It looks like a pivotal moment for the parties involved.
A seat at the Top 15 table in the Ultimate Fighting Championship welterweight division figures to be in play when Gabriel Bonfim comes to blows with Randy Brown in the UFC Fight Night 264 main event on Saturday at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The two men have spent time and energy building the momentum to which they now cling. Bonfim, 28, enters the cage with an 18-1 record that includes submission victories over Mounir Lazzez, Trevin Giles and Ange Loosa.