Jared Gordon, Anthony Smith, Raufeon Stots, Billy Quarantillo, and more

The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

In the latest On the Nose around (7:04), Ariel Helwani talks about the UFC’s development of stars, Eagle FC, Brendan Schaub’s recent comments, the origin of NYRic, the UFC’s return to the O2 Arena, how to honor legends, favorite Adam Sandler movies, Douglas Crosby, and more.

Raufeon Stots around (1:39:07) discusses his big win over Danny Sabatello at Bellator 289, if Sabatello was tougher than he thought, what rounds he won, his reaction to the judges’ scores, his conversation with Sabatello after the fight, facing Patchy Mix next, and more.

Anthony Smith around (2:02:11) discusses when he found out he lost the Jamahal Hill fight, his reaction, what he thinks of the UFC 283 LHW title fight, who won the UFC 282 main event, being possibly the backup for UFC 283 title fight, training with Jamahal Hill, how he scored the UFC 282 co-main event, the state of MMA judging, his Conor McGregor comments, and more.

Jared Gordon around (2:32:13) discusses how he feels about the decision loss to Paddy Pimblett at UFC 282, the injuries he suffered, the aftermath, how he scored the fight, what he wants next, and more.

Billy Quarantillo around (3:01:18) discusses his win at UFC 282, his Bills fandom, math questions during his fight, what question fired him up for the fight, why he pulled out of his July fight, what’s next, donating his fight kit for charity, and more.

GC around (3:46:00) makes his picks for UFC Vegas 66, and the parlay pals make their selection for this weekend.

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