-The first UFC show of 2018 then and the first UFC show in St. Louis – finally! – but it wasn’t the strongest card, mainly because it was a four-fight Fight Night show with no major main event (sorry Stephens vs. Choi!) and it lost it’s co-main – Uriah Hall vs. Vitor Belfort – at...

-The final UFC show of 2017 lost one of its big marquee fights in Jimmie Rivera vs. Dominick Cruz (and then John Lineker too) which meant it was a bit of a lesser PPV to be ending the year with, despite a title fight and the return of Khabib Nurmagomedov. I mean, Cris Cyborg does bring a...

-Pretty good action card for the final Fox show of 2017 even if it was missing the marquee names that usually draw the big numbers for the UFC. But hey, I’m more bothered about quality fights than big names and so-called “money fights” and with Robbie Lawler involved, I was pumped to see...

-Despite the presence of a couple of really good fights in Cub Swanson vs. Brian Ortega and Marlon Moraes vs. Aljamain Sterling, this was one of the year’s more throwaway cards, with a bunch of fighters you wouldn’t normally see on televised cards. Still, that pair of fights looked awesome...

-Despite the lack of what you’d call a ‘money fight’ (fucking YAWN) this looked like an absolutely tremendous card on paper, with a top-level title fight and all four of the other matches having the ability to affect the upper echelon of numerous divisions. Clearly one of the best cards...

-This was the third straight season of TUF that I hadn’t really paid attention to, for a number of reasons really. Firstly I just can’t enjoy TUF any more – it’s become this stale mix of clichés and repetition; secondly I didn’t think the UFC needed another division introducing just...

-The UFC’s debut in mainland China was hardly a stacked card – in fact, it was probably one of the worst UFC cards of all time on paper, as no offense, Zak Ottow does not belong anywhere near a UFC main card let alone a co-main event in 2017! At least Gastelum vs. Bisping sounded like a...

-The UFC’s latest return to Australia was a little controversial due to some issues with the main event, but we’ll get there in a bit. It wasn’t the strongest card ever either, mainly relying on local talent, but hey, it’s to be expected in this era I guess. UFC Fight Night...