The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

UFC 303 and Saudia Arabia update, Paulo Costa, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Dakota Ditcheva, Mikey Musumeci, weekend update


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Ariel Helwani around (15:45) kicks off the show by recapping the busy combat sports weekend, diving deep into what happened with Conor McGregor’s UFC 303 injury dropout, and responding to Michael Bisping’s criticisms.

Rampage Jackson around (59:22) discusses the booming success of his Jaxxon podcast, his upcoming match at Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport event, what happened with his supposed fight against Shannon Briggs, Conor McGregor’s injury withdrawal, Jon Jones’ upcoming video game, helping Riddick Bowe, his relationship with Darrill Schoonover, and more.

Mikey Musumeci around (1:35:15) discusses his viral ONE Championship interview, his win over Gabriel Sousa, his emotional reaction to the beef, moving up three divisions to challenge Kade Ruotolo, being bullied as a child, the problem with steroids in jiu-jitsu, the Craig Jones vs. ADCC war, a future MMA transition, pizza preferences, and more.

Paulo Costa around (2:04:05) discusses his UFC 302 bout against Sean Strickland, what went wrong in the fight, why he needs to bring back the old Paulo, why he wants Khamzat Chimaev next, Dricus du Plessis vs. Israel Adesanya, his viral first pitch, Robert Whittaker vs. Ikram Aliskerov, the Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen boxing exhibition, and more.

Dakota Ditcheva around (2:35:21) discusses her latest first-round PFL win, her success with body shots, her road in the upcoming PLF playoffs, why her walkout with Mysterious Frank didn’t happen, the date of her semifinal fight, and more.

The Parlay Boys around (3:04:11) look back at another winning weekend.


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