Ep. #45 | UFC Vegas 24 Post-Show

Derick and AJ recap Jake Paul’s 1st-round KO win against Ben Askren resulting in the MMA community bursting into flames (0:44), Drakkar Klose being forced to withdraw from UFC Vegas 24’s co-main event due to an injury resulting from Jeremy Stephens pushing him at weigh-ins (4:05), Robert Whittaker’s securing the Middleweight #1 contender slot in his dominant win against Kelvin Gastelum, the timeless wonder that is Andrei Arlovski and his win against Chase Sherman (13:29), Jacob Malkoun’s big underdog win against Abdul Razak Alhassan (16:27), the continued rise of the prospect that is Tracy Cortez (21:31), Luis Pena turning it on in the late rounds against Alex Munoz (23:51), and more. Next, they put on their matchmaking hats for the main card winners. Who wins in a Whittaker vs Adesanya rematch? Where does Andrei Arlovski go from here? Is Tracy Cortez ready for a top-50 fighter next? Finally, they put their ear to the street and discuss current events in the MMA world such as Ivan Redkach being stretchered out from his fight against Regis Prograis after a very questionable “illegal strike,” boxing and MMA both taking a hit at the conclusion of the Paul vs Askren debacle, Vadim Nemkov defending his belt and moving to the semi-finals of the Bellator LHWGP, and Christian Lee defeating Timofey Nastyukhin to defend his Welterweight belt for the second time at ONE on TNT 2. Show Notes: UFC Vegas 23 Recap: (4:05), Matchmaking for UFC Vegas 23 winners: (30:20), Searching the MMA News Wire: (40:30).