The MMA Hour: Eugene Bareman, Shavkat Rakhmonov, Chris Weidman and more | Feb 9, 2022

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. GMT.
00:00 Standby
01:01 Intro
06:41 Undefeated UFC welterweight Shavkat Rakhmonov joins the show to talk about his win over Carlston Harris at UFC Vegas 47.
32:06 Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman returns to update us on his injured leg and plans for 2022.
1:04:16 Israel Adesanya coach and City Kickboxing leader Eugene Bareman breaks down the champ’s middleweight title rematch with Robert Whittaker at UFC 271.
1:36:46 UFC welterweight prospect Ian Garry returns to talk about his second UFC fight in a meeting with Darian Weeks at UFC 273.
2:09:34 It’s GC time as we break down all the best bets for UFC 271 on Saturday.
2:33:03 I answer all your questions in the latest edition of On The Nose.
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00:00 Standby 01:01 Intro 06:41 Shavkat Rakhmonov 32:06 Chris Weidman 1:04:16 Eugene Bareman 1:36:46 Ian Garry 2:09:34 GC & Helwani 2:33:03 On The Nose

[@jaydavidson8400]

😮😅😮😅😮😅😮😮😊😢😢😮😅😊😢😢it

[@Radjapov.]

Ariel greetings from Kazakhstan. Thank you for inviting our fighter.

[@Evl.28239]

you can just see how much confidence shavkat has in everything he does lol savage

[@technodromen]

don't get me wrong I love submission radio and all other outlets but when you compare Ariels interview with Eugene to basically any other that's the reason he is he GOAT of MMA-media. Eugene talked SO much about all kind of interesting things! bravo lord H

[@mukhammedaskhatov2352]

Nice to see Shavkat🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@estayerdebaev3849]

Rakhmonov 🇰🇿

[@gcoffey223]

Thanks Ariel, I really appreciate you interviewing the NOMAD!!

[@user-os7tq8ry1n]

Shavkat 🇰🇿🐺✊

[@bekzatshonkin5272]

Shavkat 💪🏼🇰🇿🐺🇰🇿

[@user-sm3om2er3y]

Shavkat Rahmanov next champ 🇰🇿💪💪💪

[@Born_Better]

I do not think so

[@profightsinfo]

God I love this show…. Ariel: “The ice storm of 1997, it was a big deal and I don’t appreciate you guys making jokes about it.” GC: “Ice Storm of 1997…first thing that comes up is Ottowa and Montreal is 2nd…..so the 2nd biggest ice storm of 1997.” 😂🤣

[@MattHumphrey2408]

Dude I remember that ice storm and the the one in 1993 vividly in our area. Love the reference and prepped us for Covid times in a weird way

[@michaeltrent2599]

@@MattHumphrey2408 I've tried telling a few people in their 20's about the storm in 93, so that they would be prepared in case another storm of such severity hit this area (Northeast Tennessee), and they basically treat me like "OK Boomer." I clearly remember how it impacted our local area, but didn't appreciate the overall impact it had until I read the Wikipedia article about it when I was older. The radar images of it are insane, since the storm dwarfed the entire eastern-half of the US at its peak, and the statistics daunting: 300+ deaths, 10 million without power and more than $2 billion dollars worth of damage.

[@RenegadeBJJ]

"If you don't like Roxanne Modafferi then F-you" Well said Ariel (via Izzy)- Legendary end to a show.

[@jamesmccauley9370]

Powerfully fitting finish.

