Date
|
Event
|
Alternate Name/s
|
Location
|
Attendance
|
PPV Buyrate
|
Notes
|
January 1
|
UFC 125: Resolution
|
—
|
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
|
12,874
|
270,000
|
—
|
January 22
|
UFC: Fight For The Troops 2
|
UFC Fight Night 23
|
Killeen, Texas, USA
|
3,200
|
—
|
—
|
January 29
|
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg
|
—
|
San Jose, California, USA
|
9,059
|
—
|
—
|
February 5
|
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort
|
—
|
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
|
10,893
|
725,000
|
—
|
February 12
|
Strikeforce / M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Silva
|
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva
|
East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
|
11,287
|
—
|
Quarterfinals to 2011 Strikeforce Heavyweight GP tournament.
|
February 25
|
MFC 28: Supremacy
|
—
|
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
February 26
|
UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch
|
—
|
Sydney, Australia
|
18,186
|
260,000
|
—
|
February 26
|
BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shirai
|
—
|
Manchester, England
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
March 3
|
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
|
—
|
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
|
8,319
|
—
|
—
|
March 5
|
Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson
|
Strikeforce: Columbus
|
Columbus, Ohio, USA
|
7,123
|
—
|
—
|
March 5
|
Bellator XXXV
|
—
|
Lemoore, California, USA
|
—
|
—
|
Start of Bellator Season 4.
|
March 12
|
Bellator XXXVI
|
—
|
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
March 19
|
Bellator XXXVII
|
—
|
Concho, Oklahoma, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
March 19
|
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones
|
—
|
Newark, New Jersey, USA
|
12,619
|
445,000
|
—
|
March 26
|
Bellator XXXVIII
|
—
|
Tunica, Mississippi, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
March 26
|
UFC Fight Night: Nogueira vs. Davis
|
UFC Fight Night 24
UFC Fight Night: Seattle
|
Seattle, USA
|
13,741
|
—
|
—
|
April 2
|
Bellator XXXIX
|
—
|
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
April 8
|
MFC 29: Conquer
|
—
|
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
April 9
|
Bellator XL
|
—
|
Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
April 9
|
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley
|
—
|
San Diego, California, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
April 16
|
Bellator XLI
|
—
|
Yuma, Arizona, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
April 23
|
Bellator XLII
|
—
|
Concho, Oklahoma, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
April 30
|
UFC 129: St-Pierre vs. Shields
|
—
|
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
55,724
|
800,000 (Min.) 900,000 (Max.)
|
Randy Couture announces his retirement after nearly 14 years of competition.
|
May 6
|
Tachi Palace Fights 9
|
—
|
Lemoore, California, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
May 7
|
Bellator XLIII
|
—
|
Newkirk, Oklahoma, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
May 14
|
Bellator XLIV
|
—
|
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
May 21
|
Bellator XLV
|
—
|
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
|
—
|
—
|
End of Bellator season 4.
|
May 21
|
BAMMA 6: Watson vs. Ninja
|
—
|
London, England
|
—
|
—
|
Murilo Rua announces his retirement after 11 years of competition.
|
May 29
|
Dream: Fight for Japan!
|
Dream Japan GP – 2011 Bantamweight Japan Tournament
|
Saitama, Japan
|
6,522
|
—
|
—
|
June 4
|
The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale
|
—
|
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
June 10
|
MFC 30: Up Close and Personal
|
—
|
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
June 11
|
UFC 131: dos Santos vs. Carwin
|
—
|
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|
14,685
|
325,000 (Min.) 335,000 (Max.)
|
—
|
June 18
|
Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum
|
Strikeforce: Dallas
|
Dallas, Texas, USA
|
—
|
—
|
The event will feature the first women's bouts ever held by
Zuffa.
|
June 25
|
Bellator XLVI
|
—
|
Hollywood, Florida, USA
|
—
|
—
|
Start of Bellator 2011 Summer Series.
|
June 26
|
UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry
|
—
|
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
|
7,792
|
—
|
—
|
July 2
|
UFC 132: Cruz vs. Faber 2
|
—
|
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
|
13,109
|
350,000 (Min.) 375,000 (Max.)
|
—
|
July 16
|
Dream: Japan GP Final
|
—
|
Tokyo, Japan
|
8,142
|
—
|
—
|
July 23
|
Bellator XLVII
|
—
|
Rama, Ontario, Canada
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
July 30
|
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson
|
—
|
Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
August 6
|
UFC 133: Evans vs. Ortiz 2
|
—
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|
11,583
|
—
|
—
|
August 14
|
UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle
|
—
|
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, USA
|
6,751
|
—
|
—
|
August 20
|
Bellator XLVIII
|
—
|
Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
|
—
|
—
|
End of Bellator 2011 Summer Series.
|
August 27
|
UFC 134: Silva vs. Okami
|
UFC: Rio
|
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 3
|
ONE FC: Champion vs. Champion
|
—
|
Kallang, Singapore
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 10
|
Strikeforce: Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals
|
—
|
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 10
|
Bellator XLIX
|
—
|
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
|
—
|
—
|
Start of Bellator Season 5
|
September 10
|
BAMMA 7
|
—
|
Birmingham, England
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 17
|
UFC Fight Night: Battle on the Bayou
|
UFC Fight Night 25
|
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 17
|
Bellator L
|
—
|
Hollywood, Florida, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 24
|
Dream 17
|
—
|
Saitama, Japan
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 24
|
Bellator LI
|
—
|
Canton, Ohio, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
September 24
|
UFC 135
|
—
|
Denver, Colorado, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
October 1
|
UFC on Versus 6
|
—
|
Washington, D.C., USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
October 1
|
Bellator LII
|
—
|
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
October 8
|
UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III
|
—
|
Houston, Texas, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
October 8
|
Bellator LIII
|
—
|
USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
October 15
|
Bellator LIV
|
—
|
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
October 29
|
UFC 137: St-Pierre vs. Diaz
|
—
|
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
November 5
|
UFC 138: Leben vs. Muñoz
|
—
|
Birmingham, England
|
—
|
—
|
The main event was the first five-round non-title fight in the history of the UFC.
|
November 12
|
UFC on Fox: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos
|
—
|
Anaheim, California, USA
|
—
|
—
|
The UFC's debut on the
Fox Network.
|
November 19
|
Bellator Event
|
—
|
Hollywood, Florida, USA
|
—
|
—
|
End of Bellator Season 5.
|
December 3
|
The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale
|
—
|
Las Vegas, Nevada USA
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
December 10
|
UFC 140
|
—
|
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
December 31
|
Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011
|
Fight for Japan. How are you! New Year! 2011
|
Saitama, Japan
|
24,606
|
—
|
—
|