-This was the UFC’s first show in Abu Dhabi since 2014, and unlike that one – a throwaway Fight Night card – this was a *big* pay-per-view, with arguably the UFC’s biggest non-McGregor star right now – Khabib Nurmagomedov – headlining. UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier 09/07/19 Abu...

-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 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...

-On paper at least this looked like a guaranteed classic action card, with four fights featuring fighters who literally never fail to deliver (well, Marvin Vettori was a bit unproven I guess) and basically a likely FOTYC in the main event between Dustin Poirier and Justin Gaethje. Even the...

-For a Fight Night card this one had a TON of big name fighters, although admittedly most of them (Guida, Lauzon, Marquardt, Sanchez, Brown, Arlovski) were way past their prime. Still, I was never going to complain about a card like this even as a throwaway one! UFC Fight Night...