5 under the radar UFC fights to look forward to in March

#4. Muhammad Mokaev vs. Cody Durden - UFC Fight Night London

Mokaev and Durden (pictured on right) have a combined record of 17-3-1 (1 NC)

Few debuts in recent memory have been as highly anticipated as Muhammad Mokaev's. 'The Punisher' may have only had six professional fights thus far, but his 20+ fight amateur career also has people talking. Mokaev has not lost any of these fights and on top of that he is just 21 years old.

While that would be enough on its own to get plenty of fans tuning into his upcoming octagon debut, there is an added storyline to this bout. His opponent, Cody Durden, drew significant criticism for comments in his most recent post-fight interview that many deemed racist.

Mokaev was one of those who called out Durden for his comments and requested to fight him in his UFC debut in the process. The UFC granted his wish and so this is the fight we will get March 19. An exciting debut with some serious bad blood involved makes this fight an absolute must-see.

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#3. Jai Herbert vs. Ilia Topuria - UFC Fight Night London

Herbert and Topuria (pictured) have a combined record of 22-3

The fight between Jai Herbert and Ilia Topuria is an intriguing one due to a number of different reasons. Much of the intrigue will come from the involvement of Topuria, who is undefeated but will be competing at lightweight for the first time in this fight.

While this might not seem like a big deal to some, Topuria competed for a world championship at Bantamweight during his time in Cage Warriors. He has exclusively competed at featherweight in the UFC, but lightweight is uncharted territory, so it will be interesting to see how that goes.

Herbert is another Cage Warriors alumni who once held the lightweight title in that promotion. He's clearly a more natural lightweight than his opponent, but given Topuria has been close to perfect thus far in his career, who knows how this one will play out.