Ultimate Fighting Championship

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company mixed martial arts promotion sports organization

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is the world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion, organizing high-profile fights across multiple weight classes featuring top fighters from around the globe.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	company → mixed martial arts promotion → sports organization →
broadcastOn	ESPN → ESPN+ → pay-per-view →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
developsFrom	no-holds-barred fighting tournaments →
founded	1993 →
foundedBy	Art Davie → Bob Meyrowitz → Campbell McLaren → David Isaacs → John Milius → Rorion Gracie → Semaphore Entertainment Group →
hasEventSeries	The Ultimate Fighter Finale → UFC Fight Night → UFC numbered events →
hasGlobalReach	true →
headquartersLocation	Las Vegas, Nevada → United States →
inauguralEvent	UFC 1 →
inauguralEventDate	1993-11-12 →
inauguralEventLocation	Denver, Colorado →
keyPerson	Dana White →
marketedAs	world's leading mixed martial arts promotion →
officialWebsite	https://www.ufc.com →
organizes	world championship title fights →
ownedBy	TKO Group Holdings →
parentOrganization	TKO Group Holdings →
positionHeld	Dana White – CEO → Dana White – President →
previousOwner	Endeavor Group Holdings → Zuffa LLC →
shortName	UFC →
sport	mixed martial arts →
usesRuleSet	Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts →
weightClass	bantamweight → featherweight → flyweight → heavyweight → light heavyweight → lightweight → middleweight → welterweight → women's bantamweight → women's featherweight → women's flyweight → women's strawweight →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ultimate Fighting Championship ("UFC numbered events") → Ultimate Fighting Championship ("UFC Fight Night") →	hasEventSeries
ESPN UK ("UFC") →	broadcastContent
Gunnar Nelson →	employer
BT Sport ("UFC") →	holdsBroadcastRightsFor
Madison Square Garden ("UFC events") →	hostedEventType
Brock Lesnar →	MMAOrganization
Mark Hunt →	organization
UFC Welterweight division →	partOf
UFC Welterweight division →	promotion
Ultimate Fighting Championship ("UFC") →	shortName
Reebok ("UFC (former official outfitter)") →	sponsorOf
ESPN+ ("UFC") →	streamsSport
Brock Lesnar ("UFC Heavyweight Champion") →	UFCChampionship