The 5 worst UFC shows of the decade (2010-2019)

#2 UFC 208: Holm vs. de Randamie (2017)

UFC 208 featured a dull main event between Holly Holm and Germaine De Randamie

When the UFC first broke into New York in late 2016, they put on one of the greatest shows in promotional history in the form of UFC 205. Unfortunately, the next pay-per-view to take place in the state – Brooklyn’s UFC 208 – was not nearly as successful. On paper, it wasn’t a horrible card; although the main event wasn’t too strong, the likes of Anderson Silva, Jacare Souza, Dustin Poirier, and Glover Teixeira all featured.

In execution though, the show was absolutely terrible. Poirier’s opener against Jim Miller was a solid enough fight, but Teixeira’s clash with Jared Cannonier was a painfully dull fight dominated by the Brazilian on the ground, and while Jacare’s fight at least saw a finish, nobody really needed to see him submit a massively overmatched Tim Boetsch.

Silva’s fight, meanwhile, was a dull outing against Derek Brunson that the judges somehow awarded to ‘The Spider’ despite seeing him stunned by Brunson on multiple occasions. And the main event – the UFC’s inaugural Women’s Featherweight title match between Holly Holm and Germaine de Randamie was even worse; a foul-filled, ugly fight that ended with a questionable decision in favor of ‘The Iron Lady’.

Not only was this show forgettable, but it was also downright tough to watch – a true head-scratcher from the UFC in the early days of the Endeavour ownership that did nothing for any of the fighters involved.