HOAM | UFC 291 Fallout, Tony Ferguson's Future; Plus, Kenny Florian Joins the Show

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

UFC 291 was an event where the highs were extremely high, and the lows were very low, but there's a lot to unpack from this past Saturday's pay-per-view offering, including where Tony Ferguson now goes after suffering his sixth consecutive loss. On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck takes social media questions from listeners and discusses Ferguson's submission loss to Bobby Green, and if the UFC were to allow him to have one more fight, who the ideal opponent should be. Additionally, listener topics include Alex Pereira's win over Jan Blachowicz and the latter suggesting he was robbed by the judges, Justin Gaethje's BMF title win and which matchup would be more interesting for Gaethje when he fights the Islam Makahchev vs. Charles Oliveira 2 winner, the potential buy-rate for Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz, Jamahal Hill blasting the MMA Fighting Global Rankings, and more. Plus, PFL color commentator Kenny Florian joins the show to preview Friday's PFL Playoffs event, talks Derrick Lewis' free agency and a potential rematch with Francis Ngannou in the PFL, Paul vs. Diaz and the chances a second fight could happen in MMA, and a potential merger with Bellator. 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.
0:04.6	All right everybody, it is Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 and it is indeed a heck of a morning
0:29.9	we are not live. We are here on the MMA Fighting Podcast Network. No Twitter spaces today because by
0:39.4	the time you hear this, actually it might be a little bit before but by the time this
0:45.7	goes the way at the time the show normally starts I will be getting ready to hop on a plane to Dallas
0:51.8	Texas for the Jake Paul versus Nate Diaz boxing match going down this Saturday and I am very
0:59.5	excited the entire MMA our crew is going to be there as well. But we are doing a show.
1:05.4	I am Mike Heck. Thank you for joining us. It's going to be a different kind of a show. We solicited
1:10.8	some questions via Twitter via social media and we got about a handful of them. So we'll answer
1:19.6	those questions and also earlier today's record I got to speak with the great Kenny Florian. He
1:28.3	will be part of the broadcast on Friday for the first PFL playoffs event which will feature the
1:37.2	feather weights and the light heavy weights vying for a spot in the finals chance to win a million
1:44.0	dollars main event. Bubba Jenkins versus Hayes whose pinato other featherweight semi-final matchup
1:50.0	Gabriel Braga versus Chris Wade and in the light heavyweight matchups Josh Silvera versus Ty Flores
1:56.4	and we'll see Martin Hamlet versus former UFC middleweight contender Impa Cassangani and there'll
2:02.4	be other fights in the card as well. Keone Diggs fighting for the PFL against Elvin Espinoza
2:08.6	Desiree Yanis versus Lisa Maldon's going to be a crazy fight Anthony IV former UFC fighter on
2:13.7	the card against Carson Hardman and there are 10 total fights prelims will be on ESPN plus
2:21.8	main card will start Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern on ESPN. I believe it'll still be on ESPN plus as
2:28.3	well. It's going to be in San Antonio so go ahead and check that out. It's going to be a very busy
2:32.5	weekend in the world of combat sports. We're coming off of an insane weekend this past weekend
2:39.1	in the world of combat sports with spence Crawford that fight was I mean just crazy. What a performance
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