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You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Chael BREAKS Usman vs Du Plessis News + Rico vs. Usyk Controversy

You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Comedy, Sports, Wrestling

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Breaking news: Kamaru Usman is reportedly set to move up and face Dricus du Plessis at middleweight. But what does it actually mean? Plus: Chael dives into the controversial Rico Verhoeven vs Oleksandr Usyk crossover boxing match, the referee scandal, accusations of corruption, and why boxing keeps damaging its own credibility.

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's happening, guys?

0:03.5

Happy Tuesday.

0:05.6

And thank you for joining another special episode of your welcome.

0:09.2

Wow, it turns out Rico and Usik are really the hottest topic around, which is compelling.

0:18.0

Because I don't know how many people were talking about the fight before the fight,

0:22.4

but on the back end of it, boxing has struck again.

0:27.8

Is it corruption or is it incompetence?

0:31.7

There is a meaningful difference.

0:34.6

Let's start right here.

0:46.8

Music difference. Let's start right here. Breaking news. First time ever. First time ever. I think I've been at this eight years. I have never broken news before. But I have some today. Do you want to hear it? All right. Drum roll, please. Kamara

0:57.0

Usman will be fighting. Brickus Duplessi. You've heard the rumor, right? I know that that rumor's

1:04.3

gone around the dirt sheets. I'm just bringing you confirmation. Fight should be getting announced

1:10.0

soon.

1:13.1

Shale's done it.

1:19.1

Now, I love this fight, but I will tell you what makes me very curious is what are we going to do with it?

1:21.3

And that could bother me.

1:24.2

That could get me as far as angry.

1:31.3

Because that fight is a killer match. It's a really big deal that Kamar Usman is leaving his division. Kamar Usman and Drickus Duplice,

1:37.8

like A side and B side, together collectively, have never lost two and have three wins over the reigning champion

1:47.7

is Sean Strickland. So what do we do with that fight? What does this fight mean? And that's what

1:54.7

I'm alluding to when I talk about. I'll be curious where this gets placed. Look, that's a main

1:59.3

event fight, I think.

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