Merab Dvalishvili, Tyron Woodley, Gregory Rodrigues, Jordan Burroughs, massive weekend recap, news & notes

Ariel Helwani kicks off the show by recapping a busy weekend that included UFC Sacramento, PFL Tampa, and Amanda Serrano’s 50th win (12:36), before getting into the drama surrounding Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury and Eddie Hearn’s reported list of demands (25:56). Merab Dvalishvili returns to reflect on his match against Henry Cejudo at RAF 12, then discuss his upcoming UFC 333 trilogy fight against Petr Yan, dealing with a longer than average layoff, winning the belt back being secondary to beating Yan, being an underdog again, his beef with Umar Nurmagomedov and his team, training with Mark Zuckerberg, Ilia Topuria’s recovery, and more (1:05:03). Tyron Woodley joins to recap his win over Joaquin Buckley at RAF 12, returning to his wrestling roots, his relationship with Buckley, expecting an “easy” match against Khamzat Chimaev, his messages to Sean Strickland in defense of Din Thomas, and more (1:40:07). Gregory Rodrigues is back on the heels of his win against Anthony ‘Fluffy’ Hernandez in the UFC Sacramento main event, detailing Hernandez’s toughness, the middleweight title picture, and who he wants to fight next and when (2:01:46). Ariel reacts to Dana White doubling down on his comments about Ian Machado Garry and OVO’s collaboration with UFC (2:23:50). Jordan Burroughs breaks down his RAF debut, discussing how he landed on Sean Brady as an opponent, originally looking to face Michael Chandler, the success of RAF, wanting to wrestle Islam Makhachev, Arman Tsarukyan, and Georges St-Pierre, believing RAF’s format can prolong his career, whether he’ll ever compete in MMA, and more (2:37:30). Ariel then covers news and notes, including some social media posts from Conor McGregor, Teofimo Lopez winning a title in his third weight class, and more (3:17:17). The show wraps up with your Super Chats (3:39:03).