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EPISODE · Jul 15, 2025 · 2H 55M

Bill Goldberg, Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson, Chris Curtis, Patricio Pitbull, Steve Garcia, Mario Barrios

from The Ariel Helwani Show · host Ariel Helwani

Ariel Helwani begins the show with some news and notes, before Chris Curtis calls in — on his birthday — to talk about his hard-fought win over Max Griffin, his return to welterweight, his altercation at Tuff-N-Uff, his struggles at middleweight, and more (06:39).Steve Garcia is next up after his big win over Calvin Kattar to discuss wanting a headliner next, fighting up the rankings, putting together a six-fight win streak, and more (28:10).Legendary wrestler Bill Goldberg joins to reflect on his final WWE bout and reveals his feelings on fighting for the heavyweight title, his disappointments in the delivery, competing on three-weeks notice, working with Gunther, his relationship with Triple H, and more (48:05).Mario Barrios joins the show before his WBC welterweight title defense against the returning Manny Pacquiao. He expresses his initial doubts about the fight, details his preparations, hopes to fight Conor Benn, breaks down Canelo-Crawford, and more (1:32:09).Ariel is joined by the crew to debate which fight is the biggest over the packed weekend (1:48:30).Patricio Pitbull joins alongside his translator and coach Eric Albarracin to preview his second UFC fight against Dan Ige and discuss what went wrong in his debut against Yair Rodriguez, opening a gym, looking toward the BMF belt, and more (2:05:05).Stephen Thompson closes out the show after his controversial split decision loss to Gabriel Bonfim in Nashville to break down fighting through his 40s, breaking Randy Couture's record, connecting with Rory MacDonald, running karate camps, and more (2:21:06).

Ariel Helwani speaks to legendary wrestler Bill Goldberg about his final WWE bout, fan-favorite Stephen 'Wonderboy' Thompson, Patricio Pitbull about his UFC 318 return, UFC Nashville winers Chris Curtis and Steve Garcia, and boxer Mario Barrios ahead of his fight against Manny Pacquiao.

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Ariel Helwani begins the show with some news and notes, before Chris Curtis calls in — on his birthday — to talk about his hard-fought win over Max Griffin, his return to welterweight, his altercation at Tuff-N-Uff, his struggles at middleweight,...

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