What the Heck: Episode 47 | Stephen Thompson, Casey O’Neill, Ricky Simon, Julia Avila & Chris Gutierrez

MMA Fighting

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

This week on What the Heck, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck speaks with No. 5 ranked UFC welterweight Stephen Thompson (4:41) as he states his case as to why he should be next for champion Kamaru Usman following UFC 258. Casey O’Neill (31:48) recaps her second-round TKO victory against Shana Dobson in her octagon debut this past Saturday at UFC Vegas 19. Ricky Simon (55:32) discusses his unanimous decision win over Brian Kelleher at UFC 258, hopes to fight Frankie Edgar sooner rather than later, and why he feels a fight with Sean O'Malley will never happen. Julia Avila (1:17:35) talks her upcoming fight with Juija Stoliarenko on March 20, what she took away from her loss against Sijara Eubanks in September and the injuries she's had to overcome. Finally, Chris Gutierrez (1:39:51) recaps his unanimous decision win over Andre Ewell at UFC 258, talks being at the forefront of the leg kick movement in the sport of mixed martial arts, and his current custody battle that was discussed during the broadcast. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR 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.
0:04.6	This is What the Heck with Mike Heck on MMAFighting.com.
0:13.4	Now here is your host, Mike Heck.
0:16.9	What the Heck?
0:18.4	Well, hello there, everybody.
0:21.5	Welcome to a brand new edition of What the Heck Here on MMAFighting.com.
0:25.7	I am Mike Heck.
0:27.1	Thank you for checking out the 47th episode of the program.
0:31.3	It's crazy, man.
0:32.3	It just seems like just yesterday episode one went down, but we're coming along, I guess
0:39.8	we should say.
0:40.8	We do have a lot to get to this week.
0:42.1	Of course, we're coming out of UFC Vegas 19 this past Saturday, capped off by Derek
0:47.6	Lewis' big knockout win over Curtis Blades in the main event.
0:51.9	We talked about the card extensively on the post fight show, on on to the next one.
0:57.5	So check those out on the podcast network or YouTube.
1:00.6	But one thing I will say, let us put some darn respect on Derek Lewis' name.
1:07.4	I mean, this guy is a personality.
1:09.7	We love listening to him talk.
1:11.6	He's just fun to watch, but he's putting it all together in a very big way right now.
1:17.2	He's shown not only does he have the power, but he's a pretty intelligent fighter on top
1:21.7	of having that life-altering power.
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