-This looked like a pretty quality show on paper, with one of the best main events of the year in Max Holloway vs. Brian Ortega for the Featherweight title, a solid co-main event between Valentina Shevchenko and Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the Flyweight title, and the likes of Jimi Manuwa, Thiago...

-The first UFC show in Australia for a while, this one had a trio of intriguing fights on top with Aussie heroes against pretty tough opponents, but while it looked like curtains for veteran Mark Hunt in his fight, I figured it could be a coming out party for Tyson Pedro and Tai Tuivasa, and...

-TUF Finales seem to be a bit of a waste of time these days given Dana White’s Contender Series is clearly the best way to get onto the UFC roster at this point, but somehow the show keeps trucking on. This was the 28th season and it probably had the least interest to date. Main event for...

-After venturing into mainland China with a trip to Shanghai in 2017, this was the UFC’s first show in Beijing. As a Fight Pass card it was obviously lacking in big names, but with an Overeem fight and a cool-sounding main event between Curtis Blaydes and Francis Ngannou, I was...

-This was the UFC’s first trip to Argentina following their first trip to Chile earlier in the year, as I guess they intend to expand across South America and not just Brazil. Despite a lack of name value, this one looked exciting on paper with the likes of Cynthia Calvillo, Khalil Rountree,...

-This was being treated as a seriously big deal considering it was a Fight Night card, but it was for good reason as it was the UFC’s 25th anniversary show coming from the place that the whole thing started in 1993 – Denver, Colorado. Pretty fun-sounding card, too. UFC Fight Night...

-Build to this one was fraught to say the least, as the UFC didn’t even put a main event together until like two weeks out when they settled on Daniel Cormier vs. Derrick Lewis for the Heavyweight title – just a month after Lewis had fought at UFC 229. Rest of the card sounded pretty solid...

-The UFC’s first visit to the Canadian province of New Brunswick – that’s 8/10 done! – this looked like a bit of a lesser card with a bit of a throwaway main event, but with the likes of Gian Villante, Misha Cirkunov and Michael Johnson – usually exciting fighters – on the...

-The UFC were obviously billing this as the biggest fight in MMA history and yeah, they weren’t far wrong really given the hype going in and the likelihood of this becoming the best-selling PPV ever. Thankfully they actually decided to make it far more than a one-fight card too, throwing the...

-This was undoubtedly one of the most injury-hit cards of the year, with a ton of matches being scrapped after they’d been announced – including the main event of Jimi Manuwa vs. Glover Teixeira. That made it a total throwaway show, so I was just hoping for some decent action. UFC Fight...

-Given this was the UFC’s first ever show in Russia, I was expecting a lot more than a Fight Pass card with the biggest name being Mark Hunt, but the UFC in 2018 is full of surprises I guess – not all of them good ones, either. Weird stuff to say the least but I guess Hunt vs. Oleinik...

-When they first announced this card I was more hyped for it than any other show in 2018 – largely because Darren Till was getting a title shot, but also because of a stacked undercard. That ended up being decimated by injuries (goodbye Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Yair Rodriguez!) and a weight...

-This was a bit of a lesser card even for a Fight Night, but really it was still must-see due to the presence of Justin Gaethje – perhaps the most exciting fighter in MMA right now. UFC Fight Night 135 08/25/18 Lincoln, Nebraska -Your hosts are Brendan Fitzgerald and Paul...

-The UFC’s big August show was headlined by two rematches for UFC titles – and while nobody was really clamouring for Demetrious Johnson vs. Henry Cejudo II or TJ Dillashaw vs. Cody Garbrandt II, at least the latter one had a nasty rivalry behind it – making this look like a watchable...

-This was the UFC’s first trip to Calgary since the ill-fated UFC 149 back in 2012 and this one at least looked far better than that show, with Poirier/Alvarez, Aldo/Stephens and Jedrzejczyk/Torres looking especially cool. UFC on Fox: Alvarez vs. Poirier II 07/28/18 Calgary, Alberta -Your...

UFC Fight Night 134 07/22/18 Hamburg, Germany -Your hosts are John Gooden and Dan Hardy. Lightweight Fight: Marc Diakiese vs Nasrat Haqparast This was Diakiese’s comeback fight following a pair of disappointing losses in 2017, and he’d joined American Top Team for good measure to attempt...

UFC Fight Night 133 07/14/18 Boise, Idaho -Your hosts are Brendan Fitzgerald and Jimmy Smith. Women’s Bantamweight Fight: Cat Zingano vs Marion Reneau This was a great-sounding opener as Reneau was coming off three wins out of four and hadn’t lost since 2016, and while Cat hadn’t...

-The UFC had built this show as the biggest one of the year to this point, as the main event was the big superfight between Heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic and Light-Heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier, and we were also supposed to get an amazing-sounding Featherweight title fight too between Max...