After taking a week off, the UFC is back this Saturday with UFC Fight Night 184 to kick off a busy February that is sure to cause plenty of movement in the USA TODAY Sports/MMA Junkie rankings.
Among the fights to watch:
- No. 6 [autotag]Alistair Overeem[/autotag] vs. No. 7 [autotag]Alexander Volkov[/autotag], heavyweight
- No. 3 [autotag]Cory Sandhagen[/autotag] vs. No. 4 [autotag]Frankie Edgar[/autotag], bantamweight
- No. 1 [autotag]Kamaru Usman[/autotag] vs. No. 2 [autotag]Gilbert Burns[/autotag], welterweight
- No. 5 [autotag]Pedro Munhoz[/autotag] vs. No. 11 [autotag]Jimmie Rivera[/autotag], bantamweight
- No. 14 [autotag]Maycee Barber[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Alexa Grasso[/autotag], women’s flyweight
- No. 3 [autotag]Curtis Blaydes[/autotag] vs. No. 4 [autotag]Derrick Lewis[/autotag], heavyweight
- No. 5 [autotag]Jairzinho Rozenstruik[/autotag] vs. No. 8 [autotag]Cyril Gane[/autotag], heavyweight
For those keeping track, the month features three heavyweight main events featuring the Nos. 3 through 8 in our rankings. A lot is at stake among the big men in February.
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