The MMA Hour: Mousasi, VanZant/Brooke faceoff, Ditcheva in studio, Warren, Murphy | May 22, 2024

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
00:00:35 Intro
00:06:44 We kick off the show by answering your questions in the latest edition of On the Nose
00:42:35 Gegard Mousasi discusses his layoff and grievances with the PFL-Bellator organization.
01:03:56 PFL star Dakota Ditcheva stops by in studio ahead of her next fight
01:59:23 Paige VanZant and Elle Brooke meet in a virtual faceoff ahead of their fight in Misfits Boxing
02:44:55 Boxing promoter Frank Warren talks about the fall out from Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk
03:16:29 Lerone Murphy joins us to talk about his big win over Edson Barboza
03:39:12 ET: The Parlay Boys look ahead at the combat sports weekend.
03:51:52 On the Nose continued
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00:00:35 Intro 00:06:44 On The Nose 00:42:35 Gegard Mousasi 01:03:56 Dakota Ditcheva in Studio 01:59:23 Paige Van Zant/Elle Brooke virtual faceoff 02:44:55 Frank Warren 03:16:29 Lerone Murphy 03:39:12 Bets/Parlay Pals 03:51:52 On the Nose

[@Torymorgan9]

I love Gegard… dude is so funny… fixing the washer machine 😂😂

[@stevomiller8324]

“IRON” drop might be better than “who me?” 😂

[@JohnKRS]

AIEREN!!

[@zephyrleapold6796]

It's "Iren"

[@GregK97]

Recency bias. "Who me?" can never be beat.

[@levigabre8552]

Please don’t stop playing the WHO ME line intermittently….puts a smile on my face every time I hear it….

[@tuffneggah]

paige looks like jessa rhodes

[@24inchdubz]

Glad GC is back!

[@FaxxsSpeaker]

“Have you fallen off Paige?” Ariel a damn menace

[@jimmywatsup]

At 47:32, why is Gegard edited when talking about Bellator fighter pay pretty clearly?

[@malikstotle]

I just noticed that too.. weird

[@jakesturges9116]

Glad someone else saw it

[@jakesturges9116]

Wish I would have watched this segment live

[@noxzy69]

Dakota is one of the hottest prospects in MMA. Ive not seen any hype for this, but Taila Santos, the lady that arguably beat Valentina over 5 rounds, has now signed for the PFL and is in Dakota's league. Heres hoping to a Dakota Santos final🤞

[@millieatr]

How about that Dakota ,,,, what a honey

[@millieatr]

I'd like to see the UFC pick up Mousasi

[@PlusMoney_MMA]

He had 12 fights in the ufc, came from strike force. Would like to see him back but feels unlikely

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

He's too old. Probably on his last 2-3 pro mma fights. The fighter the UFC should bribe, steal, or beg for, or peel away from the PFL.... is Dakota Ditcheva. When I first saw just her looks/profile, I said, Okay... very beautiful woman. But when I saw her fight, I said, Wow, this young woman has some talents! Her Muay Thai is already elite, even as a 25 year-old. She has the speed, agility, range, height, reach, and strength (she may look skinny, but she's quite sturdy & extremely athletic). Once her TDD, wrestling, and BJJ are up close to her Muay Thai, in MMA, she will be super hard to beat. So far, she has had a 10-0 record. With elite coaching, like where she is now, at ATT (Dustin's own gym), her TDD, wrestling, and BJJ should be very good by her late 20s... She has Rose and JJ's height and frame or a bit taller; but she's way more athletic...

[@SliceOfLife100]

I'm a Man United fan, and that City quiz was painful even for me 😂 so bad

[@Bru7aLis]

Ariel, the different suffixes used for male and female surnames/family names in Bulgarian are not unique or particularly strange. These suffixes, such as -ev/-eva and -ov/-ova, simply mean "son of" or "daughter of" and are present in many Slavic languages. You might have seen them with Russian fighters, it would be Makhachev/Makhacheva or Agapov/Agapova. Additionally, there's a suffix for plural names, so the equivalent of the Helwani family in Bulgarian would be the Ditchevi family.

[@jeffstanley8479]

The intro music gets me every time !! 🤜🏻🩸🤛🏻

[@HolversonGaming]

What are your thoughts on the interview Don did with The weighing in podcast? Comparing the info given from him on the Gegard case it sounds like he's lying based off the info given from gegard himself on the mma hour.

[@tragic3299]

PFL is in the wrong here. Regardless of what happened if the fighter is under contract, they're under contract. Trying to back out after is shady as hell and disappointing.

[@jmasushige]

Timestamp?

[@JGAbstract]

​@@jmasushigeMouse's interview

[@stevomiller8324]

PVZ vs Elle Brooke is soft core vs hardcore for the gooners

[@jaimesandoval5774]

Ariel put 3 nukes in this podcast, God dang my boy Shots fire

[@LugerWong]

I am here for the parlay pals !

[@AAK-.]

4:05:07 Rick loves to throw it back does he? 🤔

[@stephanheinrich256]

Dakota is such a sweetheart 🙂

[@consiegliereztz9496]

Dakota very likeable, she is going to be a Star for UK MMA, also her look and her attitude very sympathetic

[@NikulPrasad]

Gegard is hilarious and Ariel appreciates it 😂

[@yarivkav8509]

How can I ask Ariel a question?

[@MufcGgmu38]

So glad I skipped straight to frank warren

[@WingwingHello]

You should have taken an episode off

[@ryanwalsh1909]

Frank Warren is such a big dawg

[@pelegmoyal]

ARIEL I can’t believe you didn’t jumped on the monthly “Gerard Complaint Corner”?!!!

