The UFC’s stretch of less than inspiring Fight Night events came to a close this last Friday night in Utica, NY. There, Marlon Moraes made his case to be the next top bantamweight title contender, along with Sijara Eubanks at women’s flyweight. Multiple other fighters quietly improved their runs of success in their respective divisions, and a couple even got to make strong first impressions with winning debuts.
The question now is, what’s next?
To answer that question, I’ll be calling upon the classic Silva/Shelby fight booking style of years gone by. That means pitting winners against winners, losers against losers, and similarly tenured talent against one another.