Former Strikeforce champion, Gilbert Melendez arrived at the UFC with good spirits and challenged for the belt in his debut, against Benson Henderson, but was defeated.
'El Niño', however, only needed to defeat the unranked Diego Sanchez to have a second chance, this time against Anthony Pettis, but he failed again.
Demetrious Johnson cleaned up the flyweight division for years, perhaps that's why Chris Cariaso only needed three victories over unranked opponents to become a challenger for the belt.
The "Kamikaze" secured his place in the dispute against the "Mighty Mouse" by overcoming Louis Smolka.
Another man who didn't need to break through the top 15 flyweights to fight for the belt was Wilson Reis.
The Brazilian won the chance to compete for the title by overcoming the Japanese Ulka Sasaki.
Another Brazilian on the list is Bethe Correia, who fought for the bantamweight belt against Ronda Rousey.
To do so, "Pitbull" had to overcome the champion's squires, Jessamyn Duke and Shayna Baszler, neither of whom were ranked.
Closing the list, we have Dan Henderson, who fought for the middleweight belt against Michael Bisping in his farewell to MMA.
To win the opportunity, it was up to "Hendo" to overcome Hector Lombard, fourteenth in the welterweight rankings, but not ranked in the middleweight division.