The MMA Hour: UFC 274 Reaction, Sean O’Malley, Carla Esparza, Jared Cannonier, more | May 9, 2022
The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time.
00:00 Standby
01:01 Ariel recaps an exciting weekend and takes a closer look at UFC 274.
34:18 Carla Esparza will talk about becoming the new UFC strawweight champion at UFC 274 on Saturday night.
1:03:03 Joe Lauzon will discuss missing out on his fight against Donald Cerrone after Cerrone pulled out on Saturday and what’s next for him.
1:32:37 Jared Cannonier will discuss his upcoming title fight against Israel Adesanya at UFC 276.
1:58:12 Shaheen Al-Shatti will break down UFC 274 and what’s next for the event’s top stars.
2:27:06 Sean O’Malley will talk about his upcoming fight with Pedro Munhoz at UFC 276 and his thoughts about UFC 274.
2:58:11 New York Ric joins the program, GC looks back at his best bets from UFC 274 and much more.
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00:00 Standby 01:01 Weekend Recap 34:18 Carla Esparza 1:03:03 Joe Lauzon 1:32:37 Jared Cannonier 1:58:12 Shaheen Al-Shatti 2:27:06 Sean O’Malley 2:58:11 GC & NewYorkRic
@George Washington lame
@George Washington cringe comment
@George Washington Valentina is the only high level all round female fighter.
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Joe offered some great insight there and really feel for the guy. A legend of MMA in his own right.
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lauzon is the man, i could listen to him talk mma for hours.
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Love hearing two journalists go back and forth
Suga Sean dodged that question like an absolute pro. Kudos brotha
Time stamp?
al-shatti it criminally underrated
Big respect to Cannonier! Just got one more fan, my man!! Loving the headspace you’re in. Aaaand I’m loving the intensity from 274😂
Hell yeah man, Cannonier is one of my absolute favorite fighters. His spiritual wisdom and philosophies are so fun to listen to.
He was just sober while everyone around him was drunk lol he wasn’t havin it
Jared sux but i think he beats izzy by decision
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Thank you for the Carla segment. I think i needed that. I'm a huge Rose fan have not respected Carla and her accomplishments. Respect
Get home from work, eat and shower, lay down and watch myself some good old MMA Hour! 🤟🏻
same!
Gym first fellas
Lol same + gym
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I really hate the way fighters, and the UFC keep disrespecting Olivera and not recognising as a legit champ. This guy deserves so much more credit than he is given. It's because he is a nice guy and humble
What has the UFC done? The guy missed weight and was stripped. Those are the rules. Can't just change them because you like Charles. Plus he going to fight for the vacant belt now anyway. It's exactly how it should play out.
Dana literally said he's considered the champ and got ppv points. Had to strip him because of the rules
Amazing insight from Joe Lauzon on the weight stuff, loved it 👏👏👏
Sorry Ariel - 155 ib is 155 ib for FW - we can not just accept even 0.1111111111 ib over. If not why is 155 set for title bout after all. Other issues might involved but 155 is 155. Period.
Honestly i wasn’t mad about the Rose V Carla fight itself. Boring fights happen so be it. I was more confused by her corner and Whitman trying his best not to contradict her husband coach and really thought it was laughable how she yelled I’m the best at the end of the fight like she was going to get a champions decision on the entire fight. Her post fight I could also see rubbing people the wrong way.
Good point about not losing anything during that hour!
I really am excited for Jared vs Izzy because this is a fight were Izzy is gonna fight someone who is not gonna try to wrestle him.
Same as the Costa fight this is an excellent stylistic matchup for izzy to show his skills
Yeah Izzy should be at his best but Jared is no joke. He can still win this. Also he does have some wrestling so be interesting to see if he tries to use it and mix it up.
@@lukemurray4950 Jared is a broke bum stop it. He’s getting destroyed.
This will be Izzys easiest fight in a while lol
izzy is gonna fight the way Thug Rose did on saturday, for his 3rd fight in a row, zzz
I love how ariel never talks bad about any fighter. Seems alittle overboard knowing that he has to keep this showing running by getting ufc fights on
Wait was that frank like the very very end saying "Great " I think ????? 🤔😂
I really like izzy, one of my Favoriten Fighters to Watch. But C’mon jared is amazing. This dude different, Love his mindset.
2:41:42 that was so legendary🤣🤣
Digital scale with a big screen showing LIVE weight for the crowd. they can have 3 scales, even make some kind of proof/test for the crowd, like we gonna weight the 155, then bring an "oficial" 150 and 200 weight and put the scales on a test. If the fighter not agree with the "calibration" of the scale, there are 2 more available so it eliminates the "bad scale" complain.
