Alex Pereira and Jamahal Hill, UFC 300 ceremonial weigh-in Credit score: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press
Our occasion of the 12 months seemingly comes as no shock. If something, the largest shock is that there have been no opposing views. Regardless of the good manufacturing of Noche UFC and the 11-hour, 22-fight lengthy RIZIN Decade that also turned out to be oodles of enjoyable, one occasion swept the board for MMA in 2024. You in all probability know what it’s already.
Occasion of the 12 months 2024
Eddie Regulation: Nothing beats UFC 300 in my thoughts. The names alone would have made it a large card, however the matchups had been beautiful to say the least. Capped off by a TKO end of Jamahal Hill by Alex Pereira, however the present stolen by Max Holloway, 9 former champs, eight out of 13 bouts had been finishes….what else must be mentioned?
Jay Anderson: UFC 300. On paper, I felt the UFC’s third centennial occasion seemed weaker than the Pay-Per-View that preceded it, UFC 299. Dana White struggled to discover a principal occasion for the milestone card, but ultimately, the whole lot fell into place, and the occasion delivered in spades. Alex Pereira’s meme-fuel end of Jamahal Hill, Holloway vs. Gaethje, Kayla Harrison making her debut, Jiri Prochazka returning to type, Bobby Inexperienced vs. Jim F’ing Miller – tons to like. Enormous props to Noche UFC, nevertheless, for proving that when they need, the UFC can push their manufacturing excessive. And honorable point out to RIZIN Decade, which was a complete lot of enjoyable.
Gabriel Gonzalez: UFC 300. From begin to end, the tricentennial occasion had nearly all one might ask for. A number of iconic moments, from Max Holloway’s knockout to Alex Pereira’s signature stoppage of Jamahal Hill, the night time was so particular that the followers couldn’t keep the crescendo of power that the night time elicited. Noche UFC was a particular night time and a really monumental manufacturing, however the variety of stars who delivered at 300 places it simply forward.
Bryson Hester: UFC 300. UFC 300 simply takes the cake over Noche UFC. Noche UFC had the manufacturing and WOW issue, undoubtedly, however UFC 300 was large and easily delivered. 12 present or former champions, the fighter of the 12 months fought on the cardboard and the KO of the 12 months occurred on the cardboard. There have been plenty of finishes and three separate titles on the road. To not point out the previous Olympian, Kayla Harrison, made her UFC debut. UFC 300, greatest card of the 12 months.
Patrick McCorry: UFC 300. Wild title fights, wild finishes. Precisely what we wished from the UFC’s three hundredth UFC Pay-Per-View.
Cade Morehouse: Occasion of the 12 months for me was UFC 300 solely due to the star energy on that card and what that meant to MMA to have the UFC attain a milestone like that. UFC 300 delivered for the followers and the UFC and was one thing that drew a number of consideration even exterior of the die exhausting fan base. Gaethje and Holloway alone might have offered that struggle card and so they had been the third struggle on the cardboard!
Brett Cagle: UFC 300. Not a lot wanted to be mentioned right here. From Alex Pereria’s efficiency in the primary occasion to Gaethje vs Holloway and former world champions on the prelims, UFC 300 was one of many biggest occasions in fight sports activities historical past.
Mathis Desjardins: UFC 300. In the identical vein because the knockout of the 12 months, let’s not overthink this. By way of pre-fight hype, nothing tops UFC 308, however prime to backside, UFC 300 is just not beatable. There have been six former champions on the prelims alone, Deiveson Figueiredo and Cody Garbrandt had been the curtain jerkers, there have been three fights AFTER Charles Oliveira and Arman Tsarukyan. When Kayla Harrison operating by means of Holly Holm in her UFC debut is a footnote, you realize you witnessed a particular occasion.
Finish end result: It’s a landslide, as UFC 300 sweeps the class!
