The middle of the month means paychecks, bills and, if you’re lucky, a Fight Night card designed to give hope to all of us working stiffs.

Thankfully, the UFC delivers a loaded card Wednesday featuring some “Ultimate Fighter” graduates taking on the biggest challenges of their careers. There’s plenty of evenly matched main-card goodness set for the first UFC in Nebraska, which is also backed up by a loaded undercard.

So read on and dive into some fistic prognostication, but remember: I get a cut of your winnings if you hit that parlay on Nathan Diaz showing up with at least two members of NWA.