2012 in UFC
| 2012 in UFC | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| First date | January 22 | |||
| Last date | December 31 | |||
| Events | ||||
| Total events | 32 (1 cancelled) | |||
| UFC | 14 (1 cancelled) | |||
| UFC on Fox | 4 | |||
| UFC on FX | 6 | |||
| UFC on Fuel TV | 6 | |||
| TUF Finale events | 2 | |||
| Fights | ||||
| Total fights | 341 | |||
| Title fights | 13 | |||
| Chronology | ||||
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The year 2012 was the 20th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. 2012 started with UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes and ended with UFC 155: dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2. The year saw the successful UFC Featherweight title defense by José Aldo, the crowning of Carlos Condit as the Interim Welterweight Champion, a new Lightweight Champion in Benson Henderson, a tournament to crown the first UFC Flyweight Champion as well as the finales of The Ultimate Fighter 15 and The Ultimate Fighter: Brazil.