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Nov 2023
1h 31m

My Responses to Ariel Helwani and Jorge ...

CHAEL SONNEN
About this episode

On today’s episode I discuss: 

  • My heated argument with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour (00:00)
  • My response to Jorge Masvidal's mean comments (17:06)
  • What happened to Israel Adesanya? (33:43)
  • Who I think will headline UFC 300 (44:32)
  • The fight week vibes in New York City, as seen from my hotel (54:59)

Plus, I give my official predictions for Sergei Pavlovich vs. Tom Aspinall  (01:04:28) and Jiří Procházka vs. Alex Pereira (01:14:02).

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