2015 was unpredictable.
Literally.
So many unexpected things happened this year in the UFC, there was simply no way to predict it all—though, in fairness, we came pretty close. With a bevy of new champions and new gala events on the horizon, 2016 is shaping up as a pretty wild one, too.
Will Ronda Rousey return? Will Jon Jones reclaim his light heavyweight title? Will Bellator MMA land big-time free agents like Benson Henderson and Alistair Overeem? Can Conor McGregor come anywhere close to repeating (or exceeding) his landmark 2015?
Only two ways to find out.
Either stick around the MMA world for one more year or read on in this article, as Bleacher Report’s staff of combat sports writers pitch in to make their own bold predictions for the New Year.