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Opinion: Muddied Waters at 170

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Thanks to Sean Brady’s dominant performance over Leon Edwards on March 22 in London, the Ultimate Fighting Championship has a good problem on its hands: There’s no clear No. 1 contender for the welterweight title. Heading into UFC Fight Night 255, the consensus was that Shavkat Rakhmonov was the next man up following the clash between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena at UFC 315 in May.