For the foreseeable future, the UFC has a new home away from home and just as we did last month when we took stock of the promotion’s return to Las Vegas, we’re going to look at the key takeaways from the first official Fight Island events.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the global travel restrictions that followed left many of the best fighters not based in the U.S. wondering when they’d be able to make that walk to the octagon again. After months of hype and speculation, the UFC finally revealed its plans to head back to Abu Dhabi, which has hosted major events in the past, and it didn’t waste time booking a slate of fights that in terms of quality stood with any four-week stretch of shows in recent memory.