Fighter vs. Writer: Alan Jouban Expects Sean O’Malley to Have a Tough Time with Aljamain Sterling; Cory Sandhagen Reacts to Henry Cejudo Calling Out Merab Dvalishvili

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🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Following UFC 288 this past weekend, Alan Jouban and Cory Sandhagen join The Fighter vs. The Writer to break down everything that unfolded in New Jersey. Aljamain Sterling successful defended his bantamweight title with a split decision win over Henry Cejudo and Jouban will detail what he believes went right and went wrong for both fighters. Jouban will also give his thoughts on Sean O’Malley’s chances to dethrone Sterling as the next title contender at 135 pounds. We’ll also discuss Belal Muhammad’s win over Gilbert Burns and his place in the welterweight division after going undefeated in his past 10 consecutive fights. Plus Jouban reacts to Kron Gracie’s bizarre performance and what should come next for him. As for Sandhagen, he’ll give his report from sitting cageside at UFC 288 and what he thought about Sterling getting the job done against the former two-division champion. He’ll also react to Cejudo calling for a fight against Merab Dvalishvili — the exact opponent Sandhagen has also been targeting. All this and more on the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer! Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Subscribe: Spotify Read More: MMA Fighting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:04.0	Welcome back to The Fighter vs. The Rider.
0:22.0	I'm your host, as always, Damon Martin.
0:24.0	And we are now a matter of days away from UFC Charlotte where my regular co-host, Matt Brown,
0:29.0	will step back into that octagon to do battle with Court McGee.
0:32.0	Of course, we send our best wishes out to Matt.
0:34.0	I spoke to him a night or two ago.
0:36.0	He's feeling good, feeling ready to slice up somebody with some elbows.
0:40.0	So look forward to Matt making his return to action on Saturday and his triumphant return
0:44.0	to the podcast next week, hopefully everything goes well.
0:48.0	But obviously with his fight now, five days away, I feel like we had to give him a week off.
0:54.0	Pinch hitting and certainly taking a place in well-regarded guys as far as breaking down the sport.
1:00.0	We're going to talk a little later in the show to one of the top bantamweights in the sport
1:04.0	who had a vested interest in the UFC 288 main event between Al Jumein Sterling and Henry Sudo.
1:09.0	And I'm going to talk to Corey Sandhagan who is their cage side on Saturday night to watch that fight
1:14.0	between Al Jumein and Henry.
1:16.0	And his thoughts and of course, where he goes from here, I know he talked about fighting Maraud de Wile.
1:21.0	Now we see Henry Sudo maybe calling him out.
1:23.0	So let's start.
1:24.0	We'll talk to Corey Sandhagan a little later in the show.
1:26.0	But right now, one of the top analysts in the sport, he's been calling fights for LFA for a while.
1:31.0	But he also works on the analyst desk for the UFC and ESPN quite often.
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