The UFC Hall of Fame recognises mixed martial artists and MMA personalities for their contribution to the Ultimate Fighting Championship over the years.
Established in 2003, UFC Hall of Fame also recognizes accomplishments from Pride Fighting Championships, World Extreme Cagefighting and Strikeforce that have been bought-out by the UFC and its parent corporations.
The UFC Hall of Fame was officially established on November 21, 2003 at UFC 45 in Las Vegas, and the first inductees were inaugural UFC competitors Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock. Since 2015, the Hall of Fame ceremony takes place during UFC International Fightweek in Las Vegas.
Till date, there have been a total of 52 inductions including three double inductees under four wings - pioneers, modern, contributors and fight - that came into existence from 2015 in a reboot of Hall of Fame thanks to former UFC executive Anthony Evans' persistent pitch to president Dana White. Now, let's take a look at the full list of UFC Hall of Fame from 2003:
Modern Wing celebrates champions who made their pro-debuts in the age of the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts, which went into effect at UFC 28, November 28, 2000. Here is a look at the modern wing list in UFC Hall of Fame:
YEAR OF INDUCTION | INDUCTEE |
2013 | Forrest Griffin |
2015 | BJ Penn |
2017 | Urijah Faber |
2018 | Ronda Rousey |
2019 | Michael Bipsing |
2019 | Rashad Evans |
2020 | Georges St Pierre |
2022 | Khabib Nurmagomedov |
2022 | Daniel Cormier |
2023 | Jose Aldo |
2023 | Donald Cerrone |
2024 | Frankie Edgar |
2024 | Joanna Jedrzejczyk |
Pioneers Wing, on the other hand, commemorates the original innovators of MMA, who turned professional before the advent of the Unified Rules. Here is a look at the UFC Hall of Famer under pioneers wing:
YEAR OF INDUCTION | INDUCTEE |
2003 | Royce Gracie |
2003 | Ken Shamrock |
2005 | Dan Severn |
2006 | Randy Couture |
2008 | Mark Coleman |
2009 | Chuck Liddell |
2010 | Matt Hughes |
2012 | Tito Ortiz |
2014 | Pat Miletich |
2015 | Bas Rutten |
2016 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |
2016 | Don Frye |
2017 | Maurice Smith |
2017 | Kazushi Sakuraba |
2018 | Matt Sera |
2019 | Rich Franklin |
2021 | Kevin Randleman |
2023 | Jens Pulver |
2023 | Anderson Silva |
2024 | Wanderlei Silva |
Fight Wing recognises the greatest, most memorable, and historically important bouts. Here is a look at the fights inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame under the fight wing:
YEAR OF INDUCTION | INDUCTEE | EVENT |
2013 | Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar I | TUF 1 Finale |
2015 | Matt Hughes vs. Frank Trigg II | UFC 52 |
2016 | Mark Coleman vs. Pete Williams | UFC 17 |
2018 | Mauricio Rua vs. Dan Henderson | UFC 139 |
2019 | Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida | TUF: US vs UK Finale |
2021 | Jon Jones vs. Alexander Gustafsson | UFC 165 |
2022 | Cub Swanson vs Dohoo Choi | UFC 206 |
2023 | Robbie Lawler vs Rory MacDonald | UFC 189 |
2024 | Anderson Silva vs Chael Sonnen | UFC 117 |
The Contributors Wing recognizes the outstanding contributions outside of active competition. Here is a look at the full list of UFC Hall of Famers in the contributors wing:
YEAR OF INDUCTION | INDUCTEE |
2009 | Charles Lewis Jr. |
2015 | Jeff Blatnick |
2016 | Bob Meyrowitz |
2017 | Joe Silva |
2018 | Bruce Connal |
2018 | Art Davie |
2021 | Marc Ratner |