Song Yadong and Chris Gutierrez will battle it out in the principle occasion of Saturday’s UFC Vegas 83 occasion on the APEX, however the storylines appear to be centered on the co-main occasion within the UFC’s mild heavyweight division between Anthony Smith — who steps in on quick discover — to face the surging Khalil Rountree. May a win propel Smith to a title shot towards Alex Pereira ought to the brand new champ wish to keep lively?
MMA Preventing’s Mike Heck, José Youngs, and Jed Meshew preview the promotion’s last cease earlier than UFC 296, the 135-pound headliner between Track and Gutierrez and the stakes connected to the battle, Smith presumably sneaking right into a title battle with Pereira if he upsets Rountree, Andre Muniz seeking to get again on observe towards Jun Yong Park, Tatsuro Taira’s vivid future, and extra.
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