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Speaker 1: Really really dunks. Look at us now, tip to tip.

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Speaker 1: This is our life, this is our passion. That's the

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Speaker 1: spirit we bring to this show. I'm Luke Thomas, I'm

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Speaker 2: This is Morning Combat.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, right that post holiday feeling. Are you feeling

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Speaker 3: what I'm feeling? All lords and lairds are welcome. This

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Speaker 3: is the award winning best damn combat sports show period.

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Speaker 3: It's Morning Combat. You're looking at it right now, Brian

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Speaker 3: Campbell BC, BDE A lot of base things on my

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Speaker 3: body right now, one half of your award winning duo

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Speaker 3: on this Friday, December thirtieth, twenty twenty two, New year,

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Speaker 3: right right upon us here. But the guy next to me,

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Speaker 3: we're so happy to have him back. He's a fantastic

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Speaker 3: fight analyst. He's been under the weather post holidays. He's

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Speaker 3: sent me the grossest, i mean really, the grossest text

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Speaker 3: any one man can send each other. Like at this point,

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Speaker 3: I'm like, yes, stick picks, please, anything, but what you're

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Speaker 3: sending me, which is the fluid things coming out of

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Speaker 3: your body. It's Luke Thomas.

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Speaker 2: Everybody high BC, or should I call you culturally appropriated sway,

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Speaker 2: You ain't got the answers, Sway, why are you dressed

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Speaker 2: like sway in the morning.

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Speaker 3: I'm trying to expand my uh you know, my, my, my,

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Speaker 3: my footprint here in the world, Luke, Okay, to take

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Speaker 3: a little bit from from everybody right all the great podcast.

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Speaker 2: The Wonderful Drug Rug. We know where you got that

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Speaker 2: morning Combat Dot store? Where did you get the hat?

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Speaker 3: You know? I I found one in my neighbor's garage

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Speaker 2: Has that look at me, look at me ready, It's

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Speaker 3: I mean, like, you know this is this is is

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Speaker 3: double down on it, like all not it? Luke, Like, well,

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Speaker 3: just so you know, Luke Thomas does not have COVID,

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Speaker 3: but he barely made it to this show. He's dying.

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Speaker 3: People in my house, Luke, are very sick. But ag

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Speaker 3: one has allowed me to fight it off. But I'm

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Speaker 3: feeling gross too. COVID negative though, Luke, So take that.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I didn't have Just as an I want to

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Speaker 2: update one. I did not have COVID. We had it

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Speaker 2: because here's the thing. My kid came home sick from

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Speaker 2: winter break and she got all of us sick. That's

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Speaker 2: where I got it. I know. I make jokes about

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Speaker 2: it's a germ factory. Yeah, so it wasn't It wasn't COVID,

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Speaker 2: it wasn't flu. It was they think RSV and dude,

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Speaker 3: Oh? The only and the only toilet you had to

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Speaker 2: No, Okay, now you're being racist. No, we stay with.

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Speaker 3: What does that have to do with race, Luke, It's

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Speaker 3: My family heckled me, heckled me heavily, saying I must

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Speaker 3: Luckily, your time in frat hoouse has prepared you for

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Speaker 3: Donk of the Year. Yeah, a lot going on today.

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Speaker 3: Why you're asking, how about Belatur Versus Rising Saturday night

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Speaker 3: Fantastic card, ajmckee, Patricio, Pitbull of course, Championship Boxing right

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Speaker 3: around the corner, all that good stuff. But after the

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Speaker 3: six months at three ninety nine a month, Folks, this

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Speaker 3: There's some good good stuff on that VOD in the

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Speaker 3: You see this Baja hoodie right here, this drug rug.

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Speaker 3: If you're so inclined, go to Mournincarningcombat Dot store. We

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Speaker 3: But I had to return a lot of gifts. And

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Speaker 3: But did you were you the big winner as the

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I apparently I failed. I tried, I did try hard.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's not that's not the direction i'd like my life.

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Speaker 3: that magic green powder eight ounces of water. Stir it up,

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Speaker 3: I mean, look, the fallout of this and the conspiratorial

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Speaker 2: Listen, Tank is going to decide what kind of life

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Speaker 3: level of fighters on the same night in a special

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Speaker 3: sort of historical foundation here in New Year's even Japan.

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Speaker 2: You got to be excited, dude, I am. When they

432
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Speaker 2: first announced that, I didn't hate it, but I didn't

433
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Speaker 2: necessarily get out of my chair for it, you know,

434
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Speaker 2: I didn't. I didn't fully appreciate it, frankly, And now

435
00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,320
Speaker 2: that it's here, I'm like, dude, I love this. I

436
00:20:11,359 --> 00:20:13,119
Speaker 2: love that they're doing this. And now you know, listen,

437
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Speaker 2: I have been very critical of Beltore on this show.

438
00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 2: We don't cover much rising on this show, you know,

439
00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:23,159
Speaker 2: quite candidly. But I actually thought that Shaq had a

440
00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:25,520
Speaker 2: really great point on Wednesday. It's something you and I

441
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Speaker 2: have talked about with One Championship, where you know, you

442
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,480
Speaker 2: gotta do something different than what the UFC is doing

443
00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:32,960
Speaker 2: in the case of One, you know, obviously having Muti

444
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Speaker 2: with four ounce clubs in a cage, and then having

445
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Speaker 2: jiu jitsu championships and everything, and they do kickboxing as well,

446
00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,200
Speaker 2: and on top of muay Thai, and it's just a

447
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Speaker 2: very different and dynamic product. Different rules, all that kind

448
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,400
Speaker 2: of stuff. You're getting that here, man, this is a

449
00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,440
Speaker 2: great thing. First of all, you can do niice to

450
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Speaker 2: the head of a grounded opponent, which is just tremendous.

451
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Speaker 2: You get to keep your elbows, which is just tremendous.

452
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Speaker 2: The ring WI will be interesting to see how that

453
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Speaker 2: plays a role. But also I got to say, Risin

454
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Speaker 2: is putting up some decent talent against these guys, but

455
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Speaker 2: I could see beltoor running the table on all of

456
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:07,360
Speaker 2: them quite honestly. You know, Rabautnov is better, Archiletta is better,

457
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Speaker 2: Hora Gucci should be better, Pitbull is better, and aj

458
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,040
Speaker 2: McKee should be better than Roberto Desuza. But the fact

459
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Speaker 2: that both of these organizations are taking this risk and

460
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Speaker 2: making something different, trying something not new per se, but

461
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Speaker 2: bringing something back that I thought was important in a

462
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Speaker 2: new way. Yeah, this this tradition, so to speak, I

463
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Speaker 2: think it's great, man. I'm actually looking forward to it,

464
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Speaker 2: and I actually feel like these fights are gonna overall overall,

465
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Speaker 2: they're going to deliver on quality content and I think

466
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Speaker 2: good finishes. I'm expecting some finishes here.

467
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Speaker 3: I think there's the it's like the perfect storm of

468
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Speaker 3: like they matter. But it's like that All Star game

469
00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,439
Speaker 3: feel where you can kind of just go off and

470
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Speaker 3: try spectacular stuff and just have fun and go for it,

471
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Speaker 3: mixed with wanting to protect you know, your brand against

472
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Speaker 3: the other brand, mixed with hey, if this thing sizzles?

473
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Speaker 3: Is this the beginning of much bigger things in cooperation

474
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Speaker 3: across the sport? A lot of cool angles here, and

475
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Speaker 3: obviously it's not the first time Belatour and Rise and

476
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Speaker 3: have worked together. Scott Coker and Ssaki Kabara, is how

477
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Speaker 3: you say it, Luke Zaki.

478
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Speaker 2: Kabara, Sakaki Bara.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they have a great relationship. And you know, we

480
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Speaker 3: saw the Caledwell Versus Horror Gucci series a couple of

481
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Speaker 3: years ago and they've worked together. But this promotion versus

482
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Speaker 3: promotion thing, you know, you love the angle of it

483
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Speaker 3: and how you can sort of frame it, and man,

484
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Speaker 3: they got big names, so you know, a quick look

485
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Speaker 3: at the odds. Luke aj McKee minus two twenty five

486
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Speaker 3: favorite against Roberto Satoshi Desusa in the main event, plus

487
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Speaker 3: one eighty Patricio Pipples and minus three fifty betting favorite

488
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Speaker 3: against kleeber Koy k Erbs, who's plus two sixty five

489
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Speaker 3: and then Kyojo Horrgucci, who Shack rightfully corrected me. It

490
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Speaker 3: be a trilogy. Here he has two wins over hiro

491
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Speaker 3: masa Ugi Kubo and Horgucci minus five fifty two favorite

492
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Speaker 3: plus three ninety. On the other side, one Archiletta and

493
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Speaker 3: Goadzi Rabadanov also favorites coming in. So Luca could be

494
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Speaker 3: a run the table situation. As you said, for Belter,

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Speaker 3: We'll have to see it play out. I want to

496
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Speaker 3: see aj McKee do something something wild chances here, Luke,

497
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:04,040
Speaker 3: because you know he loves that free, free flow and style.

498
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 3: This is the right foundation to do that, dude, So

499
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Speaker 3: let's see it.

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Speaker 2: You know, yeah, this is a good one, and also

501
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,440
Speaker 2: do that Archiletta one is probably gonna be fucking bananas

502
00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,639
Speaker 2: as well. Archiletta is he's long in the tooth for

503
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,000
Speaker 2: the weight class, but very talented, very prepared. He looked

504
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:21,560
Speaker 2: diced to the socks. Oh yeah, excuse me, I'm losing

505
00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,399
Speaker 2: my voice here a little bit. But that should be

506
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 2: a great one.

507
00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,399
Speaker 3: Somebody had the way and probably see it on Have

508
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 3: you seen the ship was naked, Luke had something covering

509
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Speaker 3: their their junk.

510
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:31,720
Speaker 2: It was weird.

511
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Speaker 3: Anyway, Luke one breaking news before we get into the

512
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Speaker 3: rest of the show, which is all awards, all the time.

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Speaker 3: To close twenty twenty two, how about this Mike Kech

514
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Speaker 3: of MMA Fighting reporting that UFC April eighth. Are you

515
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Speaker 3: ready for this, Luke? It's a good day for me

516
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Speaker 3: to wear this drug rog to say this. Rob Fott

517
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Speaker 3: versus Adrian Jannez Hmm, okay, okay, yeah, right.

518
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's jan Yez. By the way, yan Yez, what

519
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 2: did I say? You said? Jones?

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00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,359
Speaker 3: Dude, Okay, I think even Adrian jan Needs is okay

521
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,000
Speaker 3: with me calling him that Luke. Okay, He's gonna be

522
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,240
Speaker 3: a badass. He's got great hands. There's a big fight

523
00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 3: for him, Luke. There's a big ass fight for him.

524
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,199
Speaker 2: Okay, that's a great fight. And dude Font, you know

525
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:20,520
Speaker 2: his listen. Font tried to push his way to the

526
00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:24,360
Speaker 2: top of the division and got reasonably close. I think

527
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 2: you found him that there's you know, a few guys

528
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 2: in the division definitely ahead of him. But he is

529
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 2: a great tactician and a great jabber. He is battle tested,

530
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 2: he can go the distance tough. That's a hell of

531
00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:41,359
Speaker 2: a fight for yan Yez. Well, that tells you they

532
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:43,640
Speaker 2: got their eye on him. Huh. UFC has an eye

533
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 2: on that kid.

534
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 3: He may just earn that MK drug rug after all,

535
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,560
Speaker 3: Luke without me needing to get a tattoo. Although some

536
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,320
Speaker 3: people are wondering while I go to that length again,

537
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,000
Speaker 3: we'll have to see, Okay, se I love by the way.

538
00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 3: Sean Brady against Michelle Paededa also also interesting, so we'll

539
00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:58,479
Speaker 3: see what happens with Sean Brad.

540
00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,720
Speaker 2: I was surprised he took that fight, that fight, like

541
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,880
Speaker 2: how come? How come? Well, though not not so much

542
00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 2: from is it a fight that makes sense given where

543
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 2: they both are. I guess in that sense it makes sense.

544
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 2: But like, I think that the fight with Bala Muhammad

545
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 2: was a bit of a wake up call about one

546
00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:19,840
Speaker 2: is his own poise and like competitive mindset and what

547
00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,359
Speaker 2: he needs. And then two, you know, his striking obvious

548
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 2: he needs some work, and I thought he might take

549
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 2: a little extra time to dig into that. But he's

550
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:33,199
Speaker 2: gonna go right back into the frying pans. So I

551
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,480
Speaker 2: think he'll win. I think he's talented enough certainly to win,

552
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,320
Speaker 2: but I was a little surprised he went. He got

553
00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 2: right back after it.

554
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm with you, and I can't wait to see

555
00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,399
Speaker 3: that fight though. Love me some Sean Brady. Love these

556
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 3: guys that I'm like that that's MK material. They're the

557
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 3: MK boys. They may turn on us one day, Luke

558
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 3: in studio, I mean, we just have to hello. You

559
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,280
Speaker 3: know some of these fighters have that that spirit. You

560
00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,959
Speaker 3: know they get MK right. All right, Luke, we escheed

561
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Speaker 3: our typical UH segments this week for various reasons. We

562
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Speaker 3: pretape Monday's episode, So no have you seen this shit,

563
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 3: No fan subs or dead wrongs. Those will return next week.

564
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 2: But I'll hard to do one thing about myself at

565
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:08,919
Speaker 2: the end of the show, But go ahead.

566
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Speaker 3: Yeah, hopefully it's in evolving Romanov. But what we know, Luke,

567
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,479
Speaker 3: is that Morningcombat at gmail dot com is your home normally.

