Between UFC 176’s Aldo vs. Mendes, UFC 175’s Weidman vs. Machida, UFC 171’s Hendricks vs. Lawler and UFC Fight Night 40’s Brown vs. Silva, 2014 was a pretty good year to watch fights.
Still in its early goings, the succeeding year has struggled to provide the same quality.
Bitter rivals took center stage to welcome 2015, as UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former Olympian Daniel Cormier finally had it out in the Octagon. Outside of that monumental light heavyweight tilt, the UFC has found itself working hard to provide viewers with star power at both ends of the cage while providing a back-and-forth bout.
Gustafsson vs. Johnson couldn’t do it, Silva vs. Diaz couldn’t do it and—shocking as it was—Pettis vs. dos Anjos couldn’t do it.
Stay with us as we power rank the five best UFC fights currently on the books for 2015. Fights are ranked based on the amount of hype behind the matchup and how competitive it could turn out to be.