Do MMA fighters have bad defense because the sport is just too hard, or are they all missing the forest for the trees?

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When did welterweight become the new middleweight?

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Rest in piss to the ephemeral sports programming network.

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CONTENTS:

00:00 Intro
13:05 Kape vs Royval
22:02 Vallejos vs Chikadze
31:06 Misc.
34:22 RIP ESPN
1:06:21 205 before Jones

I hereby take back every criticism I have ever leveled at Petr Yan. He is God.

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CONTENTS:

00:00 Intro
00:46 Yan vs Dvalishvili 2
43:26 Pantoja vs Van (and what's next)
51:33 Talbott vs Cejudo
1:03 Moreno vs Taira

Someday, scientists may recreate the wrestler, possibly using frog DNA. Until then, we have to appreciate the ones we have left.

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CONTENTS:

00:00 Intro
5:48 Dvalishvili vs Yan 2
36:15 Pantoja vs Van
57:50 Cejudo vs Talbott

Arman Tsarukyan and Kyoji Horiguchi both reestablished themselves as top contenders. Ian Garry reestablished himself as the guy who sort of makes other middleweights look mediocre, sometimes.

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CONTENTS

00:00 Intro
5:19 Tsarukyan vs Hooker
23:06 Garry vs Muhammad
48:15 Horiguchi vs Ulanbekov
57:55 Orolbai vs Hermansson
1:05:45 Riley vs Grad

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Valentina Shevchenko is the GOAT.

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CONTENTS

00:00 Intro
5:07 Makhachev vs Della Maddalena
28:22 Shevchenko vs Zhang
51:13 Tsarukyan vs Hooker

Why has Islam Makhachev chosen this moment to go up to 170? Is he at the end of his prime? Or maybe it's just because Jack Della Maddalena SUCKS.

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CONTENTS:

00:00 Intro
7:29 Della Maddalena vs Makhachev
54:33 Shevchenko vs Zhang
1:20:18 Edwards vs Prates