Height? Weight? Reach? Who cares? Let's analyze UFC 238 solely by the main card's best backstories.
Henry Cejudo vs. Marlon Moraes
Cejudo: The UFC flyweight champ, the son of Mexican immigrants, moved 50 times as a kid and never had his own bed until he landed in an Olympic wrestling training facility. Then he won gold at the 2008 Olympics... before losing it forever to the 2017 California forest fires. Um, should we keep going?
Moraes: Try finding another elite fighter who began his career by winning only five of his first 10 fights. That's what the Brazilian did, and he fights like he's felt defeat: Moraes' past three bouts have been first-round stoppages that earned him "performance of the night" bonuses each time.
Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Eye
Shevchenko: MMA is a cherished pastime for the Shevchenkos: As a young girl, Valentina, the UFC flyweight champ, joined sister Antonina to train with mom Elena, a taekwondo black belt. Nothing like a little muay thai instruction at holiday get-togethers!
Eye: At 16, Eye spent three months in bed with a broken back after she was struck by a drunken driver. A future in sports seemed unlikely ... or it would have for most people. "It really made me appreciate life, and I think that's why maybe I'm here now," she says.
Jimmie Rivera vs. Petr Yan
Rivera: Nothing beats a good weigh-in prank. Rivera recently came onstage in front of cameras and UFC officials seemingly wearing only a towel ... then pretended to drop it. He actually had shorts on underneath, drawing massive laughs from the crowd.
Yan: When Yan was a kid, his brother wouldn't let him tag along to his boxing gym. But Yan wanted to fight so badly that one day he stealthily followed him to the gym. Trainers there were so impressed with his skills that Yan never again had to sneak into a gym.
Tai Tuivasa vs. Blagoy Ivanov
Tuivasa: Choose your own nickname adventure. Tuivasa goes by both Bam Bam (for his power) and his more recent moniker, Shooeyvasa, which he picked up from a viral video of him chugging a beer-filled sneaker after his UFC 221 TKO win.
Ivanov: Talk about a comeback. In 2012, Ivanov was stabbed at a Bulgarian bar and lost half a gallon of blood. He somehow called himself a cab to the hospital, where he spent 86 days in a coma. Six years later, he's a top-15 UFC heavyweight.
* Don't miss UFC 238 on June 8 (prelims at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN; main card at 10 p.m. on ESPN PPV).