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Mailbag: How tough should fight fans be on Dustin Poirier after drunken airport arrest? Original

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By Ben Fowlkes Verified
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Former UFC fighter Dustin Poirier had a bad weekend at the airport, and the world got to see it, thanks to the magic of police body cameras. So now what? Plus, what should Justin Gaethje do to maximize his time with the UFC lightweight title late in his career? And how exactly did Floyd Mayweather Jr. manage to blow all that money? All that and more in this week's mailbag. To ask a question of your own, hit up @BenFowlkesMMA on X or @Ben_Fowlkes on Threads.
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UFC's new Meta ranking system: The big question — how much do these numbers really matter, anyway? Original

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By Ben Fowlkes Verified
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At long last, Meta has come to the UFC's rescue to solve the vexing problem of fighter rankings. The new system, reportedly designed by the Facebook parent company (and UFC sponsor), debuted on the UFC website on Monday. At present, there's even a handy feature that lets users toggle back and forth between the new Meta rankings and the existing "media panel rankings" (more on that in a moment) to compare and contrast.
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UFC Freedom 250 ratings explained: Understanding what the White House numbers mean — and what they don't Original

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By Ben Fowlkes Verified
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The ratings numbers are in for this past Sunday’s UFC Freedom 250 event on the White House lawn, and by almost any realistic metric they represent a success. Those key words — "almost" and "realistic" — are doing some important work. We'll get into that momentarily. But let's take it one step at a time. An average of about 8.2 million people watched this UFC event live on Paramount+ across the United States and Latin America.
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