It's certainly a busy sports weekend.
The NBA and NHL are in the heat of playoff races. MLB is in the final throes of spring-training preparation. And the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournament is flush with noteworthy upsets.
But the mixed martial arts world never sleeps.
The UFC carved out a Saturday night spot at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, and delivered a show that went live on ESPN amid the other television options.
Bantamweight contenders Marlon Vera and Cory Sandhagen were the main-event principals on a 10-bout card that shrunk from 13 when three fights—matching lightweights Manuel Torres and Trey Ogden, bantamweights Tamires Vidal and Hailey Cowan and flyweights Alex Perez and Manel Kape—were pulled from the schedule due to medical issues.