UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier - Unofficial Awards

Tai Tuivasa celebrating his win over Augusto Sakai at UFC 269 with a shoey.The biggest upsets always seem to occur when no one expects it. Matt Serra was merely a TUF winner and that would be all he would be heading into his contest with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 69. Holly Holm was being pushed to quickly into her bout with Ronda Rousey, so she was supposed to be just another footnote in Rousey’s path to immortality at UFC 193. Michael Bisping had already had his ass handed to him by Luke Rockhold and was accepting the fight with about two weeks notice prior to UFC 199. In the case of Julianna Pena, she was a loudmouth who was only providing motivation for the not only the women’s GOAT, but perhaps the GOAT, in Amanda Nunes. History looks at Serra, Holm, and Bisping far differently than it did prior to their title wins and it’s sure to do the same with Pena.

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