The MMA Hour: Jorge Masvidal, Valentina Shevchenko, Cory Sandhagen, and More | Mar 27, 2023

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.
00:00:00 Standby.
00:00:39 We look back on another busy weekend in combat sports.
00:42:12 PFL prospect Dakota Ditcheva looks back at her first-round win over Malin Hermansson and discusses her road to MMA.
01:06:30 Jorge Masvidal stops by to preview Saturday’s Gamebred Boxing 4 event and discuss UFC 287, the state of the welterweight division, and more.
01:32:29 Cory Sandhagen reflects on his UFC San Antonio win over Marlon Vera, his callout of Merab Dvalishvilli, and more.
02:00:44 Former UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko discusses what’s next following her title loss to Alexa Grasso.
02:28:55 UFC featherweight Nate Landwehr debuts on the show following his third straight bonus-winning effort at UFC San Antonio.
02:57:32 The Parlay Pals look back on our best bets from the combat sports weekend.
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00:00:39 We look back on another busy weekend in combat sports. 00:42:12 PFL prospect Dakota Ditcheva looks back at her first-round win over Malin Hermansson and discusses her road to MMA. 01:06:30 Jorge Masvidal stops by to preview Saturday’s Gamebred Boxing 4 event and discuss UFC 287, the state of the welterweight division, and more. 01:32:29 Cory Sandhagen reflects on his UFC San Antonio win over Marlon Vera, his callout of Merab Dvalishvilli, and more. 02:00:44 Former UFC women’s flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko discusses what’s next following her title loss to Alexa Grasso. 02:28:55 UFC featherweight Nate Landwehr debuts on the show following his third straight bonus-winning effort at UFC San Antonio. 02:57:32 The Parlay Pals look back on our best bets from the combat sports weekend.

[@noru_ego]

Hey Ariel, what does "come Pinga" means?

[@reubenmathew6200]

Man Helwani had me spittin out my drink when he hit the griddy 😹😹😹

[@Sx-xy2zi]

Timestamp?

[@reubenmathew6200]

@@Sx-xy2zi 2:45

[@janm3793]

@@Sx-xy2zi3:30

[@Kimbog211]

Like 3 min in

[@adamrose6969]

@@Sx-xy2zi 3:34

[@PyroCham]

"UFC featherweight Nate Landwehr debuts on the show following his third straight bonus-winning effort at UFC San Antonio." He was on the show before. I vividly remember him sitting in the car with his wife while talking to Ariel about 7 months ago

[@frankiegumdrops8532]

Ariel is spot on about Sandhagen. So fascinating to listen to. Totally authentic. Nate’s an absolute treasure, too.

[@floatinggoose9197]

On point or spot on.

[@87YeaYea]

Facts

[@kingbielarz9573]

Love listening to Cory talk

[@devonsmiles7095]

Ariel you killed it yet again the dialogue with Sandhagen was magnifique 👌🏾👌🏾 great questions!

[@nickdebella5071]

Cory and Nate both great guests!!

[@Silverspy97]

You can't have a Masvidal interview without his MetroPCS signal issues.

[@mystatamiaj]

Nate was absolutely right about long ass dialogue with a few word translations It’s obvious it’s not the translation

[@diongagliano3443]

These are some great interviews 👏

[@billymcmahon1171]

Ariel had me floored laughing everytime he responded to a fighters answer with "sheeeeesh or "awww shoot"

[@WeOwnABakery]

It had me dying 🤣

[@cuzibear4048]

Cory’s the man and now I love Dakota also haha

[@bryanciacco4181]

Dan Miragliotta was the judge that made Maycee Barber win against Andrea Lee when Lee clearly won the fight and got 5 for 5 takedowns and controlled the entire fight!

[@BassPlaya331]

Zero damage kid

[@afanasibushmanov7463]

I like Valentina, but she should really give her opponent some credit instead of acting like she was winning and making excuses for her loss.

[@_i_am_unceded]

It is a common human condition. Understood and forgiven.

[@thinkinghmmmm]

Well she was winning, although she shouldn't make excuses.

[@afanasibushmanov7463]

@@thinkinghmmmm was she actually winning though? I didn't see the whole fight, but that's not what I heard. I heard that she was getting out struck and she was forced to grapple as a result of that. Valentina said that grappling was part of her game plan, but I'm not buying it. She's supposed to be the best striker in women's MMA and she decided to grapple instead of strike? It just doesn't add up to me.

[@flochfitness]

With this mindset and the way Corey is fighting, looks like we have Dominique Cruz 2.0 on our hands…

[@urinetrubble4550]

The Helwani griddy needs to be on the shocked face thumbnail as well….

