On this week’s episode of MMA Fighting’s What the Heck, Mike Heck speaks with UFC bantamweight Marlon Vera (5:25) to recap his first-round TKO win over Sean O’Malley in the co-main event of UFC 252. “Chito” also discusses the pre-fight trash talk, what was said during their intense weigh-in face off, the ending of the fight, being vindicated shortly after the event with how the finish actually played out, and what he wants next.
UFC featherweight Daniel Pineda (33:18) talks his impressive second-round TKO win over Herbert Burns at UFC 252, his six-plus year road back to the octagon, what the last year has been like for him, how he reacted to Burns missing weight, helping his friends and family win hundreds of thousands of dollars at the betting window, and more.