Belal Muhammad Might Not Get a Shot at Leon Edwards. Plus, Dricus Du Plessis Surprised Me! (UFC 296 Reaction)

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Chael Sonnen

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🗓️ 19 December 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Back from Las Vegas after covering UFC 296 for ESPN, I discuss the following on today's show:

Why it's possible Belal Muhammad will get skipped over again (00:00)
Why Paddy Pimblett impressed me in his win over Tony Ferguson (11:30)
My thoughts on the incident between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis (20:12)
Why Ian Garry got very lucky this weekend (31:39)
Islam Makhachev's hopes of fighting for a welterweight belt (40:49)

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0:00.0	But make no mistake, the skunk at the Garden Party nonetheless was Gary.
0:04.9	So for Gary, to get booked before Luke, what am I missing here? What's happening guys?
0:17.0	What's happening guys? Happy Tuesday!
0:20.0	I apologize for my voice. It's from the excitement of me screaming guys we got another great
0:25.2	episode coming to you of your welcome. I'm back a little later than I expected from Las Vegas.
0:30.5	Well don't worry everybody. Uncle Chale is here and I'm ready to give you my UFC-296
0:37.0	reaction. Coming up. I'm going to talk about Ian Gary and the best case scenario for him.
0:42.0	Plus, I'll tell you why I can't wait for Sean Strickland
0:45.7	versus D.D.P. and a whole lot more.
0:48.5	But before we get there, let's discuss the Welterway
0:51.6	Champion of the world.
0:55.4	How difficult is Leon Edwards to deal with?
1:00.2	I don't know.
1:01.6	Everybody I know that's ever met Leon only has nice things to say. I personally have spoke to Leon one time in my life.
1:09.0	He was a complete gentleman.
1:12.0	I start and lead with that because I'm not at all saying that he is
1:17.0	difficult to deal with. But I am I am asking the question and I have asked this many
1:20.8	times and nobody has answered me, including Leon's manager, including
1:27.2	Leon's team, nobody has answered me.
1:30.2	Which is simply this, when Leon finished the trilogy with Camarra in March of this year.
1:38.8	What has taken so long to get him back into the cage?
1:47.0	He is owed per his contract three fights a year. Now, so you understand, if they offer you a fight and you say no, that's one. That's the way the contract works.
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