[@Jack-ur7mq]

We stand with Putin.

[@Reyjr77]

Chael is right. Valentina needs to be a heel. She says things so passively it comes off as a fake. Just be the villain and she’d be way more interesting.

[@melancholymartialarts7095]

Dude exactly she's an angry woman. I've always found her annoying to be honest

[@ExploringtheKAwithRACastaldo]

Corey gave the forest Gump Carl Jung hybrid talk , Life is like a moving target , or is it a box of chocolates lol

[@jameslazaro5330]

Ariel, as a licensed MMA judge, I completely agree. It is so frustrating seeing unqualified individuals officiating with 0 MMA training. It just leaves a sour taste in my mouth as it constantly leaves a poor image. You’re correct how the UFC and other big promotions have an influence with the commissions on officials which is why you see a lot of “regular names” officiating while they still squeeze in some officials of that state.

[@DavidMiller-em4ko]

Yo how do you get started, I know you have to get a liscene but do you have to reach out to small regional shows or does a commission pick you

[@jameslazaro5330]

@@DavidMiller-em4ko sorry I just saw this. You have to reach out to the commission

[@domissac967]

Chito vs Yan needs to be the first 7 round fight, 2 rounds just to warm up and make their reads then 5 rounds of war.

[@melancholymartialarts7095]

Bum of the year fight

[@emsj86]

Chito is a bum. Oh he is a late starter. Like what? Does he know what career he is in. He is over hyped and will get handled by any top fighter on his weight class

[@domissac967]

@@emsj86 cool story bro

[@Azoria4]

Cory is a class guy. Nice to hear a fighter talking about reading Jung, who if everyone read the world would be a better place, and with such an insightful, fresh perspective.

[@taxfree4603]

If Valentina thinks she was dominating the whole fight she is delusional and will end up losing the rematch going in with that mindset.

[@mystatamiaj]

I agree There wasn’t at all a point were I felt she was dominating

[@noxzy69]

She was dismissive of Santos after their fight too, and then she got finished by Grasso. I think deep down she knows her career is coming to an end and gets very defensive about it

[@silence-humility-calmness]

her propaganda worked when she was dominating ,now its pathetic, i noticed how the last time pre fight were i felt her propaganda about the other fighters fears mean something was murphy ,grasso was completely indifferent to it,and so was santos

[@gabrielszarose5640]

She already lost the rematch judging by her response in this interview the points on adjusting to changes aren't defined enough to make any significant difference she's going to approach Alexa with the same mindset i put the blame on her coaching for not improving where she got capitalized on to lose the match.

[@bradygoodridge80]

Carlos Newton for the hall of fame.

[@Sapo_Viejo]

1:29:12 Ariel pulling off a clean "Ahhhhh sheeeeeee"

[@cristiancordova9943]

That Griddy by Helwani 🔥🔥🔥🫡

[@CombatSports01]

2:49 lol sheesh

[@Milkydrummer]

1hr 29 mins…. That “awwwwwwwww sheeeeeeeeeet” cracked me up 😂😂 …I’m at work, in a quiet office, laughing for seemingly no reason. Ffs

[@ClaimerUncut]

You've got to commend Pena, she's deep down fully aware she dropped the bag last fight, but she sells the fight well and it's admirable.

[@bigb1796]

I was at the card last Saturday and the way Cory handled everything and took it to chito like that makes me an even bigger fan of the sandman. The AT&T center was 95% percent chito fans Ecuador flags everywhere and some booing for Cory but he ignored all the noise and 50-45’d chito big respect to Cory.

[@sdottwal]

That’s so interesting to hear because on TV it sounded like more people were booing Chito than Sandhagen, especially during walkouts

[@Jack-ur7mq]

We stand with Putin

[@williamboyle8918]

@@sdottwal There was.

[@emsj86]

@@sdottwal nah I watched and everyone was backing chito who is way over hyped

[@havenwinter6063]

You can't call someone a coward if you in fact sucker punch that person.

[@joemamma6182]

Cracked me up when he said that.

[@bkodiak]

"It's old and for the youth" 🤣

[@angelramos656]

Pride of Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo played at Florida Atlantic

[@gregspencer7287]

The rant about Texas I largely agree with save for one thing. I personally think they should have MORE ex-refs, fighters, practitioners etc as judges. Dan may not have judges a fight for 23 years but I can all but guarantee he knew more about MMA and the judging criteria than any of the other buffoons up there. I understand it can be difficult to find people without biases or allegiances, but let’s be honest the current judges are so swayed by the public image of fighters (See Paddy, Barber) that I think that’s a non-factor.

