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Speaker 1: of love. Indeed, the Sugar Show begins right now, as

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Speaker 1: does Morning Combats UFC two ninety two. Instant reaction. Welcome in.

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Speaker 1: You better believe it's just I don't know, a few

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Speaker 1: top and some interesting events up and down. Welcome my name.

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Speaker 1: My name is Brian Campbell, one half of course, of

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Speaker 1: your award winning Morning Combat. Due. I know what you say,

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Speaker 1: and you know I'm here for Luke Thomas. Right, it's

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Speaker 1: MMA talk BC. I mean you know, I mean you

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Speaker 1: know how many bits and skits and in white belts

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Speaker 1: you got. Hey, let's be professional here. I'm fresh off

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Speaker 1: the set of CBS Sports HQ and I'm ready to

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Speaker 1: bring it. Luke Thomas on vacation. He'll be next week.

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Speaker 1: So if you want spoil I mean, if you're really

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Speaker 1: gonna tune into a YouTube post fight show expecting not

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Speaker 1: to get spoilers immediately after a pay per view, once again,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to examine your own misfortunes, heck of

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Speaker 1: a turnaround at the top the bantam white division, the

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Speaker 1: deepest in the sport. Just as al Jamine Sterling was

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Speaker 1: looking to extend his win streak to ten, looking to

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Speaker 1: and looking at past Dominic Cruz for sole possession of

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Speaker 1: most title defenses, well that reign was shipped up to

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Speaker 1: Boston and on out by twenty eight year old sugar

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Speaker 1: Sean O'Malley. Question all you want, whether his resume was

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Speaker 1: I had said all throughout the build that O'Malley going

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, he O'Malley rightfully got his flowers from

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Speaker 1: the split decision over former champion Piodon to get to

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Speaker 1: this point. But the comparison to a rising Conor McGregor

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Speaker 1: as we saw in this victory for O'Malley, a second

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Speaker 1: it wasn't just one dimensional, but the whole idea of

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Speaker 1: said that about McGregor when he fought Chad Mendis with

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Speaker 1: that fight thirteen seconds in we didn't find out what

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Speaker 1: it could have looked like because McGregor ended it. This

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Speaker 1: with fifty seconds to go in round two on this evening,

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Speaker 1: Sugar Sean O'Malley waited for that one single mistake, as

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Speaker 1: over right there. Wow, here's what's interesting is you want

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Speaker 1: to say this fight was one in the second round

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Speaker 1: on an absolutely beautiful I mean just perfect, fast, accurate

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Speaker 1: an absolutely beautiful counter right hand that leads to the stoppage,

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Speaker 1: of very intelligent inside leg kicks, just little little pecks

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Speaker 1: It was the poise of the largely unproven challenger that

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Speaker 1: Sterling to cleanly beat Paorean in their rematch, to take

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Speaker 1: to get the edge rightfully. So Sterling was the guy

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Speaker 1: fighters by leaning on those intangibles. And I know sometimes

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Speaker 1: you say, OBC, you don't know anything about you know,

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Speaker 1: But championship intangibles ultimately is what separate two great fighters

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Speaker 1: just really felt like McGregor, although in that regard just

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Speaker 1: thought the stoppage was actually too long and it could

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Speaker 1: we saw? No, Because that giant mistake from Sterling and

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Speaker 1: the way O'Malley just popped in and calmly landed the

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Speaker 1: key blow to end that fight. I mean, that's championship

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Speaker 1: guy in O'Malley who is unnaturally confident and has been

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Speaker 1: give O'Malley credit, whether you think he was, you know,

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Speaker 1: an overrated hype job coming in or not, in that

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Speaker 1: he's dealt with setbacks or pushback in his career very well,

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Speaker 1: O'Malley when he took that stance against the UFC basically

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Speaker 1: saying I'm not gonna fight ranked fighters unless you pay me,

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Speaker 1: and it almost looked like she was close to running

427
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:21,960
Speaker 1: into something. But we talk about championship medal at thirty four,

428
00:21:22,040 --> 00:21:24,440
Speaker 1: I think Whaley was already the pompfer pund queen coming

429
00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,040
Speaker 1: in and this just doubled down and cemented it. But

430
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 1: what she did to come out round five very aggressive,

431
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,840
Speaker 1: scit the takedown lead to the mauling. I thought it

432
00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:36,360
Speaker 1: was a ten to eight final round. Waley is who

433
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,600
Speaker 1: we thought she was. And when we're talking about these statistics,

434
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 1: now six takedowns the zero for Jong Whaley is impressive enough.

435
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,359
Speaker 1: On top of that, she had nearly fifteen minutes of

436
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 1: ground control over the twenty five minutes of the fight.

437
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,360
Speaker 1: And when she had it, it wasn't wasting time, right,

438
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 1: It was aggressive passing, side control, taking the back, and

439
00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:59,359
Speaker 1: constant ground pound. In fact, heavy, almost brock Lesnar Frankmer

440
00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,360
Speaker 1: rematch level of ground and pound when you're both kneeling

441
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:03,840
Speaker 1: and you're on the back of your opponent and you're

442
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:07,720
Speaker 1: landing those big shots from underneath, and it was enough

443
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 1: for dominance in that regard. But how about the striking

444
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:14,280
Speaker 1: in total two eighty eight to twenty one. Two hundred

445
00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,200
Speaker 1: and eighty eight strikes landed for Wayley, twenty one for Laimosh.