[@liverbird9447]

SHAVKAT!!!! 🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@gcoffey223]

SHAVKAT!!!! May your journeys take you far

[@4oz410]

Little tip for everyone who’s skipped / was bored through Shavkat’s part Questions are in English, then translated into Russian to him which is not his native / first language. That would be Kazakh. His Russian is fine but not to the point where he’s confident to be talkative. but as a multilingual person myself I can tell he is building answers in his mind using Kazakh / saying them In Russian P.S. It may not matter tho even if Ariel spoke fluent Kazakh 😂😂😂 Cause Shavkat is just that silent Killer type 😂

[@noremorse4379]

Personality of a robot

[@user-ex5ul9dp6f]

Шафкат алға бауырым, біз сенен үлкен жеңістер күтеміз номад, Аллаһу акбар☝️🇰🇿

[@banda_panda_music580]

Shavkat Rakhmonov 🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@zephyrleapold6796]

Dang Chris's honest assessment was amazing to hear. Ariel gets the best answers.

[@abylaibashken8774]

Shavkat Rakhmonov , Damir Ismagulov , Maria Agapova , Zhalgas Zhumagulov , Sergey Morozov . There are very few Kazakh fighters in the UFC roster. Someone else needs to sign. There are a lot of talented fighters in Kazakhstan. For example , Asu Almabaev , Azat Maksum , Muratbek Kasymbay , Azamat Bakytov .

[@greatjobe]

I agree with you, but not sure about Zhalgas

[@abylaibashken8774]

@@greatjobe he's just not young anymore, he was just signed too late.

[@hahahanohopeshedies]

@@abylaibashken8774 now compare that to all the dagestanis

[@abylaibashken8774]

@@hahahanohopeshedies where does the Russian fighters?

[@sheldonlowery6406]

Ariel never fails to mention the marvin hagler quote

[@jsbpwr]

Shavkat Rakhmonov 6:58 Chris Weidman 32:19 Eugene Bareman 1:04:36 Ian Garry 1:36:56

[@ethanxer3366]

went into comment section looking for this, you’re the goat

[@cedarcopenaceredsky3238]

Forgot GC’s segment

[@jsbpwr]

@@cedarcopenaceredsky3238 don't care about that I come for the interviews.

[@jsbpwr]

@@ethanxer3366 this will be my last in a while because my is meeting in person next week at this time so I can't do it.

[@taranjenkins7245]

When i see Eugene i always expect him to have a deeper voice. Lol

[@langtryvlogme]

What do you mean? Good voice ain't thin

[@abylaibashken8774]

I still don’t understand why Arman Ashimov is listed among the UFC fighters, but he still hasn’t been signed

[@the_erzhan]

hanks for inviting Shavkat🇰🇿

[@MenoftheCulture]

Best mma show hands down

[@user-mf8hu8vb8v]

Shavkat 🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@Rya_N33]

Ick how are you able to listen to Ian Garry for that long?

[@matijacrgonja4355]

Ian Garry wanna you all the best ! Hope that you will be a ufc champ my Irish brother ! All the best from Croatia 🙏👊✌

[@technodromen]

so much respect for izzy and eugene. that whole thing about setting a record for defenses in a year was something I've never heard anyone say before. would be truly unique and epic if he defended 4+ times in a year!

[@dcarson89]

Not the same but lesnar as champ wanted to fight every 3 months

[@leonisgonnasmokesnoozmanju729]

Would be sick. Shame it won’t happen though bc of Poatan

[@rshaff999]

You guys are amazing! Thanks for all the laughs, GC & Helwani!

[@kuryanthomas1438]

surprised chris weidman mentioned the belfort fight as the fight that started his string of losses. Wouldn't have thought it at the time considering the beat down weidman gave belfort in that fight.

[@marcopolo3330]

Garry’s hand tattoos are absolutely terrible

[@abusabrabusabr6859]

Shavkat champion!!!

[@AIVARCHANNEL]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿👍👍👍👍

[@fredreichmendiola9255]

im picking shavkat over khamzat when they finally meet

[@ciscoperez6879]

I wish Shavkat spoke a TINY bit of English. Even Figueredo level . Khamzat has that over him but both are stone cold killers. UFC has never been better

[@Radjapov.]

give it time. He goes to English courses. I'm sure in a year he will speak English

[@kamrankhandevil]

He'll get there.. khabib didn't started speaking fluently until he retired, Charles still doesn't speak a word.

