UFC Vegas 118 Preview Show: Can Belal Muhammad Fend Off The Rise Of Gabriel Bonfim?

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The episode previews the bantamweight main event between Song Yadong and Deiveson Figueiredo at UFC Macau, discussing the implications of the fight for both fighters.

Song Yadong and Deiveson Figueiredo are about to throw down. Saturday morning, Song and Figueiredo square up in a bantamweight main event at Galazy Arena for UFC Macau. Both men are firmly entrenched in the UFC’s bantamweight top 10, but both men have lost to several other top contenders in the weight class, leaving both well away from a title shot. So, given that, what’s at stake when these two bantamweight bangers lock horns? Ahead of UFC Macau, MMA Fighting’s Jed Meshew and Alexander K. Lee preview Saturday’s main event matchup between Song and Figueiredo, and what a win or a loss means for either man. Additionally, Jed and AK discuss the co-main event stakes between Zhang Mingyang and Alonzo Menifield, the ranked heavyweight matchup between Sergei Pavlovich and Tallison Teixeira, the rest of the UFC Macau card, and more. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our…

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Hosts: Jed Meshew, Alexander K. Lee

Topics covered

• UFC
• bantamweight
• fight preview
• main event
• co-main event
• heavyweight matchup

Keywords

• UFC
• Song Yadong
• Deiveson Figueiredo
• fight preview
• UFC Macau
• bantamweight
• co-main event

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Places: Galazy Arena

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