446
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,800
Speaker 1: The most one sided disparancy in total strikes landed in

447
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,720
Speaker 1: the uf and UFC female history. It's borderline holloway cater

448
00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:29,040
Speaker 1: in that regard. Different because Limosh, like I said, had

449
00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 1: more moments where it was like, holy crap. I mean

450
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:32,880
Speaker 1: literally at the end of round one with that dars choke.

451
00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:36,800
Speaker 1: You know, it wasn't just oh crap, she almost did.

452
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 1: It was like I was waiting for the tap. It seemed,

453
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,040
Speaker 1: you know, remember Bellefort and John Jones. It was like,

454
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,600
Speaker 1: she's like too close for comfort in that regard, a

455
00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:50,200
Speaker 1: little bit crazy would take a Volkanovsky on that level too,

456
00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 1: where you're like a second and a half felt like

457
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 1: an eternity and you're like, she's gonna tap, She's really

458
00:22:55,119 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 1: gonna tap. She didn't tap Wayy overall really showed you

459
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,800
Speaker 1: how great she is. And it's not that Limos is great.

460
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,400
Speaker 1: She has very good power. Yes, she's had She had

461
00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 1: two stoppage wins Waterson and in a much much more

462
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,200
Speaker 1: valuable one of from Marina Hadriguez to get to this point.

463
00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 1: But you know, she got submitted in the first round

464
00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,400
Speaker 1: by Jessica and Rodge's two fights ago. And look where

465
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 1: on Roge is now. Androg doesn't have this great history

466
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 1: of submission wins at a very high level. But she

467
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,639
Speaker 1: showed championship toughness and she nearly created a couple of

468
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 1: crazy ohship moments. I'll give her that credit. It did

469
00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 1: feel as they were walking to the cage. Excuse me

470
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:41,399
Speaker 1: disrespectful to say it felt like a boxing mandatory title defense.

471
00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 1: It did. It did feel a little bit like that.

472
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:47,159
Speaker 1: Limos though she showed out, she showed out in ways

473
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:51,199
Speaker 1: that Iren A Aldona didn't, right. She she unfortunately, you know,

474
00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,760
Speaker 1: laid a cyril Gon size egg there in that fight

475
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 1: with Amanda Newness. At the very least Limos had her

476
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,320
Speaker 1: moments came close. But it was pretty consistent that if

477
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,679
Speaker 1: Waylee was gonna wall Lee was good striking, but it

478
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,960
Speaker 1: was all about using the striking to set up the takedowns,

479
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: and then when she got her down, it was pretty

480
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,640
Speaker 1: consistent ground and pound. She's on top of this division.

481
00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,200
Speaker 1: Let's see who's coming next. You both yanshan On and

482
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,359
Speaker 1: uh uh Suarez Tachiao Suarez were in the crowd. I

483
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,880
Speaker 1: think either one could get the next shot. It's gonna

484
00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,920
Speaker 1: be interesting where we go right there. But just absolute dominance.

485
00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 1: In fact, after round three, which which was that three

486
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,800
Speaker 1: consecutive dominant wrestling rounds for way Lee, her strike total

487
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:37,160
Speaker 1: was one fifty seven to nine yikes. Yikes. At least

488
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,639
Speaker 1: Limost was able to make those single strikes count. He

489
00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,760
Speaker 1: had some moments, but there you go. But let's look

490
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,320
Speaker 1: up and down this card. I mentioned that, you know,

491
00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 1: all or nothing. I like really good humility, and I

492
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,600
Speaker 1: like over the top bad assery and trash talk and

493
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 1: you know, look at me type of behavior. Ian Machattlgary.

494
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 1: He takes a wide unanimous decision from Neil Magne. In fact,

495
00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,439
Speaker 1: he beat the crap out of him thirty twenty six,

496
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: thirty to twenty six, and thirty to twenty four. Damn.

497
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,280
Speaker 1: But there's a few butts here. For as much as

498
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 1: I like freshness, you know, I got we all got

499
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,680
Speaker 1: behind Connor McGregor's rise. It was fun as heck. He'd

500
00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 1: he talked ridiculous stuff and actually backed it up. I

501
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 1: didn't love afterwards, Gary, who was unable to finish Magni

502
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,879
Speaker 1: and probably should have finished Magni, you know, putting the

503
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,040
Speaker 1: middle finger right in his ear, and just really going

504
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 1: overboard on being a dick. I get the original comments

505
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: that Magni made at the media day about hitting his

506
00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,479
Speaker 1: own child. That led to Gary kind of using that

507
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,199
Speaker 1: as fuel to get himself fired up. And when you

508
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 1: look at this in totality, did Gary dominate dude? He

509
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 1: dominated like helly. He'd be hurt both legs of Magni,

510
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,439
Speaker 1: it seemed, and really targeted that lead left leg and

511
00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,080
Speaker 1: had him in hell. And Gary talked up a big

512
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,760
Speaker 1: game about himself afterwards, about the poise he showed and

513
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,919
Speaker 1: all that, And look, I didn't like that he just

514
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,960
Speaker 1: basically stole Connor McGregor's mannerisms and one liners and del

515
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,000
Speaker 1: livery this week at the press conference. It was a

516
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:04,879
Speaker 1: little bit too much like, dude, figure out your own flavor,

517
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,399
Speaker 1: figure out your own lane. His performance in this regard

518
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: was dynamic, next level as a striker. They talked about

519
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 1: on the broadcast, him never showing to tell, never showing,

520
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,199
Speaker 1: never leaving Magne in a spot where he knew what

521
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 1: was coming. So you didn't get to see Magni be

522
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 1: that stingy counter puncher and be difficult to hit, and

523
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: the switch and stances and all the stuff he does.

