Alex Pereira, Kai Kara-France, Anthony Smith, Andre Ward, Martin Lewandowski, and more

The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

Ariel Helwani around (8:19) wraps up UFC Vegas 74 and the controversial main event. The team discusses their scorecards for Amir Albazi vs. Kai Kara-France, whether accountability will improve MMA judging, and more.

Andre Ward around (46:50) talks about judging in boxing, his new book, criticisms that he's "guarded," why he left the sport in his 30s, how he thought about fighting again when Sergey Kovalev fought Canelo Alvarez, whether he'd be open to an exhibition fight, how there was brief interest in a fight with Jake Paul, his thoughts on Nate Diaz's upcoming fight with Paul, his sparring sessions with Nick and Nate Diaz, Francis Ngannou's exit from the UFC and whether Tyson Fury should fight him, his breakdown of Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spencer, Teofimo Lopez's issues outside the ring, and more.

Alex Pereira around (1:17:11) discusses why he his trilogy MMA fight with Israel Adesanya isn’t next, his last weight cut at UFC 287, his performance, the loss, how Adesanya celebrated the knockout, if he must face Adesanya again, the airport run-in, the altitude at UFC 291, his training partner for Jan Blachowicz fight, sparring Zhilei Zhang, and more.

Martin Lewandowski around (1:51:02) discusses KSW: Colosseum 2, what the night was like, if he would do an event in the United States, if Mariusz Pudzianowski will fight again, the departure of Roberto Soldic, what happened in the co-main event, Krzysztof Głowacki’s memorable knockout, when the next Colosseum will be, and more.

Anthony Smith around (2:18:39) discusses the UFC Vegas 74 main event and the scores, open scoring, his performance against Johnny Walker, why he took his gloves off, retirement talk, dealing with the fans and the media, what he wants next, Alex Pereira vs. Jan Blachowicz clash, the UFC 289 main and co-main events, and more.

Kai Kara-France around (3:08:23) discusses his UFC Vegas 74 main event fight, if he thought he won, which rounds he won, when he would like to return, if Amir Albazi deserves a title shot, and more.

The parlay pals around (3:34:01) look back at their latest selection, and GC reveals how he did at UFC Vegas 74.

Ariel Helwani around (3:40:21) then revisits the Jared Gordon situation last week and who is really to blame for the situation.

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