With Israel Adesanya's star on the rise ahead of UFC 248, ESPN's Phil Murphy joins Ariel to discuss Adesanya's growing popularity around the globe (35:32). But before that, Zhang Weili's manager Brian Butler talks about Zhang's wild journey to Las Vegas and the possibility of a Rose Namajunas fight (18:46) while ESPN's Marc Raimondi puts a bow on UFC Norfolk and discusses whether this is Yoel Romero's last chance at a title fight. UFC veteran Olivier Aubin-Mercier also joins to break news about his fighting future (51:46), Ariel plays some UFC 248 trivia (1:04:40) and TST returns from his short-lived retirement (1:16:13).