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Nov 2023
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UFC 295 Reaction: Alex Pereira Is the 20...

CHAEL SONNEN
About this episode

Back from New York City after covering UFC 295 for ESPN, I get into the following on today's podcast:

  • Alex Pereira's incredible UFC run and why I think he's the 2023 FOTY (00:00)
  • Why I have zero interest in Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya ever again (13:26)
  • How Tom Aspinall just made the heavyweight division very interesting (23:36)
  • How Aspinall shut down Sergei Pavlovich and Ciryl Gane on the same night (33:22)
  • Why I hate that Tony Ferguson is training with fitness guru David Goggins ahead of UFC 296 (44:36)


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