Having the first Saturday of August fall on the second day of the month meant that even with taking this coming weekend off, the UFC still delivered a quartet of cards for the masses to enjoy over the previous month and they were chock full of performances to enjoy.
This is the first month since I started doing this series where I have actually considered awarding multiple trophies in multiple divisions and settling for ties because settling on a single winner felt like slighting another outstanding effort. But since I’m not a big fan of ties, I made the difficult decisions and landed on a single winner in each category, though I want to make it clear that in any other month, some of these Honorable Mentions would be taking home an imaginary trophy or plaque to display on their mantle.