BTL | Alex Pereira & Merab Dvalishvili Shine At UFC 320, McGregor Suspended, UFC Rio

MMA Fighting

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Alex Pereira and Merab Dvalishvili left T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as UFC champions following a wild UFC 320 event this past Saturday night. While Dvalishvili has his eye on a rematch with Petr Yan, Pereira has a lot of options ahead of him, including a mega-fight against Jon Jones at heavyweight. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel puts a bow on the UFC 320 festivities, and discuss where Pereira and Dvalishvili go, along with other standout moments such as Jiri Prochazka's wild comeback knockout in the featured bout. Additionally, topics may include Conor McGregor getting popped with an 18-month suspension under the UFC anti-doping policy and the weirdness surrounding it, Saturday's UFC Rio event headlined by a lightweight matchup between Charles Oliveira and Mateusz Gamrot, and much more. MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee turn the programming over to the viewers for a special Q&A edition of the program. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	The world is changing faster than ever.
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1:01.1	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:09.6	Live from MMA fighting studios, this is Between the Links.
1:16.2	And now, your host, Mike Peck.
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