[@lukedrammond9392]

It is slightly embarrassing that Ian Garry was getting pieced up badly until the end and he just endlessly goes on about how he is the greatest ever.

"Late 50's incredibly young".... Thanks for that.

[@pn.2098]

if khazat and shakvat fights and shakvat is -120 or better, iam hammering that line

[@technodromen]

i'm staying away from lewis x tuivasa not going the distance. lewis is too dangerous for tai to just go in swingning. i can actually see it going the distance. not betting on that either. this main card is reeeeal hard to bet on btw. like cannonier x brunson? who wins that one, how does it end?! very hard. main event, same. really excited!!!

[@sam8406]

Brunson wins, I don’t know how.

[@user-sm3om2er3y]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿💪💪💪

[@RedRock-PlasterPanelPaint]

Izzy want to defend hes belt 5 to 6 times a year pls ufc make these happen 🙏

[@kevnnic]

Anyone seen the Michael Bisping accent video? Hilarious!

[@kevnnic]

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[@Robinson.69]

I will download this Soundtrack

[@mikeatkinson2158]

Does the guy that is translating for Shavkat have anything to do with Tiger Muay Thai? I believe he does. Can someone educate me. And my question is if he does and has all this talent training in Thailand why send Shavkat to Stanford MMA? Really Curious

[@anarbekbekessov9879]

It's Shavkat personaly choice. He likes this gym.

[@4oz410]

Yeah. They guy’s name is Sayat Abdrakhmanov, he’s form Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 He’s a manager ( translator ) for a quite an impressive list of rising stars / top fighters In the UFC now such as obviously Petr Yan, Rafael Fiziev, Arman Tsarukyan, Damir Ismagulov and Movsar Evloev just to name a few. As far as the the Tiger Muay Tai goes or gym association goes in general, it’s almost always fighter’a preference He just lives in Thailand and actually have met his top fighters there not brought them in. And the biggest thing about him, is that he’s literally started managing after he became friend with guys like Pete and Rafael whilst trAining at Tiger Basically, he had a normal successful career. And this experience in corporate culture plus his unreal Language abilities (Russian, English, Kazakh, he might know Chinese) made him a perfect manager. But yeah, according to him he only represents fighters that he has personal friendships with. All this btw i got from Podcast called “Zamandas” by Kanat Beisekeyev. P.S. I’m Kazakh myself lol

[@MichaelSilverMedia]

Weidman with a stellar chat as usual. Strong Island. That golf tourney is 🗑 for college kids.

[@randyb637]

Ian thinks he's a star lol

[@trewwwwwful]

Its funny as haha

[@willywonka111]

Fake it till you make it I suppose

[@mcdaddy2011]

They laughed at artem too…

[@chaboi7]

@33:55, me and my wife talk about that all the time, even with just regular shows there was alot of trash in then that we didn't notice when we were younger.

[@Sambo98199]

Ariel is the best interviewer by a mile. I'm really excited for the fight but I swear, most interviewers put me to sleep. Ariel always has an interesting conversation and asks great questions that we havent heard before. You can even see on the like of Eugene's face, he's really engaged in the conversation which isn't always the case.

[@pd_33]

Great words for true Martial Artist, Roxanne Modafferi

[@emptyscience]

The End Tribute to Roxanne was beautiful ... sponsored by EL CUBANO ... loved it Ariel gj !

[@technodromen]

ian gerry is the absolute best at being annoying as hell and adorable at the same time.

[@JG-rt6ny]

Should have GC's bust in a window in addition to name of fighter being broken down during that part of gc and helwani segment. for the yt viewers

[@JG-rt6ny]

And ariel

[@americanborn8287]

Almost the first fighter to pull out over a nasty cold sore.

