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
No. Fighter Debut Event Against Debut Date 1 Nick Aguirre Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Dan Argueta January 14, 2023 2 Mateusz Rębecki Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Nick Fiore January 14, 2023 3 Nick Fiore Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Mateusz Rębecki January 14, 2023 4 Claudio Ribeiro Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Abdul Razak Alhassan January 14, 2023 5 Mateus Mendonça Vegas 67/Fight Night 217 vs Javid Basharat January 14, 2023 6 Brunno Ferreira UFC 283 vs Gregory Rodrigues January 21, 2023 7 Melquizael Costa UFC 283 vs Thiago Moisés January 21, 2023 8 Daniel Marcos UFC 283 vs Saimon Oliveira January 21, 2023 9 Luan Lacerda UFC 283 vs Cody Stamann January 21, 2023 10 Ismael Bonfim UFC 283 vs Terrance McKinney January 21, 2023 11 Gabriel Bonfim UFC 283 vs Mounir Lazzez January 21, 2023
February 2023
No. Fighter Debut Event Against Debut Date 12 Jesus Aguilar Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Tatsuro Taira February 4, 2023 13 Yusaku Kinoshita Vegas 68/Fight Night 218 vs Adam Fugitt February 4, 2023 14 Elves Brenner UFC 284 vs Zubaira Tukhugov February 11, 2023 15 Francisco Prado UFC 284 vs Jamie Mullarkey February 11, 2023 16 Blake Bilder UFC 284 vs Shane Young February 11, 2023 17 Shannon Ross UFC 284 vs Kleydson Rodrigues February 11, 2023 18 Jack Jenkins UFC 284 vs Don Shainis February 11, 2023 19 Modestas Bukauskas UFC 284 vs Tyson Pedro February 11, 2023 20 Jamal Pogues Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Josh Parisian February 18, 2023 21 Themba Gorimbo Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs AJ Fletcher February 18, 2023 22 Clayton Carpenter Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Juancamilo Ronderos February 18, 2023 23 Nazim Sadykhov Vegas 69/Fight Night 219 vs Evan Elder February 18, 2023 24 Victor Martinez Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Jordan Leavitt February 25, 2023 25 Hailey Cowan Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Ailin Perez February 25, 2023 26 Darrius Flowers Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Erick Gonzalez February 25, 2023 27 Jose Johnson Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Garrett Armfield February 25, 2023 28 Nurullo Aliev Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Rafael Alves February 25, 2023 29 Carl Deaton III Vegas 70/Fight Night 220 vs Joe Solecki February 25, 2023
March 2023
No. Fighter Event Against Debut Date 30 Bo Nickal UFC 285 vs Jamie Pickett March 4, 2023 31 Farid Basharat UFC 285 vs Da’Mon Blackshear March 4, 2023 32 Esteban Ribovics UFC 285 vs Loik Radzhabov March 4, 2023 33 Loik Radzhabov UFC 285 vs Esteban Ribovics March 4, 2023 34 Sedriques Dumas Vegas 71/Fight Night 221 vs Abu Azaitar March 11, 2023 35 Karl Williams Vegas 71/Fight Night 221 vs Łukasz Brzeski March 11, 2023 36 Vitor Petrino Vegas 71/Fight Night 221 vs Anton Turkalj March 11, 2023 37 Jafel Filho UFC 286 vs Muhammad Mokaev March 18, 2023 38 Christian Leroy Duncan UFC 286 vs Duško Todorović March 18, 2023 39 Sam Patterson UFC 286 vs Yanal Ashmoz March 18, 2023 40 Yanal Ashmoz UFC 286 vs Sam Patterson March 18, 2023 41 Gabriel Santos UFC 286 vs Lerone Murphy March 18, 2023
April 2023
No. Fighter Event Against Debut Date 42 Jaqueline Amorim UFC 287 vs Sam Hughes April 08, 2023 43 Bruna Brasil Fight Night 223 vs Denise Gomes April 15, 2023 44 Gastón Bolaños Fight Night 223 vs Aaron Phillips April 15, 2023 45 Junior Tafa UFC Vegas 71 vs Mohammad Usman April 22, 2023 46 Hailey Cowan UFC Vegas 72 vs Jamey-Lyn Horth April 29, 2023 47 Jamey-Lyn Horth UFC Vegas 72 vs Hailey Cowan April 29, 2023 48 Irina Alekseeva UFC Vegas 72 vs Stephanie Egger April 29, 2023 49 Fernando Padilla UFC Vegas 72 vs Julian Erosa April 29, 2023 50 Trey Waters UFC Vegas 72 vs Josh Quinlan April 29, 2023 51 Marcus McGhee UFC Vegas 72 vs Journey Newson April 29, 2023
May 2023
No. Fighter Event Against Debut Date 52 Rolando Bedoya UFC 288 Khaos Williams May 6, 2023 53 Braxton Smith UFC 288 Parker Porter May 6, 2023 54 Deigo Lopes UFC 288 Movsar Evloev May 06, 2023
June 2023
No. Fighter Event Against Debut Date 55 Ketlen Souza UFC Vegas 74 Karine Silva June 03, 2023 56 Muhammadjon Naimov UFC Vegas 74 Jamie Mullarkey June 03, 2023 57 Jesse Butler UFC Vegas 74 Jim Miller June 03, 2023 58 Stephen Erceg UFC 289 David Dvorak June 10, 2023
July 2023
No. Fighter Event Against Debut Date 59 Ivana Petrović UFC Vegas 76 Luana Carolina July 1, 2023 60 Azat Maksum UFC Vegas 77 Tyson Nam July 15, 2023 61 Bassil Hafez UFC Vegas 77 Jack Della Maddalena July 15, 2023
September 2023
No. Fighter Event Against Debut Date 62 Bogdan Guskov UFC Fight Night 226 Volkan Oezdemir September 02, 2023
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