Mookie & Crookie Show: Al Iaquinta interview, Israel Adesanya’s stardom

Epsiode 05 discussion: How big a star can Israel Adesanya be? Al Iaquinta interview and the social media roundup.

Welcome to the Mookie & Crookie Show, a spinoff of The Level Change Podcast that goes a little more in-depth on major combat sports news, as well as takes a humorous look at the crazy world of combat sports social media. The show is hosted by Mookie Alexander and Stephie Haynes and airs every Monday.

Here is a summary of the topics discussed, complete with the time stamps for when each interview or special segment begins. As always, we hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as we enjoyed recording it.

Episode 05

How big of a star can Israel Adesanya become? Is having him fight Anderson Silva the right move? – 3:41

Al Iaquinta interview (Note, the weather was pretty bad and Al was driving during the polar vortex weather, so the audio quality here is not great, but we did the best we could considering the circumstances. It is definitely listenable, though) – 17:15

Social Media Roundup – 38:06

Conor McGregor reacts to suspension with humorous commentary

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1090523711344689153

https://twitter.com/TheNotoriousMMA/status/1090528255873073152

Ben Askren vs. Artem Lobov - Twitter Fight

https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2019/1/30/18204301/ufc-mma-bellator-news-social-media-ben-askren-artem-lobov-fight

Stephen Espinoza having a totally normal one on Twitter hitting back at people who like DAZN over Showtime

https://twitter.com/StephenEspinoza/status/1090826860727025664

https://twitter.com/StephenEspinoza/status/1090829479461687302

https://twitter.com/StephenEspinoza/status/1090831015671746560

LITERAL SHEEP DOES THE SHOWTIME KICK

https://twitter.com/Ffs_OMG/status/1090330785457061891

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