100+ UFC Moments You Might Have Forgotten From 2021

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Jessica Eye, UFC 264 official weigh-in Credit: Gabriel Gonzalez/Cageside Press

UFC 264

Jessica Eye receives a third eye on her forehead.

Carlos Condit’s last UFC fight. He retires two months later.

Ilia Topuria knocks out Ryan Hall but doesn’t get a Performance of the Night.

UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés

Miesha Tate returns from retirement, Marion Reneau retires.

UFC on ESPN: Sandhagen vs. Dillashaw

Sijara Eubanks vs. Elise Reed is the mismatch of the year.

Reese’s vs. Dr. Pepper.

Miranda Maverick vs. Maycee Barber ends in a robbery.

UFC on ESPN: Hall vs. Strickland

Doo Ho Choi was supposed to return to action after serving his military duties but has to withdraw.

Melsik Baghdasaryan’s debut.

UFC 265

Melissa Gatto breaks Victoria Leonardo’s arm.

Manel Kape gets his first UFC win via flying knee.

Karolina Kowalkiewicz loses her fifth straight fight.

UFC on ESPN: Cannonier vs. Gastelum

Mark O. Madsen’s return to action after a horrible 2020.

Saidyokub Kakhramonov debuts on short notice.

Alexandre Pantoja respectfully calls for a title shot with Brandon Moreno in the building.

UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Chikadze

Sam Alvey extends his losing streak to six.

TUF 29 Finale.

Gerald Meerschaert upsets Makhmud Muradov as a +440 underdog.

Abdul Razak Alhassan snaps his losing streak and continues the head kick circle against Alessio Di Chirico.

UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Till

Khalil Rountree Jr. wins via oblique kick.

UFC London gets moved to the UFC Apex.

Alexander Gustafsson vs. Paul Craig was to go down.

UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann

Erin Blanchfield debuts and batters Sarah Alpar. Jake Paul and Triller paid for Alpar’s training camp.

Montel Jackson set the record for the most knockdowns in a bout in UFC Bantamweight history with four; defeats JP Buys.

Nate Maness puts his name into the Comeback of the Year race.

Arman Tsarukyan gets his first UFC finish.

UFC 266

First UFC numbered event since UFC 261 where no one breaks a limb.

Matthew Semelsberger knocks out Martin Sano in 15 seconds. Despite not having won a fight since 2014, Sano makes his octagon debut, off a draw in Bellator.

Dan Hooker and Nasrat Haqparast are complete bad asses by dealing with gnarly travel issues during fight week and still make weight.

Nick Diaz’s return. It does not go as expected.

UFC Fight Night: Santos vs. Walker

Bethe Correia’s retirement fight.

Kevin Holland vs. Kyle Daukaus is ruled via no-contest after Holland gets choked out following a clash of heads.

UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Rodriguez

Mariya Agapova returns to action after over a year away, and submits Sabina Mazo. Both of Agapova’s UFC wins have resulted in a Performance of the Night bonus.

UFC Fight Night: Ladd vs. Dumont

Loopy Godinez makes history as the first fighter to compete twice in the span of seven days.

Jim Miller knocks out Erick Gonzales. Millers first KO/TKO win since UFC 200.

UFC Fight Night: Costa vs. Vettori

Paulo Costa’s fight week drama is on another level. He has the fight moved to light heavyweight, after having it moved to a catchweight, after originally being scheduled to face Marvin Vetori at middleweight.

Gregory Rodrigues vs. Jun Yong Park & Mason Jones. vs. David Obama are awesome.

UFC 267

Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos vs. Benoît St. Denis beat down.

Khamzat Chimaev returns to action. He decides to have a brief chat with Dana White — while in the middle of taking Li Jingliang down.

Dan Hooker takes the fight with Islam Makhachev on short notice; loses.

This is the first UFC numbered event not on pay-per-view since UFC 138.

UFC 268

Chris Barnett’s spinning wheel kick KO. And celebration after. Just a sight to behold.

Gian Villante retires.

Chris Curtis’ long-awaited UFC debut, knocks out Phil Hawes.

Al Iaquinta’s last UFC fight. He retires two weeks later.

Germaine de Randamie vs. Irene Aldana and Sean Strickland vs. Luke Rockhold were supposed to happen, but didn’t.

UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs. Rodríguez

Ten finishes.

Marcos De Lima knocks out Ben Rothwell. Herb Dean takes considerable heat for what many see as an indecisive stoppage.

UFC Fight Night: Vieira vs. Tate

Only one finish – Taila Santos submits Joanne Wood.

Loopy Godinez makes history again for the shortest span between three fights in Modern UFC history with 42 days.

Cody Durden tells Aoriqileng to go back to China and causes outrage on Twitter.

UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo

Cheyanne Buys first UFC fight under her maiden name Vlismas.

Chris Curtis knocks out Brendan Allen on short notice.

Clay Guida’s crazy comeback win over Leonardo Santos, in the running for Comeback of the Year.

UFC 269

Priscila Cachoeira misses weight, tries to gouge Gillian Robertson’s eye. Twice.

Josh Emmett returns to action.

UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus

Jordan Leavitt submits Matt Sayles via inverted triangle. In his previous fight, Sayles was submitted via Twister.

Don’Tale Mayes’ pelvis strikes.

Justin Tafa misses weight – and makes history as the only UFC heavyweight to ever miss weight.