The MMA Hour: Charles Oliveira, Fernand Lopez, Dave Feldman, and More | Mar 1, 2023

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Wednesday’s show, which begins at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT / 6 p.m. UK time.
00:00:00 Standby.
00:01:00 Intro.
00:10:33 We kick off the show by answering all your questions in another round of On The Nose (Part 1).
01:03:34 BKFC founder Dave Feldman stops by to break some big news!
01:24:39 Eddie Alvarez discusses how he ended up with BKFC and will make his debut at BKFC 41 next month.
01:46:04 Luke Rockhold discusses how he ended up with BKFC and will make his debut at BKFC 41 next month.
02:04:02 On The Nose (Part 2).
02:08:06 Luciana Andrade discusses her life as a UFC octagon girl and more.
02:26:27 Charles Oliveira returns to discuss life since dropping the UFC lightweight title, his UFC 288 matchup against Beneil Dariush, and more.
03:02:55 Veteran MMA coach Fernand Lopez previews Ciryl Gane’s heavyweight title bout against Jon Jones at UFC 285.
03:22:08 GC and the Parlay Pals make our best bets for the combat sports weekend.
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00:10:33 We kick off the show by answering all your questions in another round of On The Nose (Part 1). 01:03:34 BKFC founder Dave Feldman stops by to break some big news! 01:24:39 Eddie Alvarez discusses how he ended up with BKFC and will make his debut at BKFC 41 next month. 01:46:04 Luke Rockhold discusses how he ended up with BKFC and will make his debut at BKFC 41 next month. 02:04:02 On The Nose (Part 2). 02:08:06 Luciana Andrade discusses her life as a UFC octagon girl and more. 02:26:27 Charles Oliveira returns to discuss life since dropping the UFC lightweight title, his UFC 288 matchup against Beneil Dariush, and more. 03:02:55 Veteran MMA coach Fernand Lopez previews Ciryl Gane’s heavyweight title bout against Jon Jones at UFC 285. 03:22:08 GC and the Parlay Pals make our best bets for the combat sports weekend.

[@alvarovargasbang-wutang8461]

Michael rappapore. Got wigger of the year from legion of skanks podcast as the oldest wanna be black guy who's a white rich boy. I hate that little Wanna be Mafioso / g*** b*****.

[@lockethomas7165]

Think its time to start paying the fighters out of your multi millions you have earned from the fighters Ariel. The last show was garbage, Charles was carrying this show and he doesn't even talk a word of English. Sort it mate

[@InspectorButters4]

As Andy Schulz would say..... be sure to like and comment for the Al - Go - Rhythm!!! Awesome lineup and show as usual, the mma hour is consistently great and Ariel is the man!

[@snowybooooy]

Premium KZbin let's u use wifi to dload to listen later no data needed

[@alexlzim]

Luciana Andrade was probably one of the best guests in a while, cool to see other sides of her

[@ianharrison9530]

Dear Ariel.. love the show... you and the listeners should know, I'm from nw UK and I don't know a single Paddy fan... Leon, Tom, Arnold,Mo...these are True Brits...

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

​@@ianharrison9530 🤣🤣🤣🍿

[@lockethomas7165]

Think its time to start paying the fighters out of your multi millions you have earned from the fighters Ariel. The last show was garbage, Charles was carrying this show and he doesn't even talk a word of English. Sort it mate

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

@@lockethomas7165... 🤦🤦🤦 🤷🏻

[@InspectorButters4]

@@ianharrison9530 what about Till? Hes been injured for so long, on a losing streak and in a bad slump....... but hes a real one 100%! And with Leon, Arnold and Big Tom, how can anyone not like them? Super talented, humble, down to earth killers who earned everything they got thru sheer determination and hard work!! 🇬🇧

[@jerryreynolds3581]

You had me at Luciana Andrade

[@JJ-xt2cf]

It’s pretty immediately clear how much smarter Luciana Andrade is than like 99% of the other guests on this show lol. Even Ariel sounds a bit dense when talking to her lol.

