UFC 248, which went down last Saturday night in Las Vegas, was topped by a pair of anticipated title fights, as middleweight champ Israel Adesanya took on Yoel Romero and strawweight champ Weili Zhang stepped into the Octagon with Joanna Jedrzejczyk.
These two fights, which were both won by the champions, were compelling enough to bring plenty of attention to UFC 248 and distract from one very interesting detail: Outside the championship bouts, the card didn’t feature a single ranked fighter. Some UFC 248 fighters, such as Neil Magny, Li Jingliang and Beneil Dariush, have been ranked previously, but other than the champs and challengers, none were at the time of the card.