Mailbag: Is UFC 332 really the worst lineup we’ve ever seen?

By Ben Fowlkes — In News — September 10, 2026

   ​Is UFC 332 the worst numbered event (on paper) in UFC history? Is there some reason we keep talking about rematches at heavyweight and lightweight instead of moving on to other business?Plus, does Michael “Venom” Page’s UFC exit confirm once and for all that winning simply isn’t enough? All that and more in this week’s mailbag. To ask a question of your own, hit up @BenFowlkesMMA on X or @Ben_Fowlkes on Threads.@rithemnblues: How can I as a consumer voice my displeasure with 332? However, this can’t include not watching because the only thing I look forward to are Saturday cards.Hate to tell you this, but they got you. And they know it. We’ll still watch because a) it’s part of our routine, and b) it doesn’t cost any extra to do so. It’s just something that’s on TV, and we look forward to whatever the UFC sees fit to serve up each Saturday.The consensus among fans is that UFC 332 is one of the weakest attempts at a numbered event that the UFC has ever put forth. I can’t disagree. We’ve seen other events that ended up being pretty thin due to injuries and what not, but this one was never strong and it doesn’t feel like a ton of effort went into making it so.The lone title fight really isn’t one, since we all know who the real women’s flyweight champ is, and she’s not on this card. There’s only one other bout on the card featuring ranked fighters. There are a couple of interesting names (King Green is always fun; Roberto Soldic’s debut should be worth seeing), but nothing that feels “premium” in the sense of a “premium live event.”Then again, these aren’t pay-per-views anymore. This is included with the monthly Paramount+ subscription. So now all UFC events essentially cost the same. If this were the lineup for UFC Fight Night: Salt Lake City, would we really find it all that disappointing? I don’t think we would. It’s only the framing of it as a numbered event that makes it feel like a letdown, but that framing is a holdover from a different era with different incentives.The people who really have a right to feel upset are the ones who bought tickets. Imagine you hear that the UFC is coming to town with a numbered event. You’re thinking title fights and big stars. You pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for tickets. Then you get … this. That’s a costly way to learn that we’re living in a whole new era.We don’t need an Alex Pereira-Ciryl Gane rematch.Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images@bodkins_nick: Why do you feel like there is so much talk of rematches. Gane vs Alex, Justin vs Illa?Maybe we just lack imagination. At heavyweight, it seems like it’s mainly Alex Pereira who’s been pushing that rematch talk. I can’t say I’m all that interested in it right now, and I think there’s other interesting fights for him (like Josh Hokit) to get his name back in the mix. The only thing I’m really interested in seeing Gane do right now is finish his business with Tom Aspinall, though that’s subject to the slow healing process of the human eye.As for Justin Ga  

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