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UFC Fight Night 98: dos Anjos vs. Ferguson — November 5, 2016, Mexico City. TUF Latin America 3 Finale. Ferguson UD over dos Anjos (47-48x3) FotN — 9th consecutive LW win, UFC record. Alexa Grasso’s UFC debut UD win (future UFC SBW champion!). Lamas guillotine PoN. Silva de Andrade spinning kick PoN. Martin Bravo wins TUF LA3 title. Attendance: 11,460.

UFC Fight Night 96: Lineker vs. Dodson — October 1, 2016, Portland. Lineker missed weight for 5th time (UFC record) — ineligible for bonuses. THREE fighters missed weight. No FotN. Lineker SD over Dodson (48-47, 47-48, 48-47). Brandon Moreno UFC debut guillotine PoN. Blaydes, Marquardt, Henrique da Silva PoN. Attendance: 6,240.

UFC Fight Night 95: Cyborg vs. Länsberg — September 24, 2016, Brasília. Sold-out 8,410. 1.11M viewers. Cyborg TKO’d Länsberg R2 at 140lb catchweight (no UFC Women’s FW division yet). Spicely shocked Santos with R1 sub PoN (Santos later became top-5 LHW). Luque PoN. Silva/Chagas FotN. Gregor Gillespie UFC debut. Prazeres missed weight.

UFC Fight Night 94: Poirier vs. Johnson — September 17, 2016, Hidalgo, Texas. Johnson R1 KO of Poirier (1:35) massive upset PoN. Then Uriah Hall R1 KO of Brunson (1:41) — back-to-back main card R1 KOs. Islam Makhachev early career win over Wade (future UFC LW champion). Dunham/Glenn FotN. Skelly PoN. Attendance: 5,624.

UFC Fight Night 93: Arlovski vs. Barnett — September 3, 2016, Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg. First UFC in Hamburg. Fight Pass exclusive. Barnett submitted Arlovski R3 RNC — earned FotN + PoN = $100k total. Bader flying knee PoN (after Latifi dropped him in R1). Gustafsson UD return win over Błachowicz. Sobotta ended Dalby’s unbeaten run 30-26x3. Attendance: 11,763.

UFC Fight Night 92: Rodríguez vs. Caceres — August 6, 2016, Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City. First UFC in Utah. Rodríguez FotN split decision over Caceres (5-0 in UFC). Court McGee hometown appearance. Ishihara R1 KO PoN. Tybura PoN. Swanson wins. Attendance: 6,689. Gate: $481,033.

UFC Fight Night 91: McDonald vs. Lineker — July 13, 2016, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. First UFC in South Dakota; first under WME-IMG ownership. Wednesday card. Lineker KO’d McDonald R1 PoN (2 KDs). Ferguson sub’d Vannata FotN — Vannata dropped Ferguson with flying knee first. Smolka PoN. Josh Samman’s final fight. Attendance: 5,671.

UFC Fight Night 90: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez — July 7, 2016, MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Thursday Fight Pass exclusive. First of UFC 200 Fight Week triple-header. Alvarez TKO’d dos Anjos R1 PoN — first Bellator champion to become UFC champion. 5 consecutive prelim submissions. Burns’ last-second armbar. Jouban/Muhammad FotN. Munhoz guillotine PoN. Attendance: 7,760.

UFC Fight Night 89: MacDonald vs. Thompson — June 18, 2016, TD Place Arena, Ottawa. First UFC in Ottawa. Thompson dominated MacDonald UD (50-45x2, 48-47) — 7th consecutive win, title shot earned. MacDonald’s last UFC fight (left for Bellator). Cerrone TKO PoN. Bossé/O’Connell FotN. Jotko 59-sec KO PoN. Attendance: 10,490.

UFC Fight Night 88: Almeida vs. Garbrandt — May 29, 2016, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. Memorial Day weekend card. Garbrandt KO’d Almeida R1, 2:53 PoN — ending Almeida’s 21-fight unbeaten all-finishes streak. Stephens KO’d Barão FotN (Barão’s 3rd straight devastating KO loss). Sterling early career loss. Attendance: 5,193. Gate: $359,000.

UFC Fight Night 87: Overeem vs. Arlovski — May 8, 2016, Ahoy Rotterdam, Netherlands. First UFC in the Netherlands. Overeem crane kick KO of Arlovski R2 PoN (dislocated toe!). Struve 16-second home TKO of Bigfoot PoN. De Randamie Dutch FotN PoN. Nelson PoN. 10,421 attendance. $1.52M gate. No FotN — 4 PoN.

UFC Fight Night 86: Rothwell vs. dos Santos — April 10, 2016, Arena Zagreb, Croatia. First UFC event in Croatia. JDS dominant 50-45x3 (157 sig strikes, 92/100 body shots). Ngannou vs. Blaydes (both UFC debuts/early careers). Derrick Lewis PoN. Cannonier debut KO PoN. Jan Błachowicz wins. Attendance: 13,177. No FotN — 4 PoN.