It's the combative calm between two storms.
Just two weeks after the promotional colossus that was UFC 300 and seven days ahead of a road trip to UFC 301 in Rio De Janeiro, the octagonal conglomerate is back on the grind with a Saturday afternoon Fight Night show at the Apex facility in Las Vegas.
Though the card doesn't include much in the way of household names, there are five ranked fighters in the final three bouts on a 13-bout card, including a main event between No. 5 flyweight Matheus Nicolau and eighth-ranked counterpart Alex Perez.
Nicolau is 4-1 in his second UFC stint but is coming off that lone loss, a first-round finish by Brandon Royval on another Fight Night show a year ago.