With the last UFC event of the year behind us (UFC 168), the time has come to look upon what has happened over the past 12 months and take a moment to quantify it all.
A great deal happened in 2013, much of which will see the UFC forced to make some changes in order to adapt to the new landscape. Two of their its marketable champions seem to be gone for some time, while other fighters are on the rise.
Granted, at the end of the day, the business at hand for the UFC has not changed; it is still a fight promotion that is looking to promote fights, and as long as it has a stable of willing athletes, the more things change, the more they will stay the same.
But 2013 saw many things realized with true gravity, be they good or bad.