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The UFC has narrowed its listing of high 2022 occasions right down to a shortlist of 4.
The promotion this previous week unveiled the 4 finalists on its listing for Occasion of the 12 months. Followers can vote for his or her favourite of the 4 via the UFC’s YouTube channel or social media platforms.
Two worldwide cities, together with one the UFC visited for the primary time, are on the listing, as is one other of essentially the most well-known cities and venues on this planet.
Take a look at the 4 finalists on the UFC’s listing beneath, in addition to seems again at their aftermaths. As well as, you’ll be able to see a recap of all 4 highlight-reel finishes within the video above.
UFC Combat Night time 204
Date: March 19
Location: The O2, London
Notes: The occasion was the UFC’s first in London since March 2019 … There have been stoppages in 9 of the 12 fights, together with 5 on the primary card … Each fighter with a stoppage win was given a $50,000 bonus – which set a UFC document with 9 bonuses on the occasion … Seven of the stoppages got here within the first spherical, which tied a UFC document … in the primary occasion, England’s personal Tom Aspinall submitted former Bellator heavyweight champion Alexander Volkov within the first spherical.
UFC Combat Night time 204: Greatest photographs
UFC on ESPN 40
Date: Aug. 6
Location: UFC Apex, Las Vegas
Notes: On paper, UFC on ESPN 40 virtually appeared like a throw-away occasion, no less than from big-name worth. However it sneaked up on folks and delivered on ESPN with stoppages in all 10 fights to tie a UFC document with a one hundred pc ending fee … In the primary occasion, Jamahal Hill knocked out Thiago Santos within the fourth spherical of a Combat of the Night time winner … As well as, Geoff Neal, Bryan Battle and Mohammed Usman gained Efficiency of the Night time honors … Usman’s win made him “The Final Fighter” Season 30 heavyweight winner, and Juliana Miller’s third-round TKO simply earlier than that made her the “TUF 30” girls’s flyweight winner.
UFC on ESPN 40: Greatest photographs
UFC Combat Night time 209
Date: Sept. 3
Location: Accor Area, Paris
Notes: Occasion was the UFC’s debut in Paris, house metropolis of headliner Ciryl Gane … MMA grew to become authorized in France in 2020 after a prolonged political combat … Gane knocked out Tai Tuivasa within the third spherical of the heavyweight important occasion … Gane and Tuivasa gained Combat of the Night time; Abus Magomedov and Benoit Saint-Denis gained Efficiency of the Night time bonuses for his or her knockout wins.
UFC Combat Night time 209: Greatest photographs
UFC 281
Date: Nov. 12
Location: Madison Sq. Backyard, New York
Notes: The UFC’s common November journey to essentially the most well-known fight sports activities venue on this planet didn’t disappoint with 11 finishes in 14 fights, together with eight straight stoppages to shut the cardboard … bonus winners got here from the highest three bouts: Dustin Poirier’s submission of Michael Chandler was Combat of the Night time, and title combat winners Zhang Weili and Alex Pereira gained $50,000 bonuses within the co-main and important occasions … Pereira was down on the judges’ scorecards heading to the fifth spherical with middleweight champ Israel Adesanya earlier than he stopped him with a TKO … Weili was a heavy favourite to take the ladies’s strawweight title again from Carla Esparza and did so with a second-round submission.
UFC 281: Greatest photographs
UFC 281: Social media response