524
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: He was under fire the whole time. So when Gary

525
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,959
Speaker 1: talks about his own poise of saying, look it went

526
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,119
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes, but look I dominated every second he did,

527
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:39,679
Speaker 1: you can't disrespect that this was a you know, a

528
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,480
Speaker 1: heat checked type of fight. We're gonna find out exactly

529
00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:42,960
Speaker 1: who you are. This is the guy that nobody looks

530
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,160
Speaker 1: good against. This is a guy who can be stingy

531
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: and can kind of grind you out. And that didn't happen.

532
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 1: He kicked the shit out of him. With that said,

533
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,760
Speaker 1: it's not that I want to make the argument here

534
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:56,200
Speaker 1: that Gary should have gotten the stopage, and I do

535
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 1: believe he should have. I don't believe he went forward

536
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:02,680
Speaker 1: aggressively enough. Even that regard, he showed Magni too much

537
00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 1: respect when he had him that badly hurt. I know

538
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,679
Speaker 1: he was trying to land that one single strike that

539
00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,000
Speaker 1: was going to spectacularly end it, and he came close

540
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: to that leading front kick with the right leg did

541
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 1: land flush at the end. Wasn't enough to stop him.

542
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:19,360
Speaker 1: But when you've got an opponent who can barely stand,

543
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 1: take him down and put some ground upon on him

544
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:25,479
Speaker 1: and get him the frick out of there, even if

545
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 1: it's just the illusion of NonStop hammer fists and strikes

546
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,879
Speaker 1: to an injured down opponent. This was not in a

547
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,159
Speaker 1: similar situation, right Brad Tavariskins Chris Wiman, which I'll get to.

548
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:40,439
Speaker 1: At the very least, Wideman showed this rabbit energy and

549
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,160
Speaker 1: this counter striking that hey, if you mess around too much, Tavarus,

550
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 1: it might be a disaster for you. Magni was not

551
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: showing that he's in complete survival mode. And what I

552
00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 1: saw from Geary is finally taking him down with thirty

553
00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: seconds to go, but not being effective at all in

554
00:27:57,119 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 1: landing strikes from top position. So as dominant as this

555
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: was for Gary and as much as he absolutely cemented

556
00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:06,119
Speaker 1: the idea that striking wise, he is next level, the

557
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 1: ability to come out with kicks and flashy strikes and

558
00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,440
Speaker 1: just barely miss and put that thread on you and

559
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 1: land clean punches as he walks you down. He's dynamic

560
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,119
Speaker 1: as hell. He's got incredible belief in himself. He looks

561
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: ready to make the leap. Like we talk about these

562
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 1: guys who just look so badly like they have next.

563
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 1: You know, it goes all the way from tremaiav de

564
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:30,560
Speaker 1: bo Nickel to Della Maddelene. I mean even ddp's recent rise,

565
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 1: where it's like, damn, I keep having to readjust how

566
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: good they might be. Gary's in that conversation, Havkat. He's

567
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: in that conversation, but as dominant as it was, didn't

568
00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:44,719
Speaker 1: love the other side of it. And it's not just

569
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 1: not getting the finish. Where are the takedown attempts? You know,

570
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 1: It's different when John Jones I thought was too passive

571
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: against Thiago Santos when Maheta, it was Claire was operating

572
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: on two bum legs with the blown out knees and

573
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,760
Speaker 1: just trying to grind it out and bite down but

574
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: somehow still remaining a counter shot, devastating strike threat. I

575
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: was cagedided for that fight and just going like why

576
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,479
Speaker 1: would Jones linger with a guy who that dangerous for

577
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: one shot strikes when he barely has two legs to

578
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 1: stand on, take him down, ground and pound him, maul him,

579
00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 1: just get him the hell out of there. That's what

580
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,880
Speaker 1: I wanted from Gary and twenty five, you know, fifteen

581
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: incredible minutes of striking, show us that you can do

582
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: that on the ground, take him down, show us that

583
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 1: you don't don't wait till the final thirty seconds, and

584
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:34,719
Speaker 1: then when you have him in a good position, just

585
00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 1: unable to land anything. Those are the parts of Gary's

586
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,080
Speaker 1: game that need to evolve, you know, the takeout of

587
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: d Rod mixed with this dominant effort offensively, absolutely dynamic

588
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,840
Speaker 1: and where he needs to be a future threat to

589
00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:51,960
Speaker 1: the title level, no question. But within that dominance, when

590
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: you got a guy hurt that badly and you are

591
00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 1: just out shining and outclassing him and he's not a

592
00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 1: threat in return in terms of counterfire, finish him, you know,

593
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,080
Speaker 1: show us the shark and you you smell the blood,

594
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: get him out of there. That regard, I was left

595
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,600
Speaker 1: wanting a little bit more, which is it's certainly me

596
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 1: being a little greedy here as an analyst and being

597
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 1: extra critical and you know again, I didn't love the

598
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,680
Speaker 1: middle finger and the push in his face afterwards. You know,

599
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: Magni proved that he can go the distance with you.

