UFC Nashville main event stinks up the joint

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UFC Nashville was not a bad card on paper and it wasn’t bad in practice—for the most part. It had the right mix of name value and compelling contests. It saw a rising prospect looking to claim the first rung on the contender ladder taught a valuable lesson: the last men on the totem pole is the lowest tier gatekeeper to the inner sanctum. Those guys ten…