What the Heck: Episode 50 | Kevin Holland, Frank Mir, Aspen Ladd, Trevin Giles & Grant Dawson

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2021

⏱️ 124 minutes

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This week on What the Heck, MMA Fighting's Mike Heck speaks with Kevin Holland (4:32) to preview his UFC Vegas 22 headliner with Derek Brunson this Saturday, talks Israel Adesanya's unanimous decision loss to Jan Blachowicz at UFC 259, the state of the middleweight division, and more. Aspen Ladd (28:30) provides an update on her recovery from a torn ACL and MCL, when she is targeting a return to action, discusses Julianna Pena calling for a title shot and why she feels a fight between her and Pena makes the most sense, thoughts about moving up to 145 to challenge Amanda Nunes, and more. Trevin Giles (47:42) talks his upcoming fight with Roman Dolidze at UFC Vegas 22 this Saturday, short notice opponent change, and how fans reacted to heart issues knocking him out of his fight with Kevin Holland. Grant Dawson (1:11:14) previews his lightweight debut this Saturday at UFC Vegas 22 against Leonardo Santos. Finally, Frank Mir discusses (1:31:53) his boxing debut April 17 against Antonio Tarver and what advice he has for Ben Askren ahead of his boxing bout with Jake Paul in the main event of that card. 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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