600
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: At least give him that respect, please, you know, drop

601
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 1: the lay down the arms, so to speak. So is

602
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,240
Speaker 1: that clouding my judgment? I don't think so. I just

603
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: think that for a guy in his spot, in that situation, man,

604
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: you got you gotta splash the pot, you gotta dunk,

605
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,400
Speaker 1: you gotta hang on the rim. Get him out of there.

606
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: Let's keep on going up and down this card. Mario

607
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,800
Speaker 1: Batista gets the unanimous division decision, excuse me over Demon

608
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: Blacks year on one week notice, fresh off the Twister

609
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 1: and his UFC debut. It goes down twenty nine to

610
00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: twenty eight on two scorecards, thirty to twenty seven on

611
00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: the third, which I thought was absolutely ridiculous. Top of that,

612
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: I look, I'm not afraid to score fights and stand

613
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: by it, and let's have a healthy debate in boxing

614
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: and in them Maine. If you don't like my scoring,

615
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: that's fine. I think there's an argument for black Shir

616
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: to have won this fight, and I think the argument

617
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 1: is rounds one and two. Third round Yeah, ill, give

618
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,719
Speaker 1: it to Bautista, but that constant thread on the ground

619
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 1: from Black Chair, and there were stretches offensively with you know,

620
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: some very athletic and dangerous attempts and combinations that he

621
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,120
Speaker 1: was throwing. I thought he was in this fight more certainly,

622
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: certainly than that wide third scorecard indicates. But a good

623
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 1: win from Bautista gets opponent that was new to the

624
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: scene they didn't have a lot of time to prepare

625
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 1: for after Cody Gargrant pulled out. I think both ultimately

626
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,440
Speaker 1: get elevated from this. Black Sheair's not going to lose

627
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,720
Speaker 1: by this. He wasn't dominated, he wasn't you know, hurt

628
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 1: badly in there or anything. And the quick turnaround is

629
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 1: the quickest way to Dana's heart in that regard to

630
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,320
Speaker 1: take big chances. But I don't know, I felt like

631
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: at that decision it could have easily been split, and

632
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: I felt like there should have been maybe a little

633
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: bit more argument in the side of had Black Shaar

634
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 1: done enough those first two rounds being very close, But

635
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: Bautista takes advantage, gets it done. He's a teammate of

636
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 1: O'Malley and certainly continues his recent ride rise at vandamweight

637
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: definitely got to watch a tough out, no doubt. We

638
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: mentioned Vera. He was the leadoff portion of this pay

639
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 1: per view card against Pedro Muno's thirty to twenty seven

640
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: on two scorecards, twenty nine to twenty eight on the third.

641
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: Again on the scoring a little bit wider than I

642
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: actually saw it. I thought Munyos had done enough in

643
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: that close first round, and I think there is an

644
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: argument for Munos based on this volume in that second round.

645
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: My scorecard in the end goes two rounds to one.

646
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 1: Cheeto Vera at rounds two and three three, he absolutely

647
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: put it together, bloodying continuing to bloody Munos his nose,

648
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 1: and really I thought Vera did what he does a lot,

649
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: which can be detrimental to him at times, is giveaway

650
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: that first round to really take that long, extended snapshot. Now,

651
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,360
Speaker 1: he didn't give it away fully where you couldn't have

652
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: scored it to him. In fact, two of the judges

653
00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: give it three to nothing for him in that regard.

654
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: But it was a low enough amount of volume where

655
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: you did have questions if he had done enough in

656
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 1: that round, and I think he just needed to sort

657
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: of pick up the speed and the and the aggressiveness

658
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 1: and the constant movement of Munyo's and certainly once he

659
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 1: was able to use that jab as a weapon in

660
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: round two and he slowed Munyos down a bit. And

661
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 1: then you saw in round three he could pick you

662
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: apart with heavy shots, and Munyo showed a hell of

663
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: a chin and he ate some single big shots very well.

664
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: And look, he's a tough out against everybody, sort of

665
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: perpetually in this spot, right. He's gonna lose when he

666
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 1: steps up at a higher level, but always going to

667
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: be a tough out for these guys, and he was

668
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: in this I just felt like he had done a

669
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 1: little bit more. This wasn't a spectacular win for Vera,

670
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 1: but I don't think it was a a step back.

671
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 1: I really don't. And there there was there was pressure

672
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 1: on him to survive in advance. Now you didn't want

673
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 1: to look overly boring like Jan Blokhovich against against Jakaray

674
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: in that five round main event where he ended up

675
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: still continuing up the ladder and getting the title shot,

676
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: and San Haagan, who had an injury, leaned on the

677
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: wrestling against Rob font in the last minute situation just

678
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks back to kind of do this thing,

679
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 1: just hold serve in his spot atop the division. That

680
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 1: was the job for Marlin vera hold serve in case

681
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 1: Sean O'Malley one. He did his job. It was close,

682
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 1: as I'm mentioning, but he was the bigger striker, landed

683
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,240
Speaker 1: the bigger shots two rounds to one. In my opinion,

684
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 1: I just felt like three to noth on two scorecards.

