Who says 13 has got to be unlucky?
Not the UFC.
The mixed martial arts conglomerate wrapped the pay-per-view calendar year with its 13th event of 2021 on Saturday night in Las Vegas, producing an intensity-sopped 14-bout card from the T-Mobile Arena.
UFC 269 included title bouts in the lightweight and bantamweight divisions, alongside several other matches that included ex-titleholders, established commodities and rising stars. It had been scheduled for 15 bouts, but a would-be flyweight encounter between Matt Schnell and Alex Perez was scrubbed.
Challenger Dustin Poirier made his third PPV walk of the year after high-profile defeats of Conor McGregor in January and July.