MMA Fighting UFC Fantasy Draft, Season 4: Which 72 Fighters Will Start The Paramount Era With A Bang?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 95 minutes

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The MMA Fighting team is back with Season 4 of its fantasy league! Who is set to star inside the octagon over the next six months? Will Islam Makhachev put together a real title reign at 170 pounds? Will Alex Pereira get to fight Jon Jones at UFC White House? Is Conor McGregor returning? Plus, which under-the-radar standouts could fight more than once and produce the kinds of finishes that make the difference between winning and losing the league? Join the MMA Fighting staff as they select the 72 fighters they think are best poised to start 2026 off with a bang. Follow Alexander K. Lee ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Damon Martin ⁠⁠@DamonMartin⁠⁠ Follow Jed Meshew ⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠ Follow Mike Heck ⁠@MikeHeck_JR⁠ Follow Guilherme Cruz ⁠@guicruzzz⁠ Follow José Youngs @JoseYoungs 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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0:45.3	Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, to the 2026 MMA fighting fantasy draft. four is upon us that is right everybody tuning in
0:59.0	thank you for joining us here at mfighton.com it's a great website i am your host jed mishu and we're
1:05.6	drafted we are drafting fighters for the fantasy league one of the most exciting experiences i get to have twice a
1:12.8	year and uh with fights right around the corner we're we're recording this the week before ufc
1:19.6	234 fight week in fact we're recording this on the day that dana white has announced he will be
1:25.2	making a big announcement so will we know what he's
1:29.8	announcing? Not sure. We're going to figure it all out. Some of these picks might look incredibly
1:34.4	stupid by the time this goes live, depending on what Dana White does announce today. But we wait for
1:40.4	no man. And so it's time to get drafting season four one major change but we will go over
1:46.3	that in just a moment first let me introduce the competitors we will start with myself jed
1:51.7	mishu because i was the loser of the season three of may fighting fantasy draft so i will be getting
1:57.3	first pick our next contestant uh the man who won season two did not follow that up particularly well.
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