After a two-week road trip that included stops in Anaheim and Mexico City, the action inside the Octagon returns to the familiar confines of the UFC APEX for a prospect-laden card capped by an intriguing bout in the heavyweight division.
You could make a case that Saturday’s event features the top emerging talents in four different divisions — heavyweight, light heavyweight, bantamweight, and flyweight — with a couple additional ascending names in the 125- and 135-pound weight classes and a promising middleweight mixed in there, to boot.
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While you can get the scoop on all the matchups set to take place this weekend in the Fight-By-Fight Preview, here is your closer look at three of the elite up-and-comers that will be throwing hands inside the APEX in the latest edition of Fighters on the Rise.