision after Soukup survive ...

- UFC on ESPN 55 *

Kayla Harrison Kayla Jean Harrison (born July 2, 1990) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former Olympic and world champion judoka, currently signed to the Professional Fighters League (PFL). Harrison competed in the weight category in jud ...

UFC 300 ''UFC 300: Pereira vs. Hill'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 13, 2024, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Background Main card: three title fights an ...

*Long Xiao - UFC on ABC 6 *Luis Pajuelo - UFC on ESPN 53 *Magomed Gadzhiyasulov - UFC on ABC 6 *Marquel Mederos - UFC Fight Night 235 *

Michael Page Michael Jerome Reece-Pagewkaassociation.com, Retrieved 28 August 2017. (born 7 April 1987) is a British Kickboxing, kickboxer, Boxing, boxer, and Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He is recognised in the MMA community for his unortho ...

- UFC 299 *Mitch Ramirez - UFC Fight Night 239 *Mitch Raposo - UFC 302 *Maurício Ruffy - UFC 301 *Oban Elliott - UFC 298 *Oumar Sy - UFC Fight Night 241 *Puja Tomar - UFC on ESPN 57 *Pedro Falcão - UFC Fight Night 240 *Ramon Taveras -

UFC 297 ''UFC 297: Strickland vs. du Plessis'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on January 20, 2024, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Background The event marked the promotion' ...

Robelis Despaigne Robelis Despaigne (born 9 August 1988, Santiago de Cuba) is a Cuban taekwondo practitioner. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the +80 kg event. He beat Chika Yagazie Chukwumerije in the first round, before losing to Ant ...

UFC on ESPN 56 ''UFC on ESPN: Lewis vs. Nascimento'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 56'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on May 11, 2024, at the Enterprise Center, in St. Louis, Missouri, United State ...

*Robert Bryczek - UFC Fight Night 236 *Ronaldo Rodríguez - UFC Fight Night 237 *Serhiy Sidey -

*Steven Nguyen - UFC on ESPN 53 *Thomas Petersen - UFC Fight Night 235 *Timothy Cuamba - UFC Fight Night 236 *Tom Nolan - UFC Fight Night 234 *Tuco Tokkos - UFC Fight Night 241 *Valter Walker - UFC Fight Night 240 *Victor Hugo - UFC Fight Night 240 *Vinicius Oliveira - UFC Fight Night 238 *Zhang Mingyang - UFC 298

Suspended fighters

The list below is based on fighters suspended either by (1)

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(USADA) or

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(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

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seasons are scheduled for broadcast in 2024:

Title fights

Events list

Scheduled events

Past events

:1. André Lima was awarded an honorary ''"Bite of the Night"'' bonus after Igor Severino was disqualified for biting him.

References

External links

UFC past events on UFC.com

UFC events results at Sherdog.com
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