I did this thread a while back but now we are very near the time they would be likely locking down the roster.
UFC 3’s roster left many disappointed and I truly hope they give it more attention this go around. To the devs, this roster would make many people happy and be a very good starting point for a potential universe mode.
I think this roster showcases what the landscape in the UFC looks like right now. For the most part, I tried to pick fighters with at least 3 fights in the UFC and winning or even record. Name value also played a factor. For some of the thinner divisions, I tried to be a little more liberal on who to add so divisions weren’t completely lacking. Of course, Flyweight and Women’s Featherweight have very few fighters on the roster now.
I only used fighters current under contract with the UFC and did not include legends or retired fighters. I also tried to stick with fighters that have fought more recently, however kept some inactive veterans because they are already made and easier to bring across.
Heavyweight Veterans (15)
Aleksei Oleinik
Alexander Volkov
Alistair Overeem
Andrei Arlovski
Ben Rothwell
Cain Velasquez
Curtis Blaydes
Daniel Cormier (LHW)
Derrick Lewis
Fabricio Werdum
Francis Ngannou
Junior Dos Santos
Stipe Miocic
Tai Tuivasa
Todd Duffee
Heavyweight Newcomers (9)
Augusto Sakai
Blagoy Ivanov
Greg Hardy
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Marcin Tybura
Marcos Rogério de Lima
Maurice Greene
Shamil Abdurakhimov
Walt Harris
Light Heavyweight Veterans (15)
Antonio Rogério Nogueira
Corey Anderson
Gian Villante
Glover Teixeira
Gokhan Saki
Ilir Latifi
Jan Blachowicz
Jon Jones
Luke Rockhold (MW)
Mauricio Rua
Misha Cirkunov
Ovince St. Preux
Patrick Cummins
Sam Alvey (MW)
Volkan Oezdemir
Light Heavyweight Newcomers (14)
Aleksander Rakic
Anthony Smith (MW)
Devin Clark
Dominick Reyes
Ed Herman (MW)
Eryk Anders (MW)
Johnny Walker
Justin Ledet
Nikita Krylov
Ion Cutelaba
Khalil Rountree Jr.
Paul Craig
Thiago Santos (MW)
Tyson Pedro
Middleweight Veterans (19)
Anderson Silva (LHW)
Brad Tavares
CB Dollaway (LHW)
Cezar Ferreira
Chris Weidman (LHW)
David Branch
Derek Brunson
Hector Lombard (WW)
Israel Adesanya
Kelvin Gastelum (WW)
Krzysztof Jotko
Omari Ahkmedov (WW)
Robert Whittaker (WW)
Ronaldo Souza
Paulo Costa
Tim Boetsch
Tom Breese
Uriah Hall
Yoel Romero
Middleweight Newcomers (12)
Alessio Di Chirico
Andrew Sanchez
Antonio Carlos Jr.
Darren Stewart
Edmen Shahbazyan
Gerald Meerschaert
Jack Hermansson
Jack Marshman
Jared Cannonier (LHW)
Kevin Holland
Marvin Vettori
Zak Cummings (WW)
Welterweight Veterans (31)
Alan Jouban
Alex Oliveira
Anthony Pettis (LW)
Ben Saunders
Carlos Condit
Chad Laprise (LW)
Colby Covington
Darren Till (MW)
Demian Maia (MW)
Diego Sanchez (LW)
Dong Hyun Kim
Gunnar Nelson
Jake Matthews
Jordan Mein
Jorge Masvidal (LW)
Kamaru Usman
Kevin Lee (LW)
Leon Edwards
Matt Brown
Michael Chiesa (LW)
Mickey Gall
Mike Perry
Neil Magny
Rafael Dos Anjos (LW)
Robbie Lawler
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Stephen Thompson
Tarec Saffiedine
Thiago Alves
Tim Means
Tyron Woodley
Welterweight Newcomers (23)
Alex Garcia
Alex Morono
