With three title fights at the top of the card, there’s little doubt that UFC 261 was promoted as one of the biggest events of the year but hype doesn’t always intersect with reality when the fights actually happen.
Except in the case of this past Saturday night, which delivered in every way possible from a raucous crowd in Jacksonville, Fla., to all three title fights ending with dramatic finishes, UFC 261 will likely go down as one of the best events of 2021.
The night was capped off by Kamaru Usman closing the book on his rivalry with Jorge Masvidal with a vicious right hand in the second round that sent the “BMF” champion down to the canvas in a heap.