JNPO: Sean Wheelock on UFC Kansas City, NY commission issues
With a week in which UFC returns to the Midwest and questions about New York’s athletic commissions are swirling, who better to talk about it all than former Bellator play-by-play man, author, and Kansas Athletic Commission member Sean Wheelock?
On a packed 90-minute edition of Josh Nason’s Punch-Out, your host Josh Nason and Sean jumped around the MMA map. A few points of discussion:
– Sean’s current gigs with MMA & boxing and what he takes into consideration when a new company comes calling
– What he thought when Bjorn Rebney reappeared as an MMA association lead and what’s next for him
– Whether time has changed his mind on his surprise release from Bellator MMA
– His thoughts on the current Mauro Ranallo/WWE situation
– The move of his podcast with Ben Askren and Joe Warren to Podcast One
– What he saw happening last Saturday at UFC 210 with the Chris Weidman/NY State Athletic Commission clusterf*ck
– A look at ahead to this Saturday’s UFC on Fox show in Kansas City, MO
– The plight of the UFC flyweight division…and plenty more.
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***As mentioned on the show, here is Dave & Bryan’s December 2015 interview with Sean, and their talk with Art Davie from August 2014.