568
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 3: So next week check all that stuff out. We close

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty two right now with the Morning Combat Awards,

570
00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,960
Speaker 3: Combat Sports the show, all that good stuff. Shout out

571
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Speaker 3: to Mikey Mormal for his work behind the scenes to

572
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Speaker 3: get this out. Uh, Luke, I'm gonna present five nominees

573
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Speaker 3: in each category. You and I are then going to

574
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,120
Speaker 3: pick our winners, and then we'll mention who we may

575
00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 3: have missed before the Internet comes knocking on our door.

576
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Speaker 3: Let's start out right friggin' here, Mixed Martial Arts Knockout

577
00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:52,160
Speaker 3: of the Year, and Luke Thomas, your nominees, Michael Chandler

578
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:58,399
Speaker 3: versus Tony Ferguson. Well remember that front kick from hell.

579
00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,520
Speaker 3: I mean, Luke, that's Snarley.

580
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,679
Speaker 2: That was pre Narley, right, that was insane.

581
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 3: Hate to see it because we all love Tony and

582
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 3: that was his fourth in this stretch of five defeats.

583
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 3: But Tony was putting it on him in round one.

584
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 3: People forget that Luke Chandler even had to shoot. But

585
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 3: then in round two, man, I think it was like

586
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 3: eighteen seconds in or something. Just walked right in, Just

587
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 3: walk right in, sit right down, you know what I mean? Yeah,

588
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,160
Speaker 3: that was some great shit. Our number two. How about

589
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 3: the head kick heard around the world fifth round? Leon

590
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:28,159
Speaker 3: Edwards Kamara Usman Salt Lake City Enough said we have

591
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 3: a new welterweight champion and a real life Rocky story. Luke,

592
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 3: this isn't Fighter of the Year or Fight of the

593
00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 3: Year debate which or any other. This is just about

594
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:41,439
Speaker 3: the knockout. But you can't remove those those attachments to

595
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 3: this knockout, the fact that he was down on the scorecards,

596
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 3: that it looked like he was done, the fact that

597
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,920
Speaker 3: his corner gave him a speech from a Rocky movie

598
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,880
Speaker 3: before round five, and then John Addick like two seconds

599
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,040
Speaker 3: before was like, no, guys, he's not cut of that cloth.

600
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 3: He would never quit basically, you know what I'm saying here,

601
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,919
Speaker 3: And then he freaking delivers that, Luke, and it wasn't lucky.

602
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 3: It was something he had worked on in training camp.

603
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,679
Speaker 3: I mean, this is a magical moment. It's also a

604
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 3: sick knockout.

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00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is my winner. I mean, I know we're

606
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 2: supposed to wait until we do through all of them,

607
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 2: but you're taking a long time.

608
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for ruining the suspense, Luke. I mean, this

609
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:15,879
Speaker 3: is great.

610
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 2: This is great when you take it forever. We're gonna

611
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 2: be here for three hours at this.

612
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,880
Speaker 3: Page, but it'll be the best three hours of your week.

613
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: I think he'll be the worst. It'll be the worst.

614
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,240
Speaker 2: But this is I mean, I don't need to add

615
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:31,000
Speaker 2: much to it that they mma stories, finishes, moments don't

616
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,199
Speaker 2: coalesce like this very often. It would take something special

617
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,199
Speaker 2: every top something like this on.

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00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,200
Speaker 3: The list nominee. Number three way Le Jong knocks out

619
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Speaker 3: Youanna Young j Check and their rematch from the maybe

620
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 3: the best female fight of all time a couple of

621
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 3: years back. This was competitive in the first round. People

622
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:49,479
Speaker 3: forget that as well. Yo Wanna came in the best

623
00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 3: shape of her career, but that's spinning back fist in

624
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 3: round two. Look, it wasn't just the nastiness of the knockout,

625
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 3: the stakes of the fight. Also, Yo Wanna was coming

626
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 3: forward as that shot hit. Dude, that that was like

627
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 3: central casting. The way she dove forward. It was like

628
00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:03,800
Speaker 3: the perfect knockout.

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00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 2: And it was a It felt like a firm changing

630
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: of the guard. Yes, firm, like I'm up here, you're

631
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 2: down there now for and that that's how this is

632
00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 2: going to be a majorly dramatic and majorly impactful huge And.

633
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 3: What added to that moment was Johanna retiring after although

634
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 3: obviously she's teased potentially coming back since then, but that

635
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 3: was a big night. It was a big moment. Also.

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00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 3: Number four, Luke, we can't forget this one one Championship

637
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 3: Demetrius Johnson knocking out Adriano Mariisch in the rematch of

638
00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:36,320
Speaker 3: the title that mariisch one. Remember DJ comes to one,

639
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,400
Speaker 3: wins the tournament, gets the title shot, loses by upkick

640
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 3: knee knockout. There, Luke, did my mouse get the exact

641
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 3: same knockout on the exact same position that happened in

642
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 3: the first fight? Like this is poetic almost.

643
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, very different setup and execution, but in

644
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 2: a freeze frame moment they look the same. But just

645
00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 2: a total reminder of the quality of this fighter, A

646
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 2: total reminder about what he can do, how thoughtful he is,

647
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 2: how well he puts the game together, how resilient he

648
00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 2: is mentally. I mean, you could go on and on.

649
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 2: What a win, beautiful win itself, major stakes, tremendous, tremendous knockout.

650
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,480
Speaker 3: Dude, I think this could win. I think Whaley could

651
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 3: win the final one. You can't forget this, and you

652
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 3: reminded me of that Sean Strickland Alex Padeda. This fight

653
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 3: had stakes, essentially, it was the number one contender opportunity.

654
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 3: But boy, did our Pooton deliver the two piece from

655
00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 3: hell Luke to leave no doubt.

656
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 2: This is one of my favorite knockouts of the year,

657
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 2: partly because the way it made him look. He just

658
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 2: kind of limped, you know, after he got hit, basically

659
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 2: and just shows you the destructive potential and accuracy of

660
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 2: a guy like Pooton. Incredible.

661
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,480
Speaker 3: All right, look, you gave your winner, my winner. It's

662
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 3: the same thing, Rocky Leon Edwards. It had everything. It

663
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 3: was perfect. You may not find a better knock out

664
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 3: of the year canon ever, Let's just say that quick

665
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 3: honorable mentions on the way out, Luke Chicito Vera Don

666
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:07,040
Speaker 3: Cruz was tough to watch, but that was beautiful. That

667
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 3: right hand from Iliotaporia against Ji Herbert. You can't forget that, dude.

668
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:11,560
Speaker 3: That was from hell.

669
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 2: Brutal dude.

670
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 3: Don't forget Spartan Kureeshkov either, who had that spinning back

671
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:20,120
Speaker 3: kick knockout in Belator against Chase Rencounter and broke five

672
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 3: of his ribs on it. It was gnarly to see that.

673
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 2: I'm glad that made the list. People forgot about that one,

674
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 2: but that is one of the most brutal chaos I've

675
00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: every body shot KOs I've ever seen an MMA or boxing.

676
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:32,280
Speaker 3: There's a big shot.

677
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 2: Those ribs here in one go just like that shattered him.

678
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 3: Look at that, I mean, he's so savage. Luana Carolina

679
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 3: in the spinning backfist from Mally McCann also needs mentioned.

680
00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 3: But how about Jamal Hill versus Johnny Walker. I tried

681
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 3: to fight to keep this in the list, Luke, Johnny

682
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 3: Walker had one of the most angelic like like the

683
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,480
Speaker 3: ghost was coming out of his body as gnarly as

684
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 3: that is to say, like he got hit by his

685
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,360
Speaker 3: It looked like a basic right hand. Obviously was powerful

686
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 3: because it's Jamal Hill, but dude, his body self conbusted

687
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 3: and just like launched against the cage. It was wild beautiful.

688
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 2: You like that ko more than I do. But it's

689
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 2: a good koh.

690
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, fantastic. Let's go to submission of the year

691
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 3: in MMA, Luke, your nominees are Paul Craig doing Paul

692
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,840
Speaker 3: Craig shit. After Nikita Kreeloff beat his ass for nearly

693
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 3: a full round, Paul Craig works that into a uh

694
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:24,040
Speaker 3: was that an arm bar, Luke? It happened like that?

695
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 3: You cannot, I mean, like, what what do you call this?

696
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 3: Luke had an arm here? Triangle choke?

697
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 2: Yeah?

698
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 3: Yeah. The fact that it came in when he was

699
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 3: getting his ass beat and then he went from getting

700
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 3: his ass beat to winning like that. That's the kind

701
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 3: of submissions I love, Luke, when it's just like, oh shit,

702
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 3: the whole fight turned and out's over.

703
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, Paul Craig has decided that a great way to

704
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 2: lock up submissions is to enter into very dangerous situations

705
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 2: where he's taking punishment. The punishment is what psychologically and

706
00:32:57,560 --> 00:32:59,400
Speaker 2: positionally opens him up. If you go back and watch

707
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 2: this one, notice how Paul Craig has his feet in

708
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 2: the hips of kryl Off, which she uses him to

709
00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 2: space him out and then shoot the triangle underneath it.

710
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,520
Speaker 2: And it worked to perfection. But to your point, you

711
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 2: had to take some abuse before Krylove will really commit

712
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:13,560
Speaker 2: to it.

713
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 3: So incredible Nomini number two Jessica and Drag. How about

714
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:22,520
Speaker 3: that standing head and arm choke against Amanda Limosh. That

715
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 3: was just pure strength and the fact that like you

716
00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 3: don't see it, attempted on that like standing clinch the

717
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 3: exact way that she did it, Luke. It was aggressive

718
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,920
Speaker 3: and she choked the life out of her.

719
00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, you have to be stupid strong to do this.

720
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 2: I just can't overstate this. Most people get it by

721
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 2: locking it, and then the way they sinch it is

722
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 2: by like turning the faucet, so to speak. When they

723
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:46,280
Speaker 2: go cross body like this, right, it actually turns the

724
00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 2: choke tight. But to do it parallel with someone standing

725
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,160
Speaker 2: so you can't even use gravity to force into him.

726
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 2: Holy shit, dude, you have to be very strong for that.

727
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 3: Round five in Singapore for number three, wow Yuri Prohotska

728
00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 3: subbing out Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt legend Glover to

729
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 3: Shera in the final stretch of round five there of

730
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 3: their just insane rocky movie meets video game fight. It

731
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 3: was a title fight. There was insane sways the momentum,

732
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 3: but the guy got the submission that isn't known for

733
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 3: it against the led. I mean, look, it wasn't like

734
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,399
Speaker 3: the most beautiful one, and Glover kind of tapped quick.

735
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 3: He was exhausted and like on the edge of just

736
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 3: implosion after just a I mean a war. But this

737
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:32,879
Speaker 3: has got to be high on the list. You can't

738
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 3: you got you can make this all the way number

739
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 3: one if you wanted to.

740
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's not like it's the most beautiful

741
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 2: rear naked joke you're ever gonna see. But to have

742
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 2: the presence of mind to do that after one of

743
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,920
Speaker 2: the most pitched battles you're ever gonna see between you know,

744
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 2: a case of Glover not only talented, extremely experienced and

745
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,839
Speaker 2: very good on the ground, and then to be as

746
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:56,360
Speaker 2: resilient and then again presence of mind as Protzka incredible PFL.

747
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 3: This was in the regular season Stevie Ray versus Anthony

748
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 3: Pettis one. Stevie Ray won both of these matchups, including

749
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 3: one in the playoffs. The rematch, but it was a

750
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,800
Speaker 3: body triangle Luke, which you almost never see. Pettis broke ribs.

751
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 3: He ended up tapping due to the pain, but dude,

752
00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:14,200
Speaker 3: he man handled.

753
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 2: Him and also like you know where he was able

754
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:21,720
Speaker 2: to like cork pop the ribs by sort of pulling

755
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 2: on the his separating his ribs apart, essentially in the

756
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,560
Speaker 2: way he had locked him in. It wasn't just the

757
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,399
Speaker 2: body triangle. Body triangles are pretty useful under the right guys.

758
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 2: Ivan Salavari was very good with body triangles and making

759
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:38,359
Speaker 2: people hurt. And then this one. You know, it's it's

760
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 2: not a high percentage thing you're gonna find, but the

761
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 2: right guy knows the right kinds of immediate diagnostics to

762
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,480
Speaker 2: make something painful and for Stevie Ray to pull that

763
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:47,879
Speaker 2: off pretty pretty special, and.

764
00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 3: You're right there was like a twister element that just

765
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:53,719
Speaker 3: fed Pettis up. Final nominee came in a title fight.

766
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,720
Speaker 3: Charles Olavera was in a war with Justin Gatchee, as

767
00:35:56,800 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 3: we expected, but he went from taking damage to delivering

768
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,400
Speaker 3: it to taking the back to get in the tap

769
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 3: and just showed you weaving together Luke. Everything that makes

770
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 3: this guy a wizard and a master. A chef's kiss

771
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:11,760
Speaker 3: on this one.

772
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 2: And also remember Gaschie had taunted him as a quitter,

773
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 2: and so he goes in here and then makes the

774
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 2: other guy tap. You know this isn't again. Is this

775
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 2: the most spectacular we're gonna get choke you'll ever see?

776
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 2: It's a very good one, but maybe not the most

777
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 2: spectacular or something. But it's evidence. It's like, it's like,

778
00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:31,880
Speaker 2: why is Charles olivera good like? Look at how nimble

779
00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 2: and immediate and threatening and lethal everything is when he's dialing,

780
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 2: dialed in. It's incredible to watch.

781
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, burning on Luke. He gets quick and nimble. He

782
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 3: also goes crazy when he hears that symbol. Five strong

783
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 3: nominees who got I'm excited to I'm excited to find

784
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,240
Speaker 3: out here, Vanilla, who you got Who's your choice?

