Flashback: May of 2018. After seven years of cards on the FOX Sports family of networks, the UFC and ESPN entered into what would eventually be a seven-year deal, beginning in January of the next year with UFC Brooklyn. The Jan. 19, 2019 card would take place in Brooklyn, NY.
UFC Brooklyn was an atypical card for New York City in that the show took place in the winter months. Traditionally, ever since the New York State Athletic Commission lifted its ban on MMA in the spring of 2016, the promotion has usually held a premium live event in the month of November at Madison Square Garden.