UFC 270 exceeded expectations, delivering an entertaining slate of fights.
Carried by Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo, which was awarded Fight of the Night honors, 270 featured a title change as Figueiredo regained the flyweight title. In addition to the title change, Saturday’s pay-per-view also included a dominant performance from Said Nurmagomedov, all before the main event. And the card closed with Francis Ngannou-Ciryl Gane, with Ngannou successfully defending the heavyweight title in a very unexpected manner.
Despite a thin card and a rise in the pay-per-view price, sources close to ESPN indicated that executives overseeing ESPN+ were pleased with the buy rate for UFC 270, as well as confident moving forward in Ngannou as the headline attraction.