On To the Next One | Matches To Make After UFC Seattle

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 23 February 2025

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Song Yadong scored a convincing win—with an abrupt conclusion—over former two-division champion Henry Cejudo at UFC Seattle, claiming the most impressive scalp of his career so far. What should be Song’s next move as he continues to climb the rankings? On an all-new edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what the next step for Song is after finally knocking off a ranked veteran. Additionally, future matchups are discussed for Anthony Hernandez following a second win over rival Brendan Allen, the spoiler Rob Font after upsetting the previously undefeated Jean Matsumoto, the white hot Jean Silva, and unlikely Fight of the Night winner Alonzo Menifield. Plus, some amazing picks from the listeners, including what to do with Cejudo following his third straight loss since coming out of retirement. Follow Mike Heck: @m_heckjr Follow Alexander K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Read More: http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:58.4	Well, hello there, everybody, and welcome to a brand new edition of On to the next one.
1:05.2	The matchmaking crowns have returned following the UFC's return to the Pacific Northwest.
1:13.3	Seattle, Washington, to be exact, UFC Seattle, went down another record-setting night for the UFC sellout crowd over 18,000 people and for like the ninth time in consecutive North
1:21.1	American fight nights they broke another record biggest gate for a fight night in
1:26.8	North American history and And we are here
1:29.3	to discuss the fallout of that event from a matchmaking perspective. I am Mike Hack and joining me
1:35.1	as always, the co-host, the co-matchmaker, the Prince of Positivity in my best friend, Alexander
1:41.6	Kay Lee. He was on boxing duty yesterday.
1:55.8	And I don't know if you had like the better end of the stick here because UFC Seattle was incredibly fun, but it ended in such a sour way that I don't know how to appropriately grade it.
1:56.8	But anyways, how are you, A.K?
1:59.3	I'm good. I'm good, my best friend. I'm a pretty good mood. I, yes, I wasn't boxing duty, which, if anyone was following along, it was like six or seven fights, whatever the card turned out to be in the end. A lot of 12-rounders, because it was several, I think it was five interim or, you know, undisputed title fights. And I was live blocking the whole time, which is fine. It's not like the most difficult job the most difficult job it is just sort of time consuming and it requires a certain level of concentration
2:21.0	right so I'm not complaining it was fun you get to watch fights I think at least three out of the
2:24.6	five fights in that boxing card were really good like the main event was great um who wasn't in the
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