A transitional year for the UFC comes to a close tonight at T-Mobile Arena with the final fight card of the year.
UFC 219 serves as the annual New Year’s Eve weekend pay-per-view event this year. It will conclude the locally based promotion’s first full year under new ownership, Endeavor, in fitting fashion.
Cris Cyborg defends her women’s featherweight championship belt against Holly Holm in the main event, making it a first time pay-per-view headlining role for the most decorated female fighter in the world. As a year, 2017 has tested the UFC’s ability in developing new stars with the forces it’s ridden the last couple years — Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey — having never appeared in the octagon.