UFC Lightweight Champion and current #1 Pound for Pound fighter Islam Makhachev returns this weekend to defend his title against Dustin Poirier at UFC 302. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss fighters defending the honor of Georges St-Pierre, and Gegard Mousasi's seperation from PFL.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to June 2014, and how Cub Swanson was doing at the time.

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The UFC remains doing shows out of their Apex Center in Las Vegas, and you can kind of see why with the lineup on this upcoming UFC Fight Night: Barboza vs. Murphy. We preview that card in the first half of this week's show, and search for diamonds in the rough on that card.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss the retirement announcement of long-time favorite Matt Brown, this week's upcoming Bellator from France, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Nascimento.

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The UFC heads back to Rio this weekend, alongside "The King of Rio" himself, Jose Aldo. We preview Aldo's return fight, and the rest of that UFC 301: Pantoja vs. Erceg card in the first half of this week's show.

Then in the second half of the show we discuss Bare Knuckle FC for once, and the results of UFC on ESPN: Nicolau vs. Perez.

Finally, in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to June 2014, and a salty Ben Henderson following his win over Rustam Khabilov.

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