With 42 whole Final Combating Championship (UFC) occasions all through 2024 — on prime of all the different promotions equivalent to Bellator MMA, Skilled Fighters League (PFL), ONE Championship, and Bareknuckle Combating Championship (BKFC) — fight sports activities followers have most likely forgotten about most of the wild moments that occurred all through the action-packed 12 months.
From knockouts and post-fight interviews to humorous in-cage spots, or perhaps you’re a hardcore combined martial arts (MMA) freak and bear in mind all the pieces.
Effectively, both manner, we’ve bought you lined.
Partially three of UFC 2024 “Rewind,” which runs from UFC 307 (Oct. 5, 2024) to UFC Tampa (Dec. 14, 2024), we glance again at among the most memorable moments from that particular occasion timeline, together with a “Poatan” beatdown, the return of the G.O.A.T, and one other legend getting knocked out.
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR
UFC 307: ‘Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.’
Oct. 5, 2024Salt Lake Metropolis, UtahFull outcomes
UFC 307’s pay-per-view (PPV) most important occasion of ended up being an absolute slugfest between Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree and a candidate for 2024’s “Combat of the Yr;” nonetheless, on the “Prelims,” poor Ihor Potieria bought fouled a number of occasions by Cesar Almeida, and NOTHING occurred.
Certainly, Potieria bought eye poked 3 times, kicked within the nuts, and even hit after the bell.
The referee within the Almeida-Potieria bout is Dave Sejestad.
He is turned in probably the most incompetent refereeing performances I’ve seen in a while. All-time dangerous. pic.twitter.com/vficyf1typ
— Luke Thomas ️♀️ (@lthomasnews) October 6, 2024
UFC Vegas 98: ‘Royval vs. Taira’
Oct. 12, 2024UFC Apex, Las VegasFull outcomes
UFC Light-weight, Grant Dawson, scored his first end in two years at UFC Vegas 98, dominating Rafa Garcia after which secured a rear-naked choke. And whereas it was a incredible efficiency, after the combat, Dawson delivered a memorable promo … highlighting his spouse’s dump truck.
UFC Vegas 99: ‘Hernandez vs. Pereira’
Oct. 19, 2024UFC Apex, Las VegasFull outcomes
UFC Middleweight, Anthony Hernandez, has all the time been a darkish horse within the division, and followers have seen simply how good he could possibly be. Nonetheless, he actually arrived at UFC Vegas 99, decimating Michel Pereira (watch it) to snap his superior win streak.
UFC 308: ‘Topuria vs. Holloway’
Oct. 26, 2024Abu Dhabi, UAEFull outcomes
There have been a ton of choices to select from at UFC 308, whether or not or not it’s Shara Magomedov’s unbelievable double spinning backfist, Mateusz Rebecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai or Khamzat Chimaev’s demolishment of Robert Whittaker (watch it), however c’mon, Ilia Topuria turning into the primary individual to crack Max Holloway’s unbreakable chin and knock him out has bought to be it.
UFC Edmonton: ‘Moreno vs. Albazi’
Nov. 2, 2024Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaFull outcomes
Dustin Stoltzfus has been extremely hit and miss in his UFC profession up to now, however he confirmed up at UFC Edmonton, sleeping Marc-Andre Barriault in a monstrous proper hand that earned him $50,000.
UFC Vegas 100: ‘Magny vs. Prates’
Nov. 9, 2024UFC Apex, Las VegasFull outcomes
Ah, the a centesimal “Combat Evening” that came about inside UFC Apex. In the primary occasion, Carlos Prates jumped into the High 15 Welterweight rankings with a vicious knockout of Neil Magny, and within the co-main, Reinier de Ridder had an extremely sloppy Octagon debut towards “GM3.”
However, to kick off the primary card, UFC debutant, Mansur Abdul-Malik, made fairly the impression, smoking Dusko Todorovic in lower than three minutes (watch it).
UFC 309: ‘Jones vs. Miocic’
Nov. 16, 2024New York CityFull outcomes
Jon Jones lastly returned to lively inside Madison Sq. Backyard, and he made it look straightforward, demolishing Stipe Miocic within the third spherical with a depraved spinning again kick (see it right here).
Oh, and Dana White stated the promotion will get rid of the brand new gloves that have been carried out at UFC 302 in June.
UFC Macau: ‘Yan vs. Figueiredo’
Nov. 23, 2024Macau, ChinaFull outcomes
Other than Gabriella Fernandes pulling off one of many largest upsets in all of MMA by placing Wang Cong to sleep, Highway To UFC finalist, Shi Ming, despatched her opponent to the hospital in a literal stretcher by knocking her out with a head kick from Hades.
UFC 310: ‘Pantoja vs. Asakura’
Dec. 7, 2024Las Vegas, NevadaFull outcomes
For some cause, which I nonetheless have no idea, Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie was on UFC 310’s PPV most important card. The combat was horrible till the third spherical when Mitchell slammed Gracie and put an elbow by means of his head (watch it).
UFC Tampa: ‘Covington vs. Buckley’
Dec. 14, 2024Las Vegas, NevadaFull outcomes
UFC’s last card of 2024 ended with many knockouts, which was wonderful to observe. With that being stated, I bought to present some like to Cub Swanson and his brutal knockout of Billy Quarantillo to increase his win streak within the metropolis of Tampa.
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