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] [note 3][note 4]

The ISO listed next to a Fighters name as well as their birthplace and where they fight out of is determined by information displayed on UFC broadcasts.[note 5]

The team a Fighter trains with is based on who primarily corners them during their professional bouts in the UFC.

Each fight record has four categories: wins, losses, draws, and no-contests (NC).[3] All fight records in this article are displayed in that order, with fights resulting in a no-contest listed in parentheses.[note 6]

Heavyweights (265 lb, 120 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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NIR Colin Robinson Big C 0–2 Ballymena, Northern Ireland Antrim, Northern Ireland UFR Fight Team/Next Generation Northern Ireland 16/06/2007

Welterweights (170 lb, 77 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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IRE Kiefer Crosbie BDK 0–2 North Inner City Dublin, Ireland North Inner City Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 09/09/2023
IRE Dean Barry The Sniper 0–1 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland Team Ryano 23/04/2022
IRE Ian Machado Garry The Future 8-0 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland By Way Of Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Dublin, Ireland By Way Of Deerfield Beach, Florida

Chute Boxe Diego Lima

Kill Cliff FC

06/11/2021
IRE

NIR

Rhys McKee Skeletor 0–4 Ballymena, Northern Ireland Ballymena, Northern Ireland Fight Academy Ireland

Next Generation Northern Ireland

25/07/2020
IRE Charlie Ward Relentless 0–2 Portlaoise, Ireland Dublin, Ireland By Way Of Mountmellick, Ireland SBG Ireland 19/11/2016
IRE Cathal Pendred The Punisher 4–2 Boston, Massachusetts Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 19/07/2014
IRE Tom Egan The Tank 0–1 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 17/01/2009
  • First Irish UFC Fighter - competed at UFC 93
IRE Stevie

Lynch

The Smiling Assassin 0–1 Belfast, Northern Ireland Antrim, Northern Ireland UFR Fight Team 16/06/2007
  • First Northern Irish UFC Fighter - competed in UFC 72
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Lightweights (155 lb, 70 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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IRE Richie Smullen 0-1 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 06/07/2018
RUS

IRE

Artem Lobov The Russian Hammer 2-5 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 11/12/2015
IRE Joe Duffy Irish 4–4 Donegal, Ireland Donegal, Ireland Tristar Gym 14/03/2015
IRE Conor McGregor The Notorious 10–4 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 06/04/2013
NIR Norman Parke Stormin 5–3–1 Bushmills, Northern Ireland Bushmills, Northern Ireland


San Diego, California By Way Of Bushmills, Northern Ireland

Ballymoney, Northern Ireland

Next Generation Northern Ireland 14/12/2012
  • The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes Winner
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Featherweights (145 lb, 65 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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IRE Paul Redmond Redser 0–2 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland Team Ryano 24/01/2015
  • Released from UFC November 2015[6]
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Bantamweights (135 lb, 61 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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IRE Caolan Loughran The Don 1-2 Tyrone, Northern Ireland Tyrone, Northern Ireland Team Kaobon 02/09/2023

Flyweights (125 lb, 56 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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IRE Patrick Holohan The Hooligan 3–2 Dublin, Ireland Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

SBG Ireland 19/07/2014
IRE Neil Seery 2Tap 3–4 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland Team Ryano 08/03/2014
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Women's strawweights (115 lb, 52 kg)

ISO Name Nickname UFC record Birthplace Fighting Out Of Team UFC Debut Notes
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IRE Shauna Bannon Mama B 1-1 Dublin, Ireland Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland Holohan Martial Arts 22/07/2023
IRE Aisling Daly Ais the Bash 2–1 Dublin, Ireland Dublin, Ireland SBG Ireland 12/12/2014
  • First Irish Female To Compete In The UFC
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See also

  • flagIreland portal
  • Martial arts portal

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. ^ Fighters are included on this list if they were born in Ireland (the Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland) or if they have represented Ireland during their professional UFC career.
  4. ^ Fighters are organized by weight class and within their weight class by their debut under the UFC promotion.
  5. ^ Where a Fighter is born, fighting out of, and the flag they represent is provided by the UFC during live broadcasts.
  6. ^ Unless otherwise cited, all records are retrieved from sherdog.com.

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. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012.
  3. ^ Grant Waterman (October 2003). "MMA Scoring Guide". SFUK. Archived from the original on 2014-12-21.
  4. ^ "Conor McGregor knocks out Alvarez to make UFC history – as it happened". theguardian.com. 13 November 2016.
  5. ^ Doyle, Dave (13 December 2015). "UFC 194 results: Conor McGregor knocks out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds". MMA Fighting.
  6. ^ Paul Dollery. "Irish fighter released by the UFC following consecutive defeats". The42.