UFC 270: Ngannou vs. Gane - Ilia Topuria looking to make another statement

Ilia Topuria celebrating his win over Ryan Hall at UFC 264No disrespect to the participants of the prelims of UFC 270, but this card is lacking the depth of recent PPV’s. Whereas almost every fight on the televised prelims of the recent PPV’s had a ranked fighter, there isn’t a single ranked fighter on the prelims of UFC 270. To be fair, Ilia Topuria entered the rankings after his last win over Ryan Hall, but has since been leapfrogged by Alex Caceres.

Despite the lack of quality fighters, at least on paper, the televised prelims should be fun. Raoni Barcelos is one of the most unheralded members of the roster. And out of all the DWCS debutants on this card – and there are plenty of them –…