785
00:36:53,520 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: It's an interesting list. None of these are like dramatically

786
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:00,480
Speaker 2: better than the other ones. They're all different, but not

787
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:05,160
Speaker 2: dramatically better. I'm probably gonna go Onroge on Leamosh. I

788
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 2: just can't get over how the previous to this one

789
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 2: there was a Brian Foster got head and Norm triangled

790
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 2: by Rick's story inside of Brian Foster's guard. Now that's

791
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 2: I can't tell you. That's also very, very difficult to do.

792
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:24,240
Speaker 2: But you still have gravity there, right, you still have help.

793
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:27,760
Speaker 2: You don't have shit on this one. Nothing. And Brian Foster,

794
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 2: I don't think was a ranked guy in the same

795
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 2: way that Lemosh was, Like, this is a talented fighter,

796
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 2: and Androge just fucking bulla constricted her in just superhuman way. Like, dude,

797
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,680
Speaker 2: you could roll for five years, ten years and never

798
00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 2: meet someone who can do that. I don't know if

799
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 2: I ever met someone who could do that. Uh, that's crazy,

800
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:47,320
Speaker 2: that's crazy.

801
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 3: I respect that. I respect that. Pick Luke. I've been

802
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 3: back and forth you I did a full on this

803
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 3: from me not even having all of Varragatchie on there

804
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 3: to begin with to to rewatch in the clips retaking

805
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 3: account into account. What was that steak and everything? I'm

806
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 3: gonna go alivera hair, Luke. That was everything that makes

807
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,480
Speaker 3: him great and dangerous and resilient and incredible, and the

808
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,439
Speaker 3: technique and the reversal and just yeah, I mean, dude,

809
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:14,239
Speaker 3: he what a great year. Honorable mention list quickly Luke

810
00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 3: Claudio Poiseaus had the Clay Gweeda knee bar, but he

811
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 3: basically took his leg and bent it backwards and just

812
00:38:20,600 --> 00:38:23,280
Speaker 3: stared at him as he tapped. Luke. That was gnarly okay.

813
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 3: Oliver en camp in Bellatour is known for that buggy choke.

814
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 3: The one he got on Mark Leminger was like a pretzel.

815
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 2: Right. Yes, the buggy choke is like a choke you

816
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,160
Speaker 2: can do underneath when you're in if someone is on

817
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 2: top of you and they are inside control. It's a

818
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 2: little on the gimmicky side. It does work, but he

819
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 2: made it work here.

820
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 3: And sayed and Nermaka Medov shot to him. He had

821
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:44,839
Speaker 3: some standing stuff going on. But the two other ones,

822
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 3: Luca title Ones, Mikey Morma reminded me obviously islam Matchev

823
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,880
Speaker 3: against the submission expert himself, Charles Olivera. Given the steaks,

824
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 3: the dominance, and the fact that he went in there

825
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:57,399
Speaker 3: and subbed that guy. Damn, that's on there. But Luke,

826
00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 3: do you have love in your heart for Jeangway Lee

827
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 3: who put Carla Sparza, the dominant wrestler, into a crucifix

828
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,880
Speaker 3: and spread out her other arms so she couldn't defend

829
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,760
Speaker 3: and then sunk in the choke. Dude, that was nasty.

830
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was pretty nasty. She's a remarkable talent. Still

831
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,359
Speaker 2: for me, is not up there with the very very

832
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 2: very very best of the year personally speaking, But I

833
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: couldn't knock it if I tried.

834
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 3: All right, boxing ko of the Year should be a

835
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 3: good one here. Number one, Luke, you remember PBC on

836
00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 3: Fox on the Wilder pay per view, Caleb Plant, not

837
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 3: known as a puncher all boy, the trash talk with

838
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 3: Anthony Durell led to this incredible shot where he went

839
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,920
Speaker 3: to the body, brought down the guard of Durell and

840
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 3: a rapid left hook to just I mean, damn, look

841
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 3: at that picture. Damn, Luke, shout out to Caleb Plant.

842
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 3: You didn't expect. You did not expect. That did not

843
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:48,919
Speaker 3: expect that.

844
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 2: No, and it was beautifully set up. Caleb Plant, not known,

845
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 2: as he mentioned, a heavy puncher. He could see him

846
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 2: doing the Tito Ortez grave digger, which was a big

847
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 2: controversy in boxing. I couldn't believe it, but it was.

848
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 2: But dude, you know, listen, Kayleb Plant gets a lot

849
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 2: of shit, you know, because he is a slickster and

850
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 2: up until you know, he gave Canelo a good run,

851
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: but he didn't beat him. And before there was like

852
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 2: Luskategi and some other guys. But you watch him, man

853
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:15,040
Speaker 2: and true acts and shit. But like, dude, he can box.

854
00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 2: He's very very slick, very good. And then for this

855
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 2: one to like out of nowhere, you know, Durell's older obviously,

856
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 2: but for him to just so smoothly set this up

857
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 2: where he waited a beat and came over the top

858
00:40:27,239 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 2: after faint and low, Golly, dude, it was fantastic. And Doe,

859
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 2: they had talked a ton of shit in this one.

860
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 2: It was an ugly rivalry and it was dude, ugly

861
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,799
Speaker 2: rivalry is being settled with brutality. That's I kind of

862
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 2: like that, you know, Like I felt bad for Jose Aldo,

863
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,080
Speaker 2: but boy, put the finality on it, you know what

864
00:40:47,120 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: I mean? And Connor and don't forget this is not

865
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:51,919
Speaker 2: the same level obviously, but pretty big.

866
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 3: Don't forget you. And I interviewed Andre Durell, the brother

867
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 3: of Anthony Durell, who's you know, arguably better than you

868
00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 3: know in terms of pure talent and is fantastic even

869
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 3: he was like when we talked to him ahead of

870
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,359
Speaker 3: that PRELIMBS fight that we called, he was like, uh, yeah, dude,

871
00:41:05,360 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 3: my brother talked to a lot of shit. He kind

872
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,240
Speaker 3: of had a coming. I can't really hate on Caleb,

873
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,080
Speaker 3: you know, he's like members of my family are really upset,

874
00:41:11,120 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 3: but I can't really hate on him. Number two came

875
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 3: in England. Oh my god, Leewood and Michael Conlin put

876
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 3: on an absolute war. But it was Wood down on

877
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 3: the scorecards. I believe this was the final round, right.

878
00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 3: He not only knocked out mc conlin, dude, he sent

879
00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 3: him through the ropes and onto the floor. Holy shit,

880
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,160
Speaker 3: this fight in this moment, Damn Luke.

881
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,760
Speaker 2: You see great If I'm wrong, not only did Conlin

882
00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,759
Speaker 2: get sent to the floor, but before that you mentioned

883
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:38,920
Speaker 2: he was winning. Didn't he drop Wood at least one

884
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,280
Speaker 2: or two times before that had in the early rounds,

885
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,800
Speaker 2: like he came out Conlin did on Fire correct.

886
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't remember the amount I'd have to go.

887
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pull up the scorecards because I remember him not.

888
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 2: I mean either way to your point, he had started

889
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 2: very strong and Wood was kind of pulling it back

890
00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 2: in the middle doing definitely doing much better later, but

891
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,680
Speaker 2: he needed the twelfth round to win. Boy did he

892
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 2: get it.

893
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 3: Holy Slugs nominee number three Gervonte Davis Luke. Despite the

894
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,200
Speaker 3: headlines of now we all remember the Roly Romero feud,

895
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,879
Speaker 3: the back and forth and then the knockout. Dude, I mean,

896
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 3: that's like Mayweather on Ricky Hatton times too. Remember when

897
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 3: he sent hatt And face first into the corner post

898
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,960
Speaker 3: and it was just like damn, this was like that,

899
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 3: but worse almost. This shows you the power and obviously

900
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 3: Roly ran into it. I mean he ran right into it. Luke,

901
00:42:27,239 --> 00:42:28,800
Speaker 3: it was unfortunate for him.

902
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, but it was beautifully set up. He timed him

903
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 2: coming in and those are the best ones. Not only

904
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 2: is punk punk what am I saying? Not only is

905
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 2: Tank a hard puncher, He's a devastating puncher, but this

906
00:42:40,400 --> 00:42:45,440
Speaker 2: one was like cleverly set up and Roly was outmatched. Here.

907
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 3: The big rematch earlier this year in Japan niola anwe

908
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:53,719
Speaker 3: versus Nonito don Air unification at bantamweight. They had not

909
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 3: only the fight of the year two years earlier, but

910
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,960
Speaker 3: arguably the best fight boxing is seen in like the

911
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 3: last decade. Like seriously, dude, this rematch was a like

912
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 3: I mean, it was like taking the great old dog

913
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 3: out back. I mean, look, he kicked the shit out

914
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 3: of him. And I hate to say that because Donaire

915
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,399
Speaker 3: is the best ever. We love Donaire. Dude, he got

916
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:12,359
Speaker 3: hammered out.

917
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, we talked about this fight and the lead up

918
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:17,319
Speaker 2: to it on the show, being like, man, the first

919
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,719
Speaker 2: one was so competitive and you know, in a way

920
00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 2: thugged it out after getting his face broken. Dude, there

921
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:26,320
Speaker 2: was no remnant of that in this one. I mean yeah,

922
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 2: not even close. Fucking in a way went in there.

923
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 2: And again, I also hate to say it because Donair

924
00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 2: is such a special fighter and we're lucky to have

925
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,160
Speaker 2: had him, but fucking in away he's taking out the trash.

926
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:38,360
Speaker 2: I mean it was ugly.

927
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 3: Hey, what do you make of Donair working with Jean

928
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 3: way Lee lately as her new boxing coach. Can I

929
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 3: don't know if it's I don't know if it's like

930
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 3: a permanent thing. But she went into his camp and

931
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 3: like worked with him.

932
00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:52,480
Speaker 2: Good good, get better at it. Can't hurt. She's got

933
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 2: time to skill build, get get on with it. But dude,

934
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:56,919
Speaker 2: in a way was frightening here.

935
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 3: Oh, absolutely our fifth nominee from England, Luke, A lot

936
00:44:00,560 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 3: of people love this right hand. Joe Cordina against Kenichi

937
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:07,680
Speaker 3: Ogawa was just a I mean a missile and you

938
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:12,239
Speaker 3: know Ogawa imploded there. I've even seen some publications name

939
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 3: this their knockout of the year. We couldn't forget it.

940
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:15,759
Speaker 3: The fight was also great as well.

941
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,840
Speaker 2: Here's here's what I can say. This may or may

942
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 2: not be your fight of the year, or escuse me,

943
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 2: your knock out of the year may or may not,

944
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 2: but it's the best. I think it's the best one

945
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:28,800
Speaker 2: hitter quitter on the list. Yeah, I think even Conlin

946
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 2: was a little bit accumulative, you know.

947
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, Luke, five nominees. We certainly could have

948
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 3: put others on there. You and I did most of

949
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:39,880
Speaker 3: our awards. We didn't discuss beforehand. We discussed this, and

950
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:41,480
Speaker 3: I think you put me back in the right place, dude,

951
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 3: This would Conlin one. It was like legendary.

952
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:46,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, if the answer here has to be would Conlin.

953
00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:47,960
Speaker 2: And again it is a reminder, I looked it up.

954
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 2: Conlin did knock him down in the very first round.

955
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:53,360
Speaker 2: Conlem knocked Wood down in the very first round. So like, dude,

956
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:57,560
Speaker 2: everything started bad for Wood, but he slowly stuck at it,

957
00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,879
Speaker 2: chipped away, chipped away, chipped away, and then in that

958
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 2: final round, dude sent him packing where he folded over

959
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 2: and then dude out of the ring. Now, obviously Conlin's okay,

960
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:10,440
Speaker 2: but this is like also this one of those knockout

961
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:11,800
Speaker 2: where you were like, dude, you were worried about the

962
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,360
Speaker 2: other guy, like is he gonna get up? Is he

963
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 2: gonna be okay? They had to send him to the hospital.

964
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:19,279
Speaker 2: He couldn't even do the postfight press conference. Would I

965
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:23,279
Speaker 2: mean ended it? Yeah, just tremendous win.

966
00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, late night, would Luke. I'm supposed to morning, but

967
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 3: it's still it's still hard Luke, right, I mean that

968
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:32,919
Speaker 3: was mid day, Would, Yeah, it was honorable mentions. Can't

969
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,640
Speaker 3: forget Deontay Wilder's one punch against Helenius. The punch wasn't great,

970
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 3: but Helenius like died in front of us. You hate

971
00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 3: to say that. It's a bad thing to say, but

972
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 3: he like exploded, Luke, it was over. I also have

973
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,200
Speaker 3: to say Frank Gore had a pro debut this not

974
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 3: on a Jake Paul card, but he had one in

975
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 3: like a local Miami you know, smoker dude. He destroyed

976
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 3: a man almost the same way. Julian let me bang

977
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 3: Lane went to Russia and his pro debut this year

978
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 3: and got splattered. Both of those could have been nominees

979
00:46:02,520 --> 00:46:03,839
Speaker 3: as well. Do you remember anything else?

980
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 2: Are You're good? No? I think that list about covers

981
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 2: it for me.

982
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:10,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's it. Boxer of the Year, Luke. Here are

983
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:14,560
Speaker 3: five nominees. Dimitri Beval, the unbeaten light heavyweight champion who

984
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,840
Speaker 3: upset Canelo Alvaz to defend his title and then against

985
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 3: mandatory but very tough forty four and oh Zerto Ramirez Beval,

986
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 3: God did he put it on him? What a year.

