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Sep 2023
1h 12m

Valentina Shevchenko DOMINATED Alexa Gra...

CHAEL SONNEN
About this episode

After a wildly successful night in Las Vegas for UFC Noche, I'm here today to talk to you about the following:

  • Why I believe Valentina Shevchenko beat Alexa Grasso five rounds to zero, but also how I don't totally disagree with the controversial 10-8 score from judge Mike Bell (00:59)
  • How The Bullet and Grasso can convince the UFC to give them a trilogy fight (11:10)
  • Unfair criticism of Israel Adesanya, my unsolicited advice to Sean Strickland regarding his next matchup, and the only thing the new middleweight champion actually cares about (35:04)
  • Mystery surrounding next month's UFC 294 co-main spot between Khamzat Chimaev and Paulo Costa, and why I'm not convinced that fight will happen (55:51)

And much more.


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