Islam Makhachev is vacating the UFC light-weight title and transferring as much as welterweight to problem new champ Jack Della Maddalena later this yr. Due to that, Ilia Topuria now fights for a vacant 155-pound title in opposition to Charles Oliveira in the principle occasion of UFC 317 to cap off Worldwide Struggle Week subsequent month. Was this the suitable name?
On an all-new version of Between the Hyperlinks, the panel solutions your questions on Dana White’s blockbuster announcement at light-weight and welterweight, and what this implies for the way forward for each divisions. Moreover, questions might embody to fallout of UFC 315, Belal Muhammad’s subsequent transfer after shedding his title to JDM this previous Saturday, Dricus du Plessis defending his middleweight title in opposition to Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319 in Chicago, the UFC’s return to the APEX headlined by Gilbert Burns vs. Michael Morales, and extra.
Be part of MMA Preventing’s Mike Heck and E. Casey Leydon for a particular fan Q&A version of the present to let your ideas be heard with reference to all the loopy information and outcomes over the previous week.
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