What REALLY Happened Between Sean Strickland & Khamzat Chimaev? + Ask Uncle Chael
5/8/20261 hr 2 min
Chael breaks down the controversy surrounding Sean Strickland and Khamzat Chimaev’s infamous sparring sessions and asks the real question: what actually happened behind closed doors? With resurfaced footage, and conflicting stories from Strickland and Chimaev, he tells us why the missing footage may matter more than the footage that leaked.
Then learn why Conor McGregor vs Max Holloway 2 is the one fight the UFC should NOT make, why Tom Aspinall may never be the same heavyweight champion again, and what Eddie Hearn’s influence could mean moving forward. Plus, Chael dives into Islam Makhachev’s title picture, Ilia Topuria, Ian Machado Garry, Carlos Prates, Jorge Masvidal’s UFC future, and the growing rise of Josh Hokit.
Then it’s time for a loaded Ask Uncle Chael covering self-defense, Bo Nickal, MVP, Ronda Rousey, politics, fighting careers, and more.
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Chael Sonnen· Host0:33
Happy Friday, and thank you for joining another special episode of You're Welcome. Boy, we got a lot of moving parts. Sean Strickland said he was gonna shoot Chimaev. I wanna clarify those statements, and I also wanna hope that Sean Strickland does not even exercise his Second Amendment rights. He is not going to want to shoot Chimaev. We're gonna break that fight down. We're gonna break down what it looks like in the middleweight division. We're gonna break down the ridiculousness of Conor McGregor versus Max Holloway part two. We're gonna do everything within our power to stop this awful idea before it goes any further down the tracks, and we're gonna have an extra special