UFC 290 Watch Party Replay w/ Mike Heck & Conner Burks (And More Special Guests!)

MMA Fighting

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🗓️ 9 July 2023

⏱️ 210 minutes

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Relive the magic of UFC 290's live watch party with Mike Heck, Conner Burks, plus a few special guests! Check out the original UFC 290 Watch Party video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFE8ee_wfyg Reaction to Robbie Lawler's incredible final fight (6:09) Bo Nickal vs. Val Woodburn (33:48) Bo Nickal wins via first-round KO (36:35) Dan Hooker vs. Jalin Turner (52:38) Hooker hurts Turner in Round 2 (1:06:06) Hooker hurts Turner in Round 3 (1:09:45) Hooker wins split decision (1:15:06) Robert Whittaker vs. Dricus Du Plessis (1:30:25) Du Plessis finishes Whittaker in Round 2 (1:41:40) Brandon Moreno vs. Alexandre Pantoja (2:03:01) Pantoja wins title via split decision (2:38:00) Alexander Volkanovski vs. Yair Rodriguez (2:59:11) Volkanovski stops Rodriguez in Round 3 to retain title (3:20:30) Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Conner Burks: @connerburks 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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0:00.0	It's the UFC 2.90 Watch Party!
0:08.0	Watch along with MMAFighting.com, as the UFC presents its annual International Fight Week extravaganza.
0:16.0	And in the main event, the UFC Featherweight Championship is on the line as Alexander Bokynosky defense his title against the dangerous interim champion Gahir Rodriguez.
0:28.0	In the coming event, Brandon Moreno puts his flyweight title on the line.
0:33.0	I get some men who has defeated him twice before, and Alexander and Hozha.
0:39.0	Hi, from the Bok Studios in beautiful New York City. This is the UFC 2.90 Watch Party!
0:48.0	Welcome everybody, we are back. Welcome to International Fight Week. Welcome to the UFC 2.90 Watch Party here on MMAFighting.com.
0:56.0	I am Mike Heck. That is the legend himself. G.C. G.C. I get to tell you, those prelims are electric.
1:04.0	What we just saw from Robby Lawler was unbelievable. Electric.
1:07.0	If this is the table setter, what we're about to see in this main card, I have a macular vibes, Mike.
1:13.0	I just said to you, I mean, first of all, you said I'm a legend. I am not a legend.
1:16.0	Robby Lawler is a legend. A fucking legend. That knockout was unbelievable. You rarely see that with retirements.
1:24.0	I cannot believe that it happened. First round took no damage. They have the career recap video ready to go.
1:29.0	He's getting emotional as we're watching it. I mean, like, I'm on a high after that. It was incredible.
1:34.0	And I said to you, I was like, those prelims were pretty great. And like, to cap it off with the Robby Lawler knockout,
1:39.0	like, this is shaping up to be a pretty nice card. Like, obviously, we're knocking on wood. We're knocking on anything we've got here.
1:44.0	Just to be careful, but this is shaping up as a good card, and I'm really, really excited for this main card.
1:50.0	The conversation for best retirement and the history of MMA is over. It's Robby Lawler.
1:55.0	That is as good as it gets. I mean, look, Amanda Nunez, her retirement was really, really positive.
2:00.0	It was great. We didn't see it coming, so it had a different feeling.
2:04.0	I was going to say, do we separate the categories into going into the fight? You know, this is the final time.
2:11.0	Like, when he got in, he stood for a second, took in the moment and was like, this is the final fight as opposed to...
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