Anthony Smith confident he can take down Jon Jones at UFC 235 | Ariel Helwani's MMA Show

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UFC light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss his potential upcoming title fight vs. Jon Jones at UFC 235 on March 2nd. Although the fight is contingent upon the Nevada State Athletic Commission licensing Jones to fight in Las Vegas, Smith is still ready to take him on after he’s picking up momentum on his latest win streak.Read More →

Derrick Lewis talks Daniel Cormier loss, Popeyes, JDS fight

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UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to explain what he’s been up to since fighting Daniel Cormier at UFC 230 at Madison Square Garden, including getting a new home and acting on a television show. Lewis explains why he hasn’t taken advantage of his free Popeyes deal and reacts to losing to DC. Lewis also explains why he thinks he’s still coming back too soon to fight Junior Dos Santos on March 9.Read More →

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ESPN MMA’s Ariel Helwani joins SportsCenter for “In The Cage” to discuss the future of the men’s UFC flyweight division after the January 19th title fight between Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw on UFC Fight Night: Brooklyn, Rachael Ostovich’s thoughts about Greg Hardy competing on the same card and Cain Velasquez making his return to the Octagon after a long hiatus.Read More →

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UFC welterweight Colby Covington (4:27) joins Ariel Helwani via Skype to weigh in on not getting a title shot vs. Tyron Woodley at UFC 235 on March 2. Covington sounds off on Kamaru Usman getting the fight instead, blaming politics. (15:50) Covington explains when he would’ve been healthy to fight, including a bout vs. Nick Diaz at Madison Square Garden in November.Read More →

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Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez reveals the injuries and life events that kept him out of fighting in the UFC for over two years and looks ahead to his February 17th showdown with Francis Ngannou on ESPN. Cain also explains how his friendship with current heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is helping with his road back to fighting in the Octagon.Read More →

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones speaks with Ariel Helwani ahead of his UFC 232 bout vs. Alexander Gustafsson for the title. Jones discusses the event being moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles on less than a week’s notice. “Bones” explains why he apologized to fellow fighters on the card and discusses why the science proves there was no re-ingestion of a banned substance.Read More →

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UFC heavyweight Alistair Overeem calls in to Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to discuss his win vs. Sergey Pavlovich at UFC Fight Night 141, saying he needed to win this fight and expresses that his is still enjoying his journey in MMA. Overeem details the process it took leading up to his fight vs. Pavlovich and what it was like training with Curtis Blaydes. Read More →

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On Ariel Helwani’s MMA Post-Show, New York Ric joins in to break down the earlier interview with Jon Jones and discuss whether or not the real “Bones” is back. They discuss the newly booked Israel Adesanya vs. Anderson Silva to take place at UFC 234, whether or not Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz 3 with Golden Boy MMA was a success and look ahead to this weekend’s Fight Night with heavyweight up and comer Tai Tuivasa taking on Junior Dos Santos.Read More →

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Deron Winn calls into Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to recap his win over Tom Lawlor in Golden Boy’s first MMA card this past Saturday. Winn discusses fighting at light heavyweight, his intentions of dropping to middleweight. Winn also says he spars with Daniel Cormier, Cain Velasquez and Luke Rockhold at American Kickboxing Academy, which gives him confidence he’ll do well at any weight.Read More →

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Ariel Helwani recaps the weekend that was in mixed martial arts with UFC in China and Tito Ortiz knocking out Chuck Liddell in their third fight. Liddell’s former coach John Hackleman (9:45) joins Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show to break down Liddell vs. Ortiz 3, saying he felt bad about the fight from the beginning and explains why he declined to be involved with Chuck’s training camp. Hackleman discusses what it might mean for Liddell’s future.Read More →