No use in sugarcoating it: The early prelims of UFC 282 are low level fights. Given they are the first fights in a long night of fights, that’s perfectly acceptable. If the card hadn’t been devastated by some of the injuries at the top of the card, the quality of these fights wouldn’t be so noticeable. For example, while the main event was able to be adequately replaced by Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev, it happened to sap the main card of it’s depth. In order to fill the spot created by the loss of Jiri Prochazka and Glover Teixeira, the UFC needed to delve into the prelims to pull up one of those fights.
UFC 282 preview: Newcomers dominate the early contests
