The UFC returns to Iowa for the first time in nearly 25 years this Saturday night with UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Figueiredo in Des Moines.
To find the last time Ultimate Fighting Championship held an event in the Hawkeye State, you’d have to go all the way back to June 9, 2000, when the promotion brought UFC 26 to the Five Seasons Center (now The Alliant Energy PowerHouse) in Cedar Rapids. And while the event featured some pretty notable names in the history of mixed martial arts, the card was a largely forgettable affair for a variety of reasons.