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UFC 235
UFC 235 (Jones vs. Smith), March 2, 2019, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas: Jon Jones retained the light heavyweight title over Anthony Smith; Kamaru Usman dethroned Tyron Woodley to become the first African-born UFC champion.
UFC 236
UFC 236 (April 13, 2019, State Farm Arena, Atlanta): Dustin Poirier beat Max Holloway for the interim lightweight title and Israel Adesanya beat Kelvin Gastelum for the interim middleweight title; first ESPN+ UFC PPV, sub-100k buys.
UFC 237
UFC 237: Namajunas vs. Andrade, UFC pay-per-view, May 11, 2019, Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro. Jessica Andrade won the strawweight title with a second-round slam KO of Rose Namajunas; Volkanovski beat Aldo.
UFC 239
UFC 239: Jones vs. Santos was a mixed martial arts event held in Las Vegas on July 6, 2019, headlined by Jon Jones defending against Thiago Santos.
UFC 241
UFC 241 (Cormier vs. Miocic 2), August 17, 2019, Honda Center, Anaheim: Stipe Miocic regained the UFC heavyweight title, stopping Daniel Cormier by fourth-round KO; Nate Diaz returned to beat Anthony Pettis, and Paulo Costa outpointed Yoel Romero.
UFC 242
UFC 242: Khabib vs. Poirier, a 2019 UFC pay-per-view in Abu Dhabi where Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Dustin Poirier by rear-naked choke in round three to unify the lightweight title and move to 28-0.
UFC 243
UFC 243: Whittaker vs. Adesanya, a 2019 UFC pay-per-view at Marvel Stadium, Melbourne, where Israel Adesanya knocked out Robert Whittaker in round two to unify the middleweight title before a UFC-record 57,127 fans.
UFC 244
UFC 244, a 2019 UFC pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden, New York, where Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz by doctor-stoppage TKO after Round 3 to become the first BMF champion.
UFC 245
UFC 245: Usman vs. Covington, a UFC pay-per-view on December 14, 2019 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, with three title fights: Usman TKO'd Covington in round 5, Volkanovski beat Holloway for the featherweight title, and Nunes retained.
UFC 246
UFC 246 (McGregor vs. Cerrone), January 18, 2020, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas: Conor McGregor returned after 15 months and TKO'd Donald Cerrone in 40 seconds at welterweight, his first win since 2016 and last professional victory.
UFC 247
UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes, a UFC pay-per-view held February 8, 2020 at Toyota Center, Houston. Jon Jones beat Dominick Reyes by disputed unanimous decision for his record 14th title-fight win; Shevchenko also defended.
UFC 248
UFC 248: Adesanya vs. Romero, UFC pay-per-view, March 7, 2020, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Adesanya retained the middleweight title over Yoel Romero by unanimous decision; Zhang Weili outpointed Joanna Jedrzejczyk in a celebrated five-round strawweight classic.
UFC 249
UFC 249, a UFC mixed martial arts pay-per-view held May 9, 2020 in Jacksonville, Florida, was the first major North American sport since mid-March 2020; Gaethje beat Ferguson for the interim lightweight title and Cejudo retired after beating Cruz.
UFC 250
UFC 250: Nunes vs. Spencer, June 6, 2020, UFC Apex, Las Vegas. Amanda Nunes shut out Felicia Spencer (50-44, 50-44, 50-45), first UFC fighter to defend titles in two divisions while holding both; Garbrandt KO'd Assuncao.
UFC 251
UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal, July 11, 2020, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, first UFC Fight Island event; Usman, Volkanovski retained titles, Petr Yan won vacant bantamweight belt; about 1.3 million PPV buys.
UFC 252
UFC 252 (Miocic vs. Cormier 3), August 15, 2020, UFC APEX Las Vegas: Stipe Miocic beat Daniel Cormier by unanimous decision (49-46, 49-46, 48-47) to retain the heavyweight title and close their trilogy 2-1; Cormier retired; bonuses went to Kamaka-Kelley, Jandiroba, and Pineda.
UFC 253
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa, a UFC pay-per-view on September 26, 2020 at Fight Island, Abu Dhabi. Israel Adesanya TKO'd Paulo Costa (R2, 3:59) to retain the middleweight title; Jan Blachowicz won the vacant light heavyweight belt by TKO over Dominick Reyes.
UFC 254
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje, October 24, 2020, Fight Island, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Khabib Nurmagomedov submitted Justin Gaethje by triangle choke in round 2, moved to 29-0, and retired at 32; Whittaker beat Cannonier.
UFC 255
UFC 255: Figueiredo vs. Perez, UFC pay-per-view, November 21, 2020, UFC APEX, Las Vegas. Figueiredo retained the flyweight title by first-round guillotine; Shevchenko retained the women's flyweight title by unanimous decision over Maia.
UFC 256
UFC 256 (Figueiredo vs. Moreno), December 12, 2020, UFC Apex, Las Vegas: flyweight title fight ended in a majority draw (47-46, 47-47, 47-47) after a point deduction; Figueiredo retained; Oliveira beat Ferguson; 269 combined strikes set a flyweight record.
UFC 257
UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2, a UFC event on January 23, 2021 at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi, where Dustin Poirier beat Conor McGregor by second-round TKO with calf kicks, his first knockout loss, evening their series before the UFC 264 trilogy.
UFC 258
UFC 258: Usman vs. Burns, UFC pay-per-view, February 13, 2021, UFC APEX Las Vegas; Kamaru Usman TKO'd former teammate Gilbert Burns in round 3; Alexa Grasso beat Maycee Barber.
UFC 259
UFC 259 (Błachowicz vs. Adesanya), March 6, 2021 at UFC APEX, Las Vegas: Blachowicz outpointed Adesanya 49-46, 49-45, 49-45; Nunes armbarred Anderson; Yan's illegal-knee DQ made Sterling bantamweight champion.
UFC 260
UFC 260: Miocic vs. Ngannou 2, UFC pay-per-view, March 27, 2021, UFC Apex Las Vegas; Francis Ngannou KO'd Stipe Miocic 52s into round 2 to become the first African-born UFC heavyweight champion; Luque submitted Woodley.
UFC 261
UFC 261 was a 2021 mixed martial arts event in Jacksonville, Florida, where Kamaru Usman knocked out Jorge Masvidal in the main event before a full crowd.
UFC 262
UFC 262 was a mixed martial arts event held on May 15, 2021, in Houston, Texas, where Charles Oliveira beat Michael Chandler for the vacant UFC lightweight title.
UFC 263
UFC 263: Adesanya vs. Vettori 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the UFC on June 12, 2021, at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona.
UFC 264
UFC 264: Poirier vs. McGregor 3, July 10, 2021, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Dustin Poirier beat Conor McGregor by doctor-stoppage TKO at 5:00 of round 1 after McGregor broke his left tibia, taking the trilogy 2-1.
UFC 265
UFC 265: Lewis vs. Gane, UFC event, August 7, 2021, Toyota Center, Houston. Ciryl Gane TKO'd Derrick Lewis in round 3 to win the interim heavyweight title, becoming the first French UFC champion; Jose Aldo beat Pedro Munhoz in the co-main.
UFC 266
UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega, a UFC pay-per-view held September 25, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, where Alexander Volkanovski outpointed Brian Ortega and Shevchenko stopped Murphy.