685
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 1: I don't know, a little disrespectful toward Munoz, but again

686
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:25,839
Speaker 1: it's not about disrespect, it's about scoring each round individually.

687
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,879
Speaker 1: I mentioned the leg kick battle that we also saw

688
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 1: on that preliminary feature bound, and that was Brad Tavares.

689
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: Chris Widman, the for Middleway champ, coming back from two

690
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:41,560
Speaker 1: years away after the devastating leg break against Eiyah Hall.

691
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 1: Let's talk about from a few things, honestly. Okay, first

692
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,280
Speaker 1: and foremost, what do we take away from here. Let's

693
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: really give Chris Widman his just due on this regard

694
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 1: coming back from two years when most people in his

695
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 1: spot thirty nine years old. You lost six of your

696
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: last eight and there's a lot of stoppages in there

697
00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: two years away, all that just to get back to

698
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: this point. He's a badass. We already knew that, right,

699
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: But he's a badass. Yes, the heart he showed in

700
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:12,240
Speaker 1: here on two absolutely chewed up legs, and give Tavaris

701
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:17,439
Speaker 1: credit for doing that to him. Yeah, he was there

702
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: to fight to the finish. It was very similar to

703
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: Luke rock Hold against Paula Costa, and we didn't have

704
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: as much as that f you sort of response from

705
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: Rockold and I think that's what Matt Sarah in the

706
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:30,360
Speaker 1: corner Joe Rogan had referenced it. We didn't see it

707
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,520
Speaker 1: because they had gone to commercial since this was airing

708
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 1: on ESPN two and ESPN Plus, but apparently Sarah had

709
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:37,600
Speaker 1: gotten his air and was like, be disrespectful, be nasty.

710
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,720
Speaker 1: There was a brief moment where it looked like Widman

711
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: was close to have to being finished to the legs,

712
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,680
Speaker 1: where he started to point at Tavarus and make him

713
00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: back up, and it was almost like rock Hold against

714
00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 1: Coast all over again. So I'm gonna give Widman that

715
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: credit overall for just being a hard nosed badass. With

716
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 1: that said, he's thirty nine and he's washed, and I

717
00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,000
Speaker 1: don't say that to be disrespectful, but I say that

718
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:06,200
Speaker 1: because it's the truth, and I can't believe you finished

719
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: this fight. I do think in some levels Tavares had

720
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 1: mercy for him, but that was mixed with Wideman, to

721
00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 1: his credit, landing some big counter punches at just the

722
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: right time where it looked like he was about to

723
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,719
Speaker 1: get finished to the legs. He did just enough to

724
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,719
Speaker 1: show Tavars that, like I can make I can end

725
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,919
Speaker 1: this hair, I can make it really bad for you. So, yeah,

726
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 1: the X rays came back. He's a dog. But I

727
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:33,439
Speaker 1: guess the reason why I do have a bad taste

728
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: in my mouth is the whole presentation that led up

729
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: to that. I'm not against I said it this week

730
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: with Shaq on Friday's MK show. I'm not against Wideman

731
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: doing anything to motivate himself. I'm not against Widman in

732
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,680
Speaker 1: an interview saying I still believe I could be a champion.

733
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 1: Maybe that's what he needs to get out of bed

734
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 1: and keep getting through what was not an easy recovery, right,

735
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: he had multiple surgeries, infections. I mean, it was a

736
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 1: horrific experience. And this guy, I mean, the same thing

737
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: that led him to initially winning the championship and twice

738
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 1: beating the great Anderson Silva, although did he beat him

739
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 1: or did Silva loose debate for a future podcast or

740
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 1: maybe we're just haters, but his pre fight interview had

741
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 1: like five mentions of like, I'm going to be a

742
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 1: champion again. This is the beginning of another run to

743
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 1: being a champion. And it's not that I want them

744
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 1: to come on the air and drop a doogie on

745
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 1: that and be like, well, Chris, you know, you know,

746
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: you know, good, good to dream Chris. Right. You know,

747
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: there's an old sound drop I used to play on

748
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: my old CBS sports boxing podcast with Grave Barthol And

749
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,279
Speaker 1: you have Jeff Horn's wife. They did not remember when

750
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,400
Speaker 1: Jeff Word upset Manne Pacio for the Watsway title and

751
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: they did this documentary on him in Australia and they

752
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: had Jeff Horn's wife, Joe, who you know, it sounded

753
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: like wasn't giving her husband a chance and this just

754
00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 1: like most of the boxing world, where she did this

755
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 1: thing where she was like, yeah, before the fight, Jeffrey

756
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,680
Speaker 1: was talking about, you know, he's going to be a champion,

757
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: He's going to beat Manny Pakia and she's like we

758
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: were all like yeah, right, Jeffrey, you know, keep dreaming.

759
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: It's not that I want DC to come out and

760
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: be like, hey, Widman, Man, you know, you lost six

761
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: of a you got knocked the hell out, You've been

762
00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: out a long time, you're thirty nine, You're you're actually lucky.

