Eddie Hearn, Diego Lopes, Navajo Stirling, Court McGee, Conor vs. Khabib anniversary, news & notes

Ariel Helwani kicks off the show with Diego Lopes, talking about his move up from featherweight to lightweight, being booked against Charles Oliveira at UFC 335, competing for the BMF belt, who he feels is the best lightweight right now, his prediction for Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar Evolev, his popularity with UFC and fans, and more (09:05). Eddie Hearn returns to talk about Ben Whittaker’s latest win, his battle with Dana White, raising his profile in America, details about the Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua fight negotiations, talks of a potential meeting with Dana White, White claiming his team will produce Fury-Joshua, Zuffa Boxing’s trajectory so far, drug testing for Fury-Joshua, his loyalty to Joshua, offers being made to Joshua behind-the-scenes, the latest on Matchroom Talent Agency clients Tom Aspinall and Ian Machado Garry, and more (31:57). Ariel covers a bit of news and notes (1:40:50). Navajo Stirling makes his show debut, discussing his fight against Jiri Prochazka headlining UFC Qatar, being a fan of Prochazka’s style when he was coming up, conversations about potentially fighting teammate Carlos Ulberg, the origin and meaning behind his name, wanting to go to Dagestan to work on his wrestling, agreeing to a fight against Paulo Costa, and more (2:01:16). Newly retired Court McGee is the final guest of the day, talking about his career, his UFC run and retirement, being inspired by Mark Kerr and TUF 1, his sobriety, his relationship with Chuck Liddell, his sons’ wrestling training, and more (2:33:05). Ariel reflects on the anniversary of UFC 229 (3:02:48), before wrapping up with your Super Chat (3:12:00).