Blaydes Won? Pereira vs ‘Deez Nuts’ & Dana White's $30M Challenge!
4/17/202653 min
Chael's Friday Rants:
- - Curtis Blaydes claims he won… but did he really?
- - The wild path to Alex Pereira vs “Hokit” and why it might already be inevitable.
- - The truth behind Jiri Prochazka’s “mercy” claim and the knee controversy
- - Carlos Ulberg shocking the world (and Chael admitting he was wrong 👀)
- - Eddie Hearn vs Dana White — a $30 MILLION fight… on Netflix?!
- - Merab’s risky fight-day sparring and the REAL truth about “overtraining”
Plus: Uncle Chael answers YOUR questions.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsChael Sonnen· Host0:00
[upbeat music] What's happening, guys? Happy Friday. There is so much to get to. What an incredible week it has been. Major fallout from UFC Miami. I mean, it's not over yet. Curtis Blaydes is saying the judges got the decision wrong and that he won the contest. Josh Hockett has been propelled into the top 10, currently sitting at number five in the UFC heavyweight rankings. You know what? So much to get to, plus we're gonna do a Ask Uncle Chael. Why don't we start right here? [upbeat music] Curtis Blaydes believes he won that fight, with Josh, the one, Saturday, the fight. That's the fight. Curtis Blaydes thinks that he won that fight. And he just spoke up, and he just said that, and that's helpful. I like those words, and I like Curtis. Can we get him a rematch? Is it, is it that kind of a claim? "I thought I won that fight," sounds like rematch, particularly when it comes from Curtis Blaydes. I mean, you guys will remember when Curtis Blaydes lost to, uh, Francis Ngannou. This is before Ngannou was Ngannou. He was just a guy. And Curtis was like, "Give me a rematch." And by the way, there was nothing competitive or controversial about the fight. Francis caught him and knocked him out, but that was Curtis's claim. "Hey, you caught me. You knocked me out. I didn't understand you had these skills. You're a brand-new guy. Now