O'Malley Declines UFC 288 Backup Spot, Valentina Makes Headlines, and Alex Pereira to Heavyweight?

You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Wrestling, Sports, Comedy

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

After another dramatic week in MMA news, Chael discusses the following on today's episode: Sean O'Malley's refusal to serve as the backup fighter for Aljamain Sterling vs. Henry Cejudo in May (00:37) Glover Teixeira's statement that his training partner Alex Pereira could one day fight at heavyweight (8:08) Justin Gaethje's role in the Islam Makhachev IV conspiracy (30:05) Why Chael believes Leon Edwards vs. Colby Covington is the fight that we all need to see next (39:27) Valentina Shevchenko's interview with Ariel Helwani, which gathered headlines this week for her comments about refereeing in her UFC 285 loss to Alexa Grasso (55:31) And more! Our Sponsors:* Check out Shopify and use my code chael for a great deal: https://www.shopify.com* Check out Shopify and use my code chael for a great deal: https://www.shopify.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.1	What's happening, guys?
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1:12.6	Guys, the UFC is off this weekend, but we still got a lot to get to on today's show.
1:18.6	Alex Piera at heavyweight? Is Edwards and Covington gonna happen or will someone else swoop in to get the next welterweight title shot.
1:27.8	I'm going to get to all of that and a whole lot more on today's show.
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1:36.8	Sugar Sean came out.
1:38.0	Sean was talking about, hey, I'm out.
1:40.0	I'm not going to do the backup fight.
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