Every UFC newcomer in 2025: Full list of 94 debuting fighters

Every year, the UFC welcomes new faces to the promotion.

Some will become ranked fighters, future title challengers and possibly champions. A couple of names have already made a significant impact in their debut year.

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The most notable storyline around debuts came in the arrival of former Bellator champions and stalwarts Patchy Mix, Patricio Freire and Yaroslav Amosov, as well as Aaron Pico, who had mixed results in the octagon.

Then, unfortunately, some of the names will fizzle out and look to continue their careers in other promotions.

In 2025, the new names and faces hit 94 total, slightly down from the 103 in 2024. Those fighters went 50-44. Debuting fighters who faced an opponent with at least one bout of UFC experience went 44-37.

Check out the full list of debuting fighters below.

UFC debuting fighters in 2025 (chronological order):

• Austin Bashi lost to Christian Rodriguez (UFC Fight Night 249)

• Marco Tulio defeated Ihor Potieria (UFC Fight Night 249)

• Jacobe Smith defeated Preston Parsons (UFC Fight Night 249)

• Nicolle Caliari lost to Ernesta Kareckaite (UFC Fight Night 249)

• Bruno Lopes defeated Magomed Gadzhiyasulov (UFC Fight Night 249)

• Billy Elekana lost to Bogdan Guskov (UFC 311)

• Azamat Bekoev defeated Zach Reese (UFC 311)

• Bogdan Grad defeated Lucas Alexander (UFC Fight Night 250)

• Quillan Salkilld defeated Anshul Jubli (UFC 312)

• Jonathan Micallef defeated Kevin Jousset (UFC 312)

• Kody Steele lost to Rong Zhu (UFC 312)

• Aleksandre Topuria defeated Colby Thicknesse (UFC 312)

• Colby Thicknesse lost to Aleksandre Topuria (UFC 312)

• Tallison Teixeira defeated Justin Tafa (UFC 312)

• Elijah Smith defeated Vince Morales (UFC Fight Night 251)

• Jose Delgado defeated Connor Matthews (UFC Fight Night 251)

• Eric McConico lost to Nursulton Ruziboev (UFC Fight Night 252)

• Austin Vanderford defeated Nikolay Veretennikov (UFC Fight Night 252)

• Nick Klein lost to Mansur Abdul-Malik (UFC Fight Night 252)

• Julius Walker lost to Alonzo Menifield (UFC Fight Night 252)

• Mario Pinto defeated Austen Lane (UFC Fight Night 253)

• Djorden Santos lost to Ozzy Diaz (UFC 313)

• Diyar Nurgozhay lost to Brendson Ribeiro (UFC Fight Night 254)

• Kevin Vallejos defeated SeungWoo Choi (UFC Fight Night 254)

• Josias Musasa lost to Carlos Vera (UFC Fight Night 254)

• Yuneisy Duben lost to Carli Judice (UFC Fight Night 254)

• Andrey Pulyaev lost to Christian Leroy Duncan (UFC Fight Night 255)

• Alexia Thainara defeated Molly McCann (UFC Fight Night 255)

• David Martinez defeated Saimon Oliveira (UFC on ESPN 64)

• Ateba Gautier defeated Jose Daniel Medina (UFC on ESPN 64)

• Uran Satybaldiev lost to Martin Buday (UFC on ESPN 65)

• Daniel Frunza lost to Rhys McKee (UFC on ESPN 65)

• Torrez Finney defeated Robert Valentin (UFC on ESPN 65)

• Luis Gurule lost to Ode Osbourne (UFC on ESPN 65)

• Patricio Freire lost to Yair Rodriguez (UFC 314)

• Malcolm Wellmaker defeated Heili Alateng (UFC on ESPN 66)

• Gauge Young lost to Evan Elder (UFC on ESPN 66)

• Matheus Camilo lost to Gabe Green (UFC Fight Night 256)

• Yadier Del Valle defeated Connor Matthews (UFC Fight Night 256)

• Michael Aswell lost to Bolaji Oki (UFC on ESPN 68)

• Patchy Mix lost to Mario Bautista (UFC 316)

• Andreas Gustafsson defeated Khaos Williams (UFC 316)

