UFC 213 capped off the UFC's International Fight Week on July 8 in Las Vegas with a middleweight championship between Yoel Romero and Robert Whittaker. Usually, this is a marquee event for the promotion.

Not this time. 

According to Dave Meltzer of MMAFighting.com and the Wrestling Observer, UFC 213 posted between 125,000 and 150,000 buys, the lowest of 2017 for the UFC. 

It gets worse. The number, should it indeed fall in that range, would be the lowest pay-per-view total ever for a card not headlined by UFC flyweight king Demetrious Johnson. UFC 213 also posted the worst preliminary ratings in almost three years, a total that must be disappointing for Fox Sports 1. 

The card, of course, was not without its hiccups. Originally, UFC bantamweight champion Cody Garbrandt was scheduled to compete in a heated rivalry matchup against T.J. Dillashaw, and women's bantamweight queen Amanda Nunes would defend her throne against Valentina Shevchenko in a rematch. 

Garbrandt, however, suffered a back injury and was forced out of the event. Luckily, the UFC substituted quickly with the Romero-Whittaker matchup, but then Nunes fell ill the day of the event, getting bumped off the card and out of the main event slot at the last possible second. 

Marred by injury, misfortune, and now poor sales, UFC 213 is one the UFC will want to move on from in short order. 

Thankfully for them, the most stacked pay-per-view event of the year -- so far -- is up next, as Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier headline a certified-bonkers UFC 214 fight card July 29 in Anaheim, California. 

Also on deck, welterweight champ Tyron Woodley faces Demian Maia, longtime featherweight standout Cris Cyborg takes on Tonya Evinger for the vacant 145-pound title, and striking manimals Donald Cerrone and Robbie Lawler throw down in a highly anticipated welterweight scrap. 

You can learn more about that card here. It'll help take the disappointment of UFC 213 away -- promise.