BTL | REACTION To Dana White's Fight Announcements, Dustin Poirier's Retirement, UFC Abu Dhabi

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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UFC CEO Dana White dropped a ton of news on Tuesday in regards to the UFC's October pay-per-view lineup, including Alex Pereira getting a rematch against Magomed Ankalaev for the light heavyweight title, with Merab Dvalishvili defending the bantamweight belt against Cory Sandhagen in the co-main event of UFC 320, while Tom Aspinall defends the undisputed heavyweight championship against Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 321. Did the UFC get these fights right? On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel reacts to White's big announcements, the stakes involved for all of the championship competitors, along with the Jiri Prochazka vs. Khalil Rountree bout for UFC 320. Additionally, they put a bow on UFC 318, Dustin Poirier losing his retirement fight to Max Holloway, Poirier's legacy, Holloway's ceiling at 155 and his next move, UFC Abu Dhabi this Saturday headlined by former middleweight champion Robert Whittaker facing the surging Reinier de Ridder, and much more. Host Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting's Alexander K. Lee and Guilherme Gruz. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Guilherme Cruz: @guicruzzz 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	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:39.6	Live from M.M.A. Fighting Studios, this is Between the Links.
0:46.3	And now, your host, Mike Heck.
0:54.1	The iconic voice of Esther Lynn welcomes you to a brand new edition of BTL.
0:59.2	Happy Thursday to all of us.
1:01.9	Happy trails to Dustin Porier.
1:04.3	And ladies and gentlemen, you've been asking about it for the last few weeks.
1:08.1	We're the classic BTL bouts.
1:10.5	While they are back today. We have some
1:12.5	MMA fighting in fighting on the program. We have a lot to talk about. UFC 318 is in the books.
1:19.1	We have several title fights that are on the books now. The UFC is back in beautiful Abu Dhabi
1:25.1	this weekend and a whole lot more. So let us introduce the crew for this matchup.
1:30.1	First, it's great to have this man back on the program.
1:33.8	The Brazilian beast himself from M.A.fighting.com, the one and only,
1:38.7	Guill, my brother.
1:41.0	How are you, sir?
1:41.9	I'm back.
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