Sports fans were not at all without Saturday options.
A full schedule of NBA games. A full schedule of NHL games. A pair of NFL wildcard playoff games.
And into the jam-packed fray stepped the UFC with its first competitive show of the calendar year—a 10-bout card from the Apex facility in Las Vegas headlined by featherweights Calvin Kattar and Giga Chikadze.
ESPN's Fight Night broadcast went live at 5 p.m. ET and ran through the main event's end just after 10 p.m., and served as a suitable appetite-enhancer for the promotion's next top-shelf show—UFC 270—which is set for Jan.