Rory MacDonald, Jailton Almeida, Tatsuro Taira, Fernand Lopez, Shadasia Green, more

Ariel Helwani and The Boys in the Back kick things off with updates on Ben Askren and Robert Whittaker, as well as hitting all the latest news and notes (05:54).Tatsuro Taira is the first guest and joins ahead of his headliner at UFC Vegas 108. He discusses rebounding after his first career loss, Amir Albazi’s withdrawal, Alexandre Pantoja and Joshua Van's anticipated matchup, and more (19:50).Newly unified super middleweight champion Shadasia Green calls in to discuss her win over Savannah Marshall and a potential next fight against Claressa Shields (38:16).Jailton Almeida joins ahead of his UFC 321 co-main event against Alexander Volkov and talks about wanting the title shot with a win, moving down to light heavyweight, his social media callouts, Ciryl Gane’s place in the division, and more (1:01:29).Canadian MMA legend Rory MacDonald calls in after a long time away from the sport to share his thoughts on martial arts fatigue, attending UFC Montreal, his relationship with Dana White, training with 'Wonderboy,' possibly fighting again, and more (1:30:45).Fernand Lopez, headman at MMA Factory, joins to break down Ciryl Gane’s undisputed heavyweight title shot against Tom Aspinall. He also gets into the controversial win over Alexander Volkov, and more (1:59:44).Ariel and the crew close things off with your Super Chats (2:31:25).