Fighter vs. Writer: Alan Jouban Previews UFC 290, Alexander Volkanovski as the Featherweight GOAT and Interest in Robert Whittaker vs. Israel Adesanya 3

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🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

With UFC 290 just days away, The Fighter vs. The Writer tackles the upcoming card with Alan Jouban joining the show as a special co-host looking ahead at both the main and co-main events. At the top of the card, Alexander Volkanovski will attempt to defend his title against Yair Rodriguez but where would he sit amongst the all time greats at featherweight with another win? Has Volkanovski done enough to surpass the legacy of Jose Aldo at 145 pounds? We’ll also breakdown the co-main event where Brandon Moreno looks to get revenge on Alexandre Pantoja after suffering two previous losses to him while also attempting to defend his flyweight title. Moreno has come a long way since his last loss to Pantoja but is this a mountain he’s finally ready to climb? Plus we’ll debate Robert Whittaker’s chances of earning a third fight against Israel Adesanya when he faces off with Dricus du Plessi on Saturday. Does Whittaker need to do something special to justify that third shot against Adesanya or at least get people interested in the trilogy after falling to “The Last Stylebender” twice previously. All this and much 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.
0:20.3	Welcome back to the fighter versus the rider, I'm Damon Martin, I'm your host and this
0:24.3	week.
0:25.3	We got a surprise guest host and actually a guy who I have on pretty frequently actually
0:29.0	but he came in as a pinch hitter this week and as much appreciated because I'm sure
0:32.6	he's all the news as of yesterday that Josiah Harrell is stepping into fight Jack
0:37.6	Dela Madelina UFC 2 90 big fight for him but Josiah Harrell happens to be trained
0:42.5	by another of my normal co-hosts the immortal Matt Brown so Matt is scrambling to get Josiah
0:47.7	ready to fight on a week's notice in his UFC debut against an absolute killer in Jack
0:52.3	Dela Madelina so I am happy to welcome back one of my favorite people to speak to and
0:56.7	one of the top analysts in the sport Alan Joban Alan how are you?
1:01.5	I'm good man I'm glad you called me I'm I'm eager to get going as you know I'm I'm not
1:06.5	a technical you know an electrical technical guy I could not get my microphone started
1:13.4	this morning but we got a rock and a roller man I've been going for like two weeks to
1:16.5	ensure so I'm happy to be back home getting to relax this time.
1:20.4	I was watching I was watching the UFC card this past weekend with Sean Strickland you're
1:24.4	on the desk and as soon as Matt texted me I was like okay who could I get on last
1:28.2	minute notice why not text the guy who was literally just working 24 hours ago to see
1:31.5	if he wants to step in and do the show with me so I really do appreciate it you've been
1:35.0	traveling like a madman doing some great analysts work out the UFC so I'm sure you're happy
1:39.3	just to be home for a couple days.
1:41.7	Happy to be home man happy to be here.
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