A statistical breakdown of the UFC's roster and fights booked this year show that men's bantamweights are getting neither fights nor main card visibility in 2015.
This weekend there will be two bantamweight fights -- Joe Soto vs. Anthony Birchak and Alex Caceres vs. Francisco Rivera -- on the main card of UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Boetsch. By the end of fight night, the number of bantamweight bouts on any UFC main card will have doubled. None of the four fighters has had a previous fight this year, and it's a microcosm of what is a much larger problem for the bantamweight division.