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Weak though it may have been on paper, UFC on ESPN 71 provided exceptional action on Aug. 2. Esteban Ribovics and Elves Brener put on a “Fight of the Year”-caliber contest, only for Chris Duncan and Mateusz Rebecki to follow with one of their own in the co-main event. I can’t recall seeing such quality entertainment in back-to-back bouts, which makes it such a shame that they took place in front of about 20 fans at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.