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BTL | Makhachev Makes Statement At UFC 294, Chimaev's Next Move, Jon Jones Injured, Fury vs. Ngannou

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Islam Makhachev made a strong case for being the world's best pound-for-pound fighter after he demolished Alexander Volkanovski in the main event of UFC 294 this past Saturday. What is the biggest Makhachev question moving forward after getting closure against Volkanovski? On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel recaps Makhachev's sensational performance to retain the UFC lightweight title, if Charles Oliveira or Justin Gaethje should be next, and how far he can go from a legacy perspective. Additionally, topics include Khamzat Chimaev's majority decision win over Kamaru Usman and the big takeaways from both fighters, Jon Jones suffering an injury scratching his UFC 295 heavyweight championship main event with Stipe Miocic, Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall fighting for the interim heavyweight title, if the one-two punch is more interesting than the original, Saturday's Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou boxing match and the interest levels surrounding it, and much more. Host Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting's Jed Meshew and Morning Kombat's Brian Campbell. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Jed Meshew: @JedKMeshew Follow Brian Campbell: @BCampbell Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The iconic voice of Esther Lynn welcomes you to a brand new edition of BTL. Yes, I am my

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cat, your host, your moderator, and with the wonderful E. Casey Liden getting some well-deserved

1:49.7

time off. I'm also the producer of the show this week as well. So please bear with me. But the

1:55.4

good news is we have so much to talk about coming out of UFC 294 now UFC 295, which comes up in a

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little over two weeks time. Looks a little bit different at the top, but John Jones suffering in

2:06.1

injury. His fight with Steve A. Miichich for the heavyweight title being scratched. And yes,

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once again, we get boxing versus MMA as Tyson Fury faces Francis and Gano this Saturday in

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