HOAM | Should the UFC Immediately Run Back Alex Pereira vs. Israel Adesanya After Shocking UFC 281 Ending?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 15 November 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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The UFC middleweight champion has a name, and it's Alex Pereira after a stunning fifth-round, come-from-behind knockout win over Israel Adesanya in the main event of UFC 281. While Pereira's win opens up the door to some interesting and fresh matchups, a rematch between the new champ and Adesanya would be massive, but is it the fight to make in the immediate aftermath of the UFC's return to Madison Square Garden? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck attempts to answer that question from a matchmaking perspective and explains why a rematch makes sense in multiple ways. Additionally, listener questions include the sad news of Anthony Johnson's passing on Sunday, Dustin Poirier's win over Michael Chandler and where he goes from UFC 281, the matchmaking of Erin Blanchfield vs. Molly McCann and why it was the right call even in hindsight, Frankie Edgar's tough retirement fight against Chris Gutierrez, 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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0:31.1	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:36.2	Alright everybody, it is Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 and it is indeed a heck of a morning
1:02.3	live on the MMA Fighting Twitter Space as you can hear the show and its entirety shortly
1:07.6	thereafter on the MMA Fighting Podcast Network.
1:11.0	I am Mike Hack, thank you for joining us.
1:13.7	Man, do we have a lot to talk about, a lot to recap, a lot to discuss if you will following
1:22.7	a memorable and outstanding drama filled UFC 281 events which went down this past Saturday
1:32.3	at the Mecca Madison Square Garden in New York.
1:37.2	Like I said, if you join me on Saturday morning we did like a little pop up heck of a morning,
1:43.8	just walking around the streets of New York, Saturday morning when I got in ahead of
1:49.8	the watch party, I just felt it.
1:53.2	There was a buzz in the air that something special was going to happen and I'm not saying
1:56.9	that people were running the streets of MSG or New York City, near MSG just chanting
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