His reaction to the Rose/Carla fight😂😂😂😂😂
I think the Oliveira situation will be viewed like the Jones 12 to 6 elbow loss, no one will count it as one.
Your toughest opponent gave you your first loss his name is Chito Vera
The whitman x pat situation was very very odd. There was a point between 2nd and 3rd i think where whitman looked s pat as his was giving advice like ”wtf are you talking about?” I hope pat comes out and does what he did when Rose lost because his drinking and takes responsibilty. It was clear and I feel even Carla knows that Rose was better almost everywhere. She popped up after each take down and still didn’t engage. I feel that was 100% because Pat told her she was doing great.
Sean and Ariel are so good together😂
Carla Esparza what a charming human. When all that makeup comes off her beauty really shows.
Shaheen is the man.
Re Carla's interview: without open scoring, why doesn't each fighter corner have a person keeping track of the stats (strikes, etc) to update the fighter about where things stand between rounds, if necessary?
Because none of that actually matters, you need to be a mind reader to know exactly how the judges are scoring everytime, even with stats. Thats why open scoring would be good, especially in a fight like that
Correction on the Al Iaquinta khabib weigh in. He was .2 lbs over but he weighed his shorts after weighing in and the shorts were exactly .2 lbs so that's why he was able to win the belt
Damn I never even knew about this still pretty sketchy
Namajunas tactic of playing it relatively safe certainly backfired; hope the lesson is learnt to not do it that way again, more activity required especially when you hold the belt. .
1:12:29 Did he say Cowboy didn't make weight? i must've missed that
They should use more accurate scales and make sure it's not a beam scale that can be tampered with. 0.5lbs is not that much, but rules are the rules, and we should find a better solution than allowing fighters to cut so much weight on one day.
Weigh ins should be on the morning of the fight, and more weight classes
I like Carla as a person, she is so humble and does not really have some weird quirks like having to scream 'I'm the best' repeatedly.
Is that a shot to Rose? There’s nothing wrong with affirmations if you believe it helps you. There’s always a method to the madness
@@98leight not a shot at rose, big fan of her too. Affirmations are surely great but can’t you do it internally so we don’t have to hear it? Just sayin..
@@satyainkathmandu yea her own prep talk turned into over compensation to avoid the negative and it became insanity.
@@alainncaileag5692 well in a way yeah… mean she just goes ‘I’m the best’ as someone’s trying to talk to her like she has Tourette syndrome, not saying that’s wrong either, just why?
New York ric really brings down the quality of the show
Idk mr.helwani but if the people pay 75 bucks and look forward to that fight and they performed like that I think people can talk all they want. Imagine betting on rose and she goes and performs like that! She should be able to handle that pressure knowing she stunk
I like Cannonier. Seems like a smart dude
3:19:32 Ariel keeps it real
I 100% agree w/ Ariel about appreciating these top-tier fighters even when they have an uneventful fight. My main complaint is that it should have been a draw. Same with both Schevchenko-Nunez fights. The judges should have more of a right to score 9-9 and 10-10 rounds and more fights should be called a draw, imo. Woodley-Thompson 2 should have been a draw. And Rose should retain the belt!!
I felt he was way too defensive of the inactivity in this fight. Most of that coming from Rose and Carla being "legends". Regardless, the fight was genuinely awful. If its a 3 rounder on the prelims, ok, nobody notices, nobody cares. But for the stakes they were fighting for I feel some if not a lot of the criticism was completely warranted. It wasn't just a bad fight- it was probably the worst title fight it modern ufc history imo.
Nah I hear a lot of "to be the champ you gotta beat the champ" Keep that same energy for Rose' bald ass to be the champ you gotta show you deserve to be the champ too and she did not do that at all.
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@@shortbutnotwhereitmatters5278 I hear that but I just don't see how this fight is not a draw. Esparza didn't do anything either. And keeping the belt is just a consequence. Woodley-Thompson 1 was called a draw and Woodley kept the belt.
@@bazdaniels7420 oh I know tbh no one deserved a W in that one. The reason I don't think a draw would be good in this match is because someone if not both deserved a punishment and that Loss serves as that. I'm harder on Rose because as the champ you have to dominate or fight hard and show why you're the champ. Although Carla did do more "damage", barely, I don't think l she earned the belt and the crowd let her know. However if it was a draw, Rose keeps her belt and the only loser really is Carla. I think to call it a draw or no contest and strip Rose of the title would've been the best way to go about it.
GET ARIEL HIGH ON THE PODCAST RIGHT NOW SEAN😂 That is the content we need
what did you think about the Rose/Carla fight?: "😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐". LMFAO legend!
Love Jared cannonier a super honest person, a bit of a culture clash between Liverpudlians and a man in the zone
One of the good guys that joe lauzon.
