The MMA Hour with Aljamain Sterling, Sean O’Malley, Demetrious Johnson, and More | May 8, 2023

The Mixed Martial Arts Hour is back in your life! Below is a rundown of Monday’s show, which begins at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT / 5 p.m. UK time.

00:00:00 Standby.

00:01:11 We kick off the show by reacting to all angles of UFC 288.

00:37:00 Sean O’Malley returns to chat about Aljamain Sterling’s win over Henry Cejudo, his in-cage faceoff with Sterling, their upcoming fight, and much more.

01:07:07 Former UFC champion Dominick Cruz discusses the state of his bantamweight division, the fallout from UFC 288, and more.

01:33:13 MMA legend and ONE flyweight champion Demetrious Johnson stops by to talk about his trilogy win over Adriano Moraes, what’s next, and more.

02:04:15 Yan Xiaonan reflects on her massive knockout win over Jessica Andrade at UFC 288 and looks ahead to whether a title fight against Weili Zhang is next.

02:19:45 Matt Frevola looks back on his scintillating win over Drew Dober at UFC 288.

02:36:57 Bantamweight king Aljamain Sterling returns following his successful UFC 288 title defense over Henry Cejudo.

03:14:19 GC and the Parlay Pals review our best bets from the UFC 288 weekend.

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[JoshAndMurph]

It’s crazy how you guys basically always have the stars of the weekend on every Monday, love it

[troutrunnerjh]

Cruz is my fav fighter that line about respect was straight knowledge

[wcorteaux]

Dom is the best at breaking down fights and explaining them from a fighter to a fan perspective.. love listening to him talk and miss him when they don’t have him on the broadcasts.

[MikeySkywalker]

I love how Ariel just lets Dom talk. He is so wise in MMA and life for that matter.

[casillasscorer]

I was in the crowd at One and I went back and watched some of it back just to see different angles. Man that crowd was great, chanting “Rodtang” when Rodtang stepped out during the DJ fight. The crowd was amazing. 10/10 experience thanks to One

[cruzangirl]

Dom hit the nail on the head about Henry’s retirement @ the height of his MMA career, to avoid the pressure… 🤛🏾

[rjhong]

Thank you Ariel for the DC interview. Hes been my favorite fighter since WEC. Hes had a very long road. Injuries and TKOs'. Hes still as articulate and very knowledgeable about MMA. His thoughts are always warranted. 🙏

[TAStormChasing]

Dam, Dom hit the blunt strong this morning.

[ericvalencia-hbzv]

Dom has one of the best minds in this sport, hands down.

[Onlybadtakes]

Wish there were more ONE talk, had the event of the weekend
35:00 Classic Ariel trying to play it off looool

[Gemminttrading]

I've been a Aljo fan for a long time. I think he's 100% right. When he's retired people are going to realize how good he really was. I think the UFC will miss him as a Champion. He will always be a Champion but I think they'll realize how great of a Champion he is and how easy he makes their job from a promotional standpoint. Aljo is a company guy by default. He got his success out of the mud and earned respect based on good morals and ethics. I don't think he gets that same respect from the promotion.
Hey Aljo, Thank you for beating Doubled C!

[ericrollings]

DJ is a wizard. I love to hear him break down fights.

[Wcc]

Love how humble and aware aljo is. Realizes he may lose in the fall, 145 may not work out, could lose and be back at square 1. GOAT idc what people say, numbers don’t lie

[chilenskbjorn]

Sterling is a stud, has defeated a bunch of elite athletes including a goat in lighter divisions like Triple C but, no matter what, people don't like him. He said a huge true that's kinda sad and disappointing: once he's gone people will start appreciating what he's done and see he was a special fighter, not just a champ with a couple of defenses. It's gonna be like Mighty Mouse: people bashed him, talked sh....and made jokes, but the same hypocrite guys are now "Dana didn't give him respect " and "they shouldn't have changed him for Askren". I'm a Henry fan, think he won last Saturday and I'm still a bit disappointed with the split decision loss, but I'm not blind and I do respect and realize Aljo is something else.

[liornieman]

I Love DJ so much, such a smart down to earth guy..

[technodromen]

Dom is the best analyst employed by the ufc.
His thoughts on Aljo’s fight iq are so good. Aljos strategy to drop down on all 4s is genius. And Dom is right on the money with how smart it actually is.
In the ONE rules it would be madness. Same in a ”real” fight. But in these rules its so smart.

Rogan saying ”he is hanging on his neck” like it was some kind of a damage inflicting move from Henry was so wierd to me in the fight.

[reecemccullough]

Dominic Cruz might be under-utilised in MMA. Very much enjoyed his self analysis of winning and losing - I could very much relate in other aspects of life to those psychological trappings and mindsets.

[DejaytheDuck]

Aljo lists every victory he's had and then says "I wanna stay humble "LOL That's exactly why it's hard to like him

[ValiantFox]

Aljo says Sean has a small weak head and Sean says Aljo has a big fat head. Which head style shall reign supreme? Find out on the next episode.

[mwoo]

Who’s here after Noche? Suga talked a big game about multiple potential opponents (back in the day). Still a fan Mr Suga 👊

Lessgo ‘show!