BTL | Thanksgiving Episode: Bellator 288, UFC Vegas 65, PFL Pay-Per-View, Chimaev vs. Pereira, More

MMA Fighting

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4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

After a chaotic weekend in the world of combat sports, a lot of news, and perhaps speculation came out of it. But what storyline stood out the most? On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel of MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Jed Meshew discuss Vadim Nemkov's upset win over Corey Anderson to retain the light heavyweight title, Usman Nurmagomedov dominating Patricky Pitbull in the co-main event to win the lightweight title, Bellator 290 heading to CBS — which includes Fedor Emelianenko challenging Ryan Bader for the heavyweight title in his final fight — the James Krause fallout following UFC Vegas 65, the PFL World Championship pay-per-view card on Friday, Khamzat Chimaev calling for a middleweight title fight against Alex Pereira, reveal some of the things they are thankful for in the world of MMA, and more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR 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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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:08.0	Live from anime fighting studios. This is Between the Links.
0:14.0	And now your host, Mike!
0:20.0	Heck!
0:22.0	The iconic voice of Estiline welcomes you to a brand new edition of Between the Links
0:27.0	and for those who celebrate, happy Thanksgiving to you because that's when this podcast will be dropping.
0:34.0	And it will be a podcast because it being Thanksgiving.
0:37.0	No live video components, but we didn't want to leave you hanging.
0:41.0	First things first, it is Tuesday as we record this, so maybe something happened on Wednesday.
0:47.0	And it isn't mentioned on the show, and that's the case.
0:50.0	I'm sorry, not sure what else to say about it, but...
0:55.0	I will say this, these are some of my favorite BTL episodes to do because I just bring in Mr. No Grey area.
1:01.0	We hit record, we have no real game plan, and the show just goes where it goes.
1:06.0	So with that being said, let us say hello to the exhibition king, Mr. Jed Machu.
1:12.0	Hello, sir.
1:13.0	It's a buddy. Yeah, this... I don't...
1:17.0	I mean, usually I feel like I have an idea of where these shows are going to go, right?
1:21.0	We're doing them for... It's a day on week, or it's a holiday week, but at least there's stuff to talk about.
1:26.0	I feel like...
1:28.0	We...
1:30.0	Is it just... we just doing PFL?
1:32.0	Like is that... I don't know where we're going to spend a lot of time on Vegas 65?
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