HOAM | Should Valentina Shevchenko Rematch, Or Erin Blanchfield Be Next For New Champ Alexa Grasso?

MMA Fighting

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4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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After Alexa Grasso shocked the world with her submission win over Valentina Shevchenko in the co-main event of UFC 285 to capture the flyweight title, should she run it right back with Shevchenko, or should the surging Erin Blanchfield get her chance to fight for the championship first? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck discusses the flyweight division, and how things shape up after this past Saturday's pay-per-view event. Additionally, Free-For-All Friday topics include Jon Jones' future after a fight with Stipe Miocic, what could be next for Kamaru Usman win or lose next Saturday at UFC 286, Justin Gaethje's title contention hopes heading into his fight with Rafael Fiziev, the current state of pro wrestling, best fights of all-time, 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.
0:21.4	All right everybody, it is Friday, March 10th, 2023, and it is indeed a heck of a morning.
0:29.4	We are live on the M.A. Fighting Twitter Spaces. We hear the show in its entirety
0:32.8	shortly thereafter on the M.A. Fighting Podcast Network. I am Mike Keck. Hope everyone's having
0:38.4	a fantastic Friday. It is Fight Day for Bellator MMA, Bellator 292 going down tonight.
0:47.6	It is a damn good main card. Very excited for Usman Ramaga-Madoffs, first title defense against
0:55.1	the gritty, tough, wily veteran, Benson Henderson. They fight right before that. The Colmeiate event,
1:02.1	the first fight in the lightweight ground pre for Bellator, Alexander Shobli versus Topic Messiah.
1:09.7	If there is an under the radar low-key banger anywhere in MMA, this weekend or maybe this entire
1:17.1	month, that fight might be in. Might be the one. Because nobody's talking about it. Nobody's
1:22.5	talking about it. All eyes are on the main event. I totally understand that. But this Shobli versus
1:28.7	Messiah fight, friggin' rules. And I am excited for that one. We got Balancing Bulldofsky versus
1:36.5	Linton Vasell. We have Michael Venom Page versus Goichi Yamauchi. That's an interesting fun fight.
1:44.8	Spellator card is really, really good. So I would suggest if you are a mixed martial arts fan
1:50.9	and you are in the space, so I assume that you are. Don't miss that one. I think it's
1:56.4	a better card. It's a better main card than the UFC's. I think it's a better card
2:01.8	in total than the UFC's offering on Saturday. So there's a lot to like about that one. Of course,
2:07.2	the UFC is back tomorrow. UFC Las Vegas. Love the start time. Very much in favor of it.
2:14.6	3 p.m. Eastern Prelims. 6 p.m. Eastern main card. This is the way all fight night cards should
2:21.6	be in my humble opinion. But who am I to complain when our international fans have to stay up
2:27.8	basically overnight to watch these cards? But I just think this is a perfect time frame for a
2:33.6	non-paper view card. And then it's on roads to UFC 286 in London. Watch party going down next Saturday.
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