HOAM | Reaction To Conor McGregor Interview, Wanting 170-Pound Title Shot With Win Over Michael Chandler

MMA Fighting

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Sports, News, Sports News

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Conor McGregor made a surprise appearance on The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani on Wednesday evening and had a lot to say — including wanting a welterweight title shot against the winner of Saturday's UFC 286 main event between Leon Edwards and Kamaru Usman should he defeat Michael Chandler in his return bout. On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck reacts to McGregor's interview and if he factors into the 170-pound title picture should he defeat Chandler later on this year. Additionally, listener questions include the overall welterweight landscape following UFC 286, where Belal Muhammad sits in the picture, the lightweight vs. bantamweight debate, Islam Makhachev potentially fighting at the UFC's return to Abu Dhabi in October, Aljamain Sterling's bantamweight future and where that puts Merab Dvalishvili, 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.
0:03.7	All right, everybody, it's Thursday, March 16, 2023, and it is indeed a heck of a morning.
0:27.3	We are live on the MMA Fighting Twitter spaces.
0:30.1	You can hear the show in its entirety shortly thereafter on the MMA Fighting Podcast Network.
0:35.9	I am my cat.
0:36.9	Hope you're all having a wonderful day.
0:38.8	We are on the eve of the eve of UFC 286.
0:44.7	We are coming off of a very busy day at the Vox Studios in beautiful New York City.
0:52.0	We had our normal edition of the MMA Hour with Ariel Hawani, Stack Show, which included
1:00.0	games like Francis and Ghanu.
1:02.7	And if that wasn't enough, about four or five hours later, freaking Conor McGregor showed
1:08.5	up and walked into the studio and did a surprise sit down with Ariel Hawani.
1:14.0	It was amazing.
1:15.8	Unexpected it was a surprise and Conor was on one and good spirits had some interesting
1:22.0	things to say.
1:23.8	Him and Chandler are going to fight at 170.
1:26.8	He wants to get a well-to-weight title shot with a win.
1:30.9	Nate Diaz was at least to him, was supposed to be the other coach of the Ultimate Fighter.
1:35.6	A lot of interesting nuggets from that conversation, but it was just really cool to just kind of
1:42.4	chill out and all of a sudden boom, Conor McGregor is going to be in the studio in a few
1:46.7	minutes.
1:47.7	So watch the show.
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