After being asked to map out the next steps in the UFC middleweight ranks, E. Spencer Kyte jumps on the podcast to explain that doing so is an impossible task given the current state of the division.

Faced with too many fighters that have already faced one another and a series of matchups that don't make a great deal of sense, ESK advocates for expediting the rise of potential contenders Khamzat Chimaev and Bo Nickal, doing away with "The Whittaker Gauntlet," and taking the flyweight approach to finding the next title contender once or twice in order to let some new names work their way into the championship mix.

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