Anthony Rocco Martin
Belal Muhammad
Ben Askren
Bryan Barberena
Cláudio Silva
Court McGee
Curtis Millender
Danny Roberts
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Geoff Neal
James Krause
Li Jingliang
Michel Prazeres
Niko Price
Nordine Taleb
Randy Brown
Sean Strickland
Sergio Moraes
Siyar Bahadurzada
Vicente Luque
Warlley Alves
Lightweight Veterans (27)
Al Iaquinta
Alexander Hernandez
Beneil Dariush
BJ Penn (FW, WW)
Charles Oliveira (FW)
Clay Guida (FW)
Conor McGregor (FW, WW)
Dan Hooker (FW)
Donald Cerrone (WW)
Dustin Poirier
Edson Barboza
Gilbert Burns
Gray Maynard (FW)
James Vick
Joe Duffy
Joe Lauzon
Jim Miller
Justin Gaethje
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Leonardo Santos
Marc Diakiese
Nate Diaz (WW)
Nik Lentz
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Paul Felder
Rustam Khabilov
Tony Ferguson
Yancy Medeiros
Lightweight Newcomers (20)
Alan Patrick
Carlos Diego Ferreira
Davi Ramos
David Teymur
Drakkar Klose
Drew Dober
Francisco Trinaldo
Gregor Gillespie
Islam Makhachev
Joaquim Silva
John Makdessi
Lando Vannata
Luis Peña
Magomed Mustafaev
Mairbek Taisumov
Marco Polo Reyes
Ryan Hall (FW)
Scott Holtzman
Stevie Ray
Vinc Pichel
Featherweight Veterans (21)
Alex Caceres (BW)
Alexander Volkanovski
Arnold Allen
Brian Ortega
Chan Sung Jung
Cub Swanson
Darren Elkins
Doo Ho Choi
Frankie Edgar (LW)
Gilbert Melendez (LW)
Jeremy Stephens (LW)
Jose Aldo (LW)
Josh Emmett
Makwan Amirkhani
Max Holloway (LW)
Michael Johnson (LW)
Mirsad Bektic
Renato Moicano
Ricardo Lamas
Yair Rodriguez
Zabit Magomedsharipov
Featherweight Newcomers (12)
Andre Fili
Calvin Kattar
Chas Skelly
Dan Ige
Enrique Barzola
Gabriel Benitez
Julio Arce
Kron Gracie
Rick Glenn
Shane Burgos
Sheymon Moraes
Zubaira Tukhugov
Bantamweight Veterans (22)
Aljamain Sterling
Cody Garbrandt
Dominick Cruz (FW)
Eddie Wineland
Frankie Saenz
Henry Cejudo (FLW)
Iuri Alcantara
Jimmie Rivera
John Dodson (FLW)
Johnny Eduardo
Louis Smolka
Marlon Moraes
Mitch Gagnon
Raphael Assuncao (FW)
Renan Barao (FW)
Ray Borg (FLW)
Sean O’Malley
Sergio Pettis (FLW)
Teruto Ishihara
Thomas Almeida
TJ Dillashaw (FLW)
Urijah Faber (FW)
Bantamweight Newcomers (22)
Alejandro Perez
Alex Perez
Brett Johns
Brian Kelleher
Cody Stamann
Cory Sandhagen
Douglas Silva de Andrade
Jose Quinonez
Luke Sanders
Kyung Ho Kang
Marlon Vera
Manny Bermudez
Nathaniel Wood
Pedro Munhoz
Petr Yan
Rani Yahya
Raoni Barcelos
Ricardo Ramos
Ricky Simon
Rob Font
Said Nurmagomedov
Yadong Song
Flyweight Veterans (4)
Brandon Moreno
Joseph Benavidez (BW)
Jussier Formiga
Tim Elliott (BW)
Flyweight Newcomers (4)
Alexandre Pantoja
Deiveson Figueredo
Kai Kara France
Ryan Benoit
Women’s Featherweight Veterans (2)
Cat Zingano (BW)
Cris Cyborg
Women’s Featherweight Newcomers (2)
Felicia Spencer
Megan Anderson
Women’s Bantamweight Veterans (9)
Amanda Nunes (FW)
Bethe Correia
Germaine de Randamie (FW)
Holly Holm (FW)
Julianna Pena
Ketlen Viera
Marion Reneau
Raquel Pennington
Sara McMann
Women’s Bantamweight Newcomers (7)
Aspen Ladd
Bea Malecki
Irene Aldana
Lina Lansberg
Macy Chiasson
Sijara Eubanks (FLW)
Yana Kunitskaya
Women’s Flyweight Veterans (8)
Alexis Davis (BW)
Ashlee Evans-Smith (BW)
