Breaking: Conor McGregor Is Back … Or Is He? Plus, Fedor’s Sad Farewell and Taylor-Serrano 2 Is Set

Following a jam-packed night of combat sports, Ariel, Chuck, and Petesy take to Spotify Live to discuss the following:

• Fedor Emelianenko’s upsetting first-round loss to Ryan Bader in the final fight of the MMA legend’s career (3:00)
• Bellator’s CBS debut and whether tonight helped or hurt the Bellator brand
• Can Bellator middleweight champion Johnny Eblen beat UFC middleweight champion Alex Pereira? (26:45)
• Amanda Serrano’s win tonight and the announcement that she and Irish boxing phenom Katie Taylor will rematch in Dublin in May (32:58)
• Today’s breaking news about Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler coaching ’The Ultimate Fighter’, and why Petesy doesn’t think the season will actually conclude with McGregor and Chandler fighting one another (40:58)
• Whether ’The Ultimate Fighter’ is really the best avenue for bringing McGregor back 

Plus: Can McGregor curry favor with the public by helping bring Taylor-Serrano 2 to Croke Park?

Hosts: Ariel Helwani, Petesy Carroll, Chuck Mindenhall

Producer: Troy Farkas

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