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UFC Fight Night 73: Teixeira vs. Saint Preux — August 8, 2015, Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee. Teixeira submitted hometown favourite OSP in R3, FotN. Amanda Nunes’ biggest career win to that point: R1 RNC of Sara McMann, PoN. Marlon Vera comeback sub PoN. 1.16M viewers. Attendance: 7,539.

UFC Fight Night 72: Bisping vs. Leites — July 18, 2015, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland. First UFC event in Scotland. 10,451 sellout, $1.5M gate. Bisping split decision over Leites (first UK fight since 2010). Joseph Duffy PoN — last man to beat Conor McGregor. Joanne Calderwood FotN at home. Stevie Ray PoN at home. Leon Edwards 2nd UFC win.

UFC Fight Night 71: Mir vs. Duffee — July 15, 2015, Valley View Casino Center, San Diego. Wednesday night card. Mir KO’d Duffee in 1:13 PoN. Holly Holm’s 2nd UFC fight (4 months before KO’ing Rousey). Ferguson PoN. Strickland and Lee early careers. Attendance: 5,471. Gate: $412,000.

MMA is an exciting sport but carries a high risk of injuries, including concussions, knee and shoulder injuries.

UFC Fight Night 70: Machida vs. Romero — June 27, 2015, Seminole Hard Rock, Hollywood Florida. Originally planned for São Paulo Brazil but moved due to US State Department visa system crash blocking 12 athletes. Romero KO’d Machida with elbows in R3. Thiago Santos’ 30-second head-kick KO PoN. Larkin/Ponzinibbio FotN. Only 9 fights. Attendance: 5,604 (sellout).

UFC Fight Night 69: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne — June 20, 2015, O2 World, Berlin. UFC Fight Pass exclusive. Joanna Jędrzejczyk’s first title defence — TKO of Jessica Penne R3 with 162-28 sig.strike differential. Arnold Allen’s UFC debut PoN. Makwan Amirkhani’s debut. Nick Hein for the German crowd. Attendance: 8,155.

UFC Fight Night 68: Boetsch vs. Henderson — June 6, 2015, Smoothie King Center, New Orleans. Jon Jones’ hit-and-run caused the main event to change to Henderson vs. Boetsch. Henderson KO’d Boetsch in 28 seconds. Record-tying 7 first-round finishes; 10 of 12 fights ended by stoppage. Rivera KO’d Caceres in 21 seconds. Brian Ortega FotN. Dustin Poirier PoN near home. Attendance: 6,231. Gate: $621,523.

UFC Fight Night 67: Condit vs. Alves — May 30, 2015, Goiânia Arena, Brazil. Only 3,500 fans attended. Carlos Condit returned from 14-month ACL injury to TKO Thiago Alves via broken nose at end of R2. Charles Oliveira earned a double bonus (FotN + PoN). Darren Till’s UFC debut KO. Tom Breese and Marcin Bektić debuted. Rony Jason’s PoN revoked after failed drug test.

UFC Fight Night 66: Edgar vs. Faber — May 16, 2015, SM Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines. First UFC event in the Philippines. Frankie Edgar dominated Urijah Faber 50-45x3 — Faber’s first-ever non-title loss. Edgar’s total UFC time: 5 hours 35 minutes (UFC record). Mark Muñoz’s legendary retirement speech at home. Neil Magny’s 7th straight win. FotN: Delos Reyes vs Sangcha-an.

UFC Fight Night 65: Miocic vs. Hunt — May 10, 2015, Adelaide Entertainment Centre, South Australia. First UFC event in Adelaide. UFC Fight Pass exclusive. Stipe Miocic TKO’d Mark Hunt in R5, landing 361 strikes (UFC record) with a 315-strike differential (all-time record). Robert Whittaker PoN in 44 seconds — future UFC MW champion. Dan Hooker early career PoN. Attendance: 7,984.

UFC Fight Night 64: Gonzaga vs. Cro Cop 2 — April 11, 2015, Tauron Arena Kraków, Poland. First UFC event in Poland. UFC Fight Pass exclusive. Mirko Cro Cop stopped Gabriel Gonzaga via TKO in round three — 8-year revenge for the most famous head kick KO in UFC history. Leon Edwards KO’d Seth Baczynski in 8 seconds. Jan Błachowicz fought at home. Maryna Moroz debut armbar PoN.

UFC Fight Night 63: Mendes vs. Lamas — April 4, 2015, Patriot Center, Fairfax, Virginia. Rare morning card: prelims 11am ET, main card 1pm ET. Chad Mendes TKO’d Ricardo Lamas in R1 with three knockdowns, earning his UFC 189 interim title fight. Timothy Johnson’s spectacular debut KO with 3 seconds left in R1. Dustin Poirier and Julianna Peña also earned PoN. Attendance: 5,417.