I know, I can't believe it, either. But somehow, some way, MMA does continue to exist in the long, late-August shadow of newly minted boxer Conor McGregor.
UFC on Fox 25, which goes down this Saturday from Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York, is in the darkest part of that shadow. No titles or immediate title implications are in play, and most of the MMA world is focused more heavily on the following weekend's light heavyweight title grudge match between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones.
But let's nevertheless pay a proper due to the action in front of us.