[@vitalis]

Just wow, really a fan of Cory now

[@roscoestark6589]

Nate the train is my cheat meal of watching mma

[@stefanturovic1274]

They need to feed O'Malley to Cory, now THAT would be a match up.

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

' Be Here Now ' Ram Dass / Richard Alpert !!! Look into it ... Wonder how it will impact GC ?! 🤔🧐😁

[@blue_belt_blues9554]

Well done mate ....that's the first time I've heard him mention the hotel fight ...much love from your hometown Newcastle

[@langtryvlogme]

1:10:02 For those who're wondering "FOMO" means Fear Of Missing Out.

[@jordanblondin9183]

If you see nate the train on the card it might as well say goosebumps, this man has better quotes then mcgregor, 50k train is a perfect nickname to he is gold ariel you need him back on!

[@mikechiks983]

I did ask the same question when the ref stood Valentina and Alexa up. That was a wrong call

[@AbrahimM-vw9wj]

I would like to see chito welcome deiveson figueiredo to the division. Any interest in seing that?

[@omerta_ita]

Masvidal looking motivated, sharp and in shape!!!…. That being said, Gilbert by 50-44 😂

[@Curtis856]

😂😂😂😂

[@koollio9724]

I wouldn’t be so quick you may be right especially if Gilbert goes grappling Jorge has really good submission defense and really good standup. I agree that Gilbert is the favorite but I think Jorge has a better chance then we think

[@koollio9724]

@@jiraiya6630yeah I think thats more likely

[@omerta_ita]

@Jiraiya Demian Maia couldn’t sub him, so I don’t think Gilbert will

[@whiteman2371]

50-42

[@natemarx4999]

Valentina is finding way too many excuses over her L.

[@kagomehigurashi693]

@Jiraiya maybe you should to get your bum ass out of these comments

[@PeterGibbonns]

She’s so annoying and unremarkable. Convince me to care about a Champion who fights once a year.

[@josephedric4081]

@@PeterGibbonns Well, it seems that the ref would only allow the fight to stay on the ground, if only Grasso was in control. She was cheated by the ref.

[@PeterGibbonns]

@@josephedric4081 Valentina chose to be poor on her feet that night too though. She thought it was better to keep hitting Grasso’s fists with her face. That would be a factor too I think.

[@JEG69]

Ask valantina why her coach pavel married her sister antonina, coach pavel trained them since they were children 🤢, Also there are no pictures on pavel and antonina together on pavel’s social media, sus af

[@colinlarson9656]

Love this new Ariel. More authentic.

[@mikehawk4455]

Nate has the x factor

[@Tejaybe]

Imagine how hard you have to train, to be the guy in the club, with the nickname " The Train ", I mean... Thats train, train, train, eat, repeat, train, train, train, to become the train. GG Nate

[@MelkMan7]

Nate the train in the UFC!!! 🚂

[@Psycho_Logical_631]

Yup just another Johnny comelately that will fizzle out once the competition gets more 💯

[@andrewvellos9735]

Cory Sandhagen is an awesome person

[@wajihomar8263]

To my Spanish speakers what did Jorge say about Colby @1:18:16 ?

[@adamcrompton4385]

Nate such a wholesome, genuine and charismatic person

[@fredvalencia2205]

I don't think Shevchenko realizes she lost the fight it doesn't matter how many round you win the fight is not over til its over.

[@emsj86]

I see this in a lot of fighters you watch and yell at the tv to tell them to pour it on because there losing but they just coast because they believe there winning

[@BPrpich]

if sean beats aljo and calls out merab that would be gangsta

[@MansterBear]

I like Jorge but it’s kind of ironic calling Colby a B for calling the cops, but Jorge is the one who got whooped for an entire fight, then ran out and sucker punched the guy he couldn’t beat straight up. That’s a B move if anything is.

[@jeepz669]

I'm glad Ariel lowkey agrees that Sarah Silverman sux 👌

[@BecamePneuma]

Ariel “Impordant” Helwani

[@zalvey1]

Helwani for Prez

[@shaw575]

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh

[@redrum3419]

That fighter could of easily let go when he felt that dude go limp.. but instead he decided to destroy a sleeping man's arm

[@saltysax81]

That is one way of looking at it, I unfortunately have seen many fighter fake things like this . Therefore maybe he thought okay instead of possibly strangling him to death ,I'll grab the arm so I don't give up my dominant position, (incase he's faking) but still allow this guy to BREATHE AGAIN, incase he really is out ... just a thought...