987
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,320
Speaker 3: Number two Jesse Bam Rodriguez probably the best boxer in

988
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:30,200
Speaker 3: the world that we never talk about on this show.

989
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,360
Speaker 3: But he's from the lower weight classes. He's like twenty

990
00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 3: two years old. He's an aggressive southpaw. He moved up

991
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 3: in weight to one point fifteen this year, had three victories,

992
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 3: including taking a title from Carlos Quadras, who's a tough out,

993
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 3: knocking out Srisa cats or Rung Visai which is no

994
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 3: shortage of a feed, and then coming back in defending

995
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 3: his title by decision in his third fight. Jesse Bam

996
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 3: Rodriguez like jumped through our screen and the fights were

997
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:57,200
Speaker 3: somewhat under the radar, so he didn't get a lot

998
00:46:57,239 --> 00:46:59,880
Speaker 3: of love, but boxing fans know he's in this discussion.

999
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 3: Katie Taylor, what else can you say? Stayed unbeaten but

1000
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,640
Speaker 3: had the biggest women's match in history that actually like

1001
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:11,120
Speaker 3: exceeded expectations in one the close fight in that she's

1002
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:13,879
Speaker 3: in this just as well as Coloressa Shields. I also

1003
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:16,400
Speaker 3: want to shout at women's boxing who had two victories,

1004
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 3: but the Savannah Marshall fight was monstrously huge and dangerous.

1005
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:24,480
Speaker 3: Marshall showed in the loss here that she's world class.

1006
00:47:24,520 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 3: I mean, look, this could have been almost like a

1007
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 3: sneaky Fight of the Year contender like Shields had to

1008
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 3: earn it here and when you consider she was she

1009
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:33,280
Speaker 3: took two MMA fights the year before and only boxed

1010
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,240
Speaker 3: once and then just comes right back into the sport

1011
00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:40,040
Speaker 3: and shows her dominance. She's a nominee our final one.

1012
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,800
Speaker 3: The monster in Naola Anue, the first undisputed one hundred

1013
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 3: and eighteen pound champion here at vandam Way. The Paul

1014
00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 3: Butler fight was almost a joke in the end, but

1015
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 3: he still found a way to knock him out, and

1016
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 3: he destroyed the legend. No Nito donaire and he's your

1017
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 3: pound for pound king. Interesting ballot here, Luke, who you.

1018
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 2: Got this one was? I think pretty easy for me.

1019
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:09,000
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with Bivl. Bivall is my boxer of

1020
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 2: the year. Just two fights. I usually like it when

1021
00:48:11,480 --> 00:48:14,280
Speaker 2: they're more active, but you gotta get what you gotta get.

1022
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 2: Dismantling Canelo, I don't care what the scores said. It

1023
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,479
Speaker 2: was not that close. He was just much better, certainly

1024
00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,080
Speaker 2: much bigger, but he was much better. And then to

1025
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,920
Speaker 2: go that go in there and then against Zerdo Ramirez

1026
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:29,920
Speaker 2: and just kind of dummy him a little bit. I mean,

1027
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:33,280
Speaker 2: Ramirez was barely ever in that contest, and he looked

1028
00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 2: better than he did Bivol did than in the Canelo fight.

1029
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 2: I mean, remarkable, well rounded talent, defensively strong, brilliant setups,

1030
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,879
Speaker 2: always in position or out of position when he needs

1031
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 2: to be a joy to watch. If you really like boxing,

1032
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:49,200
Speaker 2: gotta be Bivol for me.

1033
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 3: Not only do the accomplishments, tell me Bivol, and he's

1034
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 3: my pick as well. And I think it's kind of

1035
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 3: becoming unanimous across the sport. But like, here's why.

1036
00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 2: For me.

1037
00:48:58,640 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 3: He had been safe boring most of his career before

1038
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:05,320
Speaker 3: this calendar year. No one disrespected his technical ability. But dude,

1039
00:49:05,400 --> 00:49:07,280
Speaker 3: I mean, if he can control you from the outside,

1040
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,360
Speaker 3: not to take chances, He's going the distance with that

1041
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 3: style in these two specific fights though Canelo. Because of

1042
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:16,239
Speaker 3: Canelo's skill level and the fact that, hey, look, it's

1043
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:18,840
Speaker 3: hard to get a decision against Canelo and obviously against

1044
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:22,600
Speaker 3: a bigger, stronger, more dangerous opponent in Zero Ramirez, Dude,

1045
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:24,480
Speaker 3: bev All had to be a different fighter if he

1046
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:26,799
Speaker 3: was going to win both of those. He became that.

1047
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:31,520
Speaker 3: He stayed with the defensive technical structure he had, but

1048
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 3: he was offensive and look in both of those fights,

1049
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 3: his combinations are quick, straight and potent and fluid, I

1050
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:39,360
Speaker 3: mean fluid.

1051
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:40,439
Speaker 2: Excuse me, dude.

1052
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:43,319
Speaker 3: He's he's nasty when he goes after it. That's why

1053
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:46,040
Speaker 3: there better be fight next year. Oh god, oh god,

1054
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:53,080
Speaker 3: you know, Oh god, right, Oh God, Oh God. Alexander Usik,

1055
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 3: who only had one fight but look upset Joshua a

1056
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:59,360
Speaker 3: second time, is in this discussion. I thought. Devin Haney,

1057
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 3: although you're gonna discount because it's cambosis, but he became

1058
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,600
Speaker 3: the undispeed a lightweight champion and twice had to travel

1059
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:08,160
Speaker 3: overseas and do it on other people's terms for his

1060
00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:10,400
Speaker 3: contract to do that, and he did that and he

1061
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 3: looked insanely great doing it. Anyone else we're forgetting or

1062
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:14,920
Speaker 3: that you want to shout.

1063
00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 2: Out here, Luke Um, yeah, No, Hani and Usik, I

1064
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,279
Speaker 2: think a lot of people will be surprised we're not

1065
00:50:20,320 --> 00:50:22,600
Speaker 2: on our list, and Shields was, but I thought you

1066
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:24,880
Speaker 2: made an important argument about like what shield is actually

1067
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:25,480
Speaker 2: doing this year.

1068
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:29,880
Speaker 3: So absolutely, let's close out boxing here with our fight

1069
00:50:30,360 --> 00:50:33,120
Speaker 3: of the year and number one. This was on the

1070
00:50:33,160 --> 00:50:36,560
Speaker 3: PBC Showtime undercard of Chris Colbert's upset loss to Hector

1071
00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 3: Luis Garcia. Do you remember Jerwin and Cajas versus Fernando Martinez. Dude,

1072
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 3: this was this was so fun to watch. It was

1073
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,759
Speaker 3: it was raw at times, it was wild as shit.

1074
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 3: Both took big, clean punches and kept coming back. But

1075
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,879
Speaker 3: Luke Fernando Martinez of Argentina, this was his coming out

1076
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,880
Speaker 3: party and even though he took on heavy damage at

1077
00:51:00,560 --> 00:51:03,319
Speaker 3: he was the more skillful fighter and he also was

1078
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 3: a dog in there. Don't forget about this fight. It

1079
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,680
Speaker 3: came in you know, January of this calendar year.

1080
00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:11,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, this was on Showtime memory serves right.

1081
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah it was Luke as I

1082
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:14,759
Speaker 3: mentioned there.

1083
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, sorry, I'm just looking at the list year.

1084
00:51:16,840 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 2: I didn't see it that part, But yes, I mean tremendous,

1085
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 2: tremendous dude, like one of those how do I say

1086
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 2: this exactly? Like I wouldn't want every boxing fight to

1087
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,160
Speaker 2: be this way, but if I could get one fight

1088
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:34,840
Speaker 2: like this on every card, I would never watch another sport.

1089
00:51:35,360 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 3: No, you might be right, yeah, no, you might be right.

1090
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,560
Speaker 3: And by the way, I remember during the post fight interview,

1091
00:51:39,920 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 3: we had Felix Dahesus as a translator and Jim Gray

1092
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:44,239
Speaker 3: was asking him and he took on a list of

1093
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 3: like everybody he needed to thank for the victory and

1094
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 3: just kept going and going, and Gray's trying to cut

1095
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:50,600
Speaker 3: him off. I was like, yeah, that's awesome, dude.

1096
00:51:50,920 --> 00:51:53,840
Speaker 2: Hairdress is great, Felix Days is great. Like my Spanish

1097
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:55,920
Speaker 2: is limited, but there are times these guys go on

1098
00:51:55,960 --> 00:51:58,080
Speaker 2: long tangents. He'll just summarize that shit.

1099
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,600
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, He's like, no, he's happy, happy, Yeah,

1100
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,640
Speaker 3: there you go. Number two the afobore meentioned fight from

1101
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 3: the UK Leewood versus Michael Conlin. It was our knockout

1102
00:52:06,600 --> 00:52:09,800
Speaker 3: of the air unbelievable. It had big stakes and Conlin

1103
00:52:09,920 --> 00:52:12,600
Speaker 3: was fighting very aggressive to make this a fun war.

1104
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:15,839
Speaker 2: Can I say something. It's one thing when like you're

1105
00:52:15,880 --> 00:52:19,920
Speaker 2: watching highlights on your phone or on TV or whatever

1106
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 2: and you see someone roll out of the ring or

1107
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 2: or something like that. But when you're watching a fight

1108
00:52:24,719 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 2: like this live and these are not the two best

1109
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:27,680
Speaker 2: in the way class but these are you know, these

1110
00:52:27,719 --> 00:52:31,400
Speaker 2: are international class fighters here right when you're watching this

1111
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 2: in real time and the crowd, this is the other

1112
00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:36,480
Speaker 2: part you can't you can't miss. Colin was in enemy

1113
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:39,719
Speaker 2: territory here right that Wood was the hometown guy. The

1114
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:43,920
Speaker 2: crowd was going bananas, Colin was up and then to

1115
00:52:43,960 --> 00:52:47,720
Speaker 2: watch in real time as Wood storms back and sends

1116
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:52,160
Speaker 2: him kind of just like a jellyfish, almost beautifully in

1117
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,080
Speaker 2: a way. I don't mean, I know it was dangerous,

1118
00:52:54,080 --> 00:52:56,839
Speaker 2: but like beautifully through the ropes that way. When you

1119
00:52:56,920 --> 00:52:59,840
Speaker 2: watch it in real time, dude, it's impossible to forget.

1120
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:02,120
Speaker 2: You will always remember where you were when you see

1121
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 2: something like that.

1122
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:06,440
Speaker 3: No doubt about it. Here's one nominee that was very

1123
00:53:06,480 --> 00:53:08,040
Speaker 3: under the rad art. It was like on a dizonne

1124
00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:12,200
Speaker 3: Co main event. But Jesse Vargas and Liam Smith, two veterans,

1125
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:16,120
Speaker 3: one hundred and fifty four pounds, both former champions. They

1126
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,359
Speaker 3: just had one of these like somebody has to win

1127
00:53:18,400 --> 00:53:20,279
Speaker 3: this to move forward and get a big fight. So

1128
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:23,400
Speaker 3: we're just gonna We're just gonna throw. And two skilled

1129
00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:25,719
Speaker 3: guys came in there and threw. That was a sneaky

1130
00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 3: good fight on this list. Luke, New York City, Madison

1131
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:33,480
Speaker 3: Square Garden undisputed Lightweight Championship out Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano.

1132
00:53:34,360 --> 00:53:36,400
Speaker 3: I mean, did this have everything? But it did this

1133
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 3: also have more pressure to not live up to expectations

1134
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:41,440
Speaker 3: than any fight in like the history of this sport,

1135
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,839
Speaker 3: and yet it was better than expected. It was a

1136
00:53:44,880 --> 00:53:48,880
Speaker 3: disputed split decision. It was in ten insane rounds in

1137
00:53:48,960 --> 00:53:53,040
Speaker 3: terms of pace, but also skill and will. Serrano landed

1138
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:56,200
Speaker 3: big shots and wobbled Taylor at times, but she put

1139
00:53:56,239 --> 00:53:59,640
Speaker 3: together some late round surges and rallies using activity like

1140
00:53:59,680 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 3: she alway does, bit down on her mouth guard. I

1141
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 3: believe I did score this for Serrano, but it definitely

1142
00:54:05,080 --> 00:54:07,360
Speaker 3: wasn't flip the coin. And oh, by the way, it

1143
00:54:07,400 --> 00:54:10,040
Speaker 3: was at Madison Square Square Garden and the main event

1144
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 3: in the fight being billed as the biggest fight in

1145
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 3: women's history between arguably the two great like you know,

1146
00:54:18,239 --> 00:54:20,799
Speaker 3: shouts that Leila Li and you know, but arguably when

1147
00:54:20,800 --> 00:54:22,279
Speaker 3: it's all said and done too, that will be in

1148
00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 3: the discussion for greatest women's fighters of all time.

1149
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,000
Speaker 2: I love this fight, and I've said I said that

1150
00:54:28,239 --> 00:54:30,239
Speaker 2: on this night, and I'm gonna say it again. That's

1151
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:32,400
Speaker 2: the best women's boxing fight I've ever seen. And I

1152
00:54:32,440 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 2: don't even know what would be number two. Yeah, I mean,

1153
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:38,279
Speaker 2: this was so far ahead of everything else I've seen

1154
00:54:38,320 --> 00:54:40,840
Speaker 2: for women's boxing. It was a prelude, or I should

1155
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,240
Speaker 2: say a window rather into what it could be. Although

1156
00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:45,440
Speaker 2: you know, reminder it was two minute rounds, which kind

1157
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:50,720
Speaker 2: of I hate that, but sold out msg insane crowd,

1158
00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:53,360
Speaker 2: two of the very best you'll see in the women's

1159
00:54:53,360 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 2: side of the game, giving it everything that they had,

1160
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,479
Speaker 2: using every resource they had to try and win close

1161
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:05,239
Speaker 2: disputed decision. Fun, I mean so much fun to watch that.

