The story of UFC 227 is as much about the fight which didn’t get made as the ones which were signed.
The highly anticipated potential superfight between longtime flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson and bantamweight titleholder T.J. Dillashaw never quite made it past the discussion stages earlier this year.
And as such, Saturday night’s card at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles features a double bill on top with both champions defending their belts. Dillashaw puts his bantamweight title on the line against the man he knocked out last November to claim the crown, Cody Garbrandt; while Johnson will seek to extend his UFC record of 11 consecutive title defenses when he rematches Henry Cejudo.