UFC Fight Night 40: 5 Reasons to Watch

The UFC returns this weekend with UFC Fight Night 40. Live from Cincinnati, the card boasts a solid lineup with prospects and UFC vets alike scattered throughout the card.
Headlining are the welterweights, as Matt Brown takes on Erick Silva. This bout …

The UFC returns this weekend with UFC Fight Night 40. Live from Cincinnati, the card boasts a solid lineup with prospects and UFC vets alike scattered throughout the card.

Headlining are the welterweights, as Matt Brown takes on Erick Silva. This bout could decide who gets a top-10 opponent in their next bout and who goes back to the drawing board.

Also, middleweights Costa Philippou and Lorenz Larkin will do battle to get back in the win column. Both are at the top end of the division and looking to right the ship from their previous bouts.

With that, let’s look at five reasons you should watch this card come Saturday night.

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