This past Saturday night, the UFC put forth one of the best cards we’ve seen in quite some time. It was action-packed and entertaining from start to finish. Every fight felt important and impactful and each one felt like I could see the delineation between the UFC and everyone else. You could throw a dart and whichever promotion’s name it landed on could be number 1 or number 25 and there’d really be no difference, so wide the gulf would be.
Even on paper going in, UFC 290 had plenty of curbside appeal with several ranked fighters and standout contests that had “must see” written all over them. Robbie Lawler’s retirement fight, Bo NIckal’s return, Whittaker-Du Plessis and the two title fights at the top. The undercard had some really talented prospects, as well and they all delivered.
But there were some real eye openers to emerge from the card. The new flyweight champion having to drive for UberEats to make ends meet up until two fights ago was a stark reminder of how that 13-14% revenue share the fighters get is spread pretty thin despite the UFC having banner year after banner year.
A look at this weekend’s upcoming UFC card reveals one of the most dismal cards of the year, offering very little on paper and not much in the way of important fights aside from the main event. What a letdown it is going from UFC 290 to UFC Vegas 77.
More letdowns from aging fighters taking on celebrity boxing matches and of course we talk Ngannou-Fury. It’s a jam-packed episode you won’t want to miss and it’s our FREE episode of the month.
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