Francis Ngannou appears to have pulled it off. After leaving the UFC (and his UFC Heavyweight Championship) to test the waters elsewhere, he has now landed a substantial deal with PFL, and we have quite a lot to say about it in the first half of this week's episode.

Then in the second half of the show we run down the rest of the week in MMA news, including the potential return of Conor McGregor in late 2023, recent UFC main event announcements, and the results of UFC Fight Night: Dern vs. Hill.

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