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My name is C and Ajan, and we've got a great hour in store for you.

We're going to be talking a lot of NBA playoffs, a lot of MLB Friday action with some best

bets along for the ride. But we got to start things off

with UFC. Let's bring in a couple of the stars of the show here because we've got a 13 fight

night card tomorrow night on Paramount Plus. And we're going to break it all down with Hayden Iverson

and Danny Brasco. And before we get into bets gentlemen we got to

set the table here a little bit Danny I'm going to start with you give me a main event storyline

for tomorrow night I mean see ya the 145 title contender spot is up for grabs because it seems

like Mowse Ravl clearly is the next guy up to challenge Alexander Volkanovsky.

But you look at the top seven about in the featherweight division. I mean, with a win,

one of these guys firmly puts themselves next after him because Diego Lopez over at number two,

he's fought Volk twice. We basically watched the same fight happen two times in a row. He's at the

back of the line now. After that, I mean, we're not looking at too many names that are really going to be able to take those spots. Gene Silva is the only other guy that maybe entertainment-wise could come in and skip the line. But he lost to Diego Lopez. So that would just kind of feel unfair. On merits, it's the winner of this fight that gets the next shot at Volkanowski after Evov, if things go the way UFC fans believe they'll go. And man, a lot up for grabs here, see ya. A lot up for grabs in the betting market, too, Hayden, because I know you and Danny are actually going to be going against each other later when we talk about this Huseff Zalalal fight versus Sterling. Talk to me

about that storyline. Yeah, I mean, I think the guy that has the momentum coming in here is

Yusuf Salal. And I think that's the shiny new toy that the UFC may want to get this one done

so they can get him into the title picture. But Yusuf Zalalal, since he got cut from the UFC,

has gone on to win eight fights in a row. He came back to the UFC, and now he's on a five-five winning streak,

and it's kind of been flawless. Four of his five wins have come inside the distance, and then you look

at his win against Calvin Cater that went to decision, and that one was pretty much flawless

as well. He was up two rounds to nothing, kind of coasted in the third. So I mean, this guy has clearly made some serious improvements. And when you look at his first UFC run, it's not like he was losing to guys that aren't in the UFC anymore. You look at Ilya Tuporia. He arguably gave Ilya Tuporia his toughest fight to date. So then you look at what he can do in this

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