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What the Heck, Episode 24: Stephen Thompson, Mackenzie Dern, Gerald Meerschaert, Julia Avila and William Knight

On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck speaks with UFC middleweight Gerald Meerschaert (5:23) to preview his upcoming fight with Khamzat Chimaev on Sept. 19, plus he talks about being a sizable underdog, Dana White’s response to Chimaev’s double booking and how the UFC president says it’s not meant to be disrespectful, how he plans to stop the prospect’s hype train, and preparing for the fight with Tyron Woodley.

UFC bantamweight Julia Avila (22:10) checks in to talk about her newly booked fight with Sijara Eubanks this Saturday at UFC Vegas 10, how it came to be from her perspective, what happened with her Oct.