HOAM | Sean Strickland's Chances In the Israel Adesanya Sweepstakes, Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Kelvin Gastelum

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Sean Strickland feels he should be in play for Israel Adesanya and the middleweight title should he be successful in his UFC Vegas 76 main event matchup with Abus Magomedov this Saturday. Should he be victorious, would Strickland be in the driver's seat to face the champ in Sydney in September? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck gives his thoughts on Strickland's chances to get the title fight with a win, and what could happen should Magomedov get a massive win in just his second octagon appearance. Additionally, topics include Dana White announcing Shavkat Rakhmonov vs. Kelvin Gastelum as the co-main event for the UFC's event on Sept. 16 and if it was the correct fight to make, the most underrated UFC fights during the pandemic era, if a Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou fight could ever happen, 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.
0:07.0	All right, everybody, it is Thursday, June 29th, 2023, and it's time to say goodbye to
0:18.0	heck of a morning. We are live on the M.A. Fighting Twitter Spaces. You can hear the show,
0:33.0	and it's entirety shortly thereafter on the M.A. Fighting Podcast Network.
0:38.0	Hello, everybody. I am Mike Heck. Thank you for joining us on another Thursday.
0:44.0	On another Thursday, we are in the summer. It's the second to last day of June.
0:49.0	If you're in the United States, we are heading into 4th of July week, which is always a lot of fun.
0:56.0	And we have mixed martial arts to talk about. We're still kind of dealing with some of the fallout of this past weekend,
1:05.0	Ilya Tupori's incredible performance, Basie Barber's incredible performance,
1:10.0	everything I have with the PFL, tons of, and I don't know, I don't know if stunned is the right answer,
1:18.0	but tons of talk about Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg fighting, and we get a UFC card on Saturday.
1:27.0	We're on the road to international fight week and two incredible title fights between Volkanovsky and Yaya Rodriguez.
1:34.0	And Brandon Moreno, Alexander Pantosa, that card's going to be real good.
1:40.0	We do have to get through Saturday's fight night card, headlined by Sean Strickland and Abysmaga Madoff.
1:47.0	Still don't know why that fight's happening. I mean, I get it kind of, but why it's headlining a UFC event in the year of our Lord 2023,
1:56.0	and it's not like a short notice decision. This is one that's been in the works for a while.
2:01.0	It was announced a long time ago, still not really get it, but there are fights, there are 12 of them, I believe.
2:10.0	Let me just make sure I have my, my facts straight here.
2:16.0	Yeah, nice tight 12 fights, 4 p.m. prelims, 7 p.m. Eastern main card.
2:22.0	Can't really complain about that. Kevin Lee is a really interesting story.
2:28.0	Him coming back, the featured prelim against, we're not fuck radinoff.
2:34.0	He to me is the most interesting story of this entire card.
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