Rico vs Usyk Was Worse Than We Thought, Is the UFC Hiding Ilia Topuria From Islam? Plus Ask Uncle Chael

About this episode

Chael discusses the Rico Verhoeven vs Oleksandr Usyk controversy and the implications of UFC's handling of Ilia Topuria.

Chael revisits the Rico Verhoeven vs Oleksandr Usyk controversy and admits the backlash may have missed the real story.

People in this episode

Host: Chael Sonnen

Topics covered

• boxing controversy
• UFC
• Ilia Topuria
• Rico Verhoeven
• Oleksandr Usyk
• sports analysis

Keywords

• Rico Verhoeven
• Oleksandr Usyk
• UFC
• Ilia Topuria
• sports controversy
• Chael Sonnen

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Organizations: UFC

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