The a centesimal Fight Night event on the UFC Apex in Las Vegas goes down Saturday with UFC Fight Night 247, and the seminal card has generated a whole lot of retrospective from throughout the MMA community.
UFC play-by-play commentator Brendan Fitzgerald has been the voice of the motion for greater than 60 of those fight cards, and he’ll be on the mic again this weekend commanding the motion from the commentary booth alongside Laura Sanko and UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping (ESPN+).
For the reason that COVID-19 pandemic hit and the world was shut down in early 2020, the UFC Apex has been an instrumental a part of the organization’s operation. It appears Fight Night events akin to what we’ll get again just across the corner usually are not going anywhere, which implies a slew of latest moments and memories are still on the horizon.
But before this card happens, nonetheless, Fitzgerald reflected on a number of the highs and the lows to occur at UFC Vegas events, from Anderson Silva’s underwhelming retirement, to all-time wars of Dustin Poirier vs. Dan Hooker and Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez, to epic knockouts by Derrick Lewis, Jiri Prochazka and others, in addition to the strange, unexpected and historic instances.
Try the video above as Fitzgerald and MMA Junkie senior reporter Mike Bohn go over a number of the standout moments ahead of UFC Vegas 100.
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