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Apr 2021
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Poirier-McGregor Feud, Vettori's Title H...

CHAEL SONNEN
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With Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier taking to Twitter this week to hash out some business matters, Chael offers his thoughts on the rivalry that's now taken the sport by storm. Then, Chael discusses Tony Ferguson's future (13:32), Marvin Vettori's chances of landing a title shot against Israel Adesanya and Jake Paul's prediction for Saturday's boxing match against Ben Askren (44:05).

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