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UFC London: A full list of every Ultimate Fighting Championship show held in the UK

UFC London: A full list of every Ultimate Fighting Championship show held in the UKDAZN

The UFC returns to Britain for its next big event when Leon Edwards defends his UFC welterweight title against Kamaru Usman at London's O2 Arena on Saturday night. 

This will not the be the first time the mixed martial arts promotion has staged shows in the UK with the organisation making a regular habit of making the trip across the Atlantic Ocean. 

DAZN takes a look at the history of UFC in the UK below. 

How many UFC event have been staged in the UK? 

The UFC has staged 26 shows in the UK with the first being UFC 38 on July 13, 2002 at the Royal Albert Hall. 

Since that historic night, 15 UFC events have been held in London with 11 more being staged in various cities across the UK. 

UFC in the UK history

  • July 13, 2002; UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall
  • April 21, 2007; UFC 70: Nations Collide
  • June 16, 2007; UFC 72: Victory
  • September 8, 2007; UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion 
  • January 19, 2008; UFC 80: Rapid Fire
  • June 7, 2008; UFC 85: Bedlam
  • October 18, 2008; UFC 89: Bisping vs. Leben
  • February 21, 2009; UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson
  • November 14, 2009; UFC 105: Couture vs. Vera
  • October 16, 2010; UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama
  • November 5, 2011; UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz
  • September 29, 2012; UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic
  • February 16, 2013; UFC on Fuel TV: Barao vs. McDonald
  • October 26, 2013; UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Munoz
  • March 8, 2014; UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Manuwa
  • July 18, 2015; UFC Fight Night: Bisping vs. Leites
  • February 27, 2016; UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Bisping
  • October 8, 2016; UFC 204: Bisping vs. Henderson 2
  • November 19, 2016; UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2
  • March 18, 2017; UFC Fight Night: Manuwa vs. Anderson
  • July 16, 2017; UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Ponzinibbio
  • March 17, 2018; UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov
  • May 27, 2018; UFC Fight Night: Thompson vs. Till
  • March 16, 2019; UFC Fight Night: Till vs. Masvidal
  • March 19, 2022; UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall
  • July 23, 2022; UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Aspinall

There is one event that did get cancelled in the UK due to the COVID-19 pandemic and that was on March 21, 2020 when UFC Fight Night: Woodley vs. Edwards was due to take place.

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