HOAM | Aljamain Sterling vs. Sean O'Malley, Fabian Edwards Joins the Show

MMA Fighting

Vox Media Podcast Network

Sports, News, Sports News

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Aljamain Sterling defeated Henry Cejudo in the main event of UFC 288 this past Saturday to retain his bantamweight championship, and becoming the first champion in the division to defend the belt three consecutive times. Sterling is now on a collision course with Sean O'Malley in a massive bout at 135. On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck recaps UFC 288, along with Sterling's big win over Cejudo and how the fight was scored, and the upcoming matchup with O'Malley. Additionally, listener questions include Belal Muhammad's win over Gilbert Burns, if he'll get a title shot in his next fight, Yan Xiaonan's finish of Jessica Andrade and a potential championship bout with Zhang Weili, Kron Gracie's performance, Movsar Evloev's future, and more. Plus, Bellator middleweight Fabian Edwards joins the program to preview his Bellator Paris main event matchup with Gegard Mousasi, discuss his thoughts on champion Johnny Eblen, his brother Leon Edwards' mindset when it comes to a potential fight with Colby Covington, and more. You can listen live to Heck of a Morning Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 10 a.m. ET on the MMA Fighting Twitter Spaces. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com 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	All right, everybody, it is Tuesday, May 9, 2023, and it is indeed a heck of a morning.
0:28.0	If you're alive on the MMA Fighting Twitter space and you could hear the show and it's entirety
0:32.0	shortly thereafter on the MMA Fighting Podcast Network, happy Tuesday to all of you.
0:39.0	I am Mike Hack.
0:41.0	Obviously, we're coming off a very busy weekend in the world of mixed martial arts.
0:47.0	We had one championship on Friday.
0:49.0	Demetrius Johnson retains his won.
0:53.0	They call it a flyaway title, but it's technically a banemite title against Adriana Marias.
0:58.0	We saw Roberto Soldic, shockingly, shockingly lose, and get finished.
1:04.0	Sage Northcott had a successful return to the fight space, getting a first round submission.
1:12.0	And then the following night, we had UFC 288.
1:16.0	And Al Jermaine Sterling retains his banemite title, split decision win over Henry Sihuto.
1:24.0	Some of the weirder scorecards you may ever see in your life.
1:28.0	One judge scored it for Henry Sihuto.
1:31.0	After rewatching the fight a couple of different times, I just don't know how you can do that.
1:36.0	And one judge actually scored the fifth round for Al Jermaine Sterling, which makes absolutely no sense.
1:43.0	And that judge had he scored that fifth round correctly.
1:47.0	We would be having a completely different conversation right now.
1:50.0	We'd be talking about Henry Sihuto as the banemite champion.
1:54.0	But in the end, the right fighter won.
1:57.0	Al Jermaine Sterling retains his title.
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