Ariel Helwani is back … in … your … LIFE on this fine Monday morning!
1 p.m. ET: Ariel and The Boys in the Back react to a busy combat sports weekend headlined by Francis Ngannou’s thunderous return to MMA at PFL Battle of the Giants.
1:30 p.m. ET: Ngannou, MMA’s lineal heavyweight champion, returns to the program following his first-round knockout of Renan Ferreira.
2 p.m. ET: PFL super-prospect Paul Hughes checks in after his monstrous win over AJ McKee.
2:30 p.m. ET: Craig Jones, jiu-jitsu star and captain of the CJI, stops by for his first appearance of the new era.
3 p.m. ET: UFC bantamweight champion Merab Dvalishvili joins the show to reflect on his UFC 306 win over Sean O’Malley and discuss what’s next for his title reign.
3:30 p.m. ET: UFC headliner Anthony Hernandez phones in following his big main event win over Michel Pereira at UFC Vegas 99.
4 p.m. ET: Ariel and The Boys in the Back take us home.
