On To the Next One | Matches To Make After UFC Vegas 50

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🗓️ 13 March 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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How do you book Magomed Ankalaev following his eighth straight win over Thiago Santos in the main event of UFC Vegas 50 — a performance that has not been looked at in a positive manner? On this week's edition of On To the Next One, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee discuss what could be next for Ankalaev following his five-round decision win over Santos inside the APEX. In addtion, future matchups are discussed for Song Yadong after his sensational finish of Marlon Moraes in the co-main event, along with Sodiq Yusuff, Khalil Rountree, Drew Dober, and Alex Pereira following their victories. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR 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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0:00.0	Well, hello there, everybody, and welcome to a brand new edition of On to the next one,
0:12.2	as you put the matchmaking hats back on our heads following UFC Vegas 50, a really
0:17.5	fun card at the apex, following up on UFC 272, I mean, it was really fun card for 13 fights
0:24.5	anyways, a not at all that thrilling main event. I guess that's like the nice way to say it,
0:31.4	but a very solid offering from the Ultimate Fighting Championship overall. I am Mike Hack
0:36.4	and joining me is always the co-host, code matchmaker, the principal positivity, and my best friend,
0:42.0	Mr. Alexander Kaylee. Good morning, sir. How are you? Good morning, my best friend. I love that
0:47.4	card. Yeah, you wish we had gotten either a competitive main event fighter or a statement
0:54.5	win from Ankelive. I mean, it made a statement. It was not a statement that a lot of people were
0:59.4	particularly compelled by, unfortunately, and did not live up to some of our pre-fight expectations,
1:04.8	but a good one for him nonetheless. But yeah, overall really, really a fun card. And just as we
1:09.5	had hyped it up, I saw some people saying like, oh, this card was a classic case of the cards you
1:14.4	don't get overlooked. I'm like, all week, literally like everyone in the MMA media was saying like,
1:18.8	this was a good card. So this is not, you know, fulfill that weird, it's not true anyway,
1:25.2	that all the cards that are talked about are good. This one talks about a lot. We all said great
1:29.2	matchups, potential for highlights. It really lived up to all that. And I don't know if you guys
1:33.7	had a chance to talk about it on the post-fight show, Mike, but I loved the, I mean, as the principal
1:39.1	positivity, I loved the aura of positivity that was emanating from some of these fighters. It was
1:44.6	the opposite of 272. 272, we're like, there's some characters on here. There's some unsavory characters
1:50.8	on here. And that's fine. You're trying to sell a pay-per-view. That's the kind of people you want
1:55.3	on there, I guess. But I mean, we had my gosh, Khalil Ranchery just bringing us all the tears,
2:00.0	which is just this lovely post-fight speech. Damon Jackson, the first thing he did in his post-fight
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