Rookie Report Card: Grading all Octagon newcomers UFC Halloween post-mortem

You only get one Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) debut! Two rookies made their first walks to the Octagon this weekend (Sat., Oct. 31, 2026) at UFC Halloween (a.k.a. UFC Vegas 123 ) inside Meta Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada. Impressively, the newcomers went a perfect 2-0, with both earning finishes. Now that the dust has settled, let’s grade their respective performances. Lucia Szabova One of the best female prospects on the international regional scene, Lucia Szabova made her highly anticipated UFC debut against veteran Tainara Lisboa —and she delivered, for the most part.