1162
00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 2: Just a joy, What a joy it was to watch

1163
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:09,280
Speaker 2: that contest.

1164
00:55:10,280 --> 00:55:13,160
Speaker 3: Our fifth and final one, Luke, we saw it on showtime.

1165
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:17,440
Speaker 3: It was a rematch for the undisputed Junior Middleweight championship,

1166
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:20,560
Speaker 3: won five to four. Brian Costanio had to settle for

1167
00:55:20,640 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 3: a disputed draw against Jamale Charlo in their first meeting.

1168
00:55:23,840 --> 00:55:27,680
Speaker 3: Also a very fun fight. This one had Charlo with

1169
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:30,200
Speaker 3: that mean streak that he gets when he feels like

1170
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:32,879
Speaker 3: he's been wrong and he gets a second chance. Luke,

1171
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:36,440
Speaker 3: he sent Brian Costano in the end down with some

1172
00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:38,759
Speaker 3: vicious shots that you're seeing here. But dude, this fight

1173
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:41,600
Speaker 3: was great. You can't not shout it out. Loved it.

1174
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:44,879
Speaker 2: I said this on the Monday after we did the show.

1175
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:48,919
Speaker 2: Remember something, you know, we all thought that like pre fight,

1176
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:51,560
Speaker 2: you know, based on the first fight. We thought pre fight,

1177
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:53,400
Speaker 2: like Charlo's got to get off the ropes, man, Like

1178
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 2: you know you're gonna spend some time there, but you

1179
00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:57,040
Speaker 2: got to get off the ropes to win. And it

1180
00:55:57,160 --> 00:55:59,520
Speaker 2: turned out he had a great game plan for being

1181
00:55:59,600 --> 00:56:02,799
Speaker 2: again the ropes, and that is exactly where he hurt

1182
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,400
Speaker 2: Brian Costano. I know the Charlos get a lot of

1183
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:08,600
Speaker 2: shit from people. Sometimes it's deserved. You know. The lions

1184
00:56:08,680 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 2: Only thing is a bit gimmicky and weird. But I'll

1185
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:13,719
Speaker 2: say this, man, I think both of them can fight,

1186
00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:18,239
Speaker 2: and obviously Jermmel being the one of fifty four undisputed

1187
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 2: guy tells you about his abilities. This was such a

1188
00:56:21,960 --> 00:56:25,040
Speaker 2: great win for him. I don't know, honestly, if he

1189
00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:27,359
Speaker 2: gets the credit for this that he deserves, he gets

1190
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:28,879
Speaker 2: it from you and me. I know he does. There.

1191
00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:33,399
Speaker 2: I love this fight, and I loved how Costano made

1192
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 2: Charlo better as a boxer, made him better as a tactician,

1193
00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:40,279
Speaker 2: and upped his level so that whoever gets him after

1194
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:43,200
Speaker 2: this has got an even tougher assignment on their hands.

1195
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:44,120
Speaker 2: What a fight.

1196
00:56:44,719 --> 00:56:46,919
Speaker 3: This wasn't just a great game plan from Derek James,

1197
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:48,640
Speaker 3: who we don't have a boxing Trainer of the Year

1198
00:56:48,719 --> 00:56:50,919
Speaker 3: discussion here, but he would win it in my eyes

1199
00:56:50,960 --> 00:56:52,880
Speaker 3: this year, right what you did with Frank Martin erro

1200
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:55,759
Speaker 3: Spence in this But also Jamel had to buy in

1201
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:59,840
Speaker 3: on getting inside, going inside, fighting Castanio on his own terms,

1202
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 3: but relying on faster hands, better technique to then get

1203
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:05,920
Speaker 3: his power shots off. He had to welcome a lot

1204
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 3: of danger. He had to go into Castano's wheelhouse and

1205
00:57:08,760 --> 00:57:12,040
Speaker 3: knock him out, and he did that, and Luke, it's unfortunate.

1206
00:57:12,239 --> 00:57:14,200
Speaker 3: He was supposed to fight Tim Zoo on January twenty

1207
00:57:14,239 --> 00:57:18,480
Speaker 3: eighth on Showtime in Vegas, Charlo's injured. Its postponed and

1208
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 3: people were giving Charlo's shit, so he actually put his

1209
00:57:21,200 --> 00:57:24,200
Speaker 3: like doctor's X ray and node up on the Twitter.

1210
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 2: Just Jock, this guy is the I mean, just think

1211
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:29,840
Speaker 2: about this for a second. This guy has all the

1212
00:57:29,960 --> 00:57:33,200
Speaker 2: fucking belts in this way class, and you've got Jabebrowni's

1213
00:57:33,280 --> 00:57:38,640
Speaker 2: on social media challenging the authenticity of his claims about injury.

1214
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:42,880
Speaker 2: It's like, dude, Jamal Charlow is tougher than all of you.

1215
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:46,600
Speaker 2: All of you what I mean, how how let me

1216
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:50,200
Speaker 2: ask you how accomplished do you have to be before

1217
00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:52,040
Speaker 2: people stop doing that? I don't. I don't know that.

1218
00:57:52,200 --> 00:57:53,120
Speaker 2: I don't know what the answer is.

1219
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:57,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. Luke, there's your five nominees.

1220
00:57:58,200 --> 00:57:59,760
Speaker 3: Who's your pick, Thomas.

1221
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,600
Speaker 2: Great question. I did love the I did love the

1222
00:58:03,680 --> 00:58:07,720
Speaker 2: Jamal Charlow, Brian Costanna win a lot. But dude, I'm

1223
00:58:07,720 --> 00:58:10,640
Speaker 2: gonna go Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano. I feel like

1224
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 2: this was, you know, in any ways not the biggest

1225
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:15,280
Speaker 2: fight of the year, but in any ways quite big.

1226
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:19,920
Speaker 2: But it over delivered. As you said previously, it was

1227
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:22,800
Speaker 2: everything we hoped it could be. It was so great.

1228
00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:25,680
Speaker 2: And dude, you know, listen, a lot of times, it's

1229
00:58:25,720 --> 00:58:28,200
Speaker 2: not because we're saying women are unequal, but the women's

1230
00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:31,200
Speaker 2: side of the game is not equal to the men's side,

1231
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,000
Speaker 2: in part because of the way which we've treated it.

1232
00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:35,240
Speaker 2: We won't let it be that much. We don't. They

1233
00:58:35,240 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 2: don't even they don't even have the same rules right

1234
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,120
Speaker 2: about the number of rounds and how many minutes and

1235
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:41,960
Speaker 2: all that kind of stuff, like we don't treat it equally.

1236
00:58:42,480 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 2: And yet on this night you didn't even hardly notice it.

1237
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:51,400
Speaker 2: On this night, they transcended all of the limitations on

1238
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:55,520
Speaker 2: the game in ways that made it utterly forget and forgetful,

1239
00:58:55,600 --> 00:59:00,560
Speaker 2: and what all that mattered was too absolute dogs getting

1240
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:03,800
Speaker 2: after it in the best way they could. It was

1241
00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:06,040
Speaker 2: a magical night. It was a memorable night. It was

1242
00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:08,400
Speaker 2: a historic night. And I tip my hat to everyone

1243
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:10,640
Speaker 2: else on this list, but I think the ladies got

1244
00:59:10,680 --> 00:59:11,160
Speaker 2: it this time.

1245
00:59:11,560 --> 00:59:16,000
Speaker 3: Amen. I agree with you. They also left you wanting more,

1246
00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:17,560
Speaker 3: like you don't need to do that, But they also

1247
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:20,760
Speaker 3: left you wanting a rematch, like with three minute rounds,

1248
00:59:20,760 --> 00:59:23,040
Speaker 3: you know, twelve minute round twelve minutes of three minute rounds,

1249
00:59:23,080 --> 00:59:24,880
Speaker 3: Like let's go all out. Let's give them the chance.

1250
00:59:24,920 --> 00:59:28,200
Speaker 3: They're worth it. Damn all right, Luke, I don't want

1251
00:59:28,240 --> 00:59:32,120
Speaker 3: to miss Dan Rayfield for his Substack subscription service gave

1252
00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:38,200
Speaker 3: Seventhai nontchinga versus Hector Flores, which was well below the radar,

1253
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:40,760
Speaker 3: But Dan's always been ahead of the game at going

1254
00:59:40,800 --> 00:59:43,840
Speaker 3: around the globe and finding any stream as his fight

1255
00:59:43,920 --> 00:59:45,800
Speaker 3: of the year in boxing. I would have been fine

1256
00:59:45,840 --> 00:59:48,000
Speaker 3: with anyone picking Wood against Conlin. I know we left

1257
00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:49,400
Speaker 3: out a few others that could have been in here.

1258
00:59:49,400 --> 00:59:52,160
Speaker 3: There's a Japanese one that was a title fight as well.

1259
00:59:52,240 --> 00:59:55,200
Speaker 3: But you know, I'll get accused of chopping my hand, maybe, Luke,

1260
00:59:55,240 --> 00:59:57,720
Speaker 3: but there's other great fights out there. But you can't

1261
00:59:57,720 --> 01:00:00,920
Speaker 3: beat Taylor versus Serrano. Luke. You know what you also can't. Well,

1262
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,760
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1263
01:00:03,880 --> 01:00:07,680
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1265
01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:12,800
Speaker 3: identify in the undercard or short of the main event,

1266
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:15,360
Speaker 3: who's coming the hell on? I mean, who is about

1267
01:00:15,440 --> 01:00:18,560
Speaker 3: to become something and making their move and getting attention

1268
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Speaker 3: and being an absolute hammer. Last month, that was Aaron

1269
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Speaker 3: You voted on social media. You use the hashtag of

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Speaker 3: Holy Hammer or Hammer of the Month. You went at

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Speaker 3: money Lion on Twitter, you went at money Line Inc.

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Speaker 3: On Instagram. You even went to the website do we

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Speaker 3: have that is that like moneylon dot com slash Morning Combat.

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Speaker 3: You did a lot of good stuff for us. Our

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Speaker 3: nominees for this month, as we revealed on Wednesday, are

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Speaker 3: Ilia Tuporia for that Bryce Mitchell assassination. Luke right, yep,

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01:00:55,640 --> 01:00:59,360
Speaker 3: Roman Dalidze who took Jackermanson and just well put him

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01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:03,240
Speaker 3: into a pretzel PATCHI mix. Maybe the rare exception of

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Speaker 3: somebody in like a featured bout that we put on here,

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01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:09,640
Speaker 3: but his submission in the bellatour Grand Prix, just just

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01:01:09,800 --> 01:01:13,280
Speaker 3: continuing an insanely great year and stretched for him, and

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Speaker 3: God was he just nasty? Put magomd Mago met off

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Speaker 3: to sleep. How about Billy Corntillo once again, Billy Cue

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01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:22,600
Speaker 3: getting into a war on a night of wars for

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Speaker 3: the UFC, but surviving the damage, showing that he's got

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Speaker 3: that dog in him, Luke, and coming back and making

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Speaker 3: this list in a very competitive month. Our fans have voted,

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Speaker 3: we have voted behind the scenes, our votes have consummated,

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Speaker 3: and the winner is for December twenty twenty two, your

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Speaker 3: Hammer of the Month from Money Lion Ilia Toporia. Damn,

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Speaker 3: Luke hot, Damn.

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Speaker 2: That's the right call, dude. He beat an undefeated Bryce

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Speaker 2: Mitchell so bad he had Mitchell contemplating whether he wanted

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Speaker 2: to retire from the sport. Damn. I mean he put

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Speaker 2: a fuck and beating on that kid. And dude, Bruce

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Speaker 2: Mitchell is good. Bress Mitchell is very good. That's not

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Speaker 2: a bullshit fighter at all. Bress Mitchell is a talented guy,

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01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:14,360
Speaker 2: you know, and tough and durable and skilled. And to

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Speaker 2: Pooria just assassinated him due to Pooria. I think I've

1302
01:02:19,360 --> 01:02:21,960
Speaker 2: said this before to Pooria needs to work on his

1303
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:25,560
Speaker 2: energy management and his resource management because the way he fights,

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01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:27,400
Speaker 2: I am worried it's not going to scale for twenty

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01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:31,360
Speaker 2: five minutes. But in terms of abilities, this dude is,

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01:02:32,680 --> 01:02:34,480
Speaker 2: I mean, I would be shocked if he doesn't work

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01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:35,959
Speaker 2: gold at some point, I'd be shocked.

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Speaker 3: He's an absolute hammer. So per the deal, as the

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Speaker 3: money Lion Hammer of the month from Morning Combat, Luke,

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Speaker 3: he will receive the physical money Lion Hammer. We'll get

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Speaker 3: in touch with him, maybe we can get a drug

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Speaker 3: rug on him.

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Speaker 2: Luke.

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Speaker 3: I would ask r J bengbus Breaker to maybe throw

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01:02:53,040 --> 01:02:54,600
Speaker 3: one of those in the package as well when we

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Speaker 3: mail it out. But shout out to Ilia Tuporia. He

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01:02:57,480 --> 01:02:59,920
Speaker 3: deserves it, even if I Butcher's last name. Their backs

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Speaker 3: and a big thank you to all the fans who

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Speaker 3: participated and thanks to our sponsor money. Lion Luke Taporia

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Speaker 3: is a hammer. He's now going to be able to

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01:03:08,560 --> 01:03:10,760
Speaker 3: put one on the mantle to prove that we got

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Speaker 3: a couple more.

