But among the thousands of matches taking place after the UFC 200 anniversary, what are the best, most memorable matches, and the highest symbolic, attractive and dramatic MMA village?
10. Islam Makhachev vs Alexander Volkanovski 1 (UFC 284, February 2023)
Islam Makhachev won a consensus with a close score of 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 against Alexander Volkanovski. The Russian boxer successfully defended the Lightweight Championship, while improving his total achievement to 24 wins and 1 loss. Meanwhile, this is the second defeat in 27 matches of Volkanovski. After the match, Makhachev also won the “Fight of the Night” award.
“In order for a confrontation to become a legendary match, there should be three factors. It is the waiting of the audience, the high levels of betray and the top two boxers. That is the nature of the main event at UFC 284. This is a top encounter.
9. Cub Swanson vs Doo Ho Choi (UFC 206, December 2016)
Doo Ho Choi confronted the Cub Swanson at the UFC 206 event in 2016. Choi received a defeat against Swanson, after the opponent won the consensus. However, both boxers received the title of “Fight of the Night”.
After three years of competition, Choi re -appeared in the confrontation with Kyle Nelson at the UFC Fight Night 218 event in February 2023. After being deducted in the third half because of the first glance, the match ended with the draw. 9 of the 11 media agencies said that the victory must belong to Doo Ho Choi.
Besides Doo Ho Choi, Cub Swanson is currently playing in Featherweight. He became a professional MMA boxer in 2004. Swanson held the most awards and bonuses in the history of the tournament with 8 tournaments. American boxers have been awarded the title “Fight of the Night”.
8. Dustin Poirier vs Max Holloway 2 (UFC 236, April 2019)
Dustin Poirier encountered the Featherweight Max Holloway champion to compete for the temporary championship Lightweight at UFC 236 in 2019. Poirier defeated Holloway by winning the point, thereby winning the championship. At the same time break the series of 13 consecutive victories of Max Holloway. This is the fourth consecutive victory of “The Diamond”. Poirier also received the title “Fight of the Night” after the match.
7. Robert Whittaker vs Yoel Romero 2 (UFC 225, June 2018)
Robert Whittaker won with a non -consensus score after 5 rounds against Yoel Romero at UFC 255. In the rematch against Whittaker, Romero exceeded the number of weights in Middleweight for the Belt match. After that, Romero was fined 20% of the match and this was considered a non -belt match.
6. Justin Gaethje vs Michael Johnson (Final TUF 25, July 2017)
Justin Gaethje announced he would leave the title of World Series of Fighting to sign a contract with UFC in May 2017. In the professional MMA debut against rival Michael Johnson at The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Finale in July 2017. Gaethje won TKO in the second half against American boxers. After the victory, Gaethje received the title of “Fight of the Night” and the “Performance of the Night” award.
5. Dustin Poirier against Justin Gaethje 1 (UFC on Fox 29, April 2018)
In the focal match of the UFC 291 event, Justin Gaethje defeated Dustin Poirier in the second half to become the defending champion BMF.
Justin Gaethje showed a significant change compared to 5 years before taking advantage of Boxing skills in the first 3 minutes of the first half.
In the second half, Poirier continued to maintain the pressure but Gaethje suddenly launched a high kick that made Poirier fall into the stage. Gaethje's right after that was only procedural when the referee Herb Dean decided to stop the match in the beginning of the second half.
4. Conor McGregor vs Nate Diaz 2 (UFC 202, August 2016)
The rematch between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz at UFC 202 is considered the “Fight of the Year 2016” match. McGregor won with a score of 47-47, 48-47, 48-47 against Diaz.
Drawing on experience from the previous confrontation, McGregor entered the match with a series of low kicks. This tactic of McGregor has shown the effect when confronting Nate Diaz in UFC 202. Nate Diaz was defeated Knockdown and lying on the floor, although it was not too difficult for him to stand up and continue the match, but McGregor controlled the first two rounds excellently.
Conor McGregor has shown a much smarter fight in the rematch. By using Low Kick, McGregor broke Diaz's many opportunities to attack, making Diaz much more difficult in turning the flag in the next rounds.
As for Nate Diaz, he suffered punches from McGregor and controlled the match better than in the last 3 rounds, this result made Diaz disappointed. However, this is still an impressive match of 2016, worthy of the title “Match of the Year”.
3. Israel Adesanya vs Kelvin Gastelum (UFC 236, April 2019)
After 5 rounds, Israel Adesanya won against Kelvin Gastelum, through which “StyleBender” also brought back the temporary championship Middleweight. This is considered one of the most eye -catching matches of UFC. After the match at UFC 236, Adesanya raised the unbeaten record to 17 wins, including 6 consecutive victories after only 14 months.
2. Zhang Weili vs Joanna Jedrzejczyk 1 (UFC 248, March 2020)
In the first match to defend the championship belt, Zhang Weili encountered the former Strawweight Joanna Jedrzejczyk championship at UFC 248 in February 2020. Zhang won a draw against Jedrzejczyk to first defend the title for the first time. She also won the first “Fight of the Night” title in her career. This competition is also considered by many experts as the greatest match in MMA women's history.
1. Jira Prochazka vs Glover Teixeira (UFC 275, June 2022)
Jiri Prochazka is expected to have a match against Glover Teixeira to compete for the Lightweight Championship in UFC 274. However, the match was delayed until June 2022 at UFC 275 for unpopular reasons. In the match at UFC 275, fans witnessed the tat tat performance of these two boxers. Prochazka defeated Teixeira to bring back the championship and become the first Czech boxer to win the UFC championship. This victory helped Prochazka achieve the title of “Fight of the Night” and the “Fan Bonus of the Night” award.