BTL | Merab vs. Yan 2 Headlines UFC 323, Dana White Announces First Paramount Title Fights, More

MMA Fighting

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Dana White made it a memorable Thanksgiving for MMA fans with the announcement during the Chiefs vs. Cowboys game that Justin Gaethje vs. Paddy Pimblett for the interim UFC lightweight title headlines UFC 324 over the Kayla Harrison vs. Amanda Nunes mega-fight, and also revealed later that evening that Alexander Volkanovski will face Diego Lopes for the second time in a row in a featherweight title bout in the main event of UFC 325. While the bouts are big, they were met be a tidal wave of negativity from the fan base. On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel reacts to the big title fights announced for the new Paramount era, the reception from the MMA community, and where this leaves other title hopefuls, including Arman Tsarukyan. Additionally, they discuss Saturday's UFC 323 event headlined by Merab Dvalishvili vs. Petr Yan 2, Alexandre Pantoja vs. Joshua Van in the co-main event, Henry Cejudo's final fight, and much more. Join MMA fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew as they answer your questions all show long. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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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1:25.4	Live from M.A. Fighting Studios, this is Between the Links.
1:31.7	And now, your host, Mike Heck.
1:39.7	The iconic voice of Esther Lynn welcomes you to a brand new edition of BTL.
1:41.6	Happy Thursday to us all.
1:51.4	Hope everybody had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Obviously, Thanksgiving was a very big day for the MMA community and a number of ways.
1:59.3	We finally found out what the first few title fights will be for the UFC on Paramount Era, kicking off in January.
2:04.4	The emotions have been running high since then, so we'll obviously discuss that.
2:08.5	And we got UFC 323 coming up on Saturday, a really good card.
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