[@skript00]

YES! I have to remind myself being multilingual in and of itself is already such a telling sign of someone’s intellect 🙌🏼

[@neuvisean1739]

True. I forget sometimes that we are constantly listening to people who get hit in the head for a living.

[@DarrenD]

Luciana Andrade did an amazing job, hope she is featured on the show more!

[@Brandnewshoes]

Having Luciana on was a super cool part. I like when they give less platformed characters of MMA some spotlight. Ring girls, BKFC, KSW fighters etc. It’s refreshing, and Luciana seems really chill.

[@DevinMcSalty]

If Charles learns english he’d be a massive star globally

[@jeremy745]

He won’t ... Hes been in the game too long and still doesn’t even speak a word of it... If he didn’t even bother to learn a little as champion, it will never happen

[@redsnflr]

@@jeremy745 He has too many friends and family in Brazil in his life and a good team, which is great but I think the fighters who learn English the best move to the US or other english-speaking countries and thus are forced to use it daily. Charles doesn't seem like he wants to leave Brazil, can't blame him considering how far he's got but it limits his income.

[@jake-wq2vb]

Bit late this was true when he was champ tho

[@jameshughes525]

I'm not sure he really cares about all that global Superstar, because of humble guy who enjoys his life and his country

[@canalufcfight]

@@jeremy745 Answer the guy, he sent you a message

[@gregspencer7287]

Ariel asking Luciana to translate Darren’s Portuguese with a Scouse accent back into English was brutal 😂. She’s did a great job to be fair.

[@JonJon-pj9ly]

He speaks pretty good portuguese actually, and he doesnt speak fast

[@kamkarahshimray5646]

Wow, 💫Luciana got so many experience and talents💯. I'm glad she'll be in your studio for more.. salute👏👍

[@Argonaut568]

Love Charles Oliviera. Favorite fighter of all time. Been watching since 2005

[@danny.daveto]

Andrade speaking facts

[@77MK-]

Luciana should start working in law and translator or even in ufc desk she seems very proffesonal, shes way better than to only be octagon girl atm

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

I clicked to the middle of the show, on the Charles segment, without sound at first and so I thought, Who's that exquisitely beautiful woman & what's hse doing in the show? Is she a fighter? But when I saw Michele Pereira monkey around, with the said woman/model behind him, I went, wow, cool... she really is talented....

[@Jorge-jk5xr]

I think being an octagon girl is more lucrative. No idea how many followers etc she has but didn't one of those girls make more than 1 million a year?

[@77MK-]

@@Jorge-jk5xr celeste prob does more than a mil. But as for luciana i just think shes smart for jobs like this she can be very usefull as lawyer which she has degree on or other jobs in ufc. Shes at that age rn imo

[@rome1201]

Imagine Eddie Alvarez versus Mike Perry. Wow. 1:09:43

[@angelramos656]

We need more Luciana in the MMA hour!

[@hansomr7511]

Been a fan of BKFC for over a year. So happy there are getting big!

[@Brandnewshoes]

That card is ridiculous 🎉

[@spudgreg]

@@Brandnewshoes great card but the price is way to high

[@saloonboone]

Big fan of when they murdered Justin Thornton in a mismatch and didn’t give him proper medical care huh?

[@graysonpeterselli9497]

Just now watching the Charles interview- how can you not like this guy? He’s an awesome fighter and such a humble and respectful man, he’s gotten rid of the quitter reputation (which was undeserved ) and he’s just an amazing fighter to watch. Nothing but love for Do Bronx

[@dablackwizards5312]

Could we get more Octagon Girl interviews? Always wanted to know more about them, sucks that ESPN/UFC doesn't give them camera time like they used to

[@JustForNowStudios]

Subscribe to the OF

[@technodromen]

I do think Luciana is the most interesting one. So I would however want her to return. Maybe in some kind of segment where she weighs in on MMA issues or something.

[@veecee101]

@@technodromen the last time a journalist asked octagon girls what they thought about some things, the octagon girls got fired lol.

[@technodromen]

@@veecee101 oh yeah? i didn't know this, when and what were they asked about?

