Saturday night’s UFC 322 card delivered some unforgettable performances at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Former lightweight king Islam Makhachev elevated himself into rarified air, becoming a double champion by dominating and dethroning welterweight titleholder Jack Della Maddalena.

Flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko turned back the challenge of former strawweight champion Weili Zhang with her own shutout decision victory.

But did any fighter have a better night than Ethyn Ewing?

Because three days before the pay-per-view card, Ewing wasn’t even a UFC fighter. To put this into further context, only those in Ewing’s world and the hardest of hardcore MMA fans would have known who Ewing was.

But in a span of two and a half days, Ewing went from waking up in his bed in Yo

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