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2011 in UFC was the 18th year in the history of the United Fighting Championship (UFC). blah blah blah

Overview

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The year saw X titles change hands with Y titles defended with Q additional titles scheduled to be defended (for current year articles where cards have been announced). UFC produced events in T countries with 17 major pay-per-view events, two seasons of The Ultimat Fighter and eight other events. Major events A, B and C happened that resulted in M, N and O. UFC started new program D.

Title fights

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Title fights in 2011
Weight Class Method Round Time Event Notes
Featherweight Jose Aldo (c) def. Chad Mendes KO (knee & punches) 1 4:59 UFC 142 [a]
  1. ^ Extended the record for most consecutive UFC Featherweight Championship title defenses (3).

The Ultimate Fighter

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UFC's The Ultimate Fighter series continued with two series starting in 2011. The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santo was the 13th season of the show, featured Welterweight fighters and ran from March 30, 2011 to June 4th, 2011. The finale featured Ramsey Nijem vs. Tony Ferguson with Ferguson winning at 3:54 in the 1st round.

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller was the 14th season of the show and was for Featherweight and Bantamweight fighters. It ran from September 11th, 2011 through December 3rd, 2011. The finale had fights for both divisions. The featherweight bout had T.J. Dillashaw vs. John Dodson with Dodson winning at 1:54 in the first round. The bantamweight bout had Diego Branao vs. Dennis Bermudez with Brandau winning at 4:51 in the first round.

Events

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PPV events

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Name Date Venue City Attendance Gate Notes
UFC 125 January 1st MGM Grand Garden Arena Las Vegas, Nevada 12, 874 270,000 [a]
  1. ^ Lightweight championship bout

UFC on Fox

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repeat of above

UFC Live

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repeat of above

UFC Fight Night

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repeat of above

UFC Fight for the Troops

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repeat of above

Other

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repeat of above - catchall if needed

Debutes

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list of fighters new to UFC in 2011