-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...

-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...