• Joo Sang Yoo defeated Jeka Saragih (UFC 316)

• Mark Choinski lost to MarQuel Mederos (UFC 316)

• Rizvan Kuniev lost to Curtis Blaydes (UFC on ABC 8)

• Tofiq Musayev lost to Myktybek Orolbai (UFC on ABC 8)

• Seokhyeon Ko defeated Oban Elliott (UFC on ABC 8)

• Alvin Hines lost to Jhonata Diniz (UFC 317)

• Islam Dulatov defeated Adam Fugitt (UFC 318)

• Jackson McVey lost to Brunno Ferreira (UFC 318)

• Marcus Buchecha lost to Martin Buday (UFC on ABC 9)

• Aaron Pico lost to Lerone Murphy (UFC 319)

• Alibi Idiris lost to Joseph Morales (UFC 319)

• Baisangur Susurkaev defeated Eric Nolan (UFC 319)

• Eric Nolan lost to Baisangur Susurkaev (UFC 319)

• Nueraji Taiyilake defeated Kiefer Crosbie (UFC Fight Night 257)

• Axel Sola defeated Rhys McKee (UFC Fight Night 258)

• Robert Ruchala lost to William Gomis (UFC Fight Night 258)

• Ante Delija defeated Marcin Tybura (UFC Fight Night 258)

• Harry Hardwick lost to Kaue Fernandes (UFC Fight Night 258)

• Santiago Luna defeated Quang Le (UFC Fight Night 259)

• Alden Coria defeated Alessandro Costa (UFC Fight Night 259)

• Alice Pereira lost to Montserrat Rendon (UFC Fight Night 259)

• Rodrigo Sezinando lost to Daniil Donchenko (UFC Fight Night 259)

• Daniil Donchenko defeated Rodrigo Sezinando (UFC Fight Night 259)

• Cameron Rowston defeated Andre Petroski (UFC Fight Night 260)

• Michelle Montague defeated Luana Carolina (UFC Fight Night 260)

• Brandon Pericic defeated Elisha Ellison (UFC Fight Night 260)

• Elisha Ellison lost to Brandon Pericic (UFC Fight Night 260)

• Jakub Wiklacz defeated Patchy Mix (UFC 320)

• Treston Vines lost to Ateba Gautier (UFC 320)

• Bia Mesquita defeated Irina Alekseeva (UFC Fight Night 261)

• Melissa Croden defeated Tainara Lisboa (UFC Fight Night 262)

• Youri Belgaroui defeated Azamat Bekoev (UFC Fight Night 262)

• Louie Sutherland lost to Valter Walker (UFC 321)

• Donte Johnson defeated Sedriques Dumas (UFC Fight Night 263)

• Kevin Christian lost to Billy Elekana (UFC Fight Night 263)

• Josh Hokit defeated Max Gimenis (UFC Fight Night 264)

• Max Gimenis lost to Josh Hokit (UFC Fight Night 264)

• Ethyn Ewing defeated Malcolm Wellmaker (UFC 322)

• Luke Riley defeated Bodgan Grad (UFC Fight Night 265)

• Saygid Izagakhmaev lost to Nicolas Dalby (UFC Fight Night 265)

• Abdul Rakhman Yakhyaev defeated Rafael Cerqueira (UFC Fight Night 265)

• Shem Rock lost to Nurullo Aliev (UFC Fight Night 265)

• Marek Bujlo lost to Denzel Freeman (UFC Fight Night 265)

• Denzel Freeman debuts defeated Marek Bujlo (UFC Fight Night 265)

• Iwo Baraniewski defeated Ibo Aslan (UFC 323)

• Cezary Oleksiejczuk debuts vs. Cesar Almeida (UFC on ESPN 73)

• Lance Gibson Jr. debuts vs. King Green (UFC on ESPN 73)

• Isaac Thomson lost to Joanderson Brito (UFC on ESPN 73)

• Yaroslav Amosov defeated Neil Magny (UFC on ESPN 73)

• Steven Asplund defeated Sean Sharaf (UFC on ESPN 73)

• Allen Frye Jr. lost to Guilherme Pat (UFC on ESPN 73)

• Guilherme Pat defeated Allen Frye Jr. (UFC on ESPN 73)

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