The year 2005 was the 13th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. In 2005 the UFC held 10 events beginning with, UFC 51: Super Saturday. The reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter and the first UFC Ultimate Fight Night both premiered on Spike TV. The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale was the first live UFC broadcast on non-pay-per-view television.
| Season | Finale | Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUF 1: Team Couture vs. Team Liddell | Apr 9, 2005 | Light Heavyweight | Forrest Griffin | Stephan Bonnar |
| Middleweight | Diego Sanchez | Kenny Florian | ||
| TUF 2: Team Hughes vs. Team Franklin | Nov 5, 2005 | Heavyweight | Rashad Evans | Brad Imes |
| Welterweight | Joe Stevenson | Luke Cummo |
The following fighters fought their first UFC fight in 2005:
See main article: List of UFC events.
| Event | Date | Venue | Location | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 065 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||
| 064 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | rowspan="1 | |||
| 063 | Mohegan Sun Arena | Uncasville, Connecticut, U.S. | [1] | |||
| 062 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | rowspan="1 | |||
| 061 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||
| 060 | UFC Ultimate Fight Night | Cox Pavilion | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | rowspan="1 | ||
| 059 | Boardwalk Hall | Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | [2] | |||
| 058 | MGM Grand Garden Arena | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||
| 057 | Cox Pavilion | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | rowspan="1 | |||
| 056 | Mandalay Bay Events Center | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | [3] |
| UFC Ultimate Fight Night | |
| Promotion: | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
| Date: | August 6, 2005 |
| City: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Previousevent: | UFC 53: Heavy Hitters |
| Followingevent: | UFC 54: Boiling Point |
UFC Ultimate Fight Night (also known as UFC Fight Night 1)[4] was an event held on August 6, 2005 at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event, aired on Spike, was the first UFC Fight Night event.