[@matthillfromcollege4109]

@@veecee101I can’t find anything on that, when was that?

[@InspectorButters4]

Luciana's smile makes me smile!! 😍 My goodness she is so beautiful and has such a fun, bubbly energy to her!! She was a great guest and I hope we see her again soon

[@roryking1]

luciana is the nicest ring girl. her smile always seems genuine where as the others seem fake and they dont look interested in the sport.

[@lawrenceville678]

how dare Ariel ask if someone is passive aggressive when thats all he is every day

[@himanshuchawla764]

Luciana was incredible not only as a translator but also for her answers about the hate ring girls get.

[@lakerspackers11]

Luciana is gorgeous. Got sad when she said she’s getting married 😂

[@loganm6250]

Helwani! Usually nothing slips past you, but you totally forgot that Jones never faced Rumble Johnson. Would’ve loved to see that, and definitely the only worthy guy Jon never faced at LHW

[@alloverdaplace2043]

Let's go! I'm late but I'm ready! Just finished watching Mondays episode

[@auginater4200]

Amazing show as usual, great job everyone involved!

[@MADDOGLIAM97]

Catching up on these shows and Luciana was actually soooo fun and interesting, also MASSIVE charles get, love that man

[@jacksdad734]

Love to hear from the legends. Eddie is the man and Luke is hilarious.

[@MX-jo5dq]

You think cte is funny ?

[@charlesezelle465]

@@MX-jo5dq yeah

[@wyattbrown4952]

He sounds like the babbling low iq fake tough guy from high school

[@MX-jo5dq]

@@charlesezelle465 ok that’s fair, I was just checking, cause rockhold is funny to laugh at not with.

[@jameshughes525]

@@MX-jo5dqwe spotted the woke progressive liberal. Always finding new ways to be offended

[@emptyscience]

The full show always appears later on the channel , its kinda unlisted temporarily unless you type mma hour ( it will appear sooner like that ), must be from KZbin ( at least here ) since the full clip is way longer vs smaller clips . For example if I" search mma hour I will see it but it will not appear on the MMAFightingonSBN until later through the night .

[@kahuna7433]

The chemical extractor guy is shatter maker

[@deusvult5247]

Lol bro I was thinking the same thing , dude had me at butane

[@kahuna7433]

@@deusvult5247 I was laughing hard hearing Ariel ✌️

[@tech1238]

Awesome show guys

[@fernando_dominguez]

Loved Luciana! Very smart and easy going. Great show guys thank you!

[@goofyendo01]

Come on Rumble vs Jones would have been sweet

[@ryanrogers7452]

couldn't believe Ariel didn't mention that in response to the question. It was signed and everything. I was super bummed when that didn't happen

[@InspectorButters4]

Luciana absolutely CRUSHED translating for Charles and did great in the interview!! Not only is she drop dead gorgeous but shes fun, got a good sense on humor and is extremely intelligent!! People say shes "just a ring card girl" ..... yeah right!! I'm convinced she's an undercover spy just like Valentina Shevchenko!!! 🤣 lol. For real tho, loved the interview and Ariel u need to have her and the other girls on the show more often, it's cool to learn more about them and see their real life personalities!!

[@ozzmannmma8371]

Love your show and your interviews . Shout out to Connor and rest of the team

[@redsnflr]

pretty cool that BKFC allows the fighters to compete in other combat sports, of course that could and probably will change once it becomes more lucrative and mainstream but it's a great business move to attract talent.

[@Scribble336]

That makes it so appealing for fighters and the 165 weight class too. They're doing everything the UFC should be. It would be crazy if they eventually get Francis Ngannou to sign a deal.

