UFC signs a large pool of new fighters every year, which means there will be a lot of debuts in the promotion every year.
These signings mainly come through Dana White Contender Series in the past couple of years, but UFC also holds Road to UFC and The Ultimate Fighter competitions to find and recruit high-quality fighters.
In 2022, at least 60 fighters made their UFC debut and 2023 is not expected to be any different with more than 50 fighters already lined up for their promotional debuts. Check below for the complete list of UFC Debuts in 2023 along with the date and event of the debuts, and the opponents.
January 2023
Fighter Debut Event Against Debut Date Nick Aguirre Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Dan Argueta January 14, 2023 Mateusz Rębecki Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Nick Fiore January 14, 2023 Nick Fiore Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Mateusz Rębecki January 14, 2023 Claudio Ribeiro Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Abdul Razak Alhassan January 14, 2023 Mateus Mendonça Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Javid Basharat January 14, 2023 Brunno Ferreira UFC 283 vs Gregory Rodrigues January 21, 2023 Melquizael Costa UFC 283 vs Thiago Moisés January 21, 2023 Daniel Marcos UFC 283 vs Saimon Oliveira January 21, 2023 Luan Lacerda UFC 283 vs Cody Stamann January 21, 2023 Ismael Bonfim UFC 283 vs Terrance McKinney January 21, 2023 Gabriel Bonfim UFC 283 vs Mounir Lazzez January 21, 2023
February 2023
Fighter Debut Event Against Debut Date Jesus Aguilar Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Tatsuro Taira February 4, 2023 Anshul Jubli Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Jeka Saragih February 4, 2023 Choi Seung-guk Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Park Hyun-sung February 4, 2023 Park Hyun-sung Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Choi Seung-guk February 4, 2023 Yi Zha Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 Lee Jeong-yeong February 4, 2023 Lee Jeong-yeong Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Yi Zha February 4, 2023 Yusaku Kinoshita Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Adam Fugitt February 4, 2023 Rinya Nakamura Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Toshiomi Kazama February 4, 2023 Toshiomi Kazama Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Rinya Nakamura February 4, 2023 Elves Brenner UFC 284 vs Zubaira Tukhugov February 11, 2023 Francisco Prado UFC 284 vs Jamie Mullarkey February 11, 2023 Blake Bilder UFC 284 vs Shane Young February 11, 2023 Shannon Ross UFC 284 vs Kleydson Rodrigues February 11, 2023 Jack Jenkins UFC 284 vs Don Shainis February 11, 2023 Modestas Bukauskas UFC 284 vs Tyson Pedro February 11, 2023 Jamal Pogues Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Josh Parisian February 18, 2023 Themba Gorimbo Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs AJ Fletcher February 18, 2023 Clayton Carpenter Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Juancamilo Ronderos February 18, 2023 Khusein Askhabov Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Jamall Emmers February 18, 2023 Nazim Sadykhov Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Evan Elder February 18, 2023 Victor Martinez Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Jordan Leavitt February 25, 2023 Gabriella Fernandes Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Jasmine Jasudavicius February 25, 2023 Hailey Cowan Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Ailin Perez February 25, 2023 Darrius Flowers Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Erick Gonzalez February 25, 2023 Trevor Peek Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Erick Gonzalez February 25, 2023 Jose Johnson Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Garrett Armfield February 25, 2023 Nurullo Aliev Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Rafael Alves February 25, 2023 Carl Deaton III Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Joe Solecki February 25, 2023
March 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Bo Nickal UFC 285 vs Jamie Pickett March 4, 2023 Farid Basharat UFC 285 vs Da’Mon Blackshear March 4, 2023 Esteban Ribovics UFC 285 vs Loik Radzhabov March 4, 2023 Loik Radzhabov UFC 285 vs Esteban Ribovics March 4, 2023 Sedriques Dumas Vegas 71/Fight Night 221 vs Abu Azaitar March 11, 2023 Karl Williams Vegas 71/Fight Night 221 vs Łukasz Brzeski March 11, 2023 Vitor Petrino Vegas 71/Fight Night 221 vs Anton Turkalj March 11, 2023 Jafel Filho UFC 286 vs Muhammad Mokaev March 18, 2023 Christian Leroy Duncan UFC 286 vs Duško Todorović March 18, 2023 Sam Patterson UFC 286 vs Yanal Ashmoz March 18, 2023 Yanal Ashmoz UFC 286 vs Sam Patterson March 18, 2023 Gabriel Santos UFC 286 vs Lerone Murphy March 18, 2023
April 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Jaqueline Amorim UFC 287 vs Sam Hughes April 08, 2023 Bruna Brasil Fight Night 223 vs Denise Gomes April 15, 2023 Gastón Bolaños Fight Night 223 vs Aaron Phillips April 15, 2023 Junior Tafa UFC Vegas 71 vs Mohammad Usman April 22, 2023 Hailey Cowan UFC Vegas 72 vs Jamey-Lyn Horth April 29, 2023 Jamey-Lyn Horth UFC Vegas 72 vs Hailey Cowan April 29, 2023 Irina Alekseeva UFC Vegas 72 vs Stephanie Egger April 29, 2023 Fernando Padilla UFC Vegas 72 vs Julian Erosa April 29, 2023 Trey Waters UFC Vegas 72 vs Josh Quinlan April 29, 2023 Marcus McGhee UFC Vegas 72 vs Journey Newson April 29, 2023
May 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Rolando Bedoya UFC 288 Khaos Williams May 6, 2023 Braxton Smith UFC 288 Parker Porter May 6, 2023 Diego Lopes UFC 288 Movsar Evloev May 06, 2023
June 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Ketlen Souza UFC Vegas 74 Karine Silva June 03, 2023 Muhammad Naimov UFC Vegas 74 Jamie Mullarkey June 03, 2023 Muhammadjon Naimov UFC Vegas 74 Jamie Mullarkey June 03, 2023 Jesse Butler UFC Vegas 74 Jim Miller June 03, 2023 Stephen Erceg UFC 286 David Dvorak June 10, 2023
July 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Ivana Petrović UFC Vegas 76 Luana Carolina July 1, 2023 Edgar Cháirez UFC 288 Tatsuro Taira July 08, 2023 Ikram Aliskerov UFC 288 vs Phil Hawes July 08, 2023 Azat Maksum UFC Vegas 77 Tyson Nam July 15, 2023 Bassil Hafez UFC Vegas 77 Jack Della Maddalena July 15, 2023
September 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Bogdan Guskov UFC Fight Night 226 vs Volkan Oezdemir September 03, 2023 Felipe dos Santos UFC 293 vs Manel Kape September 10, 2023
December 2023
Fighter Event Against Debut Date Shamil Gaziev UFC 296 vs Martin Buday December 16, 2023
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