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Speaker 2: Of Now the Hall of Hammers is Aaron Blanchfield and

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Speaker 2: Iliots Aporia. I gotta say so far, I feel like

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01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:19,760
Speaker 2: you can't look at the Hall of Hammers and say

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Speaker 2: anything other than yeah, those are deserving people right there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, stop hammer time. Yeah, Luke, right, you know, I mean, look,

1328
01:03:28,280 --> 01:03:29,919
Speaker 3: we do have to pray just to make it today.

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Speaker 3: He was right on that. It out the banana hammock,

1330
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:36,120
Speaker 3: the banana hammock and the pumps and the bumps, you know,

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01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:37,840
Speaker 3: I mean, you know, if you like that, then it

1332
01:03:37,960 --> 01:03:39,320
Speaker 3: was it was right up your alley. It was a

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01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:40,400
Speaker 3: desperate move though from you.

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01:03:40,480 --> 01:03:43,800
Speaker 2: We should we should get those like you know how

1335
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:46,520
Speaker 2: those tennis balls coming, like the long cans or whatever,

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01:03:47,000 --> 01:03:49,040
Speaker 2: and then just put those in our dungarees and then

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Speaker 2: recreate the pumps in the bump video.

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Speaker 3: Luke. Our next category is Event of the Year in

1339
01:03:56,720 --> 01:03:59,720
Speaker 3: the sport of Mixed Martial Arts. I wish we could

1340
01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:02,240
Speaker 3: have this category for boxing, but they don't always give us,

1341
01:04:03,040 --> 01:04:05,240
Speaker 3: you know, this deep of a spread. But Luke, what

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01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:08,440
Speaker 3: is your choice here? In a loaded year across not

1343
01:04:08,600 --> 01:04:12,480
Speaker 3: just UFC, but dude, Belatour had some Bangers one made

1344
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:15,920
Speaker 3: a major leap in our consciousness. PFL was on point

1345
01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:19,040
Speaker 3: and with a very intelligent cage. What's your pick for event.

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Speaker 2: Of the year. Yeah, I'm gonna go with UFC two

1347
01:04:22,680 --> 01:04:26,040
Speaker 2: seventy five to share a versus Prohatchka love this card.

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01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:28,280
Speaker 2: Obviously the main event was you know, I mean, look

1349
01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:30,360
Speaker 2: at the card here, So your main event was, I mean,

1350
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:32,120
Speaker 2: what do I need to tell you about that shift?

1351
01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:35,320
Speaker 2: Chako Santos had drama right because Santos was winning these

1352
01:04:35,360 --> 01:04:38,320
Speaker 2: grappling exchanges, or at least so we thought to your

1353
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:40,960
Speaker 2: point about John Wilee getting the Submission of the Year

1354
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:47,120
Speaker 2: NOD potentially with this winerver Carlos Sparza, Jake Matthews, you

1355
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:51,680
Speaker 2: know Ko and Andre Fialio is amazing, Jack Dela Madelena

1356
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,280
Speaker 2: doing the same thing to Ramazan and Meve, and then

1357
01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:55,960
Speaker 2: you could just go on down the list from there.

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01:04:55,960 --> 01:04:59,840
Speaker 2: How about this Joshua Coulabalo had a split decision. Okay,

1359
01:04:59,880 --> 01:05:04,400
Speaker 2: but mahashat Ko. The Brendan Allen fight Againt Jacob Malcun

1360
01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:05,200
Speaker 2: was a back and forth.

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Speaker 3: Look, I don't mean you're dead wrong. I don't mean

1362
01:05:07,760 --> 01:05:10,000
Speaker 3: to dead wrong our team, but that Jung Wayley fight.

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01:05:10,160 --> 01:05:13,120
Speaker 3: Was the Yowana rematch that Asparza is there in error?

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Speaker 2: Oh yes, I'm sorry, Yes, you're right, you very much correct.

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01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:18,800
Speaker 2: Hold on, so let's go one more time. I'm glad

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01:05:18,840 --> 01:05:21,959
Speaker 2: you caught that. Yes, UFC two seventy five. Of course,

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01:05:22,040 --> 01:05:26,120
Speaker 2: Prahashka and t Shaa correct. Schevchenko and Santos had the drama.

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01:05:26,440 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 2: Then you had the Jong and Yen j check. And

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Speaker 2: by the way, there's another one for Ko of the

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01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:32,280
Speaker 2: Year candidate, right, so you can just sub in one

1371
01:05:32,360 --> 01:05:36,800
Speaker 2: for another tremendous, tremendous finish. Then you have Matthews Ovifialio,

1372
01:05:37,160 --> 01:05:39,520
Speaker 2: Jack Dyla Madeleine against Ramazanimiv and then you had some

1373
01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:41,480
Speaker 2: decisions all the way through. But yeah, these really weird,

1374
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:44,640
Speaker 2: so it's sort of fun fights. How about the Silvana

1375
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:48,440
Speaker 2: Gomez Warrez fighter Fornali on where she just viciously get

1376
01:05:48,480 --> 01:05:51,280
Speaker 2: one bunch Kaota like that car was tremendous.

1377
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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, Luke, that's a great card. It could have

1378
01:05:54,280 --> 01:05:56,480
Speaker 3: been my pick. It was in discussion for it my

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01:05:56,680 --> 01:05:58,360
Speaker 3: choice in the end though, takes us back to July

1380
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:02,200
Speaker 3: twenty third of this year, London, the O two. You

1381
01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:03,840
Speaker 3: know what I'm talking about. It was actually a UFC

1382
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:08,120
Speaker 3: Fight Night card, but UFC London Tom Aspinall versus Alexander

1383
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:11,880
Speaker 3: Volkoff in that main event. It fell like a pay

1384
01:06:11,880 --> 01:06:15,640
Speaker 3: per view. It had that transition of energy from fight

1385
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:18,840
Speaker 3: to fight that creates this feeling like anything could happen.

1386
01:06:18,920 --> 01:06:21,400
Speaker 3: And obviously a big part of that was Patty Pimblet

1387
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:25,480
Speaker 3: and Molly McCann, Molly meepall coming together and really being like,

1388
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:28,200
Speaker 3: you know, even though sometimes I say, man, there's too

1389
01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:31,360
Speaker 3: much meatball on my screen, dude, they they represented their

1390
01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:35,120
Speaker 3: their their home area, the passion of those fans. Well

1391
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:37,720
Speaker 3: they got big wins. They were running around on each

1392
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:41,320
Speaker 3: other's shoulders. But dude, that energy that carried that spirit

1393
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:44,720
Speaker 3: from fight to fight, that's special. I if you just

1394
01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:46,960
Speaker 3: asked me straight up, what was the best night you

1395
01:06:47,040 --> 01:06:49,520
Speaker 3: had watching you know, fights this year. I know this

1396
01:06:49,720 --> 01:06:51,720
Speaker 3: took place in the afternoon, but this was this was

1397
01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:53,840
Speaker 3: a great one. It's hard to forget that. And you

1398
01:06:53,920 --> 01:06:56,240
Speaker 3: look back, Luke and you know that Paul Craig uh

1399
01:06:56,320 --> 01:06:59,160
Speaker 3: Submission of the Year nominee against Cree Love, you know,

1400
01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:01,720
Speaker 3: big moment, Eliot Tapora had that knock out of the

1401
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:04,480
Speaker 3: Year contender against against Herbert. This is on the same card,

1402
01:07:04,760 --> 01:07:07,480
Speaker 3: Molly McKinnon spinning backfist like there's a lot of shit

1403
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:08,320
Speaker 3: that went down on here.

1404
01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:10,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do. We always sort of default to the

1405
01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:14,000
Speaker 2: pay per views, but sometimes the fight Knights have really

1406
01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:18,240
Speaker 2: special mojo. This is one of them. Also, the Long

1407
01:07:18,280 --> 01:07:22,840
Speaker 2: Island card, the UCAABC card was great. The one in Texas,

1408
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:25,760
Speaker 2: I forget which city it was, was also great. The

1409
01:07:25,840 --> 01:07:27,920
Speaker 2: one that yan Yez knocked out the racist guy, I

1410
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:31,120
Speaker 2: forget his name, but you get the idea. So like,

1411
01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:33,240
Speaker 2: it's not just the pay per views that do really

1412
01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:34,480
Speaker 2: well for the fans.

1413
01:07:34,520 --> 01:07:36,480
Speaker 3: It's yeah, I had the wrong date. I was looking

1414
01:07:36,520 --> 01:07:38,640
Speaker 3: at the July return to London. The actual date was

1415
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:41,680
Speaker 3: March nineteenth, So don't don't dead wrong me. Same arena,

1416
01:07:41,800 --> 01:07:46,560
Speaker 3: but very fun card that night. Luke audible mentions, Look,

1417
01:07:46,600 --> 01:07:49,160
Speaker 3: I gotta mention belator when they went to Dublin. I

1418
01:07:49,240 --> 01:07:51,640
Speaker 3: mean that was that was that could have won this, Luke.

1419
01:07:51,760 --> 01:07:55,760
Speaker 3: That feeling was something insane zombie, right, Luke. I mean

1420
01:07:55,800 --> 01:07:57,919
Speaker 3: there was a lot of craziness going on. How about

1421
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:01,080
Speaker 3: UFC two seventy Withinnganu and gone don't sleep on it?

1422
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:06,080
Speaker 2: Luke all right point of note International Fight. We didn't

1423
01:08:06,120 --> 01:08:07,320
Speaker 2: make it this year. It kind of tells you what

1424
01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,200
Speaker 2: kind of year it was. It was had some good

1425
01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:11,560
Speaker 2: fights on the card, but did you.

1426
01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:13,760
Speaker 3: Could have gone with the two seventy one without Asnia

1427
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:18,000
Speaker 3: Whittaker two was a very memorable card UFC on ABC three. Luke,

1428
01:08:18,120 --> 01:08:22,240
Speaker 3: all right, MSG, how about MSG, now, yeah, you can

1429
01:08:22,280 --> 01:08:22,519
Speaker 3: go there?

1430
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:22,720
Speaker 2: Two?

1431
01:08:23,320 --> 01:08:25,120
Speaker 3: Okay, all right, uh, let's do it.

1432
01:08:25,280 --> 01:08:25,519
Speaker 2: MMA.

1433
01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:29,200
Speaker 3: Fight of the Year your nominees. The aforementioned crazy night

1434
01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:32,240
Speaker 3: in Singapore when Glover to Shia and Yuri Prahotska put

1435
01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:35,320
Speaker 3: on a light heavyweight duel for the Yeah, for the ages.

1436
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:38,160
Speaker 3: The thing for me was not just like the fact

1437
01:08:38,160 --> 01:08:40,519
Speaker 3: that they both sold out to this crazy game plan.

1438
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 3: They both mutually at some point agreed that this is

1439
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,960
Speaker 3: going to be insane. Well you know what I'm saying, Luke,

1440
01:08:47,040 --> 01:08:49,519
Speaker 3: that you know they're they're taking each other down. I mean, dude,

1441
01:08:49,680 --> 01:08:53,240
Speaker 3: suddenly you had you had Prahotska in top position. It

1442
01:08:53,400 --> 01:08:56,760
Speaker 3: was bloody. They hurt each other like crazy. Glover had

1443
01:08:56,800 --> 01:08:59,240
Speaker 3: long stretches of dominating on the ground. Then he also

1444
01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:02,000
Speaker 3: got dominated on the ground. But it wasn't just like

1445
01:09:02,200 --> 01:09:06,040
Speaker 3: video game meets Rocky movie fight. There was like a

1446
01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:09,200
Speaker 3: next level craziness to it that you just don't see

1447
01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:11,479
Speaker 3: in title fights consistently, you know, Like you know, UFC

1448
01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:13,439
Speaker 3: produces bangers like this every once in a while, and

1449
01:09:13,520 --> 01:09:15,639
Speaker 3: we love it. You get the ripe, you get Luke,

1450
01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:18,599
Speaker 3: rock Hold and Paulo coasted together and things weird, things happen.

1451
01:09:19,160 --> 01:09:22,000
Speaker 3: But this was a title fight, dude, this was special.

1452
01:09:22,040 --> 01:09:23,320
Speaker 3: You got anything else to say about it? Before I

1453
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:23,600
Speaker 3: move on?

1454
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:25,839
Speaker 2: Luke, No, this is just one of the most amazing

1455
01:09:25,880 --> 01:09:27,040
Speaker 2: fights I'd seen in some time.

1456
01:09:27,760 --> 01:09:32,800
Speaker 3: Number two Gilbert vern Burns versus Hamza Chimayev Luke. The

1457
01:09:32,840 --> 01:09:34,800
Speaker 3: best thing you could say about this is it might

1458
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:36,640
Speaker 3: have carried that same spirit. It didn't have to be

1459
01:09:36,720 --> 01:09:39,160
Speaker 3: as crazy of a war, but they both wanted it

1460
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:39,400
Speaker 3: to be.

1461
01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:45,479
Speaker 2: Only The only problem is a three rounder, So it's

1462
01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:46,840
Speaker 2: gonna be hard for me to give this one as

1463
01:09:46,920 --> 01:09:50,200
Speaker 2: the official fight of the year. But for what it was,

1464
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:50,640
Speaker 2: it was.

1465
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:53,840
Speaker 3: How come nobody's talking about that it could have been

1466
01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:56,400
Speaker 3: three to two Gilbert, nobody cares about fighting that argument.

1467
01:09:56,400 --> 01:09:57,320
Speaker 3: I don't I don't understand.

1468
01:09:57,439 --> 01:09:58,600
Speaker 2: To one Gilbert, to.

