With 42 total Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) events throughout 2024 — on top of all of the other promotions such as Bellator MMA, Professional Fighter’s League (PFL), ONE Championship, and Bareknuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) — combat sports fans have probably forgotten about many of the wild moments that happened throughout the year.
From knockouts and post-fight interviews to funny in-cage spots, or maybe you’re a hardcore mixed martial arts (MMA) freak and remember everything.
Well, either way, we’ve got you covered.
In part three of UFC 2024, “Rewind,” which runs from UFC 307 (Oct. 5, 2024) to UFC Tampa (Dec. 14, 2024), we look back at some of the most memorable moments from that specific event timeline, including a “Poatan” beatdown, the return of the G.O.A.T, and another legend getting knocked out.
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR
UFC 307: ‘Pereira vs. Rountree Jr.’
Oct. 5, 2024
Salt Lake City, Utah
Full results
The main event of UFC 307 ended up being an absolute slugfest between Alex Pereira and Khalil Rountree and a candidate for 2024 Fight of the Year; however, on the “Prelims,” poor Ihor Potieria got fouled several times by Cesar Almeida, and NOTHING happened.
Potieria got eye poked three times, kicked in the nuts, and even hit after the bell.
The referee in the Almeida-Potieria bout is Dave Sejestad.
He’s turned in one of the most incompetent refereeing performances I’ve seen in some time. All-time bad. pic.twitter.com/vficyf1typ
— Luke Thomas ️♀️ (@lthomasnews) October 6, 2024
UFC Vegas 98: ‘Royval vs. Taira’
Oct. 12, 2024
UFC Apex, Las Vegas
Full results
UFC Lightweight Grant Dawson scored his first finish in two years at UFC Vegas 98 when he dominated Rafa Garcia and then secured a rear-naked choke. And while it was a fantastic performance, after the fight, Dawson delivered a memorable promo … highlighting his wife’s ass, I mean truck dump truck.
UFC Vegas 99: ‘Hernandez vs. Pereira’
Oct. 19, 2024
UFC Apex, Las Vegas
Full results
UFC Middleweight Anthony Hernandez has always been a dark horse in the division, and fans have seen just how good he could be. Still, he really arrived at UFC Vegas 99 when he decimated Michel Pereira – snapping his lengthy win streak.
UFC 308: ‘Topuria vs. Holloway’
Oct. 26, 2024
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full results
There were a ton of options to choose from at UFC 308, whether it be Shara Magomedov’s incredible double spinning back fist, Mateusz Rebecki vs. Myktybek Orolbai, or Khamzat Chimaev’s demolishment of Robert Whittaker, but c’mon, Ilia Topuria becoming the first person to crack Max Holloway’s unbreakable chin and knock him out has got to be it.
Nov. 2, 2024
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Full results
Dustin Stoltzfus has been incredibly hit or miss in his UFC career thus far, but he showed up at UFC Edmonton and slept Marc-Andre Barriault in a monstrous right hand that earned him $50k.
Nov. 9, 2024
UFC Apex, Las Vegas
Full results
Ah, the 100th ‘Fight Night’ that took place inside the UFC Apex. In the main event, Carlos Prates jumped into the Top 15 Welterweight rankings with a vicious knockout of Neil Magny, and in the co-main, Reinier de Ridder had an incredibly sloppy UFC debut against “GM3.”
But to kick off the main card, UFC debutant Mansur Abdul-Malik made an impression by smoking Dusko Todorovic in under three minutes.
Nov. 16, 2024
New York City
Full results
Jon Jones finally returned to active inside Madison Square Garden, and he made it look easy by demolishing in the third round with a wicked spinning back kick.
Oh, and Dana White said the promotion will eliminate the new gloves that were implemented at UFC 302 in June.
Nov. 23, 2024
Macau, China
Full results
Aside from Gabriella Fernandes pulling off one of the biggest upsets in all of MMA by putting Wang Cong to sleep, Road To UFC finalist Shi Ming sent her opponent to the hospital in a literal stretcher by knocking her out with a head kick from Hell.
Dec. 7, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada
Full results
For some reason, which I still do not know, Bryce Mitchell vs. Kron Gracie was on the UFC 310 PPV main card. The fight was terrible until the third round when Mitchell slammed Gracie and put an elbow through his head.
Dec. 14, 2024
Las Vegas, Nevada
Full results
The final UFC card of 2024 ended with many knockouts, which was glorious to watch. With that being said, I gotta give some love to Cub Swanson and his brutal knockout of Billy Quarantillo to extend his win streak in the city of Tampa.
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