UFC Aftermath: Path to championship gold often begins under the radar

Getting excited for the marquee matchups is easy.
Stick a stacked fight card on a Saturday night a couple months down the road and people will circle the date on the calendar and spend the weeks leading up to fight night talking about how electric things will be once the action jumps off. Put enough established names and compelling fights together on one card and the hardcore set will tell you “numbers be damned,” dismissing the buy rate figures and television ratings that traditiona