I think we all were 100x more upset with Rose than Carla… i can guarantee if Rose actually fought .. carla would’ve matched the energy
I'm legit thinking that Rose might not fight anymore. She might retire, or at least take some time off. This reminds me of GSP. GSP had a siimilarly bad performance against Hendricks, where he did nothing except try to survive 5 rounds with Hendricks without taking any risks, and it later turned out that his mind wasn't right and he retired.
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So Carla gets a pass for sitting around as well? She's the challenger, if she really wants the title then it's up to her to go and try to take it. And don't try and say she was pushing the action because she sat around just as much as Rose did.
@@weaponx2888 Carla tried more than rose and that’s why she got the belt 🤫 both performances were trash, no one is arguing that
No, she wouldn't have. Have you ever seen her fight bro? We're upset with Rose more, because we know she can fight and never was in a boring fight, while from Carla, we know she can't fight, she is always in lackluster-fights with a split-dec at the end, because MMA-judging still scores takedowns like a knockdown. THIS IS NOT WRESTLING FOLKS! That being sad, Carla is not the champion, she is for sure the defintion of a paperchamp.
Joe killed all thos Ariel. 5 b.s narrative. Good job Joe, Ariel just being immature about the situation.
How many times has Ariel cut weight?
Ariel complaining about his allergies before talking to people who get their faces smashed for a living. Classic 🤣
If Rose wasn’t acting so cocky during the fight, I don’t think she would’ve got the flack she got, but she was acting like she was leaps and bounds ahead after the bell every round and wasn’t doing anything 🤦🏻♂️ I thought Rose was the superior fighter easily but she wouldn’t pull the trigger
She is a superior fighter, but still human, had a bad night, everybody does sometimes.
@@picklecage5488 Definitely not disagreeing with that
Man I would LOVE to watch a podcast with these 2 with both smoking! That would be an absolute classic!
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3:00:25 fully agree with Conner Burks!!! I still don't see how Carla won tbh 🙏🏻
The MMA hour doing the most to please rose in hopes she comes on the show. 😂 they deserved the boos and then some. They got a quarter of the boos men would have got for a co main title fight.
Draw makes sense for Rose and Carla
Fight not going distance or fight
Rose deserves the criticism!!
I thought Carla fought smart backing up leading rose into her power, roses footwork range and reach made it a long fight from the spectators perspective, but Carla lead the fight, congrats #andnew
Congratulations to Carla for sure, but it was a very poor performance from both. It just so happens that Rose was slightly worse imo.
"Carla fought"...L O L: 100% fanboy with zero knowledge about MMA or the fighting game. Enjoy Carla getting her head ripped off in the next fight pal, regardless the opponent. #Paperchamp
Yea I’m glad Carla won because Rose could’ve done a lot more. I think Carla couldn’t have done much more due to Rose being much better than her.
@@doyouevennaturebro4593 Dude, if you're saying that Cala did her best, then it is even more pathetic on her part and she should vacate that title immediately. That you're "glad" she was gifted the title shows me more about you then I wanted to know. #Pathetic #Tobethechampyouhavetobeatthechamp
@@Flashkoch *than
Gaethje was literally tweeting picks of him on a scale at 165, gloating about it, while they were simultaneously stripping Charles for being 155.5. Try to make sense of that.
Suga Sean bro jus funny asf naturally
My favorite Lauzon nickname is still "Batboy" !
Ok now I like GC. Rose-Carla should have been a draw.
I don't understand what the confusion is regarding the 155 belt. The issue is that the UFC has not been consistent historically. The way I see it, whenever the champ enters the cage, the belt is vacated and the winner gets it. Because of the weight miss, Oliveira was ineligible to win it and Gaethje was. Because Justin lost, the belt is vacant. Charles is still the No. 1 and will fight for the belt in his next contest.
Love watching Joe scrap, listening to his voice not so much. Legend
Carla should go the sterling route and go heel
2:57:00 im gonna have to agree with GC, EsparzaRose fight was so bad and also Luke thomas on morning kombat also hinted that the EsparzaRose was worse than BaderKongo fight.
Good luck Cannonier with getting an even call from the commentary team.
Conner Burks is just there to agree with Ariel.