[@MattHumphrey2408]

I want Conor McGregor to train with City Kickboxing and Eugene

[@RedRock-PlasterPanelPaint]

He will get a reality check if he go to city kik boxing

[@bekzhankassymov5196]

Who will last all rounds with Nomad?

[@reekhavoc2932]

I love how ariel trolls Chris weidman and he doesn't even realize it 🤣

[@doodefl262]

How do you mean? In the beginning there, being patronizing a lil bit?

[@drcola1996]

Kobe just happen to have an off night that night game 7 for all the marbles, out of all times to be off ur game, luckly he was able to adjust to the crappy shooting and was noticing he was hurting his team so he turned into a more facilitator and picked his spots more carefully and it worked great, definitely got the job done and trusted metta world peace aka ron artest with that 3 near the end 😮 ooooo man if he missed that , dude wouldve been traded after that game😂 . So even with beating boston kobe had to adjust but his productivity wasnt at full capacity so i have to give it to his 09 run criteria being opposition, production, team production, least amount of games to advance, and lastly which run and chip means more. i literally have all the boxes checked for 09 run except for meaningfull run and chip and team production. Yes true its a team sport but solo production from kobe and the teams production in 09 was still there wasnt like it was non existent

[@azamatayupov670]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@IS-db6pn]

Favorite Helwani-ism “The official………”

[@at8009]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Shavkat

[@artificialintelligence732]

For his next bout, Shavkat should fight his fellow countryman, Borat Sagdiyev.

[@charliec2966]

POTASSIUM & SHAVKAT #1

[@bryanciacco4181]

You heard it here first mark this down. Izzy calls out Jake Paul! 100%

[@kamrankhandevil]

There's no way.. Izzy isn't that dumb..

[@zachariah9739]

Maybe I’m wrong, but isn’t Mariya Agapova the first Kazakhstani to fight in the UFC?

[@richarddavies5674]

Henry Hooft is gonna have trouble soon. Too many 170lbs guys in the gym who will all have to fight each other soon. Might be why the 170lb division moves so slow

[@robertheselton5852]

Someone please ask Ariel if he was to do a walk around a place with a fighter like he did with rampage and Conor which fighter would he choose and where

[@thisisntthewholesomefuture649]

Isn't Valentina Shevchenko from Kazakhstan??? Doesn't she live there, and has been representing the country since entering the UFC.

[@pabloeskybruh9624]

Izzy didn’t want a bar of us this week eh 😭

[@jasongomez2972]

If Jones doesn’t fight in 2022 im done holding my breath and won’t talk about him anymore. I’m sure many people would love to see him fight as would I. Especially at heavy Weight

[@jootoobersters]

shoutout to Roxanne Modafferi!!!!

[@reidburke8927]

Comeeeee onnnnnnn

[@onalbayev]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@onalbayev]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@mikedean2485]

You have to stop that music during the intro. It's super annoying.

[@qqqqqq9281]

Nomad🇰🇿

[@ThePc-DjHub]

What baffles me about Ian is he bigs up Ireland but yet moved and will probs never stay in Ireland ever again. So why should his people get behind him the way he expects they did with Conor. Zero hate for the guy on my opinion don't get that misconsued. I hope nothing but the best for the lad and if that's his approach to the game then so be it !

[@mcdaddy2011]

Being an Irish man I really want to bet behind him but he’s very cringe and yeah he doesn’t fly the flag like conor does. In Ireland we’d say he’s a mé féiner. Basically means he’s only about himself. Still like u I hope he makes it big. All the best to him

[@sza3292]

Ian Gary can’t shut up.

[@philomerrill3265]

What are you watching the interveiw for then 😂😂

[@benrobinson6954]

He should shut up then and not say a word during the interview that would help his career

[@sza3292]

@@philomerrill3265 he's just ranting totally irrelevant to the questions being asked.

