HOAM | Final Countdown To UFC 288, Kron Gracie's Future, More

MMA Fighting

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4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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On the eve of UFC 288, the anticipation levels and the amount of questions continue to rise ahead of Aljamain Sterling's upcoming title defense against the returning Henry Cejudo, Gilbert Burns battling Belal Muhammad in the co-main event, and more. On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck answers your questions about some of the burning storylines heading into Saturday's pay-per-view card in Newark, N.J. Additionally, listener questions include where Kron Gracie goes, win or lose, following his fight with Charles Jourain, Gracie's demeanor during the fight week, the UFC 289 lineup as it currently stands, the UFC's lightweight divisions, fantasy matchmaking a BKFC card using only UFC fighters, if there's anyone that can beat Jon Jones right now, 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 Friday, May 5, 2023, and it's indeed a heck of a morning
0:28.9	we are live on the MMA Fighting Twitter spaces.
0:32.2	You can hear the show and its entirety shortly thereafter on the MMA Fighting Podcast Network.
0:38.0	All right, everybody, welcome to the show.
0:41.4	It is Friday.
0:42.6	We are on the eve of UFC 288.
0:46.7	One championship is a big card coming up later on today or this evening.
0:53.1	We have the game bread, bare knuckle card going down, free on YouTube and on Facebook.
0:59.7	So there's lots of combat sports action for you to partake in this lovely weekend.
1:06.0	And we just had the UFC 288 weigh-ins.
1:10.4	It was pretty, pretty good.
1:15.4	All the main faces made weight.
1:17.1	We did have a couple of blunders.
1:19.1	We had a fight removed.
1:22.0	Joseph Holmes missed weights, but he will fight.
1:27.5	And the fight between Zalgas, Zuma Gulov, and Rafael Estevam, no longer happening weight
1:34.3	issues on Estevam side, that fight will no longer be happening.
1:39.5	So anyone who was betting on the flyweight under for that fight, that was worried, that
1:43.4	was concerned, you don't have to be concerned anymore because that fight is no longer happening.
1:47.7	So as of right now, 12 fights for UFC 288, Aljemy and Sterling actually came in under
1:55.4	the championship limit, came in at 134, I believe he was the second to last fighter on
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