Yea I agree with Ariel on the Tony picture with him getting kicked. It’s a good picture but I don’t like the making fun of that goes with it. It will always be shared and spammed in his comments every time he’s gonna fight. Idk maybe I’m just soft but it’d already be hard to put yourself out there like that in front of people, and if you fail badly then people will mock you
Conner definitely said +550
Of course two non-fighters who only watch this sport for the wwe storyline’s have no idea why rose caught the most flack. So let me explain, Rose showed in that “fight” that she had no problem stuffing take downs and was by far the better striker. So the ball was in her court to make something happen and she didn’t hence why she lost. At least Carla tried things, failed almost every time but she did try much more than rose did. Rose literally coasted and while they both deserve flack there’s no question roses performance deserves more. Now is it all roses fault? No her coaches could be to blame too, I mean fat Pat Barry was literally telling her that the crowd booing means you’re doing the right thing 🥴
Good take. probably some residue/flashbacks from the first fight. That "I'm the best" chant from Rose is just cringe now to me. she thought that takedown at the end won her the fight or something. happy wedding to carla🎉
The part that makes the least sense about Oliviera missing weight, is that he was the exact same weigh an hour later. Like not even 155.4. Or does these pre-historic scales only work in increments of 0.5? SMDH
Chandlers kick was not a front kick, it's called the pinata destroyer.
Carla's cool
Izzy and Sean O'Malley are the best in the game right now
I hope you Boyz like Sloppy Joe's...cuz I made 'em extra Schloppy 4 Ya'z...hahaha hahaha... Billy: All right Lady, you're scarin' us...hahahaha
Jared been smokin some crystal.
Now I need to see video of Heelwani pulled over for speeding "what is this? 5miles over!? Ludicrous! That's nothing!"
Clearly they didn't watch the Rose's Post Fight interview
if you don't make weight you don't make weight. If you allow half a pound you'll have to allow a pound later too. Coming from wrestling I know, zero leniency when it comes to making weight is really the only way..
Joe really put the weight miss to bed. Nice.
I used to hate Sean O'Malley.... He's grown on me so much!
Carla is super under appreciated, glad Ariel shows her love
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Carla is super overrated, she is still in the game because MMA-judges still overvaluate takedowns with zero control or damage. Look at her last 5 fights, 3 SDs and one MD, if you watch it back, you see that she didn't won those fights, she got them gifted by the judges. She is a paperchamp and very delusional. It was a disgrace rewarding her with the title, as the most passive contender ever.
@@Flashkoch lol, takedown attempts > doing nothing though 😂
@@hunterxtr33mtonks42 Outstriking your opponent and nullifying her only strenght is nothing? Ok then. Lol. ;)
@@Flashkoch ok champ
Jared is a real OG, fk them air pods I'm going old school with the wired ear buds.
Anyone ever thought that Joe Lauzon sounds a lot like Frankie Muniz?
Joe Lauzon got the .5lbs over controversy right
Go shuga show!!!
It’s funny everyone wants praise when they do well but no one wants to hear the fact that they didn’t do well
Why do people keep blaming it on the guy working the scale? Because the other people dont do their job correct it's his fault? The only person at blame here is charles.
Ariel. 510 cartridge with a 510 cape pen. Ez Pz no fuss no mess
All about that mysterious frank “great” after the show ended 😝
2:34:16
Just got out of Doctor Strange...show still going?
How does Ariel not understand that Charles missed weight.
Carla's a good fighter but her lack of height hurts her in there. 54:00 she DID do more than Rose.
Respect to Carla. Still can’t believe how boring that fight was and thug rose thinking she won 🤯
I actually think people are being too harsh on Pat Barry too, not just Rose and Carla. They trained to take Carla's best weapons away from her, which they did. People booing does mean that what they trained for worked, and it also showed that Carla had no plan-B. I know a lot of people thought the comments from Barry and Wittman were contradicting, but were they really? Barry was happy with the defense game, and Wittman gave Rose the thumbs up to increase the output. Rose and her team did their homework. Carla won due to octagon control, which still doesn't mean that you were more dominant in a fight, either. Rose didn't want the center. There was no fight for that octagon control. Carla spoke in the post-interview that she's had a few of these type of fights. Carla is lacking the ability to adjust or implement a plan B. Rose had the ability to throw more, and she easily could have... Rose lost to Rose.
F G Shauna with the scarydark strips under his eyes. Gotta hope he can keep his partying in check. Kinda scares me when I here him and Tim discussing rec. drug use. That was me the first 10 years Before it got me.
Ariel has no chill with privacy.
I feel bad for Joe, Charles and weight cutting is silly
ariel is completely off about the charles situation. it doesn't matter if its 0.5 or 5lbs, if you miss weight as champ their have to be consequences. this idea that "oh well in the past they've been sketchy about it so they should be sketchy against" is just stupid. fighters need to be prepared for full professionalism
Dayum joe Lauzon is sharp. And good at math. 🤷🏼♂️
Why you guys still begging for Dustin Nate. Saying where does colby go after the Dustin fight . Okay where does Dustin go after Nate ? Dustin can go straight to welterweight title shot if he beats Colby. That fight makes way more sense than Nate / Dustin.
Outrage Ariel Lol you always take it to the next level bro it’s not that serious
NYR should never be taken seriously as an analyst.