5 Ups And 3 Downs From UFC 249

8. Down - Khabib Vs. Tony: The Fight That Never Was

Like many other mixed martial arts fans out there, we have also been ruminating on the potential battle between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson for years.The body of work of these two lightweight greats is frankly frightening and because of that, they've been on a collision course with each other since.

However, now that the dust has settled, we may never get the bout that we all wanted to see so much. It's not because Tony Ferguson isn't a good fighter or because he can't win enough fights to earn a title shot again. It's because both men had gained so much momentum within their weight class that they were standouts in a division of killers.

We might get it in the future and it could still be just as thrilling and as entertaining as we all hoped it would be. However, without Ferguson's streak behind it, it does lose some of the importance that was once placed on it. The fight game is a cruel and unapologetic world.