OTTNO 2025 Predictions Extravaganza | Look Ahead For Conor McGregor, Jon Jones, Khamzat Chimaev

MMA Fighting

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2025

⏱️ 121 minutes

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Summary

Following a chaotic and unpredictable 2024 in the world of MMA, 2025 is shaping up to be even crazier — both in and out of the cage. Could this be a year that will see Conor McGregor actually fight in the UFC? Does Jon Jones remain an active fighter? Will Khamzat Chimaev finally get his hands on UFC gold? On a very special edition of On To the Next One, those questions — and a lot more — are presented during the 2025 predictions extravaganza. Hosts Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee will go through a slew of buy/sell questions presented by listeners about a variety of topics, including McGregor, Jones, Chimaev, Francis Ngannou, Dana White, Dustin Poirier, Tom Aspinall, Israel Adesanya, Nick Diaz, and much more. Additionally, they will make their choices for who will end the year as UFC champions in each division, along with their bold and spicy predictions for the world of MMA in 2025. 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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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:05.0	Well, hello there, everybody, and welcome to on to the next one, first show of 2025.
0:29.4	And there is no matchmaking, no predicting for matchups following a UFC event.
0:34.7	But today we cast a wider prediction net, if you will.
0:39.3	We answer your questions about what 2025 could have in store for the UFC
0:44.7	and for the crazy world of mixed martial arts as this is the 2025.
0:50.1	On to the next one, predictions extravaganza.
0:53.8	And thank you for joining us live on the M.A predictions, extravaganza.
0:59.0	And thank you for joining us live on the M.A. Fighting YouTube channel or wherever you find your favorite podcast if you're listening or watching after the fact.
1:01.9	I am Mike Heck and joining me for one of my favorite shows of the year.
1:06.1	Each year is the co-host, the co-matchmaker, the Prince of Positivity, and my best friend, Mr. Alexander
1:12.8	Kay Lee, aka, I know it's past the Larry David statute of limitations, but since it's the first
1:18.9	time we've seen each other this year, happy New Year, my best friend. How are you? Oh, happy
1:23.2	New Year. Happy New Year, everyone. I am good. If I look slightly redder and darker than usual, I did was back. I'm back from a vacationeone. I celebrated New Year's with my wife and still good in Trinidad, Tobago. So shout out to shout out to, shout out to Vishal and Johnny, my host out there. And my dear Antinera, they're amazing hosts. And now I'm back in Canada. Now I'm back in
1:45.5	Canada and it is freezing and surrounded by snow. But more importantly, I'm back in the end of
1:50.5	the May world, Mike. Back with you, back with producer Casey. And I couldn't be more excited for
1:55.0	this show, especially after we did our recap episode where I think you and I got like 95%
2:00.4	of our predictions right. We were pretty good.
2:02.8	I'm joking, obviously, but I think we did, we did all right. I would say four out of five.
2:06.9	I think four out of five, we were pretty good with our predictions. I think collectively it was our
2:11.7	best year of doing this. Yeah. And there are some, there are some weird questions, but we've almost
2:16.5	gotten to the point where there is nothing bold, There is nothing that is off the table. Like everything is possible in this crazy world of ours. So yeah, I thought it was a pretty decent year. The champ predictions I was absolutely horrific at. You did much better with the champ predictions than I did last year. And we'll see how the chips fall for
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