Justin Gaethje competes in the UFC 313 co-main event after all after Dan Hooker was forced to withdraw from the highly anticipated lightweight contest with a hand injury. UFC CEO Dana White announced Wednesday night that Gaethje now faces the returning Rafael Fiziev. With the short-notice nature, was this the right fight to make?
On an all-new edition of Between the Links, the panel reacts to the Gaethje vs. Fiziev rematch, what the fight means for both guys, and the impact of Hooker’s scratch from the card. Additionally, they’ll grade other fights announced by White and the promotion, the continued fallout from the main event of UFC Seattle between Song Yadong and Henry Cejudo, the discourse about rules and taking points, Cejudo’s conversation with referee Jason Herzog, the Aaron Pico saga with PFL as a free agent, along with UFC Vegas 103 and much more.
Host Mike Heck moderates the matchup between MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee.
Watch the show live at 12:30 p.m. ET / 9:30 a.m. PT in the video above.
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