UFC 296 Reaction! Leon Edwards Provides the Light in a Dark Time for MMA, Paddy Pimblett’s Perfect Week, and What Does Colby Covington Do Now?

In one of the darker weeks in recent memory for MMA, shining stars Ariel Helwani, Petesy Carroll, and Chuck Mindenhall offer immediate analysis of the final UFC pay-per-view event of the year and all of the other wackiness that’s happened this week. In this UFC 296 reaction episode, the guys get into:

• Why Leon Edwards’s win over Colby Covington is great for MMA (00:00)
• Covington’s pitiful performance in a fight he didn’t deserve (20:28)
• Who 3PAC thinks Edwards should face in his next title defense (26:47)
• A slew of great fights announced for UFC 299, including the UFC debut of Michael Venom Page (32:44)
• How “The Conor McGregor Effect” is poisoning MMA fighters (43:46)
• Why Paddy Pimblett had the perfect week (48:27)
• Whether now is the time for legend Tony Ferguson to retire (54:14)
• Shavkat Rakhmonov’s suffocation of Stephen Thompson (59:25)
• Alexandre Pantoja’s inspiring performance against Brandon Royval (01:04:29)
• The UFC 296 brawl in the stands between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis (01:08:46)
• A NASTY knockout of Bryce Mitchell by Josh Emmett (01:13:44)
• An update on Ian Garry’s health (01:18:16)

Hosts: Ariel Helwani, Petesy Carroll, and Chuck Mindenhall

Producer: Troy Farkas

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