Saturday’s UFC 212 event is in the books, and now that the dust has settled in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it’s time to go to the scorecard to see who the big winners were at Jeunesse Arena.
1 – Max Holloway
Beating the greatest featherweight of all-time in his backyard while earning undisputed champion status and a post-fight bonus pretty much seals the deal for Max Holloway as last Saturday night’s big winner. And Hawaii’s first UFC champion since Hall of Famer BJ Penn didn’t just beat Jose Aldo in Rio; he stopped him in emphatic fashion, signaling the start of a new era in a division Aldo ruled for years, with the only hiccup being a brief stretch when he was dethroned by Conor McGregor in 2015.