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On the fifth episode of UFC 283 Embedded, Urijah Faber and Charles Oliveira offer words of support to Deiveson Figueiredo, Neil Magny reflects on his UFC journey, Paul Craig and Johnny Walker preview their light heavyweight showdown, Brandon Moreno and Glover Teixeira field questions ahead of the big night, Jamahal Hill takes in the sights in Rio, and more.

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If it feels like we were just here, two men headlining a pay-per-view event to claim the vacant light heavyweight crown. Don’t worry, you’re not crazy – we were. But after Jan Blachowicz and Magomed Ankalaev fought to a draw at UFC 282, leaving the 205-pound division without a champion, the powers that be scrambled and made a new vacant title fight between former undisputed champion Glover Teixeira and rising contender Jamahal Hill.

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At the end of Saturday’s UFC 283 event, hopefully, a new light heavyweight champion will be crowned in either Glover Teixeira or Jamahal Hill. If a champ is crowned, where will that person go next in the UFC’s 205-pound division?

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After another topsy-turvy year in 2022, it’s clearer than ever that no one in MMA really has any idea what’s going to happen on any given night.

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The UFC’s first pay-per-view of 2023 is set with a pair of championship fights officially ready to go.

Dallas Manspile and Daniel Boehle grapple at a Showcase MMA event in Kingsport, Tenn., on Jan. 14, 2023 | @SpectationNet, Twitter

Welcome to the latest edition of Missed Fists where we shine a light on fights from across the globe that may have been overlooked in these hectic times where it seems like there’s an MMA show every other day.

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Diego Sanchez wants to enter the Nate Diaz sweepstakes.

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At the UFC 283 official weigh-ins, all 30 fighters on Saturday’s fight card will step on the scale early Friday morning, and MMA Fighting will have live video of it above.

I feel bad because I gripe sbout them not covering shit here, then they cover shit like invicta - but I don't watch because I watched last event and it sucked donkey ass. And I've sent no highlights from this last event that makes me thing I missed a fvcking thing....so. ARES it is.

In the fourth episode of UFC 283 Embedded, Glover Teixeira, Gilbert Burns and Jamahal Hill get in some final training, Brandon Moreno, Teixeira and Hill fulfill their pre-fight media duties, and more.

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Greg Hardy has booked his bare-knuckle fighting debut.

Lorenzo Hunt and Mike Richman brought down the house – or at least the house backdrop – when they brawled onstage at the KnuckleMania 3 press conference on Thursday.

Dana White’s Power Slap made its official debut on Wednesday on TBS, and the first night ratings have now been revealed.

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The UFC’s youngest fighter books his second octagon bout when Raul Rosas Jr. faces Christian Rodriguez at UFC 287.

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Terrance McKinney is thrilled for the chance to head into enemy territory for his first octagon appearance of 2023.

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Douglas Lima will change things up in hopes of snapping a career-long skid.

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Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo meet for the fourth time this Saturday in the culmination of a rivalry that might never be matched.