Diggin’ Deep on UFC Vegas 29: Classic wrestler vs. grappler highlights prelims

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Virna Jandiroba fighting Mackenzie Dern at UFC 256Perhaps I shouldn’t give a rat’s ass about where a contest is placed on a card. Perhaps I should just be happy to see a particular fight is taking place, especially given these are preliminary contests. But what in the hell is the UFC doing making Nick Negumereanu and Aleksa Camur the featured prelim over Virna Jandiroba and Kanako Murata? Actually, why is Negumereanu and Camur the featured prelim over any contest on this card? While it’s a perfectly reasonable contest, there are few who believe either one is deserving of being on the roster at this point in their young careers. And yet, it’s the featured prelim. Maybe I wouldn’t care if there weren’t other quality contests – like Jandiroba-Murata – but there are.

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