Sean Strickland Had Us Fooled! Plus, Valentina Shevchenko Seeks Revenge Against Alexa Grasso, and the WWE-UFC Merger is Official!

With their heads still spinning after an unpredictable UFC 293, Ariel, Chuck, and Petesy return to discuss the following on today’s episode:

• The creation of the TKO group, which merges the UFC and WWE under the parent company of Endeavor, and what this deal means for the front-facing product, the UFCs popularity, future broadcast deals, and whether the UFC will need to dial down some of its right-leaning politics now that it is a publicly traded company (6:22)
• Why we’ve failed to give Sean Strickland credit for how smart and calculated he actually is, and why he’s finding so many fans now (23:45)
• What should happen next for Strickland, Israel Adesanya, Dricus Du Plessis, and the winner of Paulo Costa vs. Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 294 (36:20)
• Saturday’s UFC Noche event in Las Vegas and whether another loss for Valentina Shevchenko signals the beginning of the end for the women’s flyweight GOAT (53:33)
• A fascinating matchup between fan favorite Kevin Holland and rising star Jack Della Maddalena in the co-main event (1:03:13)

And more!

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Hosts: Ariel Helwani, Petesy Carroll, Chuck Mindenhall

Producer: Troy Farkas

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