If nothing else, MMA fans ended the year with a prodigious haul.
The UFC's final card of 2022 wasn't crammed full of high-profile stars but it was jam-packed with action in the form of a 13-bout show from the Apex facility in Las Vegas.
Middleweights Jared Cannonier and Sean Strickland, each of whom were coming off losses in more significant events, faced off against one another in a crossroads bout matching the third- and seventh-ranked fighters at 185 pounds.
Cannonier dropped a five-round decision to then-champ Israel Adesanya atop UFC 276 in July and Strickland hadn't fought since the same night when he was vaporized in barely more than half a round by Alex Pereira.