[@boxboy4010]

Guaranteed that dude that called in a hash maker or 710 technician

[@canalufcfight]

funny that the translators never translate correctly what Charles says about the belt loss controversy against Justin Gaethje For those who don't know, Charles accuses the athletic commission of having stolen his belt and says that it was their mistake and that he made his weight

[@gambleezzzy916]

Yes clips are available to see before the whole day video is up

[@bahlsdeepe868]

Luciana is an angel😍Absolutely gorgeous🥰

[@ScrewYou_]

Luciana was surprisingly good guest. Always great to see people kill off stereotypes(like, "most fighters are dumb and can't spell a sentence with more than 4 words in it", "ring/octagon girls are just good looking braindead barbies" etc etc). If you ask me, I'd pick Andrade interview over KSIs/Jake Pauls of the world 10 times out of 10.

[@brianbell7267]

Any clip on KZbin is downloadable... And the segments are up before the full show

[@24inchdubz]

51:00 my question ! Thanks team

[@jameshughes525]

Haven't gotten into bkfc to much except the Mike Perry flights but I remember bcfc being held on middle American fair ground type places to everybody given Dave Feldman a bunch of crap about bkfc, calling him a coke head ect, no one was going to watch bare-knuckle. The guy stuck with his goal and he's making it happen. Respect 👍

[@renebustamante5188]

Hi Ariel, to your question about how do they find out about how so quickly when a fighter gets cut. It is call web crawling, it is a small piece of code they run on a timer, this program constantly check the lists of fighters and compares them to the list they had previously crawled. It is not that difficult to do actually. I used to do this to detect changes in hotel rates a while ago.

[@b0nzik]

Props to Rick G turning making dabs sound technical

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

Hespect !!! His day Job is being a ' Scientist ' 👍✊🤣

[@samwho1731]

Luciana Andrade literally beauty and brains. Easy on the eyes with scary brains.

[@christopherschwagmeier6020]

I’m just turning this on…. Please, for The Love of All Things in Combat Sports!!!! Ariel, please tell me you Asked Mr. Feldman about Diego’s opponent greasing before and during the fight?

[@onyourradar9245]

The Underground King!

[@popNfam]

You da man Ariel Rick and frank

[@gregspencer7287]

As a fight fan, I love Perry v Rockhold. As a Rockhold fan, I’m kind of concerned for him. Not doubting his skills one but, but than chin has been cracked a few times now and going bare knuckle at this stage in his career could end really badly.

[@yew-neeker2337]

Look at big balls NY Rick walking through it like the alpha man he be

[@InspectorButters4]

Do Bronx is the man and I cant wait to see him get his belt back!! Volk showed that Islam has some flaws and is def beatable (bc I think Volk won!), and Charles is smart and skilled enough to take advantage of those holes in Islams game. Big props to Luciana too...... she killed it translating for him!! Have her on more often Ariel, shes an interesting and fun guest

[@badboyChef25]

What film were they talking about that wasn't The Truman show?

[@Tac0maAr0ma]

34:50 Michael rapaport is *not* the flex you think it is Ariel 😂😂😂

[@himanshuchawla764]

Luciana interview was the best!! she is funny and sensible and pretty !

[@gregspencer7287]

That BKFC card actually sounds dope. I’ll be watching it. Probably not paying for it, but I’ll be there.

[@e.m.7439]

LOL that intro ariel u givin ur boy heat for him and his sister seein the same play twice

[@cuoew]

Luciana Andrade!! 💪🏽🥊

[@canalufcfight]

Charles was trying to understand what the guy was talking about and he answered the first question without needing a translator

[@evanchilds6756]

Luciana was amazing

[@AndyP]

Bring Luciana in to do all the interpreting

[@eviegas77]

Luciana is the best!👏👏👏

[@onyourradar9245]

Go Mike Perry!

[@FloridaManMMACrypto]

Luciana was awesome 👌

[@jso2332]

I'm in love 😍😍

[@alphag5240]

Charles was in Australia, what kind of questions are u asking Ariel? :/ He was inside the arena, u think he wouldn't watch the fight?

