At the Cowboys vs Chiefs halftime show, Dana White announced UFC 324 and 325, kicking off the Paramount+ era. On January 27th, Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett will headline the event. Then, about a week later, we’ll see Alexander Volkanovski in action against Diego Lopes at UFC 325 main event in Australia. However, with both fights already stirring controversy, it seems the head honcho had other plans for January, mainly putting Islam Makhachev against Kamaru Usman.

After the Dagestani champ became a two-division king at UFC 322, he immediately called out Kamaru Usman as his preferred opponent on the About Last Fight podcast. The ‘Nigerian Nightmare’ accepted Makhachev’s callout during his conversation with MMA Fighting, saying it would be a fan favorite, while leaving

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