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Nov 2023
1h 9m

PFL (Finally) Buys Bellator ... I'm Conf...

CHAEL SONNEN
About this episode

Happy holidays, everybody! LOTS to get to on today's show:

  • The confusing deal between PFL, Bellator, and what it means for the future of MMA (00:00)
  • Why it's obvious The Rock and Joe Rogan don't like each other (21:53)
  • How much does Tom Aspinall's interim title even mean? Is it legit? (30:48)
  • Why I support Israel Adesanya's decision to take a break (38:02)
  • Khamzat Chimaev's STUPID idea to call out Alex Pereira and how it could come back to bite him (49:25)
  • Apparently Conor McGregor is a pothead? (57:40)

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