Chael Sonnen, Tyron Woodley in studio, Tito Ortiz, Sean King III, On The Nose, news & notes, more

SPEAKER_1 (0:01)

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Ariel Helwani Show!

Ariel Helwani (0:17)

On this Wednesday, September 16th, 2016, hello again, everyone! I sure hope you're doing well. It is a beautiful, beautiful Wednesday afternoon here in New York City. We have another jam-packed show, loaded lineup for all of you. It's been a phenomenal week. Yesterday was a lot of fun, having Rich Chow and Scott Coker in studio. So much excitement in the world of combat sports. What a time to be a part of the combat sports media, and no one does it better than us, dare I say. Barry H over at Uncrowned, HQ, uncrowned.com, Uncrowned Media, whatever you want to call us. It's a very exciting time. You may have seen all kinds of news regarding what we're doing. It's all great. It's all gravy. I'll talk more about that later in the show because I don't have a lot of time to waste at the top of the program.

In case you guys are wondering, we have fixed the mics. Can you hear me now, Frank?

SPEAKER_3 (1:17)

Yeah, please don't tap the mic.

Ariel Helwani (1:19)

That's what caused the problem yesterday. Okay, well, we're all good. Peace and love, peace and love. We had a big kumbaya session yesterday and it was great. Bit of an airing of grievances, if you will, but I think we're in a great place. We probably have never been better.

If you ask me.

SPEAKER_1 (1:34)

Speak for yourself.

Ariel Helwani (1:35)

Yeah, a lot to get to on today's program. We don't have time to joke around and quibble.

SPEAKER_1 (1:42)

Hey, the mic is still good, don't worry.

Ariel Helwani (1:43)

Okay, is it good? Are you sure?

SPEAKER_1 (1:45)

Yeah, that was the update.

Ariel Helwani (1:46)

I appreciate it. Every 60 seconds or so, just so I know, just so I'm in a good spot mentally, feeling good, reassured. Back into the program, Sean King III, who had a phenomenal debut at Noche UFC on Saturday night in Glendale against Jesse Rosas, the younger brother of Raul Rosas, 32 second slam, incredible stuff, was supposed to actually be on Contender Series, gets the short notice call, nine or so days, comes in, incredible debut. Sean King III, the King of New Orleans, he calls himself, and actually, I got a phone call, text, same thing, from the great Dustin Poirier, also a King, perhaps of Lafayette, not New Orleans, said, yo man, you gotta get my guy Sean King on. I said, if you're giving me the endorsement, he's on, we'll have him on back end of the show, around 3.3 to talk about his debut, and he's a great character as well. Oh, by the way, at four o'clock, On The Nose, arielhelwani.substack.com, El Emanuel, working very hard to get all the best questions, grouped them together, do what moderators do, and so we'll do On The Nose at four o'clock. Bring it! Prior to Sean King, the Huntington Beach bad boy himself, Tito Ortiz, it has been a minute since I last spoke to Tito Ortiz, legendary. I mean, one of the greatest of all time, Trailblazer, pioneer, dare I say, former UFC champion, one of the all time greats, Hall of Famer. He'll be joining us. He's got some things to talk about. There was once a time where we weren't the best of friends, but now we're all good. Now we're all good. And so I'm excited to have Tito Ortiz on the program. Prior to that, for the first time ever, he told me this on Monday when I saw him at the Ki MMA presser, launch presser, I saw Tyron Woodley there with his son. And he said, I have never been in your studio. Any of the stops, no matter the studio, I've never been in studio with you. We changed that at two o'clock. I cannot wait for that. That is going to be tremendous. I also want to let you know, by the way, that we are presented by our good friends over at CalSHI. We love CalSHI around these parts. And CalSHI has been so kind to us because they have supported us and we want you to support them because they support us. Let me tell you a little thing or two about our good friends over at CalSHI. And oh, by the way, you see the QR code right over there. The name is KALSHI.

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