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I’ve written before about the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s failure at promotion and its matchmaking impotence after Joe Silva’s departure. Both of those have come together in mismanaging the featherweight division, arguably the most talented and exciting weight class the organization has at its disposal. This was painfully evident at UFC 276, where what should have been a timeless trilogy-ending classic between legendary champions Alexander Volkanovski and Max Holloway was instead a co-main event afterthought on a weak pay-per-view card.