Jessica Eye (BW)
Joanne Calderwood (SW)
Liz Carmouche (BW)
Maryna Moroz (SW)
Paige VanZant (SW)
Valentina Shevchenko (BW)
Women’s Flyweight Newcomers (9)
Andrea Lee
Antonina Shevchenko
Jessica Rose-Clark
JJ Aldrich
Katlyn Chookagian
Maycee Barber
Montana de la Rosa
Nicco Montano (BW)
Roxanne Modaferri
Women’s Strawweight Veterans (17)
Aleksandra Albu
Alexa Grasso
Angela Hill
Carla Esparza
Claudia Gadelha
Cortney Casey
Cynthia Calvillo
Felice Herrig
Joanna Jedezejczyk (FLW)
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Penne
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Mackenzie Dern (FLW)
Michelle Waterson
Randa Markos
Rose Namajunas
Tecia Torres
Women’s Strawweight Newcomers (5)
Livia Renata Souza
Nina Ansaroff
Tatiana Suarez
Weili Zhang
Xiaonan Yan
Legends/Guest Fighters (21)
Alexander Gustafsson (LHW)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (HW)
Bruce Lee (LW, FW, BW)
Chael Sonnen (MW, LHW)
Chuck Liddell (LHW)
Dan Henderson (MW, LHW)
Dan Severn (HW)
Forrest Griffin (LHW)
Georges St-Pierre (WW, MW)
Mark Coleman (HW)
Matt Hughes (WW)
Matt Serra (WW)
Michael Bisping (MW)
Mirko Cro Cop (HW)
Nick Diaz (WW, MW)
Quinton Jackson (LHW)
Rashad Evans (MW, LHW)
Ronda Rousey (WBW)
Royce Gracie (WW, MW)
Tito Ortiz (LHW)
Wanderlei Silva (MW, LHW)
Total Fighters: 350
Total New Fighters: 139
UFC 3’s roster left many disappointed and I truly hope they give it more attention this go around. To the devs, this roster would make many people happy and be a very good starting point for a potential universe mode.
I think this roster showcases what the landscape in the UFC looks like right now. For the most part, I tried to pick fighters with at least 3 fights in the UFC and winning or even record. Name value also played a factor. For some of the thinner divisions, I tried to be a little more liberal on who to add so divisions weren’t completely lacking. Of course, Flyweight and Women’s Featherweight have very few fighters on the roster now.
I only used fighters current under contract with the UFC and did not include legends or retired fighters. I also tried to stick with fighters that have fought more recently, however kept some inactive veterans because they are already made and easier to bring across.
Heavyweight Veterans (15)
Aleksei Oleinik
Alexander Volkov
Alistair Overeem
Andrei Arlovski
Ben Rothwell
Cain Velasquez
Curtis Blaydes
Daniel Cormier (LHW)
Derrick Lewis
Fabricio Werdum
Francis Ngannou
Junior Dos Santos
Stipe Miocic
Tai Tuivasa
Todd Duffee
Heavyweight Newcomers (9)
Augusto Sakai
Blagoy Ivanov
Greg Hardy
Jairzinho Rozenstruik
Marcin Tybura
Marcos Rogério de Lima
Maurice Greene
Shamil Abdurakhimov
Walt Harris
Light Heavyweight Veterans (15)
Antonio Rogério Nogueira
Corey Anderson
Gian Villante
Glover Teixeira
Gokhan Saki
Ilir Latifi
Jan Blachowicz
Jon Jones
Luke Rockhold (MW)
Mauricio Rua
Misha Cirkunov
Ovince St. Preux
Patrick Cummins
Sam Alvey (MW)
Volkan Oezdemir
Light Heavyweight Newcomers (14)
Aleksander Rakic
Anthony Smith (MW)
Devin Clark
Dominick Reyes
Ed Herman (MW)
Eryk Anders (MW)
Johnny Walker
Justin Ledet
Nikita Krylov
Ion Cutelaba
Khalil Rountree Jr.
