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    The MMA Hour with Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley, Demetrious Johnson, and More | May 8, 2023
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    The MMA Hour with Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley, Demetrious Johnson, and More | May 8, 2023



    The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT / 5 p.m. UK time.

    00:00:00 Standby.

    00:01:11 We kick off the show by reacting to all angles of UFC 288.

    00:37:00 Sean O’Malley returns to chat about Aljamain Sterling’s win over Henry Cejudo, his in-cage faceoff with Sterling, their upcoming fight, and much more.

    01:07:07 Former UFC champion Dominick Cruz discusses the state of his bantamweight division, the fallout from UFC 288, and more.

    01:33:13 MMA legend and ONE flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson stops by to talk about his trilogy win over Adriano Moraes, what’s next, and more.

    02:04:15 Yan Xiaonan reflects on her massive knockout win over Jessica Andrade at UFC 288 and looks ahead to whether a title fight against Weili Zhang is next.

    02:19:45 Matt Frevola looks back on his scintillating win over Drew Dober at UFC 288.

    02:36:57 Bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling returns following his successful UFC 288 title defense over Henry Cejudo.

    03:14:19 GC and the Parlay Pals review our best bets from the UFC 288 weekend.

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    2. Bryan Ciacco on

      The commentary on the Aljo fight was ridiculously biased towards a Aljo, that's why. There was a moment we're Aljo missed three punches in a row and Henry hit him with a hook and they were congratulating Aljo.

    5. The Great Nitchi on

      I believe Sean O'Malley has the right combination of skill, charisma, and luck (of the Irish?Meh.) to pull off a clean finish of Aljo to win the BW title. I Don't know how long he holds on to it…but I do think he snatches it up.
      Anyone think ALjo is getn another title shot if he does lose?…. 🤔
      Probably not.

    8. technodromen on

      Dom is the best analyst employed by the ufc.
      His thoughts on Aljo’s fight iq are so good. Aljos strategy to drop down on all 4s is genius. And Dom is right on the money with how smart it actually is.
      In the ONE rules it would be madness. Same in a ”real” fight. But in these rules its so smart.

      Rogan saying ”he is hanging on his neck” like it was some kind of a damage inflicting move from Henry was so wierd to me in the fight.

    11. technodromen on

      get Stamp Fairtex, Rodtang or Zebaztian Kadestam on the show. that ONE main card was liiiiiit!
      rodtang adjustment to the spinning elbow was nassssty.
      stamp OBVIOUSLY has a much bigger US following then at least I thought.
      and the bandit stopped one of the biggest free agency signing outside the ufc on a broken foot after being absolutly pieced up in the 1st round.

    12. Harmony Hendrickson on

      Its time to start taking aljo seriously he's gotten to the highest level of the sport there's aways a punchers chance but I think o'malley gonna have a very hard time with Him exited to see hin move up to featherweight

    15. vjeran turk on

      Relegation is a huge deal, especially from a financial point of view . Every Premiership (1st tier) club gets at least 120M $ from TV rights, Championship clubs (2nd tier) get around 9M $ each. Not including sponsorship deals, which are a lot higher in the Premiership. Also, attracting good players is so much easier when you play in the 1st tier.

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