Call it the near-miss main event.
Middleweights Marvin Vettori and Jared Cannonier fell short in their pay-per-view headlining opportunities opposite 185-pound king Israel Adesanya, but that doesn't mean they've given hopes for another bite at the apple once again held by "The Last Stylebender."
Toward that end, the 29-year-old Italian and 39-year-old American are getting together to sort out their places in the weight class hierarchy in the finale of a 12-bout card at the Apex in Las Vegas.
The show comes a week after an historic PPV event in Canada at which consensus women's GOAT Amanda Nunes defended her bantamweight title and subsequently announced her retirement after a career that covered 17 years, including a decade-long UFC run in which she won 16 of 18 fights and captured championships in two divisions.