[@juiceboxleal6254]

1:40:49 I highly doubt Chandler was ducking a washed Alvarez

[@Tommyfrogcocks15]

So funny bc a washed Alvarez beats chandlers ass right now. Chandler can’t doing anything but brawl for about a round. Alvarez wins that fight much easier then they did when they were kids. He’s too smart and still has sone left. Don’t let one fool ya. Those guy were much bigger then Eddie and he still got it done. One huge Asian guy was a toss up , the other dude who was fighting for the championship Eddie beat up but they said he hit him in the back up the head so no ko then they overturned it. His biggest test is this against Mendez certainly not chandler at this stage

[@guernica8487]

PS i want to see Tank on the show more than anything, I think his liver is doing pretty well now.

[@IamDaShiznit]

"Chemical extraction technician"= I make weed extracts

[@wdilankakmw]

She’s pretty good translator 😊

[@luiscypher9657]

Must b hard fighting for UFC going through camp owing all sparring partners/coaches the pressure of needing winning bonus wanting to put on a top performance for performance bonus and then you get screwed by judges , then at end of it all you fight for years n get nowt at end of it

[@AVLPodcast]

listening to luciana gives me butterflies in the stomach 🥴🥴

[@BP2KUNI]

Luciana a Portuguese translator that even Chael wouldn't question being there. Could you imagine Chael talking to Anderson through her? That would be a nightmare. Good thing he spoke english

[@sanmarcosSD]

I have a friend who works with Butane for the past 20 years…he makes wax, shatter or butter from Cannabis 😂….he actually showed my ex’s family who are huge growers from Humboldt how to do it before everyone started doing it. Pretty sure that is what the chemical extraction specialist is doing as well😂

[@Scribble336]

3.31.55 Dude says "That's when Bo still had the hair" And you hear Ariels gayside coming out.😂😂

[@bryntrev9145]

LETS GO GANE! 👊 💪 🔥

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

The Prophet has spoken

[@CombatSports01]

3:19:19 Post fights

[@1Travis]

THE CHAMPION ONLY HAS ONE NAME

[@chriswest2290]

It's only 3 hours to Thailand

[@jeffthemag1553]

most violent man mfing respect bruh...underground king what solid as they come

[@leeh8386]

Ariel, never seen harness racing?

[@hibbs2261]

BKFC guy sold me, I'm watching it.

[@Yes_Boy]

43:44 what?! Anyone agree?

[@generios3129]

Lucinana was amazing. We need more of her

[@Scoopsaz88]

Ariel how tf did you forget ANTHONY JOHNSON VS JON JONES AT LIGHT HW?

[@TheChad138]

Luke calling himself a slave is one of the most moronic things I’ve heard on this show.

[@25Dzone]

I think Gane shuts Jones down and makes it look stupidly easy.

[@ryannath85]

You're on drugs

[@stephencawker1565]

Codys voice is like howard stern,and Chris wieman..lol

[@janosminaj5952]

Luciana is my favorite cousin 💯

[@merlinoner]

I love Luciana :)

[@Fillegubben]

2:19:29 Mr. "I never try to instigate" sometimes he's just so weird about minor stuff. Still the best mma journalist when it comes to things surrounding the fights, but still.

[@millaroberts4863]

I’ll be happy to translate 🙋🏽‍♀️🇧🇷😂

[@IsaiasMGPalafox]

Imagine they blur out Ari on the next episode of Embedded. 😂😂 We know who to blame if that happens. 🤣👏

[@brrrdman]

Jon Jones best god given talent is his long arms so that he can poke people in the eyes better than anyone else

[@jipcinny]

So a dab maker made your song? 😃

[@b0nzik]

Guy said " chemical extraction technician" using a "closed loop system" in a "custom room by state law". Translation - I'm in a well ventilated basement and I bought supplies on ExtractorDepot

[@InspectorButters4]

Valentina about to go full on black ops assassin mode!! Shes gonna want to prove a point and I feel sorry fo Alexa Grasso lol

[@stohneybaloney3586]

i truly think Feldman can be bigger then Dana and ufc, its just things like this take time but he is pushing hard

[@canalufcfight]

It's funny how Charles oliveira has the best translators in the ufc, different from Alex Pereira's translator

[@RafaelSilva-vn7xt]

Charles do Bronx is the best fight in the world 👊🏽👊🏽

[@canalufcfight]

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