The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

Charles Oliveira, Eddie Alvarez, Luke Rockhold, Fernand Lopez, Dave Feldman, Luciana Andrade, and more


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In the latest On The Nose around (7:23), Ariel Helwani takes a closer look at the UFC 285 fight card, Jon Jones’ days at light heavyweight, the GOAT debate between Jones and GSP, Jake Paul’s next step, Darren Till’s UFC departure, and more. Also, Michael Rapaport calls in to make his UFC 285 main event prediction.

BKFC founder Dave Feldman around (1:02:40) discusses how free agents Eddie Alvarez and Luke Rockhold ended up on next month’s BKFC 41 fight card, who else will be on that pay-per-view card, how Alvarez and Rockhold ended up at BKFC, free agents Nate Diaz and Francis Ngannou, and more.

Eddie Alvarez around (1:23:55) discusses how ended up at BKFC, training for his first event next month, facing Chad Mendes, if he’s done with mixed martial arts, his ONE departure, the last time he had a street fight, why he didn’t end up facing Michael Chandler again, Chandler vs. Conor McGregor, and more.

Luke Rockhold around (1:45:29) discusses how he ended up at BKFC, his future plans, his BKFC 41 opponent Mike Perry, his training for the event, Francis Ngannou’s free agency, Jake Paul vs. Tommy Fury, if he will return to mixed martial arts, and more.

Luciana Andrade around (2:07:11) discusses her life as an Octagon girl, her legal ambitions, how she learned English, some classic viral moments at weigh-ins, and more.

Charles Oliveira around (2:25:37) discusses his upcoming fight with Beneil Dariush, Islam Makhachev, vs. Alexander Volkanovski, Oliveira’s popularity, his attire, his recent back tattoo, his OnlyFans, if a kid dancing was him, how he lost the belt on the scales, his performance against Makhachev, Michael Chandler vs. Conor McGregor, and more.

Fernand Lopez around (3:00:11), Ciryl Gane’s head coach at UFC 285, discusses Gane’s preparations heading into the event, the lessons Gane learned from this first title fight, which Jon Jones they will see Saturday night, Gane’s training habits, Francis Ngannou’s departure from the UFC, and more.

The parlay pals around (3:17:42) make their pick for UFC 285, and GC around (3:25:10) makes his picks for the upcoming UFC event Saturday night.


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