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Opinion: The UFC's Late-Blooming Middle Child

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During a week in which the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s sale moved closer to becoming a reality, there’s no need for a secondary hot-button topic; one of the biggest happenings in the sport’s history, especially dovetailing with Zuffa’s ongoing anti-media agenda, is more than enough to carry public discourse. Nonetheless, former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre announced he’s ready to come back to the Octagon and explicitly stated a desire to challenge newly crowned middleweight titlist Michael Bisping.