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#2 Preserving a bumper card to end the year
Continuing in the same vein as the previous point, UFC 232 has been billed as the perfect card to end an exceptionally lucrative year for the UFC.
Jones vs. Gustafsson II was on the wishlist of every MMA fan and to see it get canned days before the event would have been an intolerable bummer.
Given that the card looks solid from top to bottom, scraping the headliner itself which has been in the works for five years would have been an inauspicious end to the year. Jones may be one of the most disliked figures in the UFC for his blemished past, but who doesn't want to see him back in the Octagon, eh?
In the present context, a majority of the fans may just want him to get smashed by 'The Mauler'. However, hardcore fanboys of Jones will continue to envision a triumphant comeback.
UFC may have incurred heavy losses for the change of venue but it may all be worth it as long as we don't see a major change in the card.
