At the conclusion of Max Holloway’s featherweight title defense against Frankie Edgar, on Saturday night at UFC 240, I didn’t feel the way I usually do after a pay-per-view card. I wasn’t buzzed on adrenaline, unable to sleep—which is often the case for me after a big fight. In fact, I went to bed surprisingly soon after the main event had wrapped up, waiting up just long enough to see what Dana White had to say at the post-fight press conference.
I can’t really pinpoint it, but it was a different feeling. A lackluster one. (Maybe I was just tired, because the UFC still hasn’t moved its pay-per-view cards to an earlier timeslot.