[@nickjones9828]

eh, there's a little connection lol. Shoutout gina

[@greatbritain4u]

Nomad🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🌏🌍🌎🙌🏻

[@bobyerzhan9008]

ГОЛОВНОЙ УБОР НАЗЫВАЕТСЯ МАЛАҚАЙ !!!

[@JG-rt6ny]

me during on the nose theme song: "let's get nosy!" *pls give me credit if someone makes that into a shirt

[@NiespenionyProspekt-bv4my]

Mateusz Gamrot has the Best grappling

[@jake213hmn3]

Why would someone want heelwani to interview Ben Shapiro lmao what

[@michaelplanamento4357]

Who’s the potential rabbit (out of the hat) for March 26th???

[@IFilmUfos]

Rob will shoot in under a minute, Izzy throws knee up, game over

[@IFilmUfos]

@@tokotoko3592 😅. Am hoping brother cuz I like Izzy. Ufos on mu channel are real. Not saying aliens, but they are real

[@Jg12331]

Ian’s wife adding the names of people he retired already😂😂😂 Ariel . Who’s on the list Ian ?? Who did you retire so far? hmm ? 😂😂😂 Gary proceeds to name one dude that he got with a head kick and thinks he’s done 😂😂😂😂😂 this dudes a mess 😂

[@user-xb4xu8zs3x]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@trentsertep4762]

i mean comee oon 👁👃👁

[@81i2b49cj]

Shavkat you speak English? I small. Hehe

[@thelot9880]

Khamzat and Shavkat both muslim dont need to fight each other unless its for the title. Let them end the pagans first😂

[@anarbekbekessov9879]

You know it's like TV show. If the Khamzat and Shavkhat will fight tomorrow it's gonna be the end of story and the as well. But if they do it later when they both be on top of list then UFC will make a good money. And actually we are as an supporters will see a lot of good fights with this two monsters. So we have two wait they climb to the top. But I don't think it's gonna take much time. Probably just one year or 2-3 fights and then finally Title fight for belt between Shavkhat vs Khamzat. Their names even kind of similar.

[@tamtierney8572]

A🙏🙏🙏♥️👏👏👌

[@charlescharlemagne4907]

Shavkat will be fighting Khamzat for the title within the next year or two. The UFC will be dominated by these kinds of guys real soon

[@NoMoreTalkShh]

Где флаги? Shavkat eats Khamzat because Shavkat is a beast

[@joeroganpodcastdotcom]

Weidmans delusional. He thinks he has a chance vs adesanya

[@envymysins621]

Horrible ass background music 1:54 2:09

[@user-nn8nl3nl9m]

🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🤚

[@deighleshae5662]

Ariel, I used to like you and your show but the more I watch you I understand why a majority of the MMA world doesn't really care for you. Thanks for your coverage and the factual information you put out in regards to this sport. It is honest and great at times. Maybe you should consider reviewing the way you speak to certain people and what topics you approach. The whole Heelwani angle is not really constructive from a media standpoint and you seem to gaslight your guests in those moments. The Derrick Lewis interview was very informative and he kinda broke the egg open in regards to your character and personality. You made a complete butt of yourself during that thing and one of the Kayla Harrison interviews too. No hate and not trying to put you down as you're an asset to the sport. Some of the criticisms you've experienced might be worth considering though.

[@HappyAccident06]

I agree generally, I get the sense more and more people in the mma media and especially fighters are seeing it now too. Just think how many would be prime candidates to promote their fight on this show but won't. Weird vibes lately.

[@dy139]

Ariel love you man but you wrong about Gina situation you should’ve been commenting on that Gina twit , of course she ain’t friend to you any more an i back her for that. Your comment led her to get fired 🤷‍♂️ that’s the outcome your fans are bothered about.

[@jasongomez2972]

Weidman can not pronounce Adesanya and Blachowicz right at all lol they are his peers and I know he’s had to have hear how they are pronounced. Maybe he’s pulling a Chael where he hacks everyone’s name on purpose