The final UFC event of August is a Fight Night card in Las Vegas that I think is better than is given credit for. Yes, we lost Yair Rodriguez vs. Zabit Magomedsharipov as the main event, but the three-rounder between light heavyweights Anthony Smith and Aleksandar Rakic should still be good. The co-main is Robbie Lawler, filling in for the recovering Geoff Neal following his health scare, as the former UFC welterweight champion battles veteran Neil Magny.
An under the radar matchup I see on the preliminary card is Alex Caceres vs. Giga Chikadze. We’ll also get the rematch between Magomed Ankalaev and Ion Cutelaba opening up the main card, as the bout was postponed from UFC 252 after Cutelaba tested positive for COVID-19.