HOAM | What Fight Should Headline UFC's Return To Boston In August?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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UFC President Dana White said after UFC 288 that he hopes to have Aljamain Sterling make a quick turnaround to defend his bantamweight title against Sean O'Malley at the UFC's return to Boston in August. With Sterling eyeing a fall date with O'Malley, if the UFC can't get that fight on the books, then what should be the main event for that card? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck attempts to answer that question and makes the case for Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington for the welterweight title in that spot. Additionally, listener questions include what could be next for Jamahal Hill and the light heavyweight title if Jiri Prochazka needs to miss a lot more time, Henry Cejudo vs. Merab Dvalishvili, UFC Charlotte storylines, Daniel Rodriguez vs. Ian Machado Garry, ONE Championship's U.S. debut, 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.
0:07.0	All right everybody, it is Friday, May 12, 2023, and it is indeed a heck of a morning.
0:29.0	We're live on the M.A. Fighting Twitter spaces.
0:32.0	You can hear the show and its entirety shortly thereafter on the M.A. Fighting Podcast Network.
0:37.0	I am my Keck. Happy Friday to us all.
0:41.0	A lot of M.A., a lot of combat coming our way over the next couple of days.
0:46.0	Bellator 296 in Paris kicking off at a couple of hours.
0:51.0	You have to see Charlotte is tomorrow but the official weigh-ins going on right now
0:58.0	until the top of the hour.
1:00.0	We already lost one fight.
1:02.0	We lost for the second time in three weeks I believe.
1:07.0	The time levy versus Pete Rodriguez.
1:11.0	Pete Rodriguez scratched once again weight management issues.
1:17.0	I actually spoke to a couple people.
1:19.0	I was talking to Eric Nyxick who tweeted out about this.
1:24.0	The plan was 155.
1:26.0	They kind of had a feeling that missing weight was a not only a possibility but a probability.
1:36.0	Eric to his credit told me that as they were preparing, they were preparing for a short notice opponent as well.
1:45.0	They didn't know who would be but they were preparing for literally anything that could happen with Pete Rodriguez.
1:53.0	Apparently last night or earlier yesterday they agreed to catch weights, a couple of different catch weights.
2:02.0	Even 160 is what they were looking at and I was told there were even discussions about possibly doing it at 162.
2:13.0	But before that request could be discussed, the doctors had pulled Pete Rodriguez from the fight.
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