763
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: If seriously, if you can go fifteen minutes here and

764
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 1: walk off on your own power, seriously, based on the

765
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 1: leg injuries you've had, that would be extreme, That would

766
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: be rude. That would be be being disrespectful and DC

767
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,239
Speaker 1: being disrespectful. But what did DC in the broadcast? Do

768
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:32,160
Speaker 1: They put a horrific taste in my mouth with this

769
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 1: propaganda in which they didn't just entertain the idea of

770
00:38:36,600 --> 00:38:39,720
Speaker 1: Wideman coming back and beating Tavarus and going on a run.

771
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,759
Speaker 1: And it wouldn't It's not like it's impossible, right, But

772
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: DC's like, yeah, you know, if you're out of Sonya,

773
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: you're probably watching this at home, you know, hoping he

774
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 1: hoping Widman wins, because you know, to be fair, Chris

775
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: Widman's the biggest fight out of Sonya has available to

776
00:38:55,120 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: him potentially. What I mean, I mean, what what? What? What?

777
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: I remember like a couple of years ago where Luke

778
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 1: Crockold was threatening a comeback, and you know, he's like,

779
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: I think I have the game to beat out a Sonia.

780
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: Even rock Hold hadn't lost as many times now there

781
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 1: were some devastating knockout losses for rock Hold, just the

782
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 1: same in there, but it wasn't as bad, and we

783
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: were like, you know what, roc Hold still might have

784
00:39:25,640 --> 00:39:27,799
Speaker 1: something left in the tank, more than the age would

785
00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: tell you. Maybe maybe he could, maybe because he's cleaned

786
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: out this division multiple times, which is, by the way,

787
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:36,240
Speaker 1: allowing Sean Strickland to slide in for a title defense

788
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 1: that you know, title opportunity that none of us necessarily

789
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,600
Speaker 1: thought he would get. Ddp's injury opened up the door

790
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: and again as he had beaten everybody, but you know,

791
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,879
Speaker 1: DC's like, oh yeah, this would be the biggest fight

792
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:53,400
Speaker 1: available to what like, no one's gonna check that, no

793
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,280
Speaker 1: one's gonna like you know, it's like the video editors,

794
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,040
Speaker 1: maybe we shouldn't have played five references of Wideman saying

795
00:39:59,040 --> 00:40:00,759
Speaker 1: I'm about to go on a time run. All right,

796
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 1: enough of BC being a dick. It just really had

797
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: a bad, a bad taste in my mouth to the fight.

798
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:09,960
Speaker 1: Though once Widman could not take Tavaris down. You knew

799
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,799
Speaker 1: it had the potential to be a long knife for him.

800
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 1: His timing was understandably off. You have to wonder how

801
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: much it was in his head about the well, you know,

802
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: the potential strength of his leg. And once Tavars really

803
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: started to hammer on those legs, I mean, look, there

804
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:24,160
Speaker 1: was a point there in that second round where you're like,

805
00:40:24,160 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: oh man, I'm not sure. You know, not only does

806
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,359
Speaker 1: Widen look like he's one CAF strike like maybe from

807
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,160
Speaker 1: ever walking again. I mean, he was getting brutalized on

808
00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 1: the other leg, not the surgically repaired one, the other one.

809
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 1: And then you know, he was forced to switch stances

810
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 1: and Tavars started tapping on the bad leg too, and

811
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: suddenly he's on two bad wheels, and you're like, okay,

812
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: one more strike. While I get, as I mentioned, Widman

813
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 1: threw enough sort of rabid desperation strikes actually landed. We

814
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:52,360
Speaker 1: were like, oh shit, like rock hold against against coasto

815
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:54,439
Speaker 1: where you're like, he you know, he might be able

816
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: to do something here. I felt like Tavares should have

817
00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 1: stepped in and taken him out, really committed, considering again,

818
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:06,680
Speaker 1: maybe shoot on him, maybe shoot and take Wideman down

819
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 1: and you know you're saying, okay, was that but the

820
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:12,680
Speaker 1: strength back in Wideman, who's the better wrestler. I mean no,

821
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: not necessarily. I mean his wheels were broken. You got

822
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 1: to rush him and put on some offense. It really

823
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: look like one giant wind up, big leg strike again

824
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: may have been enough to take him out of there.

825
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,520
Speaker 1: I'm shocked Wideman was able to make the finish, not

826
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 1: because he isn't a dog. He absolutely is, but it

827
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,719
Speaker 1: did feel, particularly right after Widman was really hurt the

828
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: first time, where it's like, oh, I'm not sure you

829
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 1: can even stand again. You know, Tavars I would like

830
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 1: him to bite down and try to get rid of him. There.

831
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:46,880
Speaker 1: You've got a wounded, dangerous, you know opponent. Don't let

832
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: him linger. Do you have to do? You have to

833
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: let it linger. It's not going to be a type

834
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 1: of breakthrough, huge opportunity to win for Tavares, who's an

835
00:41:54,640 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 1: aging fighter himself and more of a journeyman. But we

836
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: have a lot of respect from gott He's been there

837
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 1: since twenty ten, so it's easy for me to stay

838
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 1: in my basement. As as Tavaris has taken a couple

839
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,640
Speaker 1: cross right crosses from Widemen that are waking him up.

840
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: But those were two fights there where you got a

841
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 1: guy hurt and he can barely stink. Get him out

842
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: of there, get him out, don't mess around, take care

843
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 1: of it. That that was so that became tough to watch.

