UFC 216 was far from the promotion’s most anticipated fall event of 2017. While the fight card had a lot of fun action fighters and meaningful matchups up and down the card, its lack of star power – and promotional disdain for the co-main event – marked it down as something many fans just weren’t all that enthused about. The results however, were pretty glorious.
Demetrious Johnson grabbed a history making highlight with a suplex-armbar submission win over Ray Borg to net the UFC title defense record, while Tony Ferguson, Fabricio Werdum, and Maria Romero Borella all joined him in main card submission wins.