1469
01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:01,280
Speaker 3: One, Gilbert, thank you for the mass update. Let's go

1470
01:10:01,360 --> 01:10:05,760
Speaker 3: to Cyril Gone versus tie to Ivasa, UFC Paris. This

1471
01:10:05,920 --> 01:10:09,160
Speaker 3: wasn't supposed to be this competitive. Gone on the homecoming,

1472
01:10:09,320 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 3: looking to bounce back from losing the title fight. I

1473
01:10:12,120 --> 01:10:13,519
Speaker 3: thought he was just going to pick him apart from

1474
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:16,800
Speaker 3: the outside, but dude, Ti to Ivasa bites down, takes

1475
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:21,200
Speaker 3: punishment and he started landing shots that dropped and visibly

1476
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:24,679
Speaker 3: put Gon into that fight or flight area. But obviously,

1477
01:10:24,800 --> 01:10:28,240
Speaker 3: dude Bonga Mien showed that he's like absolutely legit in

1478
01:10:28,280 --> 01:10:30,960
Speaker 3: the toughness department. On this night, they gave us something

1479
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:33,160
Speaker 3: that we almost didn't deserve. It didn't deserve to be

1480
01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:34,960
Speaker 3: that good, Luke, it didn't.

1481
01:10:35,200 --> 01:10:37,080
Speaker 2: That's right. And you know it was a big night

1482
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:40,160
Speaker 2: for UFC because it was their debut in France and

1483
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:42,439
Speaker 2: they had a French guy in the main event who

1484
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:46,000
Speaker 2: was victorious. But to your point, Tuivasa really made him

1485
01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:48,040
Speaker 2: work for it in ways we did not expect and

1486
01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:51,880
Speaker 2: it just created a lot of magic. Tremendous, tremendous Chuivasa

1487
01:10:52,439 --> 01:10:53,519
Speaker 2: was never out of it.

1488
01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:56,160
Speaker 3: Even as he was getting his ass handed to him

1489
01:10:56,240 --> 01:10:59,240
Speaker 3: late with those body kicks, he was still dangerous. But dude,

1490
01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:02,080
Speaker 3: he took a hillacious beating, including that upper cut that

1491
01:11:02,160 --> 01:11:05,559
Speaker 3: finished him. Talk about Knockout of the Year nominees, Damn

1492
01:11:06,439 --> 01:11:08,479
Speaker 3: number four, Luke, I didn't want to see this one

1493
01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:09,240
Speaker 3: slip by dude.

1494
01:11:09,240 --> 01:11:09,760
Speaker 2: It was so good.

1495
01:11:09,800 --> 01:11:13,519
Speaker 3: One Championship gave us a trilogy about for the strawweight title,

1496
01:11:14,040 --> 01:11:17,840
Speaker 3: Angela Lee Jong jing Nan, and it would go the

1497
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:21,200
Speaker 3: way of Jiang to take the lead in this series

1498
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:24,760
Speaker 3: two fights to one with yet another or this time

1499
01:11:24,800 --> 01:11:26,639
Speaker 3: it was a close decision, But didn't they finish each

1500
01:11:26,680 --> 01:11:28,960
Speaker 3: other in the first two fights, Luca, if my memory series, I.

1501
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:34,080
Speaker 2: Mean these are closely closely matched competitors, and the difference

1502
01:11:34,200 --> 01:11:36,960
Speaker 2: was that Jing Non is a great boxer and then

1503
01:11:37,080 --> 01:11:39,120
Speaker 2: sort of physically stronger of the two and a great wrestler.

1504
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:47,120
Speaker 2: But Angela Lee's showing, sorry, showing all kinds of poise

1505
01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:50,080
Speaker 2: and the ability to create offense even when you think

1506
01:11:50,120 --> 01:11:53,080
Speaker 2: she can, and just sort of staying in jing Non's face.

1507
01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:55,800
Speaker 2: It was really really great fight.

1508
01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:59,599
Speaker 3: You're recreating the heart shown by tytoy Vasa to stay

1509
01:11:59,600 --> 01:12:01,439
Speaker 3: in that right now, Luke, and I can appreciate that

1510
01:12:01,560 --> 01:12:04,519
Speaker 3: how you're staying in the show. Our final one was

1511
01:12:04,960 --> 01:12:08,160
Speaker 3: our final contender is Maison Square Garden Dustin Poorier, Michael Chandler,

1512
01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:11,000
Speaker 3: You do these action heroes who had never met were

1513
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:13,360
Speaker 3: going to give us something that would fit into the

1514
01:12:13,439 --> 01:12:16,240
Speaker 3: category of best fights we've seen from this same group

1515
01:12:16,280 --> 01:12:18,680
Speaker 3: of lightweights in this era, whether it's Gae Chee or

1516
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:21,479
Speaker 3: Alvarez or all those other names. I don't know if

1517
01:12:21,520 --> 01:12:24,479
Speaker 3: this is like in the conversation of best from this era, Luke.

1518
01:12:24,520 --> 01:12:26,760
Speaker 3: It was better than I even thought it could be

1519
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:29,439
Speaker 3: over three rounds. It also showed that Dustin Poie at

1520
01:12:29,479 --> 01:12:32,639
Speaker 3: thirty four still fricking has it. But Dude, you had

1521
01:12:33,400 --> 01:12:39,800
Speaker 3: bloodied Chandler putting holes in fingers and dps holes. Luke,

1522
01:12:40,200 --> 01:12:43,280
Speaker 3: you had a lot of blood. You had Chandler nearly

1523
01:12:43,320 --> 01:12:45,680
Speaker 3: getting stopped at the end of round one, only to

1524
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:48,479
Speaker 3: like largely dominate round two even though he got cut

1525
01:12:48,520 --> 01:12:51,120
Speaker 3: by an elbow from Poorier on the bottom. Dude, this

1526
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:54,240
Speaker 3: was all that and then some tall, pale and handsome

1527
01:12:54,360 --> 01:12:56,760
Speaker 3: just like me, Luke, and.

1528
01:12:56,840 --> 01:13:02,879
Speaker 2: Dude, I think it was to Earlijuane. Afterwards, he finished Gaechee,

1529
01:13:03,280 --> 01:13:06,800
Speaker 2: he finished Eddie Alvarez, and he finished Michael Chandler. That's

1530
01:13:06,840 --> 01:13:10,040
Speaker 2: the violence triangle, and Maria turned out to be the

1531
01:13:10,120 --> 01:13:11,800
Speaker 2: King of all of them didn't just win. Those three

1532
01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:14,960
Speaker 2: finished all three day that is, that is, and you

1533
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:17,519
Speaker 2: finished Connor McGregor two. Boy, that's quite a resume.

1534
01:13:17,640 --> 01:13:21,800
Speaker 3: He's got five choices here, all very strong, Luke Thomas,

1535
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:24,840
Speaker 3: my winner is Glover, Tashera and Yeri Prahatzka and I

1536
01:13:25,240 --> 01:13:27,639
Speaker 3: as good as the other ones were, I don't think

1537
01:13:27,760 --> 01:13:28,679
Speaker 3: this is actually close.

1538
01:13:30,720 --> 01:13:33,240
Speaker 2: I agree. I like the other ones a lot. I

1539
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:35,920
Speaker 2: mean we're talking about, you know, very special selection of fights.

1540
01:13:35,960 --> 01:13:38,720
Speaker 2: But dude, when you're watching Tashera and Prahashka and you

1541
01:13:38,840 --> 01:13:42,240
Speaker 2: can't even compute round of around how this is happening

1542
01:13:42,280 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 2: when you're watching through your fingers, when you're just like, dude,

1543
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:46,880
Speaker 2: there's this fight should have been over a long time ago,

1544
01:13:46,960 --> 01:13:50,320
Speaker 2: and yet one person keeps making it possible for the

1545
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:55,080
Speaker 2: other by and vice versa. You know. I I typically

1546
01:13:55,240 --> 01:13:57,479
Speaker 2: don't go with fights of the year that are crazy,

1547
01:13:58,160 --> 01:14:01,559
Speaker 2: but in this year, given the stake, five rounds UFC

1548
01:14:01,720 --> 01:14:05,240
Speaker 2: Light Heavyweight title and both guys pouring out the jug

1549
01:14:05,280 --> 01:14:07,519
Speaker 2: as Brian Campbell likes to say, I just didn't have

1550
01:14:07,640 --> 01:14:09,280
Speaker 2: much of a choice. I think you have to pick this.

1551
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:13,000
Speaker 3: One, honorable mentions quickly. I did want to shout out

1552
01:14:13,040 --> 01:14:15,080
Speaker 3: Luke rock Hold and Paulo Costa. That was one of

1553
01:14:15,200 --> 01:14:19,240
Speaker 3: the just I mean that took the wacky part of crazy,

1554
01:14:19,840 --> 01:14:22,560
Speaker 3: like strange for me, it was strange as shit, but

1555
01:14:22,720 --> 01:14:24,800
Speaker 3: like dude, that was prime entertainment, Like you have to

1556
01:14:24,880 --> 01:14:27,080
Speaker 3: have that on this list. And Luke Brent brook House,

1557
01:14:27,120 --> 01:14:30,759
Speaker 3: the CBS Sports went to bat in our own editorial

1558
01:14:30,840 --> 01:14:34,760
Speaker 3: meetings for Nate the train Land where versus David Onama,

1559
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:36,680
Speaker 3: will you back him on that? No?

1560
01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:38,960
Speaker 2: Not, I mean, has a fine fight, but Brent, you

1561
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:41,960
Speaker 2: know that's his I mean, listen, we love Brent, but

1562
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:43,160
Speaker 2: he's got some hipster.

1563
01:14:44,080 --> 01:14:46,080
Speaker 3: Oh that's not hipster, that's just that's a that's a

1564
01:14:46,360 --> 01:14:47,920
Speaker 3: real fight fan, Brent. You know what I mean.

1565
01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:49,880
Speaker 2: Lukey know he is a real fight fan. Yes, no,

1566
01:14:49,920 --> 01:14:52,080
Speaker 2: that's true. He is a real fight fan. But picking

1567
01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:54,240
Speaker 2: that one is like fight of the Year is very hipster.

1568
01:14:55,439 --> 01:14:57,680
Speaker 3: That's in the discussion. I know there's other ones as well,

1569
01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:00,400
Speaker 3: so as always share what you thought we missed or ever,

1570
01:15:00,560 --> 01:15:03,040
Speaker 3: but it's our choice, So back the hell off. MMA

1571
01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:05,960
Speaker 3: Fighter of the Year your first selection? How about that

1572
01:15:06,040 --> 01:15:10,080
Speaker 3: featherweight champion Alexander Volkanowski this calendar year he became the

1573
01:15:10,160 --> 01:15:14,880
Speaker 3: pomp for pound King. He destroyed the Korean Zombie as

1574
01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:18,800
Speaker 3: a last minute replacement, and didn't he finish him? Didn't

1575
01:15:18,800 --> 01:15:19,639
Speaker 3: he finish his ass?

1576
01:15:19,720 --> 01:15:19,920
Speaker 2: Dude?

1577
01:15:19,960 --> 01:15:24,360
Speaker 3: He finished him and showed an offensive not just potency,

1578
01:15:24,479 --> 01:15:26,679
Speaker 3: but like intention to go in there and do big

1579
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:30,040
Speaker 3: time damage. And then of course finally getting the trilogy

1580
01:15:30,080 --> 01:15:33,880
Speaker 3: with Max Holloway and he battered and bloodied him. Damn.

1581
01:15:34,040 --> 01:15:36,920
Speaker 3: This was a great year for a volk who's also,

1582
01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:38,800
Speaker 3: by the way, moving up to lightweight and taking out

1583
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:41,920
Speaker 3: of his Lama jem. So God, look, God bless him. Right.

1584
01:15:43,520 --> 01:15:48,040
Speaker 2: That's a special guy. That's a special guy doing different

1585
01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:51,360
Speaker 2: things than other people, and his success is not accidental.

1586
01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,439
Speaker 3: Number two on our nominee list comes from Brazil and

1587
01:15:54,520 --> 01:15:58,560
Speaker 3: poet on Alex padeda three and ohero. He gets a

1588
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:01,479
Speaker 3: decision against Bruno Silva, but we remember most is knocking

1589
01:16:01,560 --> 01:16:04,960
Speaker 3: out Sean Strickland in a number one contender fight and then, oh,

1590
01:16:05,120 --> 01:16:07,840
Speaker 3: by the way, sorry for that, Leon Edwards stole his

1591
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:11,599
Speaker 3: fifth round magic headline flurry. He also did that same

1592
01:16:11,720 --> 01:16:14,360
Speaker 3: thing down on the cards against Israel Ai Sonia. We

1593
01:16:14,520 --> 01:16:17,760
Speaker 3: know the backstory, the history between them. He showcased meaning

1594
01:16:17,800 --> 01:16:22,759
Speaker 3: Poeton next level in tangibles from the standpoint of toughness, focus, poise,

1595
01:16:23,280 --> 01:16:25,160
Speaker 3: and a fight he was getting kind of pieced up

1596
01:16:25,200 --> 01:16:27,560
Speaker 3: in and basically was stopped at the end of the

1597
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:30,560
Speaker 3: first round if it had gone another five seconds. And

1598
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:34,599
Speaker 3: now he's your champion. Dude, that's a hell of a year.

1599
01:16:34,880 --> 01:16:36,720
Speaker 3: That's a hell of a star turn right there. Can't

1600
01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:38,400
Speaker 3: hate on that, Nope, nope.

1601
01:16:38,439 --> 01:16:41,120
Speaker 2: I mean, well, you're just not going to find better

1602
01:16:41,280 --> 01:16:43,240
Speaker 2: years for a thirty four to thirty five year old

1603
01:16:43,240 --> 01:16:43,599
Speaker 2: fight around.