844
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:22,040
Speaker 1: I don't know what Wideman's future is. Could he talk

845
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,759
Speaker 1: himself into believing because of the heart he showed that

846
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: if he can just get healthy, No, no, he can't,

847
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 1: he can't him getting to hear that's the victory. He

848
00:42:30,480 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 1: got back here and he gutted it out. I don't know.

849
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: I mean, we saw a video if you watch on

850
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: social media afterwards of Widman in a wheelchair and he

851
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:41,239
Speaker 1: could barely stand rightfully. So I hope this is the end.

852
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,759
Speaker 1: But I hope Widman's also able to take solace in

853
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: the fact that he came out and showed a next

854
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:53,000
Speaker 1: level dog in that regard. Wow. A couple other worthy

855
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: of notes for talking about Hobo Coop is back as

856
00:42:56,040 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 1: as Bronstead are called Gregory Heldriguez RoboCop, and he sent

857
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 1: Dennis to Lulian to hell. Now were these elbows ko

858
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: one minute forty three into round one to the back

859
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 1: of the head. Yeah, they kind of looked at it

860
00:43:08,800 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: like it. Upon replay, I saw some people on social

861
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: media saying should have been a no contest. There's some

862
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: If you watch that back slowly, it seems to make sense.

863
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 1: But this for RoboCop coming off of a knockout loss

864
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 1: of his own last time out, where you know he

865
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: was a hot commodity. He looks like he's like fifty

866
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,640
Speaker 1: four years old. He's only thirty one from Brazil, but

867
00:43:29,719 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 1: he was a rising, fun, hot commodity. Bruto Fajita got

868
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: him in less than round one. To see RoboCop adjust

869
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 1: to that, be more selective and patient and still be

870
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,440
Speaker 1: this nasty once he was able to lift up and

871
00:43:43,560 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 1: slam down to Ulian, to Lulin, who trains with Fador,

872
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: looks pretty pretty exciting and dominant. We want to always

873
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 1: see more of RoboCop, but this was a return to form,

874
00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 1: and you love it when people learn from defeat. You

875
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 1: absolutely love it. They talked a lot about it on

876
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:02,600
Speaker 1: the broadcast. Rogan d see making the rifle comparisons to boxing,

877
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: which overinflates the the value of an unbeaten record, and

878
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 1: sometimes that certainly can lead to matchmaking that is designed

879
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,880
Speaker 1: more to protect those records, because everybody's looking for that

880
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 1: one defining super fight in their career that can you know,

881
00:44:16,680 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: change them financially. I get it, you get it, you

882
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:24,360
Speaker 1: understand it. But in this regard, nice, nice breakthrough performance

883
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: for him quickly. Also, I want to mention Brazilian women

884
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,240
Speaker 1: are coming on these two opening fights in the flyweight division,

885
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,840
Speaker 1: one which is turning around, so it's better than the

886
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:40,279
Speaker 1: straweight division right now. I mean, especially when you're adding

887
00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 1: Rose Nowmunis to the mix. Right of these like and

888
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: you've got Blanchefield, ty La Santos and minol Ferou like

889
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:50,640
Speaker 1: ready for their title opportunity. You got, you got the

890
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 1: new champion, Grosso defending in September against Chevchenko. I mean,

891
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 1: you got risers like Macy Barber. There's so many fun

892
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,960
Speaker 1: potential names. How about two of them Brazil named Silva,

893
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,839
Speaker 1: Natalia Silva, who always talked about a lot and now

894
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: extends to another victory here with just so much so

895
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:10,879
Speaker 1: dominant over Andrea Lee. That Andrea Lee's boyfriend who's also

896
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 1: her trainer, And forgive me for not remembering the name

897
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: here or writting it down. I mean he's pleading with her,

898
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: but he's almost like berating her. I didn't like that

899
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 1: at all. His advice in theory was right, bite down

900
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,320
Speaker 1: on the moth guard, go behind the high guard, and

901
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:28,040
Speaker 1: don't and get Natalia out of her flow and put

902
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: on you know, gopher broke, you're down on the scorecards,

903
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,160
Speaker 1: go for it. Lee couldn't do that. There was a

904
00:45:34,239 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 1: you know, Silva was too dominant with switching stances and

905
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:41,440
Speaker 1: constantly throwing fakes with the kicks and too dangerous where

906
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: KGB was sort of like there was sort of this

907
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 1: built in unspoken I'm gonna go for survival here and

908
00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna hold that against her, but I don't

909
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:55,280
Speaker 1: like when the trainer is also the significant other. And

910
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: in this regard Man, that was some I mean, I

911
00:45:58,400 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: know you got to you gotta light a fire and

912
00:45:59,719 --> 00:46:02,359
Speaker 1: get it that ass, but it was almost like some

913
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 1: berating going on in the way he was talking to her.

914
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:08,320
Speaker 1: She didn't respond. I get why, considering the talent across

915
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 1: from her. But this is a breakthrough win for Natalia

916
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 1: Silva and another advancement. But Kaarini Silva, who opened against

917
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 1: Marina Moros, who was usually a very tough out herself,

918
00:46:17,120 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: very technical first round submission by guillotine. Karini Silva had

919
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,279
Speaker 1: that Like as much as Natalia Silva looks like this

920
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: finished product striking wise, so early in her career, we

921
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 1: were like, wow, you know this is one to watch

922
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,520
Speaker 1: for the title level. Karini Silva looked like a breakthrough athlete.

