2014 will not go down as an easy year in MMA history.
At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it’s difficult to remember another calendar turn when there was such a range of bad news. Cash flow was down, injuries were up, and high-profile arrests seemed weirdly plentiful.
As we thunder toward the home stretch, however, hopes remain high for 2015. Still, choosing a single storyline that “defined” this difficult and occasionally painful year proved a tough task indeed.
Frankly, there were too many headlines to choose from, so please forgive us if your year-defining story of choice didn’t make our final list. Here, Bleacher Report MMA writers Jeremy Botter, Chad Dundas (that’s me), Scott Harris and Jonathan Snowden pick their own little darlings and then struggle to come to a consensus.
And the nominees are…