An absolutely LOADED monday MORNING KOMBAT is coming your way after a fight-filled weekend! First, Artur Beterbiev scored a majority decision win over Dmitry Bivol in their undisputed light heavyweight title fight. Did the judges get the scoring right? More importantly, what's the big takeaway from what we saw? Should the winner of Benavidez-Morrell get the winner of Saturday's fight? AT UFC Vegas 98, Brandon Royval scored a tough but well-deserved win over Tatsuro Taira in the main event of UFC Vegas 85. He's lost twice to the current champ, so does he deserve another title shot? UFC 310's card received a bunch of fights including the main event between Belal Muhammad and Shavkat Rakhmonov plus a flyweight title bout between Alexandre Pantoja and Kai Asakura. Rate these announcements on a scale of 1 to 10. At BKFC in Spain over the weekend, Conor McGregor said he's fighting Dan Hooker in February in Saudi Arabia. Do we really believe him and, more importantly, is that the right fight for McGregor for his UFC return? Finally, the guys set the table for Francis Ngannou's return to MMA this weekend with the PFL's Saudi Arabia event. What's the biggest and most important storyline headed into Saturday's contest, the first MMA fight for Ngannou in nearly 3 years?

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