Bantamweight Contenders Look To Distinguish Themselves From The Pack As They Seek A Title Run In 2026
Bantamweight is notoriously a deep, talent-rich division with a shark pit of contenders always swirling right around the top-15. Making it through that crowd takes equal parts patience and a high skill level, and that’s before a prospective contender gets to sniff a top-10 saturated with former champions and title challengers.
Montel Jackson, one of the more underrated fighters in the sport, finally gets his chance at a marquee name when he faces former flyweight champion Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Fight Night: Oliveira vs Gamrot in Rio de Janeiro.