Dustin Poirier is fighting Justin Gaethje this weekend, how cool is that?  Sure, it's for the BMF title, but you can't have everything. 

 We preview that fight, and the entire UFC 291 card in the first half of this week's show.

Then we discuss the announcement of Makhachev vs. Oliviera 2,  the at least temporary retirement of Ian Heinisch,  the upcoming Bellator X Rizin 2, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Aspinall vs. Tybura.

Then in our Hammer History segment we look back 500 episodes to late-August 2013, and Travis Browne's huge win over Alistair Overeem, and Conor McGregor beating Max Holloway in his second ever UFC fight.

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