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

You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Sports, Comedy, Wrestling

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 66 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!

Transcript

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0:00.0	What's happening guys, Happy Friday and thank you for joining another special episode
0:12.1	of your welcome.
0:13.1	Guys, the UFC is off this weekend but we still got a lot to get to on today's show.
0:18.8	Alex Piera at Heavyweight is Edwards in Cubbington.
0:23.0	Got to happen or will someone else swoop in to get the next Welterweight title shot?
0:28.0	I'm going to get to all of that and a whole lot more on today's show but guys, let's
0:32.3	begin here.
0:35.0	Shukashan came out.
0:38.2	Shon was talking about, hey I'm out, I'm not going to do the back up play and it was
0:42.4	very interesting because you're in an honesty, right?
0:46.2	I mean what an honesty, Shukashan comes out, Shukashan is always looking for attention.
0:52.3	He is always looking for a headline and he's very calculated in his strategy.
0:58.8	He is the single best active fighter for you to study in terms of approach.
1:10.0	Massive chest player comes out, he says I'm not going to do the back up fight.
1:14.4	Okay.
1:15.4	Well, never had a backup guy pull out before.
1:20.5	Why?
1:22.5	And this is where the truth comes.
1:24.6	This is where you see okay, this is not a stick, this is not a tension.
1:27.7	He says I don't have the motivation.
1:31.2	Not knowing that I'm going to fight.
1:34.6	Not having the urgency to get into shape.
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