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 Introduction UFC Fight Night 212: Grasso vs. Araújo took place on October 15, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 62. The main event was a women’s flyweight five-round bout between surging Mexican contender Alexa Grasso and Brazilian Viviane Araújo — with the winner expected to earn a shot at Valentina Shevchenko’s flyweight championship. Grasso delivered a dominant performance, earning a lopsided unanimous decision (50-45, 49-46, 49-46) that established her as the clear next challeng

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 211: Dern vs. Yan took place on October 1, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 61. The main event was a women’s strawweight five-round contest between No. 5-ranked Mackenzie Dern, the BJJ phenom, and No. 6-ranked Yan Xiaonan, the Chinese striking specialist. This card had one of the most unusual atmospheres in UFC Apex history: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife attended as effectively the only VIPs in the building, giving the event a surreal, almost pr

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 210: Sandhagen vs. Song took place on September 17, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 60. The main event was a bantamweight top-10 contest between No. 4-ranked Cory Sandhagen and No. 10-ranked Song Yadong, a rematch in the sense that both fighters were seeking to re-establish themselves after recent setbacks. Sandhagen won by TKO via doctor’s stoppage at the end of round four after opening a terrible gash over Song’s left eye with a standing upward elbow

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 209: Gane vs. Tuivasa took place on September 3, 2022 at the Accor Arena in Paris, France — the UFC’s inaugural event on French soil. The main event was a heavyweight clash between former UFC interim heavyweight champion Ciryl Gane, competing in front of his home country, and top-ranked Tai Tuivasa, the Australian knockout artist. The night was electric. Gane dominated the opening round, Tuivasa dropped him with a huge right hand in round two, and Gane responded by

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 208: Blaydes vs. Aspinall took place on July 23, 2022 at the sold-out O2 Arena in London, England — the UFC’s second visit to the British capital in 2022 following FN 204 in March. The main event was a top-5 heavyweight contest between No. 4-ranked Curtis Blaydes and No. 6-ranked hometown hero Tom Aspinall, but the fight lasted only 15 seconds before a devastating knee injury to Aspinall — later revealed to be a torn MCL and meniscus — ended proceedings. Despite the

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 207: Volkov vs. Rozenstruik took place on June 4, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 56. The main event was a heavyweight clash between No. 7-ranked Alexander Volkov and No. 8-ranked Jairzinho Rozenstruik, both seeking a bounce-back win after their respective losses earlier in 2022. Volkov had been submitted by Tom Aspinall at FN 204 in London; Rozenstruik was coming off a decision loss to Curtis Blaydes at UFC 266. Volkov stopped Rozenstruik by TKO at 2:

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 206: Holm vs. Vieira took place on May 21, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 55. The main event was a women’s bantamweight bout between former UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and Ketlen Vieira, the Brazilian contender who had beaten Miesha Tate at FN 198 and was now seeking a second consecutive win over a former champion. Vieira won by split decision (47-48, 48-47, 48-47) in a highly controversial result. Two judges scored for Vieira, one fo

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 205: Lemos vs. Andrade took place on April 23, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 52. The main event was a strawweight title-contender clash between rising Brazilian Amanda Lemos, who entered on a five-fight winning streak, and former UFC Strawweight Champion Jessica Andrade, returning to 115 lbs after three bouts at flyweight. Andrade won by submission via a standing arm-triangle choke at 3:13 of round one — the first standing arm-triangle choke in UFC h

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 204: Volkov vs. Aspinall took place on March 19, 2022 at the sold-out O2 Arena in London, England. It was the UFC’s first return to the British capital since March 2019 — a three-year gap caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The card delivered one of the greatest nights in UFC Fight Night history: nine finishes, a record nine Performance of the Night bonuses, and widespread media recognition as the best UFC event of 2022. Tom Aspinall submitted Alexander Volkov with a s

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 203: Santos vs. Ankalaev took place on March 12, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 50. The main event was a five-round light heavyweight clash between former title challenger Thiago Santos and rising Dagestani contender Magomed Ankalaev, with both men ranked in the top six of the 205-lb division. Ankalaev won by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47), extending his winning streak to 8. The co-main brought a decisive statement from Song Yadong, who knoc

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 202: Makhachev vs. Green took place on February 26, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 49. The event was originally booked as Islam Makhachev vs. Beneil Dariush at lightweight, but Dariush suffered an injury and Bobby Green stepped in on just two weeks’ notice — his second fight in 14 days. The bout was contested at a 160-lb catchweight, the UFC’s first catchweight-headliner in over five years. Makhachev dominated. He secured a takedown, took full mount,

 Introduction UFC Fight Night 201: Walker vs. Hill took place on February 19, 2022 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas — UFC Vegas 48. The light heavyweight main event saw Jamahal Hill announce himself to the division in emphatic fashion: a first-round KO of Johnny Walker at 2:55 of round one that earned him a Performance of the Night bonus and immediately put him in the title conversation. The card was notable for the absence of a Fight of the Night bonus — instead distributing four Performance of the