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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.

1 p.m. ET: We kick things off by answering your questions in the latest edition of On the Nose.

2 p.m.: Anderson Silva joins us from Sao Paulo to preview Saturday’s exhibition boxing bout against Chael Sonnen.

2:25 p.m.: Chael Sonnen then stops by to do the same.

3:10 p.m.: Raul Rosas Jr. looks back at his UFC Louisville victory over Ricky Turcios.

3:30 p.m.: Chris Billam-Smith and Richard Riakporhe go face-to-face ahead of their boxing rematch for the WBO cruiserweight world title this Saturday.

4 p.m.: The Parlay Boys make their latest selections for the combat sports weekend.

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The “Notorious” Conor McGregor is set to make his return to the octagon on June 29 in the UFC 303 main event against Michael Chandler after three years on the sidelines.  Whether the fight will actually happen is debatable depending on who you ask.  

McGregor last fought in July 2021 in a trilogy bout against Dustin Poirier in the UFC 264 main event.  In the final moments of the opening round, McGregor suffered a broken leg.  He’s now fully recovered, and when his return bout was announced, it set the record for the highest gate in UFC history. 

Former UFC title challenger Chael Sonnen has felt a bit of anxiousness about the UFC 303 headlining matchup since a press conference to promote the event in Dublin was abruptly canceled earlier this month. Dublin is McGregor’s hometown.      

“Conor McGregor versus Chandler, is it on, or is it off?  I am very reserved at this point,” Sonnen said on his YouTube channel.  “Canceling the press conference, for me, is not something I can just look the other way.  We know we don’t have to have a press conference to have the fight.  We know we don’t have to have the press conference to have a successful fight, or a big fight.”

“I have never been able to get around the fact that the press conference was canceled.  Why was it canceled,” Sonnen questioned.  “I get that Conor wasn’t going to be there, but why was it canceled?  I can’t get around that.  We’ve had press conferences in the past where guys have not shown up.  We’ve had Conor McGregor press conferences where he did not show up.”  

Citing reports that the fight promotion has allegedly been putting out ‘feelers’ to find a late replacement and potentially considering booking a new fight altogether, Sonnen’s anxiousness about the fight happening grew.  Drawing from his experience in the industry, Sonnen suggested if McGregor doesn’t fight Chandler in the UFC 303 main event on June 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas that we may never see the Irishman fight again.  

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“If Conor McGregor doesn’t show up for this, I’m here to let you know that any idea that you have that he’s still fighting, or he’s still in the business, or he wasn’t feeling good and they’re doing it another day, or he and Chandler are going to be somewhere down the road – I’m here to tell you know now, if you’re told that by anybody, you have been given bad information,” said Sonnen.

“If McGregor does not show up on June 29 and fight Michael Chandler at 170 pounds, it is the exact same as announcing Conor McGregor’s retirement from this sport,” Sonnen continued.    

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Turns out the “People’s Elbow” only works in WWE.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is quickly learning what it’s like to be a professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, suffering an elbow injury while filming “The Smashing Machine,” the upcoming movie based on the career of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) veteran Mark Kerr.

“Any time your film is called ‘The Smashing Machine,’ well, you’re going to get smashed up,” Johnson said on Instagram. “Looks like I have a cantaloupe right there on the bottom of my elbow. I got banged up pretty good today in our scenes.”

“There might be some soft tissue damage in there. That’s a lot of fluid, we’ll see. I got to get it out of there first before I get any kind of MRI. But yeah, the pain feels pretty good. But all good. It is what it is, until it isn’t.”

Fortunately for a wealthy actor like Johnson, this is just a movie. He won’t have anyone pressuring him to compete injured and he’s not a month behind on his mortgage. You know, all the stuff real MMA fighters have to deal with in this cutthroat business where you “eat what you kill.”

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Robert Valentin put himself on the map with a big knockout.

The Swiss fighter proved why he deserved to be Alexa Grasso’s No. 1 pick as he ran through Giannis Bachar in under 30 seconds on Tuesday’s episode of The Ultimate Fighter. Valentin looked to be the heavy favorite on paper as the bigger and more experienced fighter, and he didn’t disappoint when the cage door closed.

Watch Valentin’s wicked elbow knockout below.

Valentin touted himself as a grappling expert prior to fight day, but didn’t need to show off any of his wrestling or judo to deal with Bachar. He caught the Greek fighter lunging in, landing an elbow that immediately sent Bachar crashing to the mat. Referee Chris Tognoni was quick to jump in and save the fallen fighter from further punishment.

The win evened the score at one apiece for Grasso and rival coach Valentina Shevchenko, after Shevchenko’s Roedie Roets beat Grasso’s Guillermo Torres on Episode 1. Making the loss sting even more for Shevchenko is the fact that Valentin had previously trained with her at Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket, Thailand.

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Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre has hailed Islam Makhachev as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Makhachev is coming off his third defense of his lightweight title as he scored a fifth-round submission over Dustin Poirier. After the win, there was a debate if he or Jon Jones was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. But, according to St-Pierre, he believes Makhachev is a top the list.

“He’s amazing,” St-Pierre said (via MMAFighting). “I think right now he’s the best pound-for-pound right now because of his last few performances. Just amazing. An amazing showcase of heart too, because he had a bad cut on his forehead, and Poirier gave him a tough time. Pushed the pace to the edge and I think that that fight is going to make Makhachev even better because these are the fights that make you grow.”

St-Pierre also thinks it will be a long time before Makhachev loses, if he ever does, as he calls the lightweight champ the best in the sport.

“I think in terms of skill, Makhachev right now is the best fighter, but that doesn’t mean if you’re the best that you always win,” St-Pierre said. “There’s a lot of other factors outside of our control that can influence the result. But I think Makhachev is the best, but even the best can lose sometimes.”

Georges St-Pierre says Islam Makhachev on track to being an all-time great

Islam Makhachev is currently 26-1 as a pro and coming off the win over Poirier. Although he has only defended his lightweight title three times, Georges St-Pierre says the Dagestani native is already on track to be one of the best ever.

“I think he’s already starting to get to that status because beating Volkanovski and now his last two performances are amazing,” St-Pierre said.

If Makhachev can continue to defend his belt, or win the welterweight title and become a champ-champ, it would only help cement his case.

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