I’ve been ripping on the quality of preliminary contests of UFC contests a lot as of late. I have to either shut my mouth or sing praises for the televised prelims of UFC 231 as they are pretty damn good. All of the contests could be placed on the main card of a PPV and not seem out of place. They wouldn’t serve as the main or co-main by any means, but there are quality contests here. However, I will add the caveat that none of these contests scream barnburner to me the way a Rick Glenn fight would.