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So, the UFC had its first card on ESPN with UFC Fight Night 143 to get our 2019 prizefighting year jumpstarted. We can never take it such a momentous event away from the UFC; it was certainly a happening, as the promotion made its first foray on the “Worldwide Leader.” Nonetheless, for better or worse, this card’s historic fate is up to the MMA populace to decide, and I think that audience has already reached a swift and just decision.