The 2018 Heavies Awards - Event of the Year - WINNER: UFC 229

Event of the Year


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The 2018 Heavies Awards - Event of the Year
Welcome to the 2018 Event of the Year (EOTY) Award!

Nominees

UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta
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Marquee Fights:
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta by Unanimous Decision
Rose Namajunas def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk by Unanimous Decision
Renato Moicano def. Calvin Kattar by Unanimous Decision
Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Kyle Bochniak by Unanimous Decision
Chris Gruetzemacher def. Joe Lauzon by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at R2 5:00




UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
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Marquee Fights:
Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero by Split Decision
Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos by Unanimous Decision
Holly Holm def. Megan Anderson by Unanimous Decision
Tai Tuivasa def. Andrei Arlovski by Unanimous Decision
Mike Jackson def. Phil "CM Punk" Brooks by Unanimous Decision




UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till

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Marquee Fights:
Tyron Woodley def. Darren Till by Submission (D'Arce Choke) at R2 4:19
Jéssica Andrade def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz by KO (Punch) at R1 1:58
Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Brandon Davis by Submission (Suloev Stretch) at R2 3:46
Jimmie Rivera def. John Dodson by Unanimous Decision
Abdul Razal Alhassan def. Niko Price by KO (Punch) at R1 0:43



UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor

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Marquee Fights:
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Conor McGregor by Submission (Neck Crank) at R4 3:03
Tony Ferguson def. Anthony Pettis by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at R2 5:00
Dominick Reyes def. Ovince Saint Preux by Unanimous Decision
Derrick Lewis def. Alexander Volkov by KO (Punches) at R3 4:49
Michelle Waterson def. Felice Herrig by Unanimous Decision



UFC on Fox 31: Lee vs Iaquinta 2

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Marquee Fights:
Al Iaquinta def. Kevin Lee by Unanimous Decision
Edson Barboza def. Dan Hooker by KO (Punch to the Body) at R3 2:19
Rob Font def. Sergio Pettis by Unanimous Decision
Charles Oliveira def. Jim Miller by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at R1 1:15




UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

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Marquee Fights:
Jon Jones def. Alexander Gustafsson by TKO (Punches) at R3 2:02
Amanda Nunes def. Cris Cyborg by KO (Punch) at R1 0:51
Michael Chiesa vs Carlos Condit by Submission (Kimura) at R2 0:56
Corey Anderson def. Ilir Latifi by Unanimous Decision
Alexander Volkanovski def. Chad Mendes by TKO (Punches) at R2 4:14




Rizin 14

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Marquee Fights:
Floyd Mayweather def. Tenshin Nasukawa by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at R1 2:19
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Darrion Caldwell by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at R3 1:19
Ayaka Hamasaki def. Kanna Asakura by Submission (Armbar) at R2 4:34
Jiri Prochazka def. Brandon Halsey by Submission (Punches) at R1 6:30
Gabi Garcia def. Barbara Nepomuceno by Submission (Keylock) at R1 2:39
Damien Brown def. Daron Cruickshank by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at R1 4:19
 
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Gotta go with the one that gave me the most joy..

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Hands down
 
I liked 231 too, but voted for 229. Didn't want to vote for "other".

228 pretty good too.
 
I've voted for 228 since I knew no one was going to vote for it and it deserve some love.

That card was labeled as shit and every fight delivered. Some crazy fights, great ko and 2 crazy subs + TWood most dominant performance.
 
How can it not be kebab/conor?


Any other vote might be a misclick
 
Pretty poor selection.
 
229 is gonna crash this poll with ease
 
Gotta go with the one that gave me the most joy..

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That .gif is pure fkn gold. Also, that card was most certainly story of the year & I can't think of anything else that beats it
 
The 2018 Heavies Awards - Event of the Year
Welcome to the 2018 Event of the Year (EOTY) Award!

