UFC Winnipeg Preview Show: Can Mike Malott Stay On Track To Be Canada’s Next Champion?

MMA Fighting

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4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Mike Malott headlines his first UFC event on home soil with the weight of the Canadian MMA world on his shoulders. The Ontario native headlines Saturday’s UFC Winnipeg event opposite one-time welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns. We haven’t seen the best version of Burns for a while, with the Brazilian veteran having lost four straight fights, but he still presents Malott with his toughest challenge yet. Is Malott being set up to shine or could Burns be the reality check that puts a ceiling on his championship potential? Ahead of UFC Winnipeg, MMA Fighting’s Alexander K. Lee and special guest Nick Baldwin preview Saturday’s main event matchup between Burns and Malott. Additionally, Nick gauges the vibes in Winnipeg with a lineup that has faced heavy criticism and predicts which of the nine Canadians competing on the card will leave with their hands raised and the crowd cheering their name. All that, plus a healthy round of fan questions. Follow Jed Meshew: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JedKMeshew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Nick Baldwin: @NickBaldwinMMA 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	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:13.9	Mixed martial arts.
0:16.5	Mixed martial arts.
0:18.4	How do we lack our martial arts in Winnipeg
0:26.6	Witte you gotta you gotta unmute yourself there buddy you muted me you yes this is So we could do this intro. Host gaslighting muted me. Uh, yes, we do love our martial arts in Winnipeg. Guys, we're back. We're back in a scenic Winnipeg, Manitoba. I love it. I've lived there before. I've traveled there many times. I have family there right now. I have friends there, many friends there, one who specifically who will get to shortly. But thank you everyone for joining the UFC Winnipeg, Gilbert Burns, for Mike Malat, preview show. I am your host, of course, Alexander K. Lee. You just heard the voice of our humble and magnificent producer, Jen Mishu. Normally a co-host of my, normally the host or co-host,
1:11.4	but today I wanted to bring this special guest. No, no, show him now. Show his face.
1:15.1	I'm running our special guest. He's on site in Winnipeg. Winnipeg's own. Your boy, the scores.
1:23.8	Nick Baldwin. Nick Baldwin, what's going on?
1:28.8	Nick Baldwin, you are muted.
1:33.0	I would also like to blame Jed Mishu for that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:33.7	Again, like, just as you said, he muted me too.
1:36.0	Absolutely.
1:36.4	You know what?
1:37.2	I'm just the guest.
1:38.3	I'm not the producer nor the host.
1:41.1	What is going on?
1:42.0	That's a great question.
1:43.0	A lot is going on in the capital of Manitoba. As I look outside on this Friday afternoon, snow is on the ground. It's April 17th. But you know what? That's Winnipeg. And that's what the UFC gets for coming to Winnipeg, not in June, July, or August. It's great to be here. Thanks for having me on. And I'm excited to talk about UFC Winnipeg. Yes. Listen, we're Canadian-flavored this week. I had to get at least one Canadian resident on. I'll tell people now. We'll have another, Nick, I didn't want you to do double duty we'll have another
2:17.5	canadian on uh for sundays on to the next one episode not a winnipeg resident so i want to get an outsider as well but i mean we're talking about the show itself we got to get the number one celebrity as you said in the in the capital of uh of manitoba nick's the thing if you don't live in winnipeg you're not quite as cool as those that do.
2:34.6	It's true.
2:35.1	Like, AKA, like, I love you.
2:36.9	Yeah.
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