HOAM | Is All the Pressure On Aljamain Sterling In UFC 292 Main Event vs. Sean O'Malley?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Sean O'Malley enters his first UFC championship fight in the main event of UFC 292 against Aljamain Sterling, but even though the spot is big and the lights will be bright, is there a lot of pressure on "Sugar," or is all of the pressure on the current champ in, perhaps, his final 135-pound title defense? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck discusses the main event between Sterling and O'Malley, both fighters' media day scrums after talking with both competitors, and why there's a case to be made that this is a "house money" fight for the challenger. Additionally, listener topics include The Ultimate Fighter and Dana White's Contender Series, judging in MMA, O'Malley's comments about managers in the MMA space, Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington, Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler, 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 Thursday, August 17, 2023, and it is indeed a heck of a morning.
0:28.3	We are live on the MF like Twitter space, we are live in Boston, Massachusetts, the sites of Saturday's UFC 292 events.
0:38.3	Boots on the ground, myself and Jose representing FineFokesMFF.com.
0:44.3	It's nice to do a meeting day yesterday, hadn't been a part of a media day like that in well over a year.
0:51.3	So it's pretty cool to be a part of that.
0:55.3	Today, there'll be another small media day going down around 1 p.m. Eastern.
1:00.3	It's going to be Cory Sanhagan, Rob Font and Calvin Cater, we get the press conference at 6 p.m. Eastern, I believe.
1:08.3	And then tomorrow it's all the way in fun and the ceremonials, 30th anniversary Q&A, all sorts of fun stuff.
1:15.3	And then tomorrow, not tomorrow, Saturday, I'll be off to New York for the UFC 292 watch party.
1:22.3	So we are live here in Boston, and let's go to you guys.
1:26.3	Let's take your questions, because that's what this damn show is all about.
1:29.3	So CV, kick us off.
1:31.3	I can hear me.
1:33.3	Yes.
1:34.3	Good. Good.
1:35.3	A heck of a morning.
1:36.3	We should call you first question, Mike.
1:38.3	I'm seeing all the clips.
1:39.3	And I see you got all the first questions I needed it.
1:43.3	So it's pretty cool to see.
1:45.3	Was there any fighter that stood out during yesterday's interviews?
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