Though this week is a comparatively down week in MMA (no UFC event and the PFL and Bellator cards were far from their best efforts) the fallout from UFC 265 and the recent slate of combat sports news has brought us no shortage of things to talk about and many, many questions to cover, so let’s not guild this lily and just hop right into things.

Cyril Gane, interim heavyweight champion

I have been a Francis Ngannou believer since his first fight in the UFC and I’ve been on the record, repeatedly, saying that he will go down as the heavyweight GOAT when his career is done.