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It may be a “Noche UFC,” but the gap between this weekend’s Ultimate Fighting Championship card and the first two events to bear that title is colossal.
From the inaugural event in March of 2023 that featured a Mexican champ defending her title in a razor-close scrap with one of the greatest fighters of all time, to last fall’s landmark show at Sphere in Las Vegas, the first two Noches UFC felt momentous in their own way. In comparison to those two, UFC Fight Night 259, which goes down on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas, cannot help but seem like a bit of a letdown. It is a solid fight night card, no more and no less, with a fantastic main event…
