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You know how you can tell that UFC 117 is a quality fight card from top to bottom? Coming up with candidates for the Cut List was actually a bit of a chore, and not even the kind of chore where you feel a sense of satisfaction once it’s done.
This weekend’s lineup features only one fighter with two consecutive losses, and quite a few who are on significant win streaks. So what gives? Could we be facing the rare UFC event where nobody’s job is on the line? And if so, does this represent a leveling off of unemployment numbers and the sign of economic recovery that the nation has been waiting for? Or is it just an aberration, like that one time when your ne’er-do-well uncle showed up sober at Thanksgiving?
The truth is, we don’t know. But there are still some guys with an outside chance of fighting their way out of job on Saturday, so let’s take a look.