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5 Fights We Need to See After UFC Fight Night 221

UFC Fight Night 221 went down on Saturday night in Las Vegas, and it was pretty stacked compared to many of the events the promotion hosts at its APEX facility.

Headlining honors went to a high-stakes bantamweight showdown, with No. 2 contender Petr Yan locking horns with the third-ranked Merab Dvalishvili. Dvalishvili won the fight with a game plan that hinged on non-stop aggression, shooting for a record 49 takedowns and throwing 338 significant strikes over the course of five rounds, per UFCStats.com.

The co-main event also had major rankings implications, as No. 8 heavyweight contender Alexander Volkov picked up an effortless first-round TKO victory over No.