The year is almost over. How would you describe all the cards so far in 2025 for the UFC?

It's been an absolutely atrocious year...or I'm just getting older and losing interest. Many of the fight night cards have been so bad that I've skipped them altogether, or I just went back afterwards and watched the 1 or 2 fights that were mildly interesting.

Either way, the overall interest in the sport has seemingly waned quite a bit. From the lack real stars, to the lack of big fights, to the consistently weak cards, it seems like an apathy has fallen over the sport. Hell, even Dana appears to have checked out.

The only real memorable moment this year was Alex losing to Ankalaev. Aside from that, the only newsworthy happenings were champions vacating their belts (Ilia and Islam), the Jones-Aspinall nonsense, and Dana being M.I.A.

Not to sound too boomer coded, but man back in the day the fight cards really were better. Often times the fights are still good even when the card is weak, but top guys are fighting maybe 3 times in 2 years at this point, they used to be fighting almost 3 times a year.

JDM vs Belal was a good moment too I feel, but other than that the year has been pretty uneventful.
 
Forgettable. Every card seems like the same no-name low level trash, there's only been a handful of fights that are actually good and worth rewatching.
 
It's been an absolutely atrocious year...or I'm just getting older and losing interest. Many of the fight night cards have been so bad that I've skipped them altogether, or I just went back afterwards and watched the 1 or 2 fights that were mildly interesting.
I don't even think it's an age thing, this year has really been bad. The Tsarukyan pullout seriously screwed the LW division, which is maybe the most important division. The Movsar snub is ruining FW, Jones is ruining HW

Merab-Umar, Belal-JDM, and Volk-Lopes are 3 of the only really good fights this year
 
So many matchups to be made and UFC has done some dumb ones. I really hate their "money" matchups. Maybe it's fighters only accepting the right matchup for their career for the most money, or UFC is against new contenders. Considering a title is defended once or twice a year, it's a waste of so much time to do these matches.
 
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