[@redrum3419]

@@saltysax81 I can see the fighters perspective to.. they are told don't stop till I stop you but once he switched to the arm and dude wasn't defending it at all he could of let go or lightened up on the armbar instead of damaging it further

[@saltysax81]

@@redrum3419 hindsight is always great . And I'm sure if he had a redo ,he would do it differently. But in the heat of a fight , with factors such as money and health, it's hard for me to judge anyone in that moment. If he let's go maybe he losses , maybe his health gets affected. Most of the guys are making under 10 k , with or without a win bonus, finishing bonus are all at play here too . To me your original statement just seems a little cold for a couple of guys just trying to feed their families the best way they know how .

[@saltysax81]

@@redrum3419 , remember that Minneapolis cop who kneeled on that guys neck ? Well if he had taken the fighters approach, that guy would still be alive!! Perhaps we owe the fighter a thank you , instead of berating him . "Destroy a sleeping man's arm"

[@BigMikeDaGr8]

why didn't the corner of the fighter that was clearly unconscious throw the flag? everyone knew he was out, the dumbass ref wouldn't stop it, why didn't the corner stop it? a lot of people at that instance were negligent AF

[@TexasASF]

I have screenshots of myself commenting on one of these videos saying that Cory sandhagen would be too much for Chito even after all of you guys picked against Cory.

[@Psycho_Logical_631]

WHAT no way, proof or it didn't happens

[@Silverspy97]

🤣😂

[@arnaldorivera7031]

Ariel tries so hard to say Masvidal 😂 and it’s an absolute fail Everytime.

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

MARVIDARL !!! It's deliberate ... 😂👍✊

[@user-mi8jm3qw1i]

Classic Jorge with the bad WIFI🤣

[@jordantheuser]

Dana knows Jorge looses to Burns, knows Colby is a bigger draw than Burns would be and that Leon can face Jorge after he looses to Colby. 👏

[@aaronkurtz4279]

i didn’t even consider to view it that way. not sure if i agree with the decision of Leon vs Colby right away but i don’t think its unfair or wrong to do that matchup. Colby is a clear top contender. would still prefer jorge v leon tho

[@exposuretherapy]

I was a few hours late so couldn't watch live, then when I restarted the stream I was shocked. 😮 Ariel doing a questionable "sheeeesh" with his arm in the air, hearing the guys in the back saying no not that high ( if you know you know) Then proceeds to hit the griddy... 😂 Did this really just happen

[@emsj86]

I thought the point to the arm was like saying you got ice in your veins

[@morrid17]

Ariel “sheesh” Helwani here to make you cringe and exhausted of the the word sheesh

[@djsmith8119]

Valentina is so salty lmao she was gettin pressured hard I’d say she was up on scorecards cause of control time but there was no domination grasso was piecing her up on the feet

[@dunnoewatzgood]

damn dakota is a baddie !

[@TheMattvito]

Valentina is delusional. Claiming the blood was from a nail scratch and that she was winning all 4 rounds? She was getting pieced up on her feet and was desperate wrestling the whole fight 😅

[@fernando_dominguez]

Jorge is getting notorious on this show for having crappy connections every time 😂

[@eastcoastshine2009]

Sounds like Ariel building towards a feud with Sara Silverman

[@DevinMcSalty]

Nate is who Colby wishes he was😂

[@spudgreg]

Rick needs to study more on the fury vs usyk negotiations before saying there’s no proof on who to blame. Fury priced himself out of the fight and every time usyk called every single bluff. He accepted 30% and a rematch clause then fury said he didn’t want a rematch clause after it was accepted. There’s one consistent in the big heavyweight fights not getting made and it’s Tyson fury. If he sees someone as a threat he prices himself out

[@stonephilips9361]

Jorge is hilarious 🎉

[@langtryvlogme]

3:00 Ariel you gotta do it with the arm pouting down, not forwards Plus bitting the lip But yeah it's not the newest trend tbh kind of too 2020-ish

[@Will45_]

Masvidal is right about the British fans towards Leon. They really don't care except for the fact London gets talked about. They go for their city and country. Leon was a popcorn fart of a crowd pleaser. Nobody seemed into him at all.

[@NPCNumber2-ds1oz]

Dakota doesn't sound like she's lived anywhere near Newcastle. She must be from some rich suburb on the outskirts.

[@Gayleem]

She’s from Manchester

[@NPCNumber2-ds1oz]

@@Gayleem Didnt ariel say shes from Newcastle? Or does she just live there now but a Manc originally?

