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ESTABLISHED: November 21st 2003 at UFC 45 (Las Vegas, Nevada)
Inaugural Inductees - ROYCE GRACE & KEN SHAMROCK
Currently 40 Inductees (17 Pioneers, 7 Modern Era, 6 Contributors & 6 Fights)

The UFC Hall of fame recognizes athletes who have fought in the UFC, Pride Fighting Championship, World Cage Fighting Championship (WEC) and Strikeforce.
2015 Saw the birth of a new format w/ the Hall of Fame, one that would include 4 wings of the hall as well as a formal Ceremony held each year in July to coincide w/ a large Pay Per View event on the same weekend. Originally the hall was including only “Pioneers” in, while in 2015 they broke in down into four categories…
The Pioneer Wing - Fighters who turned professional before the unified rules were introduced at UFC 28.
The Modern Era Wing - Fighters who turned professional after the unified rules were introduced at UFC 28
The Contributors Wing - Non Athletes who made significant contributions to the sport of Mixed Martial Arts
The Fight Wing - This wing honors battles in that have become legendary.

There is Currently 3 Men who are “Double Inductees” meaning they are in the hall of fame twice. Those men are
Forrest Griffin - He was inaugurated twice in the same year. In 2013 he was inducted into the Modern Era wing for his accomplishments in the sport as well as the Fight wing for his game changing fight w/ Stephan Bonner at the Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale.

THE PIONEER WING:

THE MODERN WING:

CONTRIBUTORS:

FIGHT:

 

2023 UFC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMY (CLASS OF 2023) - JULY 7TH 2023
Anderson “The Spider” Silva - Pioneer Wing
Jose “Scarface” Aldo - Modern Era Wing
Jens “Little Evil” Pulver - Pioneer Wing
Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone - Modern Era Wing

2022 UFC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (CLASS OF 2022) - JUNE 30TH 2022
Khabib Nurmagomedov - Modern Era Wing
Daniel Cormier - Modern Wing
Cub Swanson Vs. Doo Ho Choi - Fight Wing
Max Holloway - Forrest Griffin Community Award
Giga Chikadze - Forrest Griffin Community Award

2021 UFC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (CLASS OF 2021) - SEPTEMBER 23RD 2021
Kevin Randleman - Pioneer Wing
Georges St. Pierre - Modern Era Wing
Marc Ratner - Contributors
Alexander Gustafsson Vs. Jon Jones 1 - Fight Wing

2019 UFC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (CLASS OF 2019)- JULY 5TH 2019
Rich Franklin - Pioneer Era Wing
Michael Bisping - Modern Era Wing
Rashad Evans - Modern Era Wing
Diego Sanchez Vs. Clay Guida - Fight Wing

2018 UFC HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY (CLASS OF 2018) - JULY 5th 2018
Matt Serra - Pioneer Era Wing
Ronda Rousey - Modern Era Wing
Bruce Connal - Contributor
Art Davie - Contributor
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua Vs. Dan Henderson - Fight Wing

2017 UFC HALL OF FAME CLASS - JULY 6TH 2017
Maurice Smith - Pioneer Era Wing
Kazushi Sakuraba - Pioneer Era Wing
Urijah Faber - Modern Era Wing
Joe Silva - Contributor

2016 UFC HALL OF FAME CLASS - JULY 10TH 2016

Don Frye - Pioneer Era Wing
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira - Pioneer Era Wing
Bob Meyrowitz - Contributor
Mark Coleman Vs. Pete Williams - Fight Wing

2015 UFC HALL OF FAME CLASS - JULY 11TH 2015
Bas Rutten - Pioneer Era Wing
B.J. Penn - Modern Era Wing
Jeff Blatnick - Contributor
Matt Hughes Vs. Frank Trigg - Fight Wing