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All things considered, the Ultimate Fighting Championship pulled together a decent card for this week’s festivities in Rio de Janeiro.
While the sport’s premier promotion can lay claim to the lion’s share of top global talent, the roster is being stretched to its limit by the ongoing world tour that will see the Octagon post up in five different countries—on four continents—in five weeks. Considering that two of those events are numbered pay-per-views, some of the cable cards were bound to get the shaft, and on paper at least, UFC Fight Night 261 got it the hardest.