-This one was a bit of a throwaway show even for a Fight Night, as while the main event of Kevin Lee vs. Rafael Dos Anjos looked cool, there was a real lack of name value elsewhere. Still, with the likes of Charles Oliveira and Vicente Luque involved I was hoping for some excitement at least....

-Despite the presence of two UFC legends in Jose Aldo and Anderson Silva, this PPV was flying under the radar a bit – probably a mix of the UFC having so many shows in 2019 and the fact that it was in Brazil with a lower-key main event between Rose Namajunas and Jessica Andrade, I guess. Not...

-This was yet another Fight Night from the UFC with a couple of big fights on top but little of substance underneath. Still, Cerrone vs. Iaquinta sounded pretty awesome so there was at least that much to look forward to! UFC Fight Night 151 05/04/19 Ottawa, Ontario -Your hosts are Brendan...

-This one had its main event changed on pretty late notice as it was originally meant to be a Jacare Souza/Yoel Romero rematch, but Romero got injured and so Jack Hermansson – who’d beaten David Branch about a month earlier – stepped in on late notice for a massive opportunity. Co-main...

This was the UFC’s second ever show in Russia following their Moscow debut in September 2018 and with a main event of Alistair Overeem (!~!) vs. Aleksei Oleinik I was massively excited for it. UFC Fight Night 149 04/20/19 St. Petersburg, Russia -Your hosts are John Gooden, Dan Hardy and...

-This was a BIG SHOW with two title fights, and although both were for ‘Interim’ titles and not the real thing (and the main event arguably didn’t even need a title) Gastelum vs. Adesanya and Holloway vs. Poirier sounded so awesome that I didn’t mind. UFC 236: Holloway vs....

-This one looked slightly low on name value but man did it sound high on action. Barboza vs. Gaethje? Take my money now! UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje 03/30/19 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -Your hosts are Jon Anik, Dominick Cruz and Daniel Cormier. Featherweight Fight: Sodiq Yusuff vs Sheymon...

-This was a totally random show really in terms of the main event as I’d never thought about Stephen Thompson vs. Anthony Pettis before, but once the UFC booked it, it seemed to make sense and I was excited. Elsewhere we had the likes of Curtis Blaydes, Jussier Formiga and Maycee Barber so...

-This was the latest return to the UK for the UFC and to be fair it was a solid card with three really good fights at the top. The rest was a little empty but for a Fight Night, three great fights is always a strong return. UFC Fight Night 147 03/16/19 London, England -Your hosts are John...

-Another new state for the UFC then in the form of Kansas, and shit they’re edging ever closer to hitting all 50 now which makes me happy! This one had a really great main event but little else in terms of name value, so I was just hoping for some exciting stuff on offer. UFC Fight Night...

-This was the first ‘big’ UFC PPV of 2019, with a duo of title fights at the top of the card with a main event of Jon Jones defending his Light-Heavyweight crown against Anthony Smith, as well as the debut of Ben Askren and a generally loaded undercard. UFC 235: Jones vs....

-This was the UFC’s first show in the Czech Republic, yet another European country for the promotion to break into. Of course, it was your standard European UFC card with mainly European fighters and a local flavour rather than anything marquee, but it still looked decent on paper. UFC Fight...

-This was the UFC’s first show on the proper ESPN network and they brought a hell of a main event – the return of former Heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez after nearly 3 years out to take on the most powerful puncher in the division, Francis Ngannou. Rest of the card wasn’t so good but...

-This was the first UFC main event of 2019 to be changed – on the third show nonetheless – as originally Robert Whittaker vs. Kelvin Gastelum for the UFC Middleweight title would’ve headlined, but on the day of the show Whittaker came down with a really bad hernia and had to pull out,...

-This was the second ESPN+ Fight Night card and for a Brazil show it was pretty strong; rather than do all Brazil vs. foreigners up and down the card we actually had two Brazil vs. Brazil fights at the top, with a Bantamweight title eliminator in Marlon Moraes vs. Raphael Assuncao and a hell...

-This was the first ever UFC show under the new big-money ESPN deal and the first Fight Night – following the same series that was on Spike and then Fox Sports 1 – to be shown on a streaming service, in this case ESPN+. It was a pretty big card too with a hell of a main event –...

-This was initially set to be one of the year’s biggest shows with two major title fights including a champion vs. champion match between Cris Cyborg and Amanda Nunes….but things then got weird when Jon Jones apparently tested positive for steroids – kind of – and rather than just...

-This was the UFC’s final ever show on Fox prior to the big move to ESPN this year and shit, I can’t believe it’s been 7 years already! It wasn’t the strongest card either to be honest – the halcyon days of title fights on Fox in like 2012/13 were long gone – but a couple of the...