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UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer — June 6, 2020, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Amanda Nunes defended the women's featherweight title by lopsided unanimous decision over Felicia Spencer. Cody Garbrandt scored a Knockout-of-the-Year-caliber finish of Raphael Assuncao, Aljamain Sterling submitted Cory Sandhagen in 88 seconds, and Sean O'Malley KO'd Eddie Wineland in round one.

UFC 249: Ferguson vs. Gaethje — May 9, 2020, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville. The UFC's return after the COVID-19 shutdown, held without a live crowd. Justin Gaethje dismantled Tony Ferguson via fifth-round TKO to claim the interim lightweight title, Henry Cejudo TKO'd Dominick Cruz and retired in the cage, and Francis Ngannou KO'd Jairzinho Rozenstruik in 20 seconds.

UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero — March 7, 2020, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The last UFC PPV before COVID-19 produced a heavily booed Adesanya title-defense decision over Yoel Romero (128 combined significant strikes in 25 minutes), and a women's strawweight title classic that has since been inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame: Zhang Weili's split-decision win over Joanna Jędrzejczyk.

UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes — February 8, 2020, Toyota Center, Houston. Jon Jones retained the light-heavyweight title via unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 49-46) over an unbeaten Dominick Reyes in one of the most controversial scorecards of the modern era. Valentina Shevchenko TKO'd Katlyn Chookagian in round three to defend the flyweight belt. Khaos Williams produced a 27-second KO debut.

UFC 246: McGregor vs. Cerrone — January 18, 2020, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Conor McGregor's first UFC appearance in 15 months ended in 40 seconds: shoulder strikes broke Cerrone's nose, a head kick dropped him, punches finished it. The card drew 19,040 fans, an $11.1 million gate, and 1.35 million PPV buys. Holly Holm beat Raquel Pennington in the co-main by unanimous decision.

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 Introduction UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington — December 14, 2019, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. The year-end card that closed the richest twelve months in recent UFC history delivered three title fights and one of the most competitive championship bouts of 2019. Kamaru Usman made his first WW title defence by stopping Colby Covington at 4:10 of round five. Alexander Volkanovski became the new UFC Featherweight Champion by defeating Max Holloway by unanimous decision. And Amanda Nunes made her Women's

 Introduction UFC 244: Masvidal vs. Diaz — November 2, 2019, Madison Square Garden, New York City. One of the most pure pieces of theatrical MMA of the modern era. Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz fought for the 'BMF Title' — a one-off championship belt created by the UFC for this specific fight — in front of a sold-out MSG crowd that treated the event like a rock concert. Masvidal won by TKO (doctor stoppage) after a cageside physician halted the fight at the end of round three due to a cut above D

 Introduction UFC 243: Adesanya vs. Whittaker — October 5, 2019, Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In front of 57,127 fans — the largest crowd in UFC history at the time — Israel Adesanya unified the UFC Middleweight Championship by stopping Robert Whittaker with punches at 3:33 of round two. Adesanya entered as interim champion, having beaten Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236. Whittaker held the undisputed title but had been inactive since emergency intestinal surgery forced him from the

 Introduction UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier — September 7, 2019, The Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Khabib Nurmagomedov returned from his nine-month NSAC suspension following the post-fight brawl at UFC 229 and submitted Dustin Poirier with a rear-naked choke at 2:06 of round three, retaining the UFC Lightweight Championship. Poirier had earned the title shot through his five-round interim LW title war at UFC 236 and arrived in Abu Dhabi as a genuinely improved fighter. The undercard featured

 Introduction UFC 241: Miocic vs. Cormier 2 — August 17, 2019, Honda Center, Anaheim, California. Stipe Miocic recaptured the UFC Heavyweight Championship he had lost at UFC 226 by stopping Daniel Cormier with body shots and punches at 4:09 of round four. The finish was the culmination of a gameplan that Miocic and his corner had quietly developed over 13 months: attack the body, use volume to drain DC's cardio, and wait for the moment when the damage accumulated enough to change the fight. It w