UFC Vegas 50 Preview Show | Does Magomed Ankalaev Get Title Shot With Win Over Thiago Santos?

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🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Thiago Santos will look to get himself back into title contention on Saturday, but to do so, he’ll have to stop the surge of Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of UFC Vegas 50. The UFC light heavyweight matchup tops an exciting lineup of bouts, and MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, and Alexander K. Lee get you ready for the event, discuss the stakes in the Santos vs. Ankalaev headliner, the co-main event between Marlon Moraes and Song Yadong, other under the radar matchups, and more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow José Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee 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.
0:05.0	Mixed Martial Arts Mixed Martial Arts It's the best Martial Arts be because they're
0:21.0	mixed.
0:22.0	Woo!
0:23.0	Alright, you have seen back in the Apex a week after a storyline filled paper
0:29.8	review event and this week the 205-pound division is on the marquee as a former title
0:35.6	challenger looks to halt the momentum of one of the division's rising contenders as
0:40.4	we welcome you to the live UFC Vegas 50 preview show here on M.A. Fighting.com. I am Mike
0:46.0	Heck, we have an all-star cast joining me this week at Jose Young's Back Home in Phoenix,
0:51.6	Arizona.
0:52.6	We got the principal positivity, Alexander Kay Lee joining us as well.
0:58.5	Come and let's get into this Jose.
1:01.0	We have a main event between Tiago Santos and Magomed Ankelayev Santos took on John Jones,
1:07.7	took him to the limit, even with the severe injury basically fought the majority of that
1:11.6	fight at UFC 239 on one leg, took over a year off to recover, then he gets finished
1:16.8	by Glover Toshera, loses a decision to Alexander Rackage, then he bounced back with the win
1:21.3	over Johnny Walker in the main event back in October and it wasn't a fight that wasn't
1:26.5	very aesthetically pleasing, not one folks are going to be hankering to go back and watch
1:30.4	again.
1:31.4	But on the other end, we got Magomed Ankelayev, seven wins in a row, he's coming off the
1:35.0	big win against Volcan, owes to me in October, and many believe, including our own Judm
1:39.2	issue, that this might be the guy at 205, he just needs an opportunity to prove it.
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