Nominees

UFC 223: Khabib vs. Iaquinta
UFC-223-poster.jpg

Marquee Fights:
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Al Iaquinta by Unanimous Decision
Rose Namajunas def. Joanna Jędrzejczyk by Unanimous Decision
Renato Moicano def. Calvin Kattar by Unanimous Decision
Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Kyle Bochniak by Unanimous Decision
Chris Gruetzemacher def. Joe Lauzon by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at R2 5:00




UFC 225: Whittaker vs. Romero 2
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Marquee Fights:
Robert Whittaker def. Yoel Romero by Split Decision
Colby Covington def. Rafael dos Anjos by Unanimous Decision
Holly Holm def. Megan Anderson by Unanimous Decision
Tai Tuivasa def. Andrei Arlovski by Unanimous Decision
Mike Jackson def. Phil "CM Punk" Brooks by Unanimous Decision




UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till

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Marquee Fights:
Tyron Woodley def. Darren Till by Submission (D'Arce Choke) at R2 4:19
Jéssica Andrade def. Karolina Kowalkiewicz by KO (Punch) at R1 1:58
Zabit Magomedsharipov def. Brandon Davis by Submission (Suloev Stretch) at R2 3:46
Jimmie Rivera def. John Dodson by Unanimous Decision
Abdul Razal Alhassan def. Niko Price by KO (Punch) at R1 0:43



UFC 229: Khabib vs. McGregor

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Marquee Fights:
Khabib Nurmagomedov def. Conor McGregor by Submission (Neck Crank) at R4 3:03
Tony Ferguson def. Anthony Pettis by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at R2 5:00
Dominick Reyes def. Ovince Saint Preux by Unanimous Decision
Derrick Lewis def. Alexander Volkov by KO (Punches) at R3 4:49
Michelle Waterson def. Felice Herrig by Unanimous Decision



UFC on Fox 31: Lee vs Iaquinta 2

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Marquee Fights:
Al Iaquinta def. Kevin Lee by Unanimous Decision
Edson Barboza def. Dan Hooker by KO (Punch to the Body) at R3 2:19
Rob Font def. Sergio Pettis by Unanimous Decision
Charles Oliveira def. Jim Miller by Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) at R1 1:15




UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2

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Marquee Fights:
Jon Jones def. Alexander Gustafsson by TKO (Punches) at R3 2:02
Amanda Nunes def. Cris Cyborg by KO (Punch) at R1 0:51
Michael Chiesa vs Carlos Condit by Submission (Kimura) at R2 0:56
Corey Anderson def. Ilir Latifi by Unanimous Decision
Alexander Volkanovski def. Chad Mendes by TKO (Punches) at R2 4:14




Rizin 14

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Marquee Fights:
Floyd Mayweather def. Tenshin Nasukawa by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at R1 2:19
Kyoji Horiguchi def. Darrion Caldwell by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at R3 1:19
Ayaka Hamasaki def. Kanna Asakura by Submission (Armbar) at R2 4:34
Jiri Prochazka def. Brandon Halsey by Submission (Punches) at R1 6:30
Gabi Garcia def. Barbara Nepomuceno by Submission (Keylock) at R1 2:39
Damien Brown def. Daron Cruickshank by Submission (Guillotine Choke) at R1 4:19
That kick Tenshin threw in that promo poster is sick as fuqqqq
 
Honestly, all of the picks are pretty.... meh.

UFC 231 or UFC on Fox 30 imo. Honorable mention for KSW 43.
 
Come on....Khabib/Conor was the most talked about, hyped MMA event in years, by far. Anyone voting for something else is just being intentionally contrarian, or just wants to show some love for 2nd place.
 
229 had that pettis vs ferguson masterpiece, a near-riot, black beasts awesome comeback against volkov, and thats before you count anything that happened during the main event
 
Fox 30 and 31 were great as was UFC 231.

So many PPV's are overrated cause they had biggest names but the fights themselves were just kinda mediocre.
 
Jon "Turanibones" Jones vs Poor Gus was a horrible way to the end the year imho
 
Man, this makes it seem like 2018 sucked and I thought I remembered it being pretty good
 
Lots of weak contenders IMO; 229 runs away with this.

I know BB-Ngannou was god-awful, but 226 is probably my #2 event of the year

DC-Stipe with the KO and crazy Brock theatrics afterwards
Platinum-Felder was a war
Roundtree absolutely starches Saki
Showtime had a hype submission over Chiesa that pretty much everyone outside of Chiesa's family loved seeing
Costa KO's Hall
 
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