Jon Jones Is Out of UFC 295! Plus, Middleweights Still Won’t Fight Khamzat Chimaev

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Chael Sonnen

Sports, Comedy, Wrestling

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, I discuss:

Intro (00:00)
Jon Jones pulling out of UFC 295 (00:55)
What to do with the UFC heavyweight division (14:58)
The fallout of the Johnny Walker vs. Magomed Ankalaev fight (33:42)
Khamzat Chimaev and the middleweights who refuse to fight him (46:02)
Who Islam Makhachev’s next opponent should be (58:51)
Why Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou is the biggest mismatch in combat sports history (1:09:36)
My take on Francis Ngannou’s tough luck story (1:20:12)

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0:00.0	This is a new age phenomenon by the new fake tough guys that are known as ultimate fighters
0:07.4	15 pounds. It's the same you weigh the same thing
0:19.2	What's happening guys? Happy Friday and thank you for joining another special episode of you. Welcome
0:25.4	It has been an eventful week in combat sports. I'm going to get to all of that on today's show
0:31.8	I'm going to get into Tyson Fury versus Francis and got him as well as Johnny Walker's comments on what went down over
0:38.9	The weekend out of Abu Dhabi, but before I do that guys
0:42.4	I wanted to start at the beginning with a massive shake-up we've had for the UFC
0:48.6	95 pay-per-view schedule for November 11th at a New York City
0:55.6	John Jones is out now guys. I got to jump in here and I would be remiss to not throw in
1:04.3	The gracious
1:06.1	John get well soon and that really is
1:10.3	What that's about? I feel when we're talking about John
1:14.9	We can be more callous at times because he can handle it right?
1:19.5	John is the tougher. He is the heavyweight champion. He is right number one in the world
1:23.6	One thing I will tell you about John that he doesn't get credit for. John gets credited for being really good
1:30.4	John has skills that we've never seen before. I had watched Joe Rogan possibly the most eloquent
1:38.1	rhetoric in all of sports
1:41.6	Be flustered in the first one minute of John Jones fights because he doesn't know
1:47.5	What John's doing none of us do. John will go into something that doesn't have a name
1:53.3	Did this to Glover and Frank mirrored already done it Frank mirrored many years before
1:57.9	To to Varus if you guys will remember that but in a different position
2:01.8	John's on his feet with Glover to share it Glover puts an underhook John locks his arm and tears Glover's bicep
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