Las Vegas has a reputation for drawing late-arriving crowds to UFC events.
Not tonight.
T-Mobile Arena was already packed before the first fight on tonight’s milestone UFC 300 card between former champions Deiveson Figueiredo and Cody Garbrandt. The fans were treated to a preliminary card that lived up to the considerable hype, starting with Figueiredo submitting Garbrandt via rear-naked choke all the way through to former light heavyweight champion Jiri Prochazka knocking out Aleksandar Rakic.
Five fights remain to welcome the UFC into its new centennial. Five big fights.
Three titles are on the line starting with what mixed martial arts fans have been referring to as “the people’s main event” between former featherweight champion Max Holloway and former interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje.