Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou BOMBED! Plus, Leon Edwards Bans Ian Garry from Team Renegade!
You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen
Chael Sonnen
4.6 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
What an eventful week for ol' Uncle Chael! On today's episode, I tell you why Dana White isn't evil and the reason why PPV buys for Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou underperformed. Plus, I talk about prospects for Jon Jones vs. Ngannou, UFC 295, and Leon Edwards banning Ian Machado Garry from his gym in England.
TOPICS:
- Intro (00:00)
- Why Fury vs. Ngannou didn't sell well (00:57)
- Whether Dana White will ever book Ngannou and Jones (23:07)
- Why White will double down on preventing UFC fighters from boxing while under contract (31:12)
- An early look at Jiri Prochazka vs. Alex Pereira (43:25)
- Why I feel awful for Ian Garry (50:36)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What is it post surgery two years later and a loss in boxing different that would make you think you should ask for Francis versus Jones. |
| 0:13.4 | What's happening guys? |
| 0:26.0 | What's happening guys? Happy Friday and thank you for joining another special episode of your welcome. Guys we are so close to the Madison Square Garden |
| 0:30.6 | show and on the back end of today's episode I'm going to discuss |
| 0:35.0 | one of my most anticipated fights of the year Pro Hoska versus Pierre. |
| 0:40.0 | And before that I'm going to tell you some drama that's going on between Leon Edwards and Ian Gary. |
| 0:45.5 | But let me begin today's episode with the subject that got me into quite a shouting match with Ariel Hawani on Wednesday. |
| 0:55.0 | Misconceptions and the evil awful Dana White. |
| 1:02.0 | Now... awful Dana White. Now I continue to see headlines and a narrative including |
| 1:09.7 | from some of our best known reporters within the sport of MMA and they are |
| 1:17.1 | continuing to make very polite and very nice statements about Francis and Gano. |
| 1:26.1 | And they are continuing to talk about |
| 1:29.6 | the evil Dana White in the aftermath of Angano Fury, which took place in a different country |
| 1:40.3 | known as England, and had nothing to do with Dana White. |
| 1:47.0 | Nothing. |
| 1:49.0 | So it's an interesting theme to me. |
| 1:55.0 | And it continues to draw me in |
| 1:57.0 | because I want to hear what this person has to say. |
| 1:59.2 | And I will always, on a different note, |
| 2:00.8 | I don't expect you to do this, |
| 2:01.8 | I will on a different note be don't expect you to do this I will on a different note be judging |
| 2:03.7 | what they say and then I will instantly form a fight IQ for them and the fight business is not what you think it is. |
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