UFC Edmonton Preview Show | Are Mike Malott, Joaquin Buckley In Must-Win Territory?

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Mike Heck (0:58)

All right. Mike Heck here from MMA Fighting. And my good friend Jed Meshew is here with me as well, because Jed, the day has finally arrived. It's App Day, the all new SB Nation app. It's live now. It's live, Jed.

Alexander K. Lee (1:10)

It's alive.

Jed Meshew (1:12)

Yeah, man, I'm really excited. And it's it's awesome, man. Combat Sports, like all sports, but Combat Sports fans, especially you guys, are going to have your voices heard like never before with within SB Nation MMA Boxing.

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Mike Heck (1:32)

It's so easy to use and it can keep obviously Combat Sports fans connected to their favorite teams and all of sports, too, across the board. So I can keep up with the Red Sox, the Celtics, the Patriots and the Bruins all on my phone. It's so simple to use.

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Yeah, like you mentioned those teams, but there's so much more because I don't care about Boston Sports, Mike, but I get to follow the NFL, all the other sports, F1, the various sports that I care about outside of Combat Sports.

And then there's the live experience because to me that's one of the coolest things. You can chat with us during fight cards every Saturday and you can chat with other people in the communities as big events are happening. So it's a really good time.

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Allergies one, Mike nothing. Voice hanging on a little bit. But welcome everybody. UFC Edmonton going down tomorrow. Back to Canada, the friendly country. Big main event in the UFC's Walter Waite Division. Joaquin Buckley looking to get back on track, taking on Mike Malott.

And then we have a really high stakes co-main event as well. Erin Blanchfield taking on Canada's own Jasmine Jasudavicius. I believe there's 12 Canadians competing on the card, which is the most ever for UFC events. So for those saying the UFC is not trying to really promote Canadian MMA. Not really true. They're they're trying here with record setting numbers, although this isn't the most spectacular lineup they have provided to Canada. But all in all, I think it'll be a good time. We have some fights with stakes. We got some fights that matter. And really, at the end of the day, that's a good thing when it comes to the UFC. So thank you for joining us. I am Mike Heck. Hope you're all having a wonderful Friday. I believe we're going to be joined by Ken and his own Alexander K. Lee later on in the program. He's supposed to be here. He'll be here at some point. I think if not, we'll carry on with the peeps. So let's just get right into this thing. We have 13 fights. The weigh-ins went down. There was no drama on the scales. And Joaquin Buckley and Mike Malott both made weight 170.5 pounds as they are getting ready to do battle. And a really interesting fight. When this one was first made, my first thought was, man, I wish they went a little different with Mike. No disrespect to Joaquin Buckley. I just feel like if you're going to do something with Mike Malott right now, especially in Canada, you have to do it now. You can't wait. We can't marabdewallish Willie this thing out where he has to win 12 fights in a row before he gets a title shot. If you're going to try to do something with him, now is the time to do it. I thought what they did in his most recent fight was smart. You give him a guy with a resume, he's been in some big fights, he's fought for the belt, almost won the belt. Another day, another time, different circumstances, better decision making, this man is the champion of the world. And Gilbert Burns is perfect.