[@Anonymous.android]

I think she just meant that the event being in Newcastle was a home crowd with it being in England

[@NPCNumber2-ds1oz]

@@Anonymous.android ah okay. Thats makes more sense. If u a Brit u know what a Geordie sounds like lol. Theyd have to give her subtitles. Thanks 👊🏻

[@kohlerc5191]

How do we vote Rick off the island?

[@dunnoewatzgood]

colby is living proof anyone can make a character and save their ufc career the guy isnt a natural at it like chael who would come up with things off the cuff. colby you can tell by the fact he stutters sometimes what he says and messes up his lines alot and always repeats the same line every interview the guy prob got alot of help from the original wwe character uncle chael

[@TylerP9999]

gilbert needs to ko jorge or he will get screwed on a decision

[@christophercalle2888]

Jorge is so salty 🤣🤣🤣

[@ramb0lxmb]

If Corey Sandhagen put the wrestling chops on Chito, I highly doubt he would stand and trade with Suga Sean. Props to Corey for the win, he looked good. Fight was boring, but it takes 2 to tango. Would much rather see Sean vs a striker that will strike though.

[@kagomehigurashi693]

Exactly cory couldnt even hurt chito with those pitter patter punches

[@JustinPagan10]

@@kagomehigurashi693 well your boy didn’t have an answer 😂😂

[@JustinPagan10]

@@kagomehigurashi693 got messed up for 5 rounds straight lol

[@kagomehigurashi693]

@Justin Pagan more like neutralized him

[@marcosmartinez2162]

If you want to see a striker vs a striker, they have boxing or kickboxing you can watch. Sean gets beaten by aljo, merab, cejudo, and Corey. You don't have to like it, but those are facts.

[@FilmsSaaveON]

Always happy to see a salty Valentina 🥹 Karen is gonna humble her again, Karen Alexa by TKO in the next one.

[@ggee1701]

Man BW is so deep any one of these top 10 guys could be champ

[@floatinggoose9197]

Why is Ariel starting a possible war with Sarah Silverman ? Lol

[@noru_ego]

Call me King Casual vato, I'd rather see Colby vs Leon

[@deinpapa5622]

Valentina "It's kind of like" Shevchenko

[@johnhancock5274]

Maybe I’m in the minority but I blame the system not the Texas judges. Cory won the fight yes but he also was point fighting the whole time. I don’t recall any close submissions or Vera taking much damage. There’s an argument chito did all in his damage in the final 3 rounds which is why it’s possible he won them. If the system wouldn’t reward fighters for getting up 2 or 3 rounds then coasting then Cory would’ve had to keep his feet on the gas. Just look at the difference of output in the first 2 rounds instead of the last 2. This is why we want human judges for the human element and corys face wasn’t exactly shiny towards the end.

[@justincarroll2650]

Everbody remembers who masvidal is. Just look at his last fight

[@michaelb.6007]

That ref / judge is crooked in my opinion. -No history. -On fury card, resists more than is in any way reasonable calling the first fight a submission win. -on ufc card, ensures that the victory is a split decision if not a knockout, but scoring first two rounds honestly, and last 3 rounds to get split decision. Dude should be investigated.

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

OF COURSE Ariel was on his phone at a comedy show AND fell asleep. I'm just surprised he didn't stand up and complain about a joke, for the trifecta

[@yakovromanov3177]

Gilber loss by robbery mark my worss

[@Curtis856]

Right lol

[@dunnoewatzgood]

the ref that stood up val totally turned the match i dont agree refs should be able to do that

[@bigboytings2533]

Lmfao she was the champ. She should have been able to handle it. Stop crying. Leon got the KO the same way. No action stand it up. Cry some more😂😂

[@WAVYDIVINE]

Dakota Bad AF😍

[@TeezyTalk]

Mosvidal ko burns at the 3:05 mark of the 1st

[@martymcfly7743]

Valentina I hear a whole lot of excuses 🤣

[@nomoney_sniper1885]

big fan of Valentina but she's got excuses for that L, now its Grasso's nails & the refs fault ? not such a good look 😬

[@Blaz1ngFury]

Your username is not a good look brother 😄

[@nomoney_sniper1885]

@@Blaz1ngFury opposite of kd's twitter handle

[@Blaz1ngFury]

@@nomoney_sniper1885 haha just playing around I don’t care about Valentina

[@jakebohne9123]

Masvidal v Covington. Winner fights Leon for the belt.

[@JeremyDahl]

Violent criminals are always mad that there are laws

[@rjsilver-cohen7195]

I wish to marry this Dakota ditcheva