The UFC was back in its Las Vegas Apex facility on Saturday night with the UFC Fight Night 239 card. It wasn't exactly star-studded, but it provided some fun viewing for fans who decided to tune in, and it opened the door to some exciting matchups in some of the promotion's most popular divisions.

The main event was contested at heavyweight, where No. 9 contender Tai Tuivasa looked to defend his spot against the 10th-ranked Marcin Tybura.

After three straight losses, Tuivasa was in desperate need of a win, but Tybura had other plans and locked up a submission in Round 1.

The penultimate bout of the night saw rising welterweights Bryan Battle and Ange Loosa collide. The fight got off to a good start but ended when Loosa suffered an accidental eye poke and couldn't continue, causing the bout to be ruled a no-contest.

Earlier on the card, former light heavyweight title challenger Ovince Saint Preux rebounded from a quick knockout loss to Philipe Lins with a split-decision victory over Kennedy Nzechukwu, pointing himself back in the direction of the division's top 15, where he was once a mainstay.

Keep scrolling for the fights we're hoping will be made for the likes of Tybura, Tuivasa, Battle, Loosa and Saint Preux after this under-the-radar card in Vegas.

Marcin Tybura vs. Jailton Almeida

After his quick submission win over Tai Tuivasa on Saturday, Poland's Marcin Tybura is now 3-1 in his last four.

It seems unlikely he will ever be consistent enough to challenge for the division's title, which seemed like a real possibility when he signed with the UFC in 2016, but he has proved to be a tough out for all but the top five or six heavyweights on the roster.

Having maintained a busy schedule over the course of his eight-ish years in the Octagon, Tybura has already fought many of his peers in the top 15. However, there are still a few fresh matchups for him in the rankings, including a fight with Jailton Almeida.

Until recently, the Brazilian looked like he would be fighting for the title before the end of the year, but he ran into Curtis Blaydes at UFC 299 last weekend and suffered his first loss in 15 fights.

Almeida deserves some time to recover from that loss—a second-round TKO—but will probably be ready to get back by midsummer.

As the heavyweight division's No. 7 contender, he looks like a great test for Tybura, who will most likely land at No. 8 or 9 when the rankings are updated this week.

Tai Tuivasa vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik

It wasn't that long ago that Tai Tuivasa was just a win or two from a title shot, but the Australian has now lost four straight fights and all by stoppage.

If he were anybody else, he would probably be at risk of losing his contract with the UFC, but his popularity among fans should be enough to convince the promotion to keep him around.

He will also be helped by the fact that his recent losses have all come against world-class opposition. That being said, another defeat will probably mean the end of his UFC career—at least for now—so he will need to make his next fight count.

Our pick for his next opponent is Surinamese kickboxing specialist Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Tuivasa and Rozenstruik have spent years in the top 15 together but have never met in the Octagon. Now seems like the time, as the former is hurtling out of the top 10, and the latter took a solid step up the ladder with a stoppage win over Shamil Gaziev.

This fight makes sense from a rankings standpoint, but the real appeal is that Tuivasa and Rozenstruik are two of the more technical and powerful strikers in the weight class. They would almost certainly give us a good fight, no matter who comes out on top.

Bryan Battle vs. Ange Loosa II

Bryan Battle seemed like he was soundly in control of his fight with Ange Loosa by the time an inadvertent eye-poke ended it in Round 2. However, there was still quite a bit of fight time left at that point, and it's fair to say anything could have happened before the final bell.

As a result, it only makes sense to have these two run it back when they're healed up. The pair were also involved in an ugly post-fight confrontation, which suggests there is some bad blood to be settled between them—all the more reason to set up the rematch.

The sequel would make a fun edition to any upcoming Fight Night card, but please keep unranked fighters out of co-main events.

The UFC's Apex cards don't need to look like pay-per-views, but is it too much to ask to have top-15 fighters in the final two bouts of the night? Surely not.

Ovince Saint Preux vs. Bogdan Guskov

At this point, Ovince Saint Preux's days as a serious light heavyweight title threat are clearly over. The man who once challenged Jon Jones has been the picture of inconsistency over his last 10 or so fights, alternating wins and losses at both light heavyweight and heavyweight.

That being said, he kept his UFC career alive with a hard-fought decision win over Kennedy Nzechukwu on Saturday, and you never know what he might be able to accomplish before all is said and done.

Next up, we'd like to see Saint Preux matched up with Uzbekistan's Bogdan Guskov.

Guskov made a short-notice UFC debut last September, replacing Azamat Murzakanov against long-time top-15 contender Volkan Oezdemir.

That fight went the way everyone expected, as Guskov was promptly submitted by his more experienced foe, but he rebounded with a bonus-winning, first-round stoppage win over Zac Pauga in February.

The top 15 is probably still some distance away for the newcomer, but a fight with a veteran like Saint Preux would be a great opportunity for him to close some distance.

For Saint Preux, meanwhile, it would be a chance to put together his first win streak since 2017. It makes sense for both guys, and it looks like a fun contest on paper.