I was really hoping to make a dorky Jeri Ryan, Star Trek: Voyager, “Seven of Nine” joke to kick things off this week, but alas, Saturday’s fight card in Wichita, Kansas is only the sixth offering in the string of consecutive weekend events carrying the UFC and its fans through February and March.
This run, which began in Fortaleza, Brazil with Marlon Moraes stopping Rafael Assuncao in the main event and continued through last weekend in Las Vegas where Kamaru Usman ascended to the top of the welterweight division and Jon Jones re-affirmed his standing as the best fighter in the light heavyweight ranks, has already included the Octagon arriving in one new market and now this weekend’s fight card presents another opportunity for the UFC to break new ground.