Best card on paper that was ruined by injuries (before and after)

[Puff Stadius]

Which main card had the greatest drop in quality from its original line up?

My vote is for UFC 149
(bonus - the fights were very boring)

Before:
Jose Aldo vs Erik Koch
Michael Bisping vs Tim Boetsch
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Thiago Alves
Shogun vs Thiago Silva
Big Nog vs Cheick Kongo

After:
Urijah Faber vs Renan Barao
Tim Boetsch vs Hector Lombard
Cheick Kongo vs Shawn Jordan
James Head vs Brian Ebersole
Matthew Riddle vs Chris Clements

 

[Sonny Qc]

Shogun vs Thiago could have been real fun.

rest, meh

 

[TUFNewb]

UFC 215 was bad, perhaps even worse than 149. Lost the DJ and JDS v Ngannou fights. Nunes as main event.. god awful.

Sad I was at both.

 

[Bubblun]

UFC 151? It got cancelled completely.

UFC 146 was very different before Overeem popped, it had Reem vs JDS, Cain vs Mir and Big Country vs Bigfoot.

 

[BjPenn2017]

Ufc 133 comes to mind, was supposed to be Rashad vs Jones and Aldo vs Koch. Ufc 143 is another as well, but that event gave us the greatest butthurt sherdog has ever seen. Lol

 

[UseARubberGuard]

UFC 108 at one time had

Lesnar/Carwin
Silva/Belfort
Condit/Daley
Evans/Thiago
JDS/Gonzaga (This turned into the Yvel fight)
Miller/T Griffin

It morphed into

Evans/Thiago
Daley/Hazlett
Stout/Lauzon
Miller/Ludwig
JDS/Yvel

 

[KarateYeah]

UFC 300 because UFC will die

 

[DragRacer]

UFC 300 because UFC will die

 

[Joseph_McBride]

213 recently

Cody vs TJ
Nunes vs Shevy 2
Romero vs Whittaker
Lawler vs Cowboy
Werdum vs Reem 3

After injuries:

Romero vs Whittaker
Werdum vs Reem 3
Blaydes vs Omeilianchyk
Pettis vs Miller
Font vs Silva de Andrade

From an A+ to a D

 

[UL]

UFC 300 because UFC will die

ufc is dying.

 

[Patof]

UFC 151? It got cancelled completely.

UFC 146 was very different before Overeem popped, it had Reem vs JDS, Cain vs Mir and Big Country vs Bigfoot.

146 is the first that came to mind. I was sooo hyped for JDS-Reem back then.

 

[AC1D1K]

ufc 149 without doubt... i dont even like whejn its 1:49pm or am cuz of the horrible reminders

 

[TIMELESS TRUTH]

Pride GP 2000 was fun.

 

[SimonNova]

Yeah, UFC 149 was prisonraped so bad. Went from great (Canada) ppv to abysmal mound of offal. Also, the fights delivered even less than what they looked on paper.

 

[JOLLYjoe]

UFC 215 was bad, perhaps even worse than 149. Lost the DJ and JDS v Ngannou fights. Nunes as main event.. god awful.

Sad I was at both.

Had Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 happened on it's original date, do you think this card would have been made into a free one? Wonder where it would have aired...

 

[horseshoe_pass man]

Not injuries but UFC 200 was completely stacked. Would've been dope

 

[TUFNewb]

Had Nunes vs Shevchenko 2 happened on it's original date, do you think this card would have been made into a free one? Wonder where it would have aired...

Yeah I bet they would have demoted the card to a fight night like they did with UFC 196. They should have done that anyways, as Dana promised that Nunes wouldn't headline any card let alone a PPV.

 

[OnMcGregorNutz]

I know not injury but khabib ferguson cancellation was BRUTAL

 

[wonderbread]

Which main card had the greatest drop in quality from its original line up?

My vote is for UFC 149
(bonus - the fights were very boring)

Before:
Jose Aldo vs Erik Koch
Michael Bisping vs Tim Boetsch
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Thiago Alves
Shogun vs Thiago Silva
Big Nog vs Cheick Kongo

After:
Urijah Faber vs Renan Barao
Tim Boetsch vs Hector Lombard
Cheick Kongo vs Shawn Jordan
James Head vs Brian Ebersole
Matthew Riddle vs Chris Clements

You forgot the Once in a lifetime athlete Rousey vs Nunes. The face injury.

 

[jjdowns]

UFC 215 was bad, perhaps even worse than 149. Lost the DJ and JDS v Ngannou fights. Nunes as main event.. god awful.

Sad I was at both.

I was at 215. That shit was so sad. It started off so good, by the end, I didn’t even want to go even though the ticket was already paid for.