This weekend’s UFC card provides powerful evidence that MMA is a much bigger sport than what is offered inside the Octagon week to week. I’m sure plenty of the action on offer will deliver, but it’s hard to get too excited about a card featuring so many fighters with losing UFC records and/or barely any promotional experience outside of Contender Series appearances.
That being said, the main event is an intriguing one with former strawweight champion, and perennial challenger at any damn weight she pleases, Jessica Andrade coming in on late notice to face the upstart submission threat Erin Blanchfield.