In the fight game, you can never sit still and rest on your laurels or past success. There is always someone out there who is gunning for your status, your name or to take money off your next pay cheque.
The men who hold the titles in each division are the obviously marked, with all others below them gunning to reach the top of the mountain. Those eight champions aside, there are many other men in the UFC who for various transgressions and reasons have a target dead in the middle of their back.
Anything from a personal grudge, a previous loss, current and future status or simply a sideways stare in the back hall can get one man gunning after another man’s head in the UFC.
Here are 10 non-champions with targets on their backs.