[@gregorymansbach9753]

Ariel, how do you submit on the nose questions?

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

Substack

[@jonoharper4729]

It didn't take long for the "co-leader" mma promotion to hit some controversy regarding athlete contracts and pay. Multiple ex Bellator athletes being fozen out, with exactly the same grievances. So much for the famous Don Davis statement of PFL being a "fighter first" company.

[@speakingoutloudwithrenebor2678]

This is absolutely comical to Paige 😂

[@GregK97]

Ariel, don't ever talk badly about or critique the Inside the NBA crew ever again. 😒

[@scratcherbrespeakman7516]

You gotta respect Elle for keeping it 💯 and speaking how she feels not what the public or fans wanna hear

[@MikoBlazefiredragon]

Other languages/cultures use the differing last names for male and female family members. For example, Shavkat Rakhmonov's sisters name is Sora Rakhmonova.

[@millieatr]

You have to hand it to Page for being an average talent fighter she has probably put together an 8 figure bank account ,, not bad

[@jerryreynolds3581]

I really hope PFL comes correct with Gegard...he's legitimately a legend 🙏

[@MufcGgmu38]

2:50:52 frank at 72 is a legend of the sport so glad him and Eddie finally came together. Also fury lost by 1 round give him a break

[@kingRagnar616]

How much does gegard make?

[@user-td9rb6zf8f]

Pfl taking nothing but Ls in 2024 was hyped on em last year now rooting for their demise

[@jaimesandoval5774]

We on the same boat, Only watch them for fighters that we wanna see

[@bobbymudda]

Murphy seems like a great guy

[@mannysanchez911]

Epic quiz to Ariel

[@scratcherbrespeakman7516]

No one has brought it up but they as in fury and team we're releasing pictures an videos of how crazy good shape he was in and then fight night he looked like he put that weight back on an looked sloppy. For whatever it's worth I wonder if that played a part as well taking nothing from usyk at all he showed up in the second half

[@martro_]

PFL bit off more than they could chew. Might be their down fall.

[@Cheetah-tz3ut]

Huge fan of Dakota

[@CombatSports01]

2:37:12 4:10:22

[@danieltzach8008]

Blondes are so smart... lol. All jokes aside, never heard of her before but she's beautiful and now I like the PFL.

[@nicholassolis8763]

The "anime" thing with Ariel is very weird. The guy who makes it a point to pronounce names correctly is hellbent on saying "anime" wrong lol. What a guy

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

He loves to Troll / take the piss !!! It's obvious ... 👍✊

[@jackhogg6961]

St Josh stone was hard pronunciation to hear. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mattybanks1624]

RIP Elle Brooke

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

RIP PVZ's chin ... 🙏

[@Catladyburner]

Agree with GC. Chalupas are better than gorditas

[@jorgemasvidal7566]

Mousasi ‼️💪

[@Onlybadtakes2589]

Tight Anime list Frank

[@joshthompson8506]

My dumb ass read before watching this and was surprised by the fact that Frank Warren turned out to be a closet weeb.

[@jordanhugz]

I appreciate you saying “biased Knicks fan” but put yourself in another teams shoes. Myself, the Mavs. Inside the NBA is the best thing in sports media and it shouldn’t go away. Don’t let your bias impact the entirety of NBA fans across the country.

[@spudgreg]

Ariel is trying to defend the indefensible. Why did you ask Mousasi what does he mean by their ignoring him 10 times. He’s told you what he means🤣. The he said she said comment is kind of implying that Mousasi is lying when he knows pfl is lying

[@fitskicksnhits]

Merab

[@zephyrleapold6796]

Didnt know who Elle was, she says less than 300k views is a fail, searched elle brooke on youtube, first two vids are her lingerie hauls each under 50k views. I don't get Elle's points other than she doesn't want to do the fight she signed up for

[@walterkaiyuenpang3556]

Elle has MUCH more views on other ' Platforms ' ... 👍✊

[@TEZEM0N]

weak group of guests lol but still entertaining show 😂

[@coralross2947]

Thibs clearly plays his guys to many minutes there is no question about it

[@collinavery9918]

Man, Ariel is so insufferable when he talks about soccer... he only started watching like last year and now he acts like he's the single greatest fan that's ever walked the earth. Stop grilling fighters about their sports teams and actually talk about MMA

[@user-mi8jm3qw1i]

Ditcheva is never coming again, that questioner made her so uncomfortable

[@Spooks95]

If paige loses it'll be devastating for her. Elle has no technique. She throws punches like rueg rueg then goes into clinch. Delusion. COME ON PAIGE, LETS GO.

[@herhseyd2867]

Pfl is a joke

[@charlescantin3280]

Whorst line up ever

[@donniehendrix2654]

Think about being black out drunk there's no inner dialogue you just say things without out thinking it's based on feeling that being said I know people with no inner dialogue and you can tell

[@ishmael_03]

VanZant+Brooke = 🚮

[@therealmadrid3312]

She is a plastic fan … arial do us a favor and stop interviewing fake fubol fans… you want a real fan with passion interview me… ask gc hala Madrid !!!!!!!! See you at you live show with my Madrid gear on I’ll show you how to represent the sport of Futbol the right way…

[@tuffneggah]

dakota fit 4 blackedraw

[@wilc4014]

Get help

[@tuffneggah]

@@wilc4014 ok jeff molina

[@tuffneggah]

@@wilc4014 bring yuh mudda's cont

[@user-ct4km3fu4q]

Ditcheva is so dam beautiful wtf