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MMA Fighting

Rankings Show: Can Tai Tuivasa Actually Break Into HW Top 3? Plus Islam's Rise, the Mousasi Dilemma, March’s Big Movers

MMA Fighting

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Sports, News, Sports News

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Is Islam Makhachev’s takeover of the lightweight division inevitable? Does Gegard Mousasi have a case for being the No. 2 middleweight in MMA? Tai Tuivasa is suddenly a top-4 heavyweight in the world — will he ever be ranked higher than he is right now?? The MMA Fighting Rankings Show returns after a hectic February to debate the biggest winners and losers of the past four weeks, crown an MVP of the month, and predict who will be the breakout story of a busy March. Then, co-hosts Shaun Al-Shatti and Alexander K. Lee are joined by MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck and Damon Martin to dive deep into the sport’s top storylines with a round of "Fact or Fiction" and forecast the futures of Makhachev, Mousasi, Tuivasa, Jamahal Hill, Johnny Walker, Sean Strickland, Jim Miller, and much more. Catch new episodes of the MMA Fighting Rankings Show on the first Wednesday of every month. Follow Shaun Al-Shatti @ShaunAlShatti Follow Alexander K. Lee @AlexanderKLee Follow Damon Martin @DamonMartin Follow Mike Heck @MikeHeck_JR 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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Welcome to the MMA fighting ranking show. I am Shauna Shotty and I'm joined by my good

1:34.8

friend, the principal positivity himself. I will say it seems like he's losing that

1:39.0

nickname these days. At least a little bit. He is the king of the north. He is Alexander

1:43.2

Kaylee and we appreciate y'all for joining us this month.

1:46.5

Hey Kay, how are we doing today, my man? Mr. Shaheen, my good friend, I am confident

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that by the end of the show, you're right. You're right. I have been down on some of the

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cards that we had in February. This is true. I tried to be positive where I could, but

1:59.9

frankly, some of these cards were a bit of a a bit of a poop sandwich. It's taken in

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their totality. I'm sorry. That's more than fair. And I think for people who have limited

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