It's a crossroads Saturday at the UFC Apex.
Heavyweights Tai Tuivasa and Marcin Tybura will meet in a five-round main event atop a Fight Night card chock full of fighters desperate to maintain elite-level octagonal status.
Tuivasa and Tybura arrive ranked ninth and 10th, respectively, but neither is on a particularly good roll lately, with Tuivasa having lost three straight fights by finish and Tybura dropping two of his last four to opponents now ranked ahead of him.
Two of the other fights on a 13-bout card that kicks off at 4 p.m. ET also feature matchups of ranked fighters in the same weight class, including a main card duel between bantamweights Pannie Kianzad and Macy Chiasson.