It's been a long, strange path to UFC 200, which takes place tonight (Sat., July 9, 2016) inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pay-per-view (PPV) show was originally supposed to showcase the promotion's biggest draw, Conor McGregor, stepping up two weight classes to rematch Nate Diaz in a five-round non-title fight. However, "Notorious" got a little too big for his britches and Dana White and Co. were forced to schedule it for UFC 202 and cough up even more cash.
That's just the tip of the iceberg.
Oft-troubled interim Light Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, was then pegged to headline the historic bicentennial show opposite arch enemy Daniel Cormier.