HOAM | What's Next For Islam Makhachev If He Beats Alexander Volkanovski Again?

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Islam Makhachev could hold two wins over one of the best fighters on the planet in the same year when he faces featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 294 on Saturday. With the current lightweight titleholder teasing a move to 170, should he be victorious against Volkanovski again, is that the best course of action? On an all-new edition of Heck of a Morning, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck attempts to answer that question, along with defending the welterweight move should Makhachev choose to do so, but under one condition. Additionally, listener questions include Khamzat Chimaev's return against Kamaru Usman, which fighter outside of the top-two fights needs an impressive performance most, the UFC debut of Shara Magomedov, Muhammad Mokaev vs. Tim Elliott, if the main and co-main eventers will end their careers as top-20 all-time fighters, 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 to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter 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.
0:04.8	All right, everybody, it is Friday, October 20th, 2023, and it is indeed a heck of a
0:29.9	morning. We are live on the MMA Fighting Twitter space, so you can get the show on its entirety.
0:33.9	Shortly thereafter, on the MMA Fighting Podcast Network, hello there! I am Mike Beck. Very excited.
0:41.4	Why? Because it's UFC 294E, everybody. We are on the eve of early-day MMA. We look forward to
0:50.9	this stuff. Love the early-day MMA. We get two very intriguing fights. At the top of UFC 294,
1:00.6	we get Islamak, Jeffers, Alexander Volkanovsky, too. We get Humsat Shamayev, who looks like a freaking
1:07.2	bohemith at 185 pounds. Fighting Kamar Usman. We got Magomed, Ankle Live, Johnny Walker. High
1:15.3	stakes fight there at 205. A lot of other fun fights. A lot of intriguing matchups. A lot of
1:21.1	prospects. There could be a lot of squash matches on this card as well. And what's crazy about
1:30.2	this episode of the program, the day before UFC 294, the weigh-ins are done. The real weigh-ins
1:37.3	done real quick. It was over before I woke up this morning, which I was very excited about.
1:44.4	Everybody made weight that are in the big-time fights. We did have two weight misses,
1:52.4	but all the fights that were on the books, at least as of right now, will go on as scheduled.
1:59.8	So the weight misses were, let's see, my breed and missed by three and a half pounds,
2:08.6	and Victoria, due to Kova, who, when asked yesterday, who I thought were
2:15.7	locks to win on Saturday, due to Kova was probably at the top of my list. I still feel that way.
2:21.9	She missed by 0.6 pounds. 20% goes to Ginu Fry, but everybody else on weight. We already had
2:28.9	the ceremonial weigh-ins. We heard from Volkanovsky and Makachev, who said nothing of note.
2:35.8	We did not hear from Kamaru's when her home is such a mife at all, which I thought was kind of
2:39.6	surprising, but all systems go for tomorrow. We will have the watch party tomorrow, 145 PM Eastern,
2:47.3	so you could join us for that, whether you're ordering the pay-per-view or not. And we're actually
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