It’s a card flush with promising newcomers and boasting some low-key critical matchups sprinkled in for good measure, and you can get a sense of what to expect when the action hits the Octagon by checking out the preview below. This weekend, Brendan Allen and Paul Craig face off in a bout that will determine which one is viewed as a dark horse contender in the 185-pound weight class heading into next year, with a host of competitive and compelling pairings stacked behind them, giving Saturday’s fight card a chance to be an entertaining and informative wrap to a quality year of action inside the UFC APEX. Yes, technically, the 2023 opener was a light heavyweight bout, but the plan was for it to be a middleweight pairing and the current middleweight champion stepped up on short notice, so you know what I mean.
