The first eight months of 2014 haven’t been the most stellar for the UFC or its fans.
We were supposed to be greeted into the new year with the return of its bantamweight champion—Dominick Cruz—only to have a groin tear force the former champion out of the bout and his grip off the title. So, yeah, that didn’t happen.
We were also supposed to see Jon Jones square off against the only man to challenge him inside of the Octagon in September, only to see Alexander Gustafsson pull out of the fight because of a knee injury. In steps Daniel Cormier to save the day in the one of the most anticipated bouts in recent memory. Of course, it would all be too good to be true—Jones would later pull out of the fight and reschedule it for January of 2015.
That doesn’t mean the UFC didn’t put on some great title fights, because it did. And it’ll continue to do so as we start rubbing elbows with the new year.
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