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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.
UFC 267
UFC 267: Blachowicz vs. Teixeira, UFC event, October 30, 2021, Etihad Arena, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Glover Teixeira submitted Jan Blachowicz to win the light heavyweight title at 42; Petr Yan won interim bantamweight gold against Cory Sandhagen.
UFC 268
UFC 268: Usman vs. Covington 2, UFC pay-per-view, Nov. 6, 2021, Madison Square Garden, New York. Usman and Namajunas retained titles in rematches; $9.9M gate, 20,715 attendance, ~700,000 U.S. PPV buys.
UFC 269
UFC 269: Oliveira vs. Poirier, a UFC pay-per-view on December 11, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas. Charles Oliveira submitted Dustin Poirier; Julianna Peña upset Amanda Nunes for the bantamweight title.
UFC 270
UFC 270 was a 2022 mixed martial arts event in Anaheim, California, where heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou outpointed Ciryl Gane and Deiveson Figueiredo regained the flyweight title.
UFC 271
UFC 271: Adesanya vs. Whittaker 2, a UFC pay-per-view on February 12, 2022 in Houston, where Israel Adesanya retained the middleweight title by unanimous decision over Robert Whittaker and Tai Tuivasa knocked out Derrick Lewis.
UFC 272
UFC 272: Covington vs. Masvidal, a UFC pay-per-view held March 5, 2022 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, where Colby Covington beat former teammate Jorge Masvidal by unanimous decision (49-46, 50-44, 50-45) in a grudge welterweight main event; Rafael dos Anjos beat Renato Moicano in the co-main.
UFC 273
UFC 273: Volkanovski vs. The Korean Zombie, a UFC pay-per-view on April 9, 2022 in Jacksonville, Florida; Volkanovski stopped Chan Sung Jung, Sterling edged Petr Yan, Chimaev beat Burns.
UFC 274
UFC 274: Oliveira vs. Gaethje, a UFC pay-per-view held May 7, 2022 in Phoenix. Charles Oliveira missed weight, was stripped, then submitted Gaethje; Esparza regained the strawweight title by split decision.