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You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Stipe Miocic: Francis Ngannou Would Beat Jon Jones! Plus, Nate Diaz Back to the UFC?

You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Chael Sonnen

Comedy, Sports, Wrestling

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, I talk about Eric Nicksick's criticism of Sean Strickland’s “uninspiring” performance at UFC 312. Then, Nate Diaz called me, and he told me he wants back with the UFC. Plus, Stipe Miocic claims Francis Ngannou would beat Jon Jones, but does the MMA math back him up? And finally, Dana White gets challenged by the Pillow Fighting Championship, and Paddy Pimblett wants to welcome Ilia Topuria to the lightweight division.  To support this program, please leave me a review on Apple Podcasts or submit a rating on my Spotify page. CHAPTERS: Eric Nicksick's criticism (00:00) Nate Diaz's UFC return (7:34) Stipe Miocic's take on Jones vs. Ngannou (12:45)   Defending Jones (21:52)    Dana White vs. Pillow Fighting Championship (28:25) Paddy vs. Topuria? (36:31) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's happening, guys? Happy Friday. We meet again. I am in beautiful Las Vegas destroying Daniel

0:16.0

Cormier's life, reputation, and future dreams. But I always have time for you.

0:21.3

And I have time to tell you about the surprise I have at the resistance of the performance

0:28.2

of Sean Strickland.

0:29.8

And I'm going to let you all know why you should be proud of Sean.

0:33.7

And what about that performance specifically you should have admired? In fact, let's start right there.

0:44.0

My phone has been blowing up. There is a piece. Coach Eric Nixon went on Errol Hawanis program,

0:52.5

spoke very candidly with you, the fans, spoke very candidly about his athletes.

0:57.5

And at least in my world, all hell has broken loose.

1:01.3

I mean, I am getting messages from every which direction.

1:05.8

Adam Felters sent me 20 messages, and I'm still not completely sure if Adam's with it or against it.

1:13.9

And I'm not sure that he is. I go to Ryan. It's the same thing. Okay. All right, timeout, guys.

1:21.4

Let's start at the beginning, okay? Coach Eric Nixick is possibly the greatest coach to have ever done this.

1:29.9

He needs a little bit more time, in my opinion, to make that argument go away, right?

1:36.9

Like Javier Mendez and Gray Jackson still exist, for us.

1:43.1

He needs a little bit more time.

1:46.0

And that's just so that there isn't an argument.

1:48.8

If the game stopped today, there's a chance.

1:51.5

Eric Nixick is the greatest coach to have ever done this.

1:54.7

It's important that you understand that.

1:57.4

And Nixik was talking about Sean and the way that Sean competed.

2:04.3

And Coach just said, listen.

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