Saturday's UFC show from the Apex facility in Las Vegas was neither. Only three of 26 fighters across 13 bouts had ranking numbers alongside their names, with two of them involved in a main event that pitted ex-middleweight title challenger Marvin Vettori (No.

UFC Fight Night 254 on Saturday was one of the most unheralded events of the year so far going in. There are metrics that are easy to see publicly, and ones that are behind the scenes, that made that true in the buildup.

The UFC handed out four bonuses after Saturday’s card – all to fighters on the prelims, and in four of the first five fights, no less.