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Mar 2022
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Curtis Blaydes' Callout, Jon Jones' "Can...

CHAEL SONNEN
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Curtis Blaydes gets a crucial heavyweight win, but where should he go from here? Chael discusses that PLUS the latest round of Jon Jones tweets (11:07) and some exciting middleweight fights the UFC recently booked. And to close out the show, Chael talks about the recipe for beating Kamaru Usman and if there's a fighter on the UFC roster who can execute it well enough to dethrone the pound-for-pound king (34:53).

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