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Good Guy / Bad Guy

Island Fighting, Israel Adesanya & McGregor Memories

Good Guy / Bad Guy

ESPN Radio

Sports

4.42.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

Chael Sonnen, who once fought on an island, tells Ariel about his own experiences before the two friends discuss Sonnen's fascination with the TBD location of UFC 249, the UFC's harrowing back to its early days, a stacked lightweight division, and how Conor McGregor could somehow become the top contender in the welterweight division. Plus, John Kavanagh of SBG Ireland shares memories of McGregor's UFC debut -- seven years ago this week -- (1:23:04) and UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya explains why he wants to fight on the island, why he respects Dana White's efforts to keep UFC events going, why he vows to not repeat Jon Jones' mistakes and much more (54:52). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Aria Hawani's MMA show was presented by Maudello.

0:03.4

Rude for those with a fighting spirit.

0:05.9

Hey everyone, it's your old pal Aria Hawani.

0:08.2

Very excited about today's show.

0:10.4

We have an extended conversation with my old friend,

0:13.5

Chale P. Sonnen.

0:14.9

We talk about a whole host of things,

0:16.5

fighting on an island,

0:18.0

fighting in La Mora, California,

0:20.1

putting on shows in the midst of a pandemic,

0:22.8

and a whole lot more.

0:24.2

So stick around for that.

0:25.4

Plus we'll hear from John Kavanaugh about Conor McGregor's debut seven years ago.

0:29.4

And the one and only Israel, a desuña.

0:33.2

It's always a good time when you get to talk to the last style bender.

0:36.5

But before we begin,

0:38.7

let me tell you about some other great ESPN pods that are going on right now.

0:43.7

There's a lot of good things available to all of you,

0:46.2

so you can complain that you're bored these days.

0:49.4

How about Minakim's ever heard of her?

0:51.5

She's so great. She has two podcasts.

0:53.9

She's got the Minakim show featuring Lenny and ESPN Daily,

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