You're Welcome! With Chael Sonnen

Chael begins the final episode of 2021 by discussing Francis Ngannou's feud with the UFC and the heavyweight champion's failure to draw interest around next month's heavyweight title defense against Ciryl Gane. Then, Chael talks about a bantamweight matchup that must happen (16:25) and Suga' Sean O'Malley's comments about fighting five rounds before telling a story about one very tough guy (36:55).
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Chael begins today's episode by defending Dana White against online criticism he's received from Jake Paul. Then, Chael discusses rumors of a Dustin Poirier-Nate Diaz fight (11:14), an interesting question about Jon Jones and the heavyweight division (29:31), why every middleweight not named Israel Adesanya or Robert Whittaker is making a mistake right now, and more.

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In a YouTube live stream that originally aired on Saturday night, Chael tells you why he felt very underwhelmed after watching UFC 270, and why the four fighters at the top of the card are to blame. Then, Chael discusses Francis Ngannou's frayed relationship with the UFC and when we might see him next (21:08), an interesting take on the best heavyweight on the planet right now (33:20) and the state of the flyweight division following the trilogy fight between Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno.
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Maycee Barber backed out of the Erin Blanchfield fight at the last possible second, and on today’s episode I tell you what actually happened. Then, I explain why the stakes for Merab Dvalishvili vs. Sean O’Malley 2 are far bigger than you could ever imagine. And, Ariel Helwani and I disagree over what I recently said about Islam Makhachev and Ilia Topuria, but I still think everyone misunderstood me. So, I clear things up again.

After that, Michael Chandler is still pining away for the Conor McGregor fight, and I’ve got a strong message to deliver to Chandler that I hope he takes to heart. And, Arman Tsarukyan took a shot at Paddy Pimblett saying his career is “built on handouts, hype, and shortcuts to the top,” but is it true? Plus, Don Frye gave some advice to Alex Pereira, and I tell you my thoughts on that.

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CHAPTERS:

• Barber backed out of Blanchfield fight (00:00)
• Stakes for Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley 2 (08:52)
• What I said about Makhachev and Topuria (16:25)
• Chandler is still pining for McGregor (28:09)
• Tsarukyan says Pimblett's career built on handouts (35:04)
• Don Frye’s advice to Pereira (45:31)