HOAM | Reaction To Charles Oliveira vs. Islam Makhachev At UFC 280, Dana White's Response To Nate Diaz

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🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Islam Makhachev will get his opportunity to fight for the vacant lightweight title against Charles Oliveira in Abu Dhabi at October's UFC 280 event. What will that mean for Oliveira should he get another big win in the 155-pound division? On an-all new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck reacts to the matchmaking and if a Conor McGregor fight is in play for Oliveira with a victory over the surging protege of Khabib Nurmagomedov. In addition, listeners ask questions about Yair Rodriguez's win over Brian Ortega in the main event of UFC Long Island, Alexander Volkanovski's potential move up to 155 to fight for a second title, what could help boost the UFC 278 and UFC 279 fight cards, who Frankie Edgar could face in his final fight in November at UFC 281, and much 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	Oh, hello there, everybody, it is Tuesday, July 19th, 2022.
0:28.0	And it is indeed a heck of a morning live on the enemy fighting Twitter spaces.
0:33.0	And shortly thereafter, on the enemy fighting podcasting network, I am Mike Heck.
0:39.0	Hope you all had a great weekend.
0:41.0	Hope you're having a great start to the week.
0:43.0	It's going to be a very busy one in the world of combat sports, MMA.
0:48.0	You have the return of Bellator this Friday in beautiful Tacoma, Washington.
0:55.0	Main event, a big one in the Bellator welterweight division between the former champion Douglas Lima and the Surgeon Contender from Jackson.
1:06.0	It's actually a pretty strong card.
1:09.0	It should be a good watch from start to finish.
1:12.0	Really like the Bellator card.
1:13.0	A lot of prospects, a lot of big matchups, some names you would recognize, a little bit of everything on this Bellator card.
1:21.0	You have sees back in London on Saturday, you know, that's going to be fun.
1:24.0	You know, the London crowds going to be up for this thing from start to finish the main event.
1:29.0	Local hero Tommy Aspinall looking to maybe get us get himself into a title fight of some of some kind when he takes on the always tough,
1:40.0	always dangerous Curtis razor blades.
1:43.0	That card is solid as well.
1:45.0	We're coming off of UFC Long Island, which was a really fun card, the ending to that one.
1:51.0	Maybe not so much, but yeah, you're out regas gets a victory over Brian Ortega.
1:58.0	This is not the way anybody drew it up.
2:00.0	It's not the way that's.
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