Who would you say was this year's breakout star in the UFC?

[BigDawg1984]

Connor

 

[Jblizzle]

1. GUS
2. Connor
3. Pettis
4. Weidman
5. Renan Barao
6. Ronda
7. Hendricks

or others?

I've noticed that the UFC has put 3 lightweight championship fights on fox in just the past year. If they continue this trend and Pettis stays champ with the way he fights he'll be a superstar imo (and I don't just mean in the MMA community)

 

[VAfan]

gotta go with weidman, can't break out any better than beating #1 P4P

 

[Otto!]

Barao, Pettis, and I give big props to Matt Brown.

 

[Blah4]

Weidman knocked out the longest reigning champ and #1 p4p...

 

[Sherm]

Gotta agree with the guy who said Khabib. He was just some random foreigner with a confusing name before this year, now he's on the edge of contention. Connor is also a good pick. Those guys moved their names up several levels.

I can't call Pettis, Weidman, and Gus breakouts. They were already pretty big before this year. If Weidman beats Silva again though, then maybe you could say he moved up multiple levels to become a breakout.