923
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,319
Speaker 1: Who can you know, be a finisher both on the

924
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,759
Speaker 1: feed in on the ground, love it on the undercard

925
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 1: when when there's breakthrough moments and the Ultimate Fighter finale,

926
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:44,799
Speaker 1: we had two of them. But how about that band

927
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,520
Speaker 1: and wait when Brad Katona and Cody Gibson. Yeah, kind

928
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,640
Speaker 1: of a poor man's Griffin Bonner one and you heard

929
00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 1: joke and make that Joe Rogan, make that comparison, but

930
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,160
Speaker 1: so much heart shone between them, Brad Katona and now

931
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,359
Speaker 1: the first two time Tough champion and to do it

932
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: in this season which was about Connor McGregor, but it

933
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,360
Speaker 1: was also about second chances here. It was good to

934
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,319
Speaker 1: see it looked like Cody Gibson had his number in

935
00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:08,280
Speaker 1: that first round. Katona turned it on down the stretch

936
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,800
Speaker 1: like an absolute badass. That was a street fight, not

937
00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:15,040
Speaker 1: an MMA fight, but uh, you know what, top to bottom,

938
00:47:15,040 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: pretty pretty damn it good entertaining card, just a couple

939
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 1: tough moments to watch, the extended play out of Wideman

940
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:28,880
Speaker 1: and the extended beatdown of Waley over Lamosh. But you

941
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,640
Speaker 1: know what, top to bottom, I think like this over

942
00:47:30,719 --> 00:47:32,520
Speaker 1: delivered in the end. Maybe I should wake up and

943
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: realize that. But we're gonna have so much more for

944
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:42,560
Speaker 1: you on Morning Combat this Monday. Sugar Rashad Evans will

945
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:45,919
Speaker 1: be here. Luke Thomas back next Wednesday. What a time

946
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: to be alive. Maybe you got something out of this,

947
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 1: or maybe this was just a free click and you

948
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: hated this and Luke can't come back fast enough. Either way,

949
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,719
Speaker 1: Me and my new nineteen eighty eight haircut couldn't care less.

950
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,320
Speaker 1: But I do love you anyway, because this is Morning Combat.

951
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 1: It's just the I mean, it's a bunch of old

952
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: washed dads talking about their lives and sometimes we talk

953
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 1: mm in boxing two. But if you've if you if

954
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:13,000
Speaker 1: you know the artwork that's coming across into your face

955
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: hoole right now, then you understand what this is all about. Yeah,

956
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,320
Speaker 1: we're going for three in a row World MMA Awards

957
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 1: Best of Them may Program you may have heard of it.

958
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: We're up against all the heavy hitters like Ariel and

959
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:24,600
Speaker 1: all those people. Let's see if we can win it

960
00:48:24,680 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 1: again here. Maybe if we took too many vacations and

961
00:48:27,400 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 1: we deserve to love this year. But you know, at

962
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,360
Speaker 1: this point, I think I'm just talking to myself to

963
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:34,279
Speaker 1: be very fair. It's two twenty one am on the

964
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:38,160
Speaker 1: Eastern time. Maybe you were entertained. Did I make you laugh?

965
00:48:38,200 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: Do I make you cry? Do I make you feel something?

966
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:42,960
Speaker 1: That's what it's all about here. Mikey Mormal on the

967
00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 1: ones and twos from CBS Sports, thank you very much,

968
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:49,520
Speaker 1: back from vacation himself, and BC's going to pack it in.

969
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 1: I'll pack it in and let me begin to bring

970
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: this on home. It's been great talking to you two

971
00:48:54,760 --> 00:48:57,480
Speaker 1: ninety two. In the books The Sugar Show. You know

972
00:48:57,520 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 1: when when def Leppard wrote that song, right they were

973
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:05,239
Speaker 1: talking talking about ejaculation? Did that demonetize us? Mike, Yeah,

974
00:49:05,239 --> 00:49:07,560
Speaker 1: I hope not, but I mean it's true. It is true.

975
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,080
Speaker 1: You know, most rap songs I think are about that too.

976
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 1: You ever like hear your wife talking, you know, singing

977
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:13,600
Speaker 1: some hip hop songs and you're sort of like, do

978
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 1: you know what lyrics you're actually saying? All right, you know,

979
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: we've certainly reached a point of no return where yeah where,

980
00:49:22,320 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 1: I'm delirious and maybe we should just wrap this up.

981
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:27,960
Speaker 1: But Chan Omellley is the new bandamwait King and I'm

982
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:30,320
Speaker 1: a wash dad And it's been great talking to you.

983
00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: Tip your ushers on the way out. Thank you for

984
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:39,759
Speaker 1: watching Morning Combat. Yeah, I don't know, you know, I mean,

985
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,680
Speaker 1: you know, you hope, you hope it works out well

986
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:43,279
Speaker 1: in the end. You hope you did a good job,

987
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: but you know, inevitably you're falling asleep in the chair,

988
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. It's just you know, I mean, Mikey,

989
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:50,440
Speaker 1: what are we doing here? I mean, you know,