2025 MID-SEASON DRAFT

The 2025 Mid-Season Draft is officially around the corner.

This is your opportunity to cement yourself at the top, wrestle your way into contention or launch yourself off the bottom. The Commissioner is expecting more than 30 picks to be taken in this year's draft, with teams making the most of the opportunity to strengthen their sides.

The 2025 Mid-Season Draft will then be held via videoconference at 8pm on Tuesday 10 June.

2025 Mid-Season Draft Timeline

• Tuesday 6 June - Official Draft rules released

• Sunday 8 June - UFC 316 - Dvalishvili v O'Malley

• Sunday 8 June 6pm - Deadline for delisting fighters

• Monday 9 June - Mid-Season Draft Guide released

• Tuesday 10 June 8pm - 2025 UFFC Mid-Season Draft

Official Draft Rules

• Teams can take a pick in the draft by delisting a fighter. You can delist as many fighters as you like to take as many as 11 picks into the draft.

• You can only delist and draft fighters in the same weight class or reallocate weight classes based off their Dual Position Fighter (DPF) status.

• Teams must delist their fighters by 6pm on Sunday 8 June, after the conclusion of UFC 316. No delisting after this time will be accepted.

• Teams are permitted to delist a fighter and re-draft them.

• The draft will be held in reverse ladder order, with the bottom side getting the first pick, should they choose to delist a fighter.

• The official draft order will be released with the guide on Monday 9 June, taking into account the official standings at the conclusion of UFC 316. This will factor in wins, losses, bonuses and only ranking changes for the two championship fights. All other ranking changes will not be included as they are reliant on the official UFC rankings update, released every Wednesday.

• You will retain the points earned for fighters you are delisting through wins and bonuses. You will lose the rankings points for any fighters you delist.

• You will only earn points for fighters you draft from draft night onwards. You do not earn any points for wins and bonuses prior to the draft. The 3+ and 4+ wins in a year bonus points are only awarded for when the fighter was in your team. The ranking they join your team at is their official ranking measured at the end of the year.

2025 Mid-Season Draft Guide

The Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner will release a 2025 Mid-Season Draft Guide on Monday 9 June. This guide will cover top prospects, delisted fighters, official fighter stats, overall standings, rules and more. This will be your one-stop-shop to the 2025 Mid-Season Draft.

2025 Stats and Standings

To get a snapshot of how your team is performing up until June 6, check out the stats here.

Free Agency

• Each team can access free agency twice throughout the year. It can only be used if your fighter is long term injured, suspended due to drugs, retires or faces a long layoff.

• Free agency must be approved by the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner collectively, if the claim is made by the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, it must be a majority vote by the league.

• Your scores to date stand via departing fighter.

• Free agency is only available until September 30.

New Signings

• Each team can sign one new fighter per year from a waiver wire, held reverse ladder order.

• The fighter must be a new signing to the UFC.

• The team must delist a fighter in that fighter's division to replace them.

• In practice, a team would message in the UFFC chat stating they would like to nominate to sign X fighter who has recently been signed by the UFC. The Commissioner will confirm their signing before inviting other teams to nominate to sign this fighter. We will commence at the top of the ladder, with each team nominating their interest. With each nomination on the ladder as we move down, the teams above are removed from the opportunity. Ultimately, the last team on the ladder has the final say.

If you require any clarification on the above rules or the Mid-Season Draft, reach out to the Commissioner.

Don't forget to protect ya neck.

The Commissioner.