UFC 310: 5 biggest takeaways from action-packed year-end PPV

Ian Machado Garry put a scare in Shavkat Rakhmonov — the first of Rakhmonov's UFC career. (Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)You can tell it’s a packed UFC pay-per-view when just five takeaways doesn’t seem like enough space.

It doesn’t give us a chance to discuss all the ins and outs of UFC 310, like the razor-sharp and now very adult version of “The Korean Superboy” Doo Ho Choi. It also doesn’t leave us room to reflect on the career of Anthony Smith, which might have come to an end Saturday in Las Vegas, or the y’all-must’ve-forgot quality of Vicente Luque’s quick win over Themba Gorimbo.

Still, hard decisions had to be made, and here’s what we’re left with as the most significant takeaways to come…