The UFC’s light heavyweight division used to be its bell cow. It was the I Ching of the UFC with Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture. It was one of the linchpins to the explosion of the company’s popularity and it is still helmed by one of the sport’s top stars in Jon Jones.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the division thinned out. It’s been a shallow and stagnant weight class for several years. On Saturday, the UFC will take four of its top stars and attempt to both reinvigorate the ranks and provide a little clarity to the top of the ranks.