Ten Best – The Newcomers of 2019

Perhaps more than any other year in recent memory, 2019 saw an influx of new talent into the UFC that made it hard to whittle down a Best Newcomers list to just ten. But carry on we must, and with the existing rule of a minimum of two UFC fights to work with, here are the top rookies to hit the Octagon over the past 12 months. Let the Highly Unofficial Awards season begin…

Stepping up on short notice for a UFC fight is no easy task, but Viviane Araujo made it look like it was when she jumped in on fight week to knock out Talita Bernardo in May. Two months later, she was beating veteran contender Alexis Davis. And though she lost her final bout of the year via decision to Jessica Eye, there’s…