EPISODE 156: The MMA Circus, hosted by Nick Baldwin and Andrew Lawrence, is back for your listening pleasure.

Discussion Topics:

• UFC 223 preview — In the pay-per-view main event, Khabib Nurmagomedov fights UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway with the lightweight title on the line. Holloway stepped up on six days’ notice for Tony Ferguson, who injured his knee during media obligations last week. The hosts discuss the new matchup and whether “Blessed” should have accepted the bout up a weight class.

UFC 223, which takes place in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday, also features a strawweight title rematch between champ Rose Namajunas and ex-titleholder Joanna Jedrzejczyk. In their first meeting last November, Namajunas stopped Jedrzejczyk with strikes in the biggest upset of the year.

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