Sean O'Malley, Chris Weidman

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🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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One of the hottest names in MMA, “Suga’” Sean O’Malley joins Ariel days before his UFC 252 bantamweight bout to discuss the UFC’s decision to upgrade him to the co-main event, his new contract, inspiration he’s taken from Michael Jordan, how he plans on beating Marlon Vera, his “beef” with Cody Garbrandt and more (6:54). Then, former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman talks about his first win in three years, the hardest weight cuts of his career, proper foot hygiene and his new partnership with social media star Gary Vee (31:55). But before all that, Ariel shares some of his favorite Daniel Cormier memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, it's your old pal, Arya Hawani back with an exciting edition of the Wednesday
0:06.2	pod. It's UFC 252 Fight Week. Of course, on Mondays DC and Hawani we spoke to Daniel Cormier.
0:13.0	Today we're talking to one half of the Comin event. The sugar show himself, Sean O'Malley,
0:18.8	ahead of his big fight against Marlon Chitovera on Saturday night in Las Vegas. We'll also talk
0:24.6	to Chris Wideman coming off his massive win on Saturday, his first UFC win by the way in three
0:30.7	years. But before we get to all of that, I want to let you know that this week's episode of the
0:35.2	Behind the Bats podcast with Doug Kazarian features MMA handicap or Matthew Holt who gives you all the
0:41.9	insights you need. In case you plan on placing a couple of wagers on UFC 252 on top of that,
0:49.9	I encourage everyone out there to download and subscribe to ESPN Daily because you might just
0:56.1	see an appearance from yours truly in the very near future. Stay tuned for that. Behind the
1:02.1	Bats ESPN Daily, check them out wherever you get your podcast onto today's show. And as always,
1:08.3	listen to discretion as advised.
1:22.7	Back in your life on this Wednesday, August 12, 2020. Hello again everyone. Welcome back to
1:30.3	another edition of the show. And as always, we are presented by Modello Modello Espacial.
1:36.0	Group for those with a fighting spirit. So my friends, we are finally here UFC 252 fight week,
1:43.1	August 15, 2020, Steve Meachich versus Daniel Cormier. It is going down in Las Vegas. We are just
1:50.2	days away now. And for me, as I alluded to on Monday, you know, I actually got a little emotional.
1:56.0	I don't know if a lot of you realize this, but I got a little emotional as I was talking to Daniel
2:00.5	because it feels like the fight camp for this particular fight, his retirement fight, coincided
2:08.4	with the launch of our show DC and howani. And as I said on Monday, at the beginning of all this,
2:14.6	you know, back in March, the beginning of the pandemic here in the United States, those were
2:18.9	dark times. And I think doing the show with Daniel helped me, helped me laugh, helped me look
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