While UFC 196 will be the company's biggest show of the first half of the year, the ramifications based on the results of the top two fights are far greater than perhaps any show the company has ever produced.
Conor McGregor continues to be a game changer as UFC heads to what looks to be its biggest show of the first half of 2016 on Saturday.
This Saturday night is not just a big show, but the ramifications of the two top fights greatly impact the potential of the two biggest fights in company history.
When featherweight champion McGregor (19-2) steps into the cage for the main event at welterweight, fighting 25 pounds up from his previous weight class, against Nate Diaz (18-10), it will break the Zuffa tradition by having a non-title fight be put in the top position above a championship fight.