Welcome to 2014, #chatwrappers. 2013 was quite the year. We can only hope 2014 comes as close.

As the year kicks off, a few issues are already on the table. There is no major MMA event this weekend, but rumors of the return of former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar continue to swirl.

In addition, the World Series of Fighting (WSOF) has issued a challenge to Bellator to have some of each organization's best fight on a 'winner take all' pay-per-view event.

We've also now got word from Anderson Silva's team that The Spider wants to return against Georges St-Pierre when his injury rehabilitation is over.

In other words, if you thought the craziness of 2013 was going to simmer down in 2014, you thought wrong.

There's a lot going on, so join me today to discuss all of this and more. In terms of today's chat, anything is up for discussion, but I will lead with this and it all kicks off at 1 p.m. ET.

As is customary, I'll post the video window here as the event draws near and I'll answer any questions you may have if you post them in the comments section below. Be sure that you click the 'rec' button for those comments/questions you believe most deserve a response.

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Talk with you all at 1 p.m. ET.

Also, thanks to viewer @MMABoom for this commercial of sorts he made for this little here chat of ours:

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