Michael Chandler, Anderson Silva, Kayla Harrison

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4.4 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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On this week's show, Ariel kicks things off by talking to Michael Chandler about his vacant UFC lightweight title fight this Saturday night at UFC 262. They talk about his journey to get to this point and what a win would mean for him. Then, Ariel talks to the legend Anderson Silva about his MMA future, boxing Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on June 19, Chris Weidman's leg break, DMX's death and more. Ariel also talks to Kayla Harrison about her recent win and tremendous post-fight promo, why she is fired up, her future with PFL and a potential future fight against teammate Amanda Nunes. Ariel closes the show by running down another busy weekend in MMA, including UFC 262. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends! It's your old pal, Ariel Hawani, back with another edition of the Wednesday
0:07.3	Hawani show. Fantastic lineup of guests, title contenders, former champions, rising stars,
0:15.1	all that and a whole lot more, so stick around. But do want to let you know about the low
0:19.5	post podcast hosted by Zach Lowe, NBA, is getting down to the wire. I stayed up to 1.30
0:26.2	a.m. to watch the nicks lose to the lakers in overtime. They were on the verge of clenching
0:33.2	a playoff spot. Sadly, it didn't come to fruition. I'm holding out hope they can do it on Thursday.
0:39.8	But anyway, if you want to be up to speed on all things, NBA, the Association, check out the low
0:47.2	post podcast, whether you get your podcast. Also, ESPN Films latest documentary, 144 executive
0:52.6	produced by ESPN Radio and first take her take podcast host, as well as current WNBA superstar
0:58.8	Chenet Agumake, takes viewers inside the WNBA's unprecedented 2020 season four months after the
1:05.3	WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The leagues set out to play condensed
1:10.3	season entirely in a bubble where 144 players across 12 teams not only came together to play
1:16.8	basketball, but also to dedicate their season to social justice. 144 premiere May 13th and 9 p.m.
1:23.4	Eastern, on ESPN, the film will be available immediately afterwards on ESPN Plus.
1:29.0	Alright, onto today's show, which does contain some language that may not be suitable for audiences.
1:33.8	So as always, listen to discretion as advised.
1:55.2	On this Wednesday, May 12, 2021, hello again everyone. I hope you're doing well. Welcome back to the
2:06.8	program. It is UFC 262 fight. We got Charles Olvera finally after 11 years in the UFC fighting for
2:14.3	a UFC title. He's fighting for the vacant UFC light white title against Michael Chandler.
2:19.0	We got the return of Tony Ferguson against Beniel Darryl. You should unfortunately,
2:22.6	we are not getting Jack Hermannson against Edmonds Shabazion. We are hopefully getting that next weekend
2:26.9	May 22nd. Unfortunately, we are not getting Nathan Diaz versus Leon Edwards. We are getting that
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