Paul Craig
Thiago Santos (MW)
Tyson Pedro
Middleweight Veterans (19)
Anderson Silva (LHW)
Brad Tavares
CB Dollaway (LHW)
Cezar Ferreira
Chris Weidman (LHW)
David Branch
Derek Brunson
Hector Lombard (WW)
Israel Adesanya
Kelvin Gastelum (WW)
Krzysztof Jotko
Omari Ahkmedov (WW)
Robert Whittaker (WW)
Ronaldo Souza
Paulo Costa
Tim Boetsch
Tom Breese
Uriah Hall
Yoel Romero
Middleweight Newcomers (12)
Alessio Di Chirico
Andrew Sanchez
Antonio Carlos Jr.
Darren Stewart
Edmen Shahbazyan
Gerald Meerschaert
Jack Hermansson
Jack Marshman
Jared Cannonier (LHW)
Kevin Holland
Marvin Vettori
Zak Cummings (WW)
Welterweight Veterans (31)
Alan Jouban
Alex Oliveira
Anthony Pettis (LW)
Ben Saunders
Carlos Condit
Chad Laprise (LW)
Colby Covington
Darren Till (MW)
Demian Maia (MW)
Diego Sanchez (LW)
Dong Hyun Kim
Gunnar Nelson
Jake Matthews
Jordan Mein
Jorge Masvidal (LW)
Kamaru Usman
Kevin Lee (LW)
Leon Edwards
Matt Brown
Michael Chiesa (LW)
Mickey Gall
Mike Perry
Neil Magny
Rafael Dos Anjos (LW)
Robbie Lawler
Santiago Ponzinibbio
Stephen Thompson
Tarec Saffiedine
Thiago Alves
Tim Means
Tyron Woodley
Welterweight Newcomers (23)
Alex Garcia
Alex Morono
Anthony Rocco Martin
Belal Muhammad
Ben Askren
Bryan Barberena
Cláudio Silva
Court McGee
Curtis Millender
Danny Roberts
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Geoff Neal
James Krause
Li Jingliang
Michel Prazeres
Niko Price
Nordine Taleb
Randy Brown
Sean Strickland
Sergio Moraes
Siyar Bahadurzada
Vicente Luque
Warlley Alves
Lightweight Veterans (27)
Al Iaquinta
Alexander Hernandez
Beneil Dariush
BJ Penn (FW, WW)
Charles Oliveira (FW)
Clay Guida (FW)
Conor McGregor (FW, WW)
Dan Hooker (FW)
Donald Cerrone (WW)
Dustin Poirier
Edson Barboza
Gilbert Burns
Gray Maynard (FW)
James Vick
Joe Duffy
Joe Lauzon
Jim Miller
Justin Gaethje
Khabib Nurmagomedov
Leonardo Santos
Marc Diakiese
Nate Diaz (WW)
Nik Lentz
Olivier Aubin-Mercier
Paul Felder
Rustam Khabilov
Tony Ferguson
Yancy Medeiros
Lightweight Newcomers (20)
Alan Patrick
Carlos Diego Ferreira
Davi Ramos
David Teymur
Drakkar Klose
Drew Dober
Francisco Trinaldo
Gregor Gillespie
Islam Makhachev
Joaquim Silva
John Makdessi
Lando Vannata
Luis Peña
Magomed Mustafaev
Mairbek Taisumov
Marco Polo Reyes
Ryan Hall (FW)
Scott Holtzman
Stevie Ray
Vinc Pichel
Featherweight Veterans (21)
Alex Caceres (BW)
Alexander Volkanovski
Arnold Allen
Brian Ortega
Chan Sung Jung
Cub Swanson
Darren Elkins
Doo Ho Choi
Frankie Edgar (LW)
Gilbert Melendez (LW)
Jeremy Stephens (LW)
Jose Aldo (LW)
Josh Emmett
Makwan Amirkhani
Max Holloway (LW)
Michael Johnson (LW)
Mirsad Bektic
Renato Moicano
Ricardo Lamas
Yair Rodriguez
Zabit Magomedsharipov
Featherweight Newcomers (12)
Andre Fili
Calvin Kattar
Chas Skelly
Dan Ige
Enrique Barzola
Gabriel Benitez
Julio Arce
Kron Gracie
Rick Glenn
Shane Burgos
