Alexander Volkanovski, Jean Silva, Alexander Volkov, O’Shaquie Foster, Colby Thicknesse, On the Nose, news & notes

Ariel Helwani reacts to UFC announcing Quillan Salkilld vs. Benoit Saint Denis for UFC Sydney, Amanda Serrano being booked for her retirement fight, and the new RAF 15 main event (07:38).

The Boys in the Back join Ariel for On the Nose, answering questions about Dana White press conferences, Oscar De La Hoya’s promised clapback, Ariel’s Showergate situation, Alexander Volkanovski’s legacy, and more (23:41).

Jean Silva joins the show again to react to Alexander Volkanovski’s win over Movsar Evloev, then talk about why he feels Jose Aldo is the greatest featherweight of all time, believing he should get the next title shot, Volkanski’s coach saying Silva hasn’t earned the opportunity, Aljamain Sterling’s claim to the title shot, and more (1:00:14).

Alexander Volkov is back after his UFC 333 win to discuss the new attention on his personality, his viral press conference moment with Dana White, feeling like the spirit of the sport of MMA is being lost, Josh Hokit’s trash talk, the fight between Alex Pereira and Sergei Pavlovich, and more (1:35:48).

Unified super featherweight world champion O’Shaquie Foster returns following his action-packed win over Emanuel Navarrete, talking about wanting to fight Shakur Stevenson after capturing undisputed gold, his claim to the title of Fighter of the Year over Ryan Garcia, interest in a potential Lomachenko bout, and more (2:03:28).

Colby Thicknesse makes his show debut, discussing his massive upset over Asaf Chopurov at UFC 333, his relationship with teammate Alexander Volkanovski, how he got into the sport at any early age, Chopurov underestimating him, dealing with impostor syndrome, wanting to fight Cody Garbrandt on the UFC Sydney card, and more (2:33:00).

UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski is our final guest of the day, discussing the illness he dealt with ahead of UFC 333, feeling the effects in the fight against Movsar Evloev, how his legacy stacks up to Australia’s other sporting legends, his callout of UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, his view of the featherweight contenders, being willing to fight Arman Tsarukyan if Gaethje doesn’t, and more (3:02:29).

Ariel covers news and notes (3:51:37), before answering your Super Chats (4:00:22).