-On paper this one didn’t look too great at all, with a bunch of exciting fighters (Francisco Trinaldo, James Krause, Warlley Alves, Douglas Silva de Andrade, Ricardo Ramos) left on the prelims and a couple of really baffling fights put on the main card instead. As it was also the 12th UFC...

-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...

-This one felt like a bit of a lesser PPV largely because of the main event – a good-sounding fight to be fair but just not one to really capture the imagination of the fans. Elsewhere we had some top Brazilian talent, but just nothing to really write home about. UFC 224: Nunes vs....

-This was by far the UFC’s weakest effort on “big” Fox, basically a mix of really poor choices for televised fights and too many shows at this point watering things down. Jacare/Brunson was a fine fight but the rest hardly sounded barnburning. UFC on Fox: Jacare vs....

-The UFC’s debut in Missouri (finally!), this show was one of the best on paper of 2017 thus far, despite the main event of Demetrious Johnson vs. Wilson Reis seeming a bit one-sided to most. With the UFC in dire need of a great show following a handful of stinkers recently – most notably...