Preview: UFC 316 Prelims

UFC 316 marks the Ultimate Fighting Championship's return to New Jersey and it comes with a solid slate of eight prelims. Flyweights get a rare featured prelim spot as the UFC looks to highlight top prospect Joshua Van, who gets a sneakily difficult test against Bruno “Bulldog” Silva. In terms of other ranked fighters, Azamat Murzakanov and Brendson Ribeiro look to keep their momentum going at light heavyweight, heavyweight prospect Waldo Cortes-Acosta gets a big test against Serghei Spivac, and Cong Wang looks to knock off Ariane Lipski da Silva in a potentially violent flyweight affair. And even past that, there's some potentially entertaining action: Kalinn Williams becomes the first man to test hard-charging Swede Andreas Gustafsson inside of the Octagon, and a lightweight bout between Quillan Salkilld and Yanal Ashmouz stands out as a fun affair on paper.

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