Terence Crawford, Kai Kara-France, Claressa Shields, darts pros Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen face-to-face in studio, and more

The MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani

Ariel Helwani opens the show by discussing the debut of The Ultimate Fighter 31, who the audience is for the new Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler season, GC’s thoughts on the debut, and more.

In the latest around (19:12) On The Nose, Ariel Helwani discusses Mysterious Frank’s birthday, the airport encounter between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira, how to determine the best weight class, favorite TUF season, Francis Ngannou’s first boxing fight, and more.

Kai Kara-France around (56:55) discusses his first UFC main event, falling shot in his first UFC title fight, UFC 284, a recent documentary on his life, helping coach a pro rugby team, Israel Adesanya getting his title back, how the UFC Vegas 74 main event will end, and more.

Terence Crawford around (1:17:05) discusses how his clash with Errol Spence finally happened, the rematch clause, the PBC deal, what took so long for this fight to happen, promoting the fight, Cris Cyborg’s boxing future, how he scored Haney vs. Lomachenko, Devin Haney vs. Tank Garcia, training Michael B. Jordan for Creed 3, Francis Ngannou, and more.

Claressa Shields around (1:42:44) discusses her upcoming title defense, Katie Taylor’s recent performance, fighting in Detroit, why she battles people on Twitter, her challenges growing up, her short-notice opponent, if she regrets competing in mixed martial arts, if she will ever do it again, if she will compete in WWE, and more.

Michael Smith and Michael van Gerwen around (2:17:36) discuss their upcoming U.S. Dart Masters event in New York City this weekend, van Gerwen’s Premier League title, their historic match, the future of darts in the United States, and more.

The parlay pals around (3:08:59) recap their latest pick and make their latest selection. GC also selects his bets for the upcoming weekend.

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