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What the Heck, Episode 65: Ariel Helwani, Tanner Boser, Justin Jaynes, Julia Avila and Angela Lee

On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck chats with Ariel Helwani (4:08) about the return of The MMA Hour beginning Aug. 16, how it came together, when he thought about bringing the show back, fans wanting the return of The MMA Beat, how the Ric’s Picks theme came to be, the upcoming UFC 264 trilogy fight between Dustin Poirier and Conor McGregor, and where a win over Gilbert Burns could put Stephen Thompson in the welterweight title picture.

Featherweight Justin Jaynes (42:55) discusses betting his purse on himself in his UFC Vegas 30 split decision loss to Charles Rosa, not having any regrets about it, the decision to shoot for a takedown when he had Rosa hurt in the third, how he scored the fight, what his future in MMA looks like, how fans and some of his fellow fighters reacted in the aftermath, and his thoughts on one judge scoring the fight 30-27 for Rosa.