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

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**Jed Meshew** (1:14)
Mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts.

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How do we lack on martial arts? In the Apex!
Hey, everybody.

**Jed Meshew** (1:28)
I'm Jed Meshew from mmafighting.com. We're here because the Fight Weekend is upon us. The Fight Weekend before the Fight Weekend. Really, ladies and gentlemen, because we head back to the Apex for UFC Vegas 118
A mere eight days before the celebration of Flag Day and the 250th anniversary of America with UFC White House. But first, we got to get through this card. And as far as an Apex card goes, it's not that bad, right? Like, it's got some things going. It's got a former world champion to top it as Belal Muhammad takes on Gabriel Bonfim. And here to talk about all of that, break down everything. I mean, a man who is my running mate at this point in time. We're just doing this every weekend together. I am producing this weekend. So bear with me if juggling the multiple hats is a problem. But if it is, I'm just going to lean on this man, the King in the North.
He's, I mean, not my best friend, but I wish he was my best friend. Alexander K. Lee, the Prince of Positivity, AK, how you doing, baby?

**Alexander K. Lee** (2:32)
Judge, one of my dearest friends, one of my dearest friends, I'm doing good. I like this card. And I realize someone could probably do a super cut.

**Jed Meshew** (2:42)
Whoa, that was, that volume kicked high.

**Alexander K. Lee** (2:46)
Someone could probably do a super cut, please don't, of me saying, I like this card. I wouldn't mind a t-shirt. I think maybe I should get a t-shirt made of like, I like this card and maybe me like shrugging. There you go.
Screenshot that, guys, screenshot that and feel free to put that in a print and make a t-shirt. Because yeah, I don't know, maybe it's this year, maybe it's just, I'm, you know, normal Prince of Positivity mode, but like for the most part, I think there's, and there has been a few cards that on paper we've gone in on. We've called them stinkers. I think at least two or three times this year already, we've said like, is this the worst UFC card ever? So yes, you know, on the other side of things, it hasn't always been great. But I think this card is all right, Jed. I think this card is all right. I'm looking forward to previewing it, the main card at least. And then we'll see if we can pull out of the prelims storyline wise. But main card, I'm like, yeah, this is all right, man.

**Jed Meshew** (3:36)
This is not bad by any stretch of the imagination, given we are what we are at this point. We can all sit here and yearn for the yonder days of old, where all cards were better. But it's not the universe we live in. And as far as an Apex card goes, I think this is a really strong one. This is a far sight from Arnold Allen, who I love, headlining a card with nobody else on it.
My whiteboard behind me is empty because I just stone forgot to give this a great AK. But if I did, as I'm looking over this card right now, one, two, three, four, I give this like five and a half, five and a half to six and a half fights above contender series here. Pretty, pretty solid effort. And again, a very strong main event, but we will get into all of that AK before we do get into all of that. I do want to start here with something I genuinely do not know the answer to, because I've been dealing with a couple of other things this morning, including my life going to shambles as the piece I spent 20 some odd hours writing this week. I screwed up.