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The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

Sean O’Malley, T.J. Dillashaw, Big E, Megan Anderson, and more

The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

SB Nation

Sports News, News, Sports

4.6878 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 255 minutes

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Summary

High drama to kick off the show as Ariel Helwani, Conner Burks, NewYorkRic, and Mysterious Frank lay out their latest MMA Hour parlay. The gang also reacts to the news of The MMA Hour being nominated for “Best MMA Programming” in the World MMA Awards. Megan Anderson around (31:10) discusses UFC 277, her life since taking a step back from MMA, her burgeoning streaming empire, whether she’s retired from fighting, her latest opportunities in the film industry, Invicta FC’s use of open scoring, and more. Big E around (59:45) discusses the fallout from UFC London, his thoughts on Paddy Pimblett, his comeback from a broken neck, whether he’ll ever wrestle again, Amanda Nunes’ rematch against Julianna Pena at UFC 277, and more. T.J. Dillashaw around (1:33:39) discusses his UFC 280 title fight against Aljamain Sterling, his road back from two surgeries since his win over Cory Sandhagen, Sean O’Malley’s fight against Petr Yan, his recent brush with Paddy Pimblett, USADA re-testing every sample of his dating back to 2016, Henry Cejudo’s comeback, and more. Sean O’Malley around (1:59:05) discusses his UFC 280 booking against Petr Yan, his no contest against Perdo Munhoz, why he didn’t expect Yan to accept the fight, why he quit streaming on Twitch, being the UFC’s link to the YouTube generation, his plans for Abu Dhabi, Dana White’s comments about the fight, the reaction to Nate Diaz vs. Khamzat Chimaev, Henry Cejudo’s comeback, his current UFC contract, and more. Ariel and GC around (2:35:02) discuss their best bets for the UFC 277 weekend. Ariel around (3:01:12) answers your questions about UFC 277's big fights, how the UFC’s PPV points system works, the logical next step for Paddy Pimblett, Vince McMahon’s retirement from WWE, coffee preferences, and more in the latest round of On the Nose. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OR/ PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. New customers only. Min. $5 deposit required. Eligibility restrictions apply. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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