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Feb 2022
48m 51s

The Middleweight Spotlight, Lewis vs. Tu...

CHAEL SONNEN
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Chael begins today's episode by recapping Sean Strickland's weekend win over Jack Hermansson. Then, Chael explains why Israel Adesanya is facing a different Robert Whittaker at UFC 271 on Saturday (9:46) and also why he's so excited for Derrick Lewis and Tai Tuivasa to go at it in Houston. And of course, more on Jon Jones and the heavyweight division (37:33).

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