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Stock Report: UFC 259

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If the Ultimate Fighting Championship still employed those snappy tag lines for its pay-per-view cards — “Unfinished Business,” “Locked and Loaded,” etc. — Saturday’s card might appropriately have been nicknamed UFC 259: Never a Dull Moment.

On the heels of last weekend’s frankly dreadful UFC Fight Night 186, even the most intrepid fan of cage fighting might be forgiven for feeling a little apprehensive about UFC 259’s monster 15-fight lineup, capped by three title fights that, while they promised title-fight excitement, also carried the potential of going five rounds apiece.