Sheymon Moraes
Zubaira Tukhugov
Bantamweight Veterans (22)
Aljamain Sterling
Cody Garbrandt
Dominick Cruz (FW)
Eddie Wineland
Frankie Saenz
Henry Cejudo (FLW)
Iuri Alcantara
Jimmie Rivera
John Dodson (FLW)
Johnny Eduardo
Louis Smolka
Marlon Moraes
Mitch Gagnon
Raphael Assuncao (FW)
Renan Barao (FW)
Ray Borg (FLW)
Sean O’Malley
Sergio Pettis (FLW)
Teruto Ishihara
Thomas Almeida
TJ Dillashaw (FLW)
Urijah Faber (FW)
Bantamweight Newcomers (22)
Alejandro Perez
Alex Perez
Brett Johns
Brian Kelleher
Cody Stamann
Cory Sandhagen
Douglas Silva de Andrade
Jose Quinonez
Luke Sanders
Kyung Ho Kang
Marlon Vera
Manny Bermudez
Nathaniel Wood
Pedro Munhoz
Petr Yan
Rani Yahya
Raoni Barcelos
Ricardo Ramos
Ricky Simon
Rob Font
Said Nurmagomedov
Yadong Song
Flyweight Veterans (4)
Brandon Moreno
Joseph Benavidez (BW)
Jussier Formiga
Tim Elliott (BW)
Flyweight Newcomers (4)
Alexandre Pantoja
Deiveson Figueredo
Kai Kara France
Ryan Benoit
Women’s Featherweight Veterans (2)
Cat Zingano (BW)
Cris Cyborg
Women’s Featherweight Newcomers (2)
Felicia Spencer
Megan Anderson
Women’s Bantamweight Veterans (9)
Amanda Nunes (FW)
Bethe Correia
Germaine de Randamie (FW)
Holly Holm (FW)
Julianna Pena
Ketlen Viera
Marion Reneau
Raquel Pennington
Sara McMann
Women’s Bantamweight Newcomers (7)
Aspen Ladd
Bea Malecki
Irene Aldana
Lina Lansberg
Macy Chiasson
Sijara Eubanks (FLW)
Yana Kunitskaya
Women’s Flyweight Veterans (8)
Alexis Davis (BW)
Ashlee Evans-Smith (BW)
Jessica Eye (BW)
Joanne Calderwood (SW)
Liz Carmouche (BW)
Maryna Moroz (SW)
Paige VanZant (SW)
Valentina Shevchenko (BW)
Women’s Flyweight Newcomers (9)
Andrea Lee
Antonina Shevchenko
Jessica Rose-Clark
JJ Aldrich
Katlyn Chookagian
Maycee Barber
Montana de la Rosa
Nicco Montano (BW)
Roxanne Modaferri
Women’s Strawweight Veterans (17)
Aleksandra Albu
Alexa Grasso
Angela Hill
Carla Esparza
Claudia Gadelha
Cortney Casey
Cynthia Calvillo
Felice Herrig
Joanna Jedezejczyk (FLW)
Jessica Andrade
Jessica Penne
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Mackenzie Dern (FLW)
Michelle Waterson
Randa Markos
Rose Namajunas
Tecia Torres
Women’s Strawweight Newcomers (5)
Livia Renata Souza
Nina Ansaroff
Tatiana Suarez
Weili Zhang
Xiaonan Yan
Legends/Guest Fighters (21)
Alexander Gustafsson (LHW)
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (HW)
Bruce Lee (LW, FW, BW)
Chael Sonnen (MW, LHW)
Chuck Liddell (LHW)
Dan Henderson (MW, LHW)
Dan Severn (HW)
Forrest Griffin (LHW)
Georges St-Pierre (WW, MW)
Mark Coleman (HW)
Matt Hughes (WW)
Matt Serra (WW)
Michael Bisping (MW)
Mirko Cro Cop (HW)
Nick Diaz (WW, MW)
Quinton Jackson (LHW)
Rashad Evans (MW, LHW)
Ronda Rousey (WBW)
Royce Gracie (WW, MW)
Tito Ortiz (LHW)
Wanderlei Silva (MW, LHW)
Total Fighters: 350
Total New Fighters: 139
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