4 Fights We Need to See After UFC Fight Night 252

There's little doubt what's next for Song Yadong and Henry Cejudo after Saturday's UFC card in Seattle.

The two bantamweights met in the main event. Song got off to an early lead in their five-round fight, but in the third round, he inadvertently poked his opponent in the eye.

After a five-minute injury timeout, Cejudo was unable to continue, and the bout went to the scorecards prematurely, with Song winning a technical decision.

After the disappointing result, it's clear the two bantamweights need to run it back, and both seem to be open to the idea, so we can be pretty certain that's what's next for them.

The next step is a little less clear for a few of the card's other big winners, though, including surging middleweight contender Anthony Hernandez, who defeated Brendan Allen by decision in the main event, and bantamweight veteran Rob Font, who turned back the clock with a decision win over the undefeated Jean Matsumoto earlier on the card.

Both winners have options for their next fights, as does rising featherweight Jean Silva, who picked up a fourth-straight knockout against Melsik Baghdasaryan on the main card.

Here are the fights we'd like to see after the UFC's stop in Seattle, including exciting matchup ideas for Hernandez, Font and Silva.

As noted, Song and Cejudo clearly need to run things back after the disappointing outcome of their Seattle scrap.

Yes, Song was soundly ahead on the scorecards when the fight-ending foul occurred, but there were still two rounds left, and Cejudo deserved the opportunity to continue fighting, uninhibited by injury.

Thankfully, both men are up for running it back. A disappointed Song suggested the idea himself in his post-fight interview with commentator Michael Bisping, and Cejudo was quick to accept.

That seemingly leaves the ball in the UFC's court. It's just a question of how quickly it can put the rematch together. Assuming Cejudo's eye recovers quickly, there's no reason it can't happen soon.

The UFC really needs to get things moving at middleweight.

There are now four world-class contenders awaiting shots at champion Dricus Du Plessis: Khamzat Chimaev, Nassourdine Imavov, Caio Borralho and Anthony Hernandez.

Hernandez was the latest to assert himself as a legitimate title contender, defeating Brendan Allen by decision in Saturday's co-headliner to improve his current win streak to seven.

Here's how the UFC should proceed, in order to get things moving at middleweight.

Book Du Plessis against Chimaev, the division's consensus top contender, as soon as possible. While that's happening, match up Imavov with Borralho, so there is a No. 1 contender waiting in the wings for the Du Plessis vs. Chimaev winner.

At the same time, book Hernandez, who is unfortunately the least deserving of the bunch, against Jared Cannonier, who recently reasserted himself as a contender with a stoppage win over Gregory Rodrigues.

There's no reason all of this can't happen in the next sixth months, and hopefully it will, because things are getting pretty chaotic in the middleweight Top 10.

After handing Jean Matsumoto his first loss in Seattle, bantamweight veteran Rob Font is now 3-2 in his last five fights, with all three wins coming against much younger foes, and his losses coming against two of the best in the world in Cory Sandhagen and Deiveson Figueiredo.

All that is to say, he is clearly still a very high-level bantamweight, despite being almost 38 years old.

From here, we'd like to see Font matched up with former champ Petr Yan, who is riding a very impressive victory over Figueiredo and arguably deserves a crack at champion Merab Dvalishvili. But it seems like that opportunity will go to another former champ in Sean O'Malley.

That means Yan will need to take another fight in the meantime. Font seems like a good option, even if he's a bit of a step down compared to Figueiredo.

Despite sharing the bantamweight top 15 for years, Yan and Font have not met in the Octagon before. And as two of the best boxers in the division, it looks like a fun matchup on paper.

After his stunning stoppage of Melsik Baghdasaryan in Seattle, featherweight Jean Silva is now 4-0 in the UFC. That streak includes wins over Drew Dober and Charles Jourdain—both very good fighters—and all four of the wins that comprise his current streak have come by way of knockout or TKO.

In other words, the Brazilian is ready for our ranked opponent.

Our pick is No. 14 contender Calvin Kattar.

Kattar has been a ranked featherweights for years, but recently suffered a fourth-straight loss at the hands of rising contender Youssef Zalal. At this point, he needs to defend his spot in the rankings against an up-and-comer, or lose his place altogether.

It's hard to imagine Silva being anything but a significant favourite in this potential matchup, but Kattar is as tough as they come and extremely experienced, so he's definitely a good test for the rising South American knockout artist.