The Truth About Chimaev's Exhaustion + Josh Hokit vs. Everyone at The Press Conference
5/12/202641 min
Chael was in Newark. He saw it live. Sean Strickland just pulled off one of the biggest upsets in MMA history. The exhaustion everyone is talking about? What drained Khamzat Chimaev nothing to do with the scale. Chael breaks it down.
Plus, the middleweight division has been exposed. Every contender ducked the wolf. Every one except Bo Nickal.Chael also scouted Ciryl Gane and Alex Pereira in person.
And Josh Hokit took over a press conference packed with champions. He walked in alone. He came prepared for everyone on that stage. He just didn't see Ilia Topuria coming. Did he handle it? Chael was watching.
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsChael Sonnen· Host0:00
[upbeat music] What's happening guys? Happy Tuesday, and thank you for joining another special episode of You're Welcome. Boy, I get in the habit of saying that to you every week, but there is a special episode coming up right now. I just got back. I was in New Jersey. I saw it live, Strickland and Chimaev. There's a lot here. There's a lot here, and I wanna get to it, and you wanna know why? 'Cause I wanna get off it. These guys have informed us that what we just witnessed was not real, and that the journey that we just went on, that we're fools. So let's pay this off, let's put it to rest, and let's never speak of them again. [upbeat music] All right, let's put a cap on Strickland and Chimaev, and I don't ever wanna talk about these two again. Th- that was so ... Th- th- th- the way that that ended, and they, they decided to send us off, fair enough. I'll give, I'll give them what they want. I'll get off the ride right after this. So when the whole thing ends, right, the- these two decide they're going, "We love one ... F you," to the audience. When, when they decide to do that, it looks like they're gonna rematch. I'll just tell you from my, from my seat, being with the people