1604
01:16:43,720 --> 01:16:46,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, God, I mean what a year. You know, what

1605
01:16:46,520 --> 01:16:49,720
Speaker 3: a great year too. How about Islam Mahachev finally got

1606
01:16:49,800 --> 01:16:53,439
Speaker 3: the title shot against Charles Olavera, and dude, he didn't

1607
01:16:53,640 --> 01:16:56,840
Speaker 3: just win against you know, someone who's kind of becoming

1608
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,439
Speaker 3: an all time great over the last year and a

1609
01:16:58,439 --> 01:17:01,120
Speaker 3: half right in front of our eyes. Dude, he submitted

1610
01:17:01,240 --> 01:17:04,519
Speaker 3: the guy with the most submissions in history, dominated him,

1611
01:17:04,840 --> 01:17:09,200
Speaker 3: barely took any damage in return. Everything was on point.

1612
01:17:09,640 --> 01:17:12,400
Speaker 3: He didn't have enough big time name wins to like

1613
01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:14,960
Speaker 3: make this a slam dunk. So we have a couple

1614
01:17:15,000 --> 01:17:17,520
Speaker 3: of horse race here, Luke, But you can't forget Islamajev

1615
01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:18,240
Speaker 3: in that race.

1616
01:17:19,680 --> 01:17:22,720
Speaker 2: I mean even if he had only fought one time

1617
01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:24,240
Speaker 2: and it was the Ola Air fight, you might have

1618
01:17:24,280 --> 01:17:27,920
Speaker 2: to put him on this list. Just such a complete

1619
01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:31,160
Speaker 2: takeover of the title. Yeah, against a guy who was

1620
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:34,840
Speaker 2: as red hot as he'd ever been, and Islam was like,

1621
01:17:37,200 --> 01:17:38,679
Speaker 2: you know, crazy, Yeah.

1622
01:17:38,680 --> 01:17:40,880
Speaker 3: He was like, here, take this, this is me, this

1623
01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:44,080
Speaker 3: is great. Number four is Aljamain Sterling, the bandaway Champion.

1624
01:17:44,600 --> 01:17:47,759
Speaker 3: It's hard to give him credit for the TJ debacle,

1625
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:50,920
Speaker 3: but he also got the rematch with pyotr Yan as

1626
01:17:51,040 --> 01:17:53,360
Speaker 3: the champion that no one believed should have been the

1627
01:17:53,439 --> 01:17:56,400
Speaker 3: champion from the DQ fight, and he beat him straight up.

1628
01:17:56,560 --> 01:17:58,559
Speaker 3: Pay that man his money, and he looked great doing

1629
01:17:58,600 --> 01:18:01,960
Speaker 3: It's a big for Al Joe. The Dilla Shaw thing

1630
01:18:02,040 --> 01:18:05,080
Speaker 3: complicates it, Luke. But if you don't put him as

1631
01:18:05,080 --> 01:18:07,400
Speaker 3: a top five nominee here, you're just hating I think.

1632
01:18:07,439 --> 01:18:10,799
Speaker 3: I mean, dude, he's he's the head of the deepest,

1633
01:18:10,920 --> 01:18:13,160
Speaker 3: best division in the game. He's the guy.

1634
01:18:14,320 --> 01:18:16,880
Speaker 2: The thing is this the TJ fight he just didn't

1635
01:18:16,920 --> 01:18:21,160
Speaker 2: get a chance to You just can't draw any conclusion

1636
01:18:21,200 --> 01:18:25,679
Speaker 2: from it, positive or negative. You know, a little bit positive,

1637
01:18:25,720 --> 01:18:27,439
Speaker 2: I suppose, but there's just not much you can read

1638
01:18:27,479 --> 01:18:30,160
Speaker 2: into it because of the state of TJ's injury. But

1639
01:18:30,320 --> 01:18:32,439
Speaker 2: like again, I'm gonna say one more time with Islam

1640
01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:35,000
Speaker 2: makat Chef. If that was his only fight against Oliverari,

1641
01:18:35,000 --> 01:18:37,360
Speaker 2: you'd still put him on the list. Man. I gotta

1642
01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:38,759
Speaker 2: tell you, like, I was a big believer in Aljaban

1643
01:18:38,800 --> 01:18:40,880
Speaker 2: Starlly early and I kind of wandered off that when

1644
01:18:40,920 --> 01:18:42,800
Speaker 2: he had some losses, and now I really regret it

1645
01:18:42,880 --> 01:18:46,680
Speaker 2: because that win he had over Yan is so impressive

1646
01:18:47,360 --> 01:18:50,160
Speaker 2: and so difficult to pull off the way that he did.

1647
01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:53,519
Speaker 2: You just have to be really talented to do something

1648
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:56,320
Speaker 2: like that. And he deserves his flowers. I don't think,

1649
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:58,439
Speaker 2: you know, Candily, I don't think he deserves to win

1650
01:18:58,520 --> 01:19:03,200
Speaker 2: the winner. But that performance alone, we need to have category.

1651
01:19:03,280 --> 01:19:07,960
Speaker 2: We see a new category like best performance, not you know,

1652
01:19:09,000 --> 01:19:11,639
Speaker 2: biggest stakes or most wild or most fun or whatever.

1653
01:19:11,840 --> 01:19:13,720
Speaker 3: Best I'd like to call it best win, Luke, and

1654
01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:14,200
Speaker 3: I think.

1655
01:19:14,120 --> 01:19:16,879
Speaker 2: That you had the best win all year.

1656
01:19:17,080 --> 01:19:21,560
Speaker 3: I think against Gon and Ghanu. Against Gon obviously you

1657
01:19:21,600 --> 01:19:23,519
Speaker 3: could put Leon Edwards in there, but this has to

1658
01:19:23,560 --> 01:19:25,760
Speaker 3: be in there too. You're right, there's no I mean,

1659
01:19:25,800 --> 01:19:28,519
Speaker 3: he straight up beat Piotryan. I know there's some truthers

1660
01:19:28,560 --> 01:19:29,840
Speaker 3: that believe it could have gone the other way, But

1661
01:19:29,880 --> 01:19:31,639
Speaker 3: I don't. I don't see it. I don't believe it, Luke.

1662
01:19:31,720 --> 01:19:34,080
Speaker 3: So how about the case though, for number five on

1663
01:19:34,160 --> 01:19:36,760
Speaker 3: our list and the only female representation, Jong Way Lee,

1664
01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:40,400
Speaker 3: who had lost her title, including by head kick knockout

1665
01:19:40,400 --> 01:19:42,880
Speaker 3: in the first round, and then lost the rematch to

1666
01:19:43,360 --> 01:19:46,920
Speaker 3: Rosnami Unis in twenty twenty one, she comes back, rematches

1667
01:19:47,000 --> 01:19:49,200
Speaker 3: Johanna and after a decent for you know, pretty good

1668
01:19:49,200 --> 01:19:51,960
Speaker 3: first round with action back and forth, I mean, she

1669
01:19:52,080 --> 01:19:54,439
Speaker 3: sent her to not just to hell to retirement in

1670
01:19:54,479 --> 01:19:57,960
Speaker 3: one of the most spectacular knockouts in women's MMA history.

1671
01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:03,200
Speaker 3: And then, dude, she as much as Islam Mahachev dominated

1672
01:20:03,800 --> 01:20:07,800
Speaker 3: Charles Olivera, I know, different, different different strokes, but the

1673
01:20:07,880 --> 01:20:10,519
Speaker 3: same level of donomans Young Jung Wayley did to win

1674
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:14,040
Speaker 3: back her title against Carla Asparza, the two time champion

1675
01:20:14,080 --> 01:20:16,840
Speaker 3: who's no slouch yourself. I mean, dude, she kicked the

1676
01:20:17,040 --> 01:20:18,559
Speaker 3: crap out of her and beat her at her own

1677
01:20:18,600 --> 01:20:22,439
Speaker 3: game and dominantly submitted her. She's in this discussion, dude,

1678
01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:26,280
Speaker 3: hell yeah, and she's at the she has figured out

1679
01:20:26,360 --> 01:20:29,040
Speaker 3: after that title loss how to get better, and we

1680
01:20:29,200 --> 01:20:30,519
Speaker 3: may not have actually seen the best of her. I

1681
01:20:30,600 --> 01:20:33,320
Speaker 3: know she's not young, Luke, but she's like rounding out

1682
01:20:33,439 --> 01:20:35,760
Speaker 3: the potential holes in her game at a rapid level.

1683
01:20:36,120 --> 01:20:38,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exactly it. I mean, she just appears to

1684
01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:45,160
Speaker 2: be capable of growth in ways that you didn't think possible. Tremendous,

1685
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:48,360
Speaker 2: tremendous year. I think she would probably be top three

1686
01:20:48,439 --> 01:20:50,120
Speaker 2: on anyone's list here for this one.

1687
01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:55,559
Speaker 3: Five Strong Canadas and the winner is dude, it's Poeton,

1688
01:20:55,680 --> 01:20:57,880
Speaker 3: It's Alex Padeda. I don't think I have to explain that.

1689
01:20:58,160 --> 01:20:59,200
Speaker 3: You get it, all right.

1690
01:21:00,600 --> 01:21:02,559
Speaker 2: I think Volkanowski has a good case for it too.

1691
01:21:02,680 --> 01:21:06,519
Speaker 2: But but Aida just bull dozing the division in the

1692
01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:09,639
Speaker 2: way that he did and then having to like really

1693
01:21:09,760 --> 01:21:12,120
Speaker 2: rescue his chances in the fight against Izzy. I mean

1694
01:21:12,160 --> 01:21:13,880
Speaker 2: he did have to rescue himself a little bit there

1695
01:21:14,280 --> 01:21:16,599
Speaker 2: and then to do it in the fifth Like I mean,

1696
01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:20,360
Speaker 2: it's just very very special, fighter, very special.

1697
01:21:20,920 --> 01:21:24,200
Speaker 3: If he hadn't had that third victory over Bruno Silva

1698
01:21:24,240 --> 01:21:25,840
Speaker 3: and by the way, he's only been in the UFC,

1699
01:21:26,000 --> 01:21:29,240
Speaker 3: this guy potan for like you know, not even a year, right, Uh,

1700
01:21:29,320 --> 01:21:32,000
Speaker 3: If he hadn't had the if you didn't have the

1701
01:21:32,040 --> 01:21:34,600
Speaker 3: third one? Would he be uh would it be Volkanowski

1702
01:21:34,600 --> 01:21:35,000
Speaker 3: in your eyes?

1703
01:21:35,160 --> 01:21:39,000
Speaker 2: Yes? Yes, okay, still be Volkanowski.

1704
01:21:39,720 --> 01:21:42,600
Speaker 3: Quick honorable mentions I wanted to hit was Francis and

1705
01:21:42,640 --> 01:21:45,400
Speaker 3: Ghano one win, but you know it might be the

1706
01:21:45,479 --> 01:21:48,960
Speaker 3: best win of the year over Cyril Gone for those circumstances.

1707
01:21:49,680 --> 01:21:52,519
Speaker 3: How about obviously, uh, Leon Edwards had a very big

1708
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:55,960
Speaker 3: moment and year to become the Wealth Away Champion anatotally

1709
01:21:56,479 --> 01:22:00,160
Speaker 3: Malikan Mellikin of one championship. Luke that tank right, two

1710
01:22:00,160 --> 01:22:05,680
Speaker 3: division champions. Let's give love to him and dude Demetrius

1711
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:08,320
Speaker 3: Johnson Mighty Mouse. We had a fun little game there

1712
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:10,680
Speaker 3: with Rod Tang that we all tuned in for. But

1713
01:22:10,800 --> 01:22:13,120
Speaker 3: then he went back in and avenged his knockout title

1714
01:22:13,200 --> 01:22:16,479
Speaker 3: loss against Adriana Morish. And the trilogy is going to

1715
01:22:16,560 --> 01:22:19,519
Speaker 3: be one's first card in the US next year in Colorado.

1716
01:22:19,680 --> 01:22:23,120
Speaker 3: So big years all around, and there's probably a few others.

1717
01:22:23,160 --> 01:22:25,880
Speaker 3: I'm forgetting, Luke, but it's not you know, you guys

1718
01:22:25,920 --> 01:22:28,439
Speaker 3: can put them on your award show. Then okay, all right,

1719
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:32,760
Speaker 3: we've got two categories to go, Luke. And you're hang

1720
01:22:32,840 --> 01:22:35,160
Speaker 3: You're hanging strong and I'm proud of you. Okay, actually three,

1721
01:22:35,240 --> 01:22:37,559
Speaker 3: I gotta I got a final bonus category all right

1722
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:47,599
Speaker 3: here it is Luke Donk of the Year. Luke, how

1723
01:22:47,640 --> 01:22:50,840
Speaker 3: would you form a criteria for what would make a

1724
01:22:50,920 --> 01:22:53,160
Speaker 3: Donk of the year, remembering that two years ago it

1725
01:22:53,280 --> 01:22:58,160
Speaker 3: was webscream Christo's Christophoros from Greece living in Italy. And also,

1726
01:22:58,240 --> 01:23:02,400
Speaker 3: don't forget Stockton, California's own Damien the Donk last year,

1727
01:23:02,960 --> 01:23:05,960
Speaker 3: even though I mean, is he in witness protection? I

1728
01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:07,160
Speaker 3: haven't heard from him at.

1729
01:23:07,080 --> 01:23:10,280
Speaker 2: All, so he's probably in jail or the bottom of

1730
01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:11,480
Speaker 2: a river somewhere.

1731
01:23:11,400 --> 01:23:13,320
Speaker 3: I hope not. He's a very nice guy. He's got

1732
01:23:13,360 --> 01:23:16,080
Speaker 3: a son. Shout out to Damien the Dunks. Despite this,

1733
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:18,880
Speaker 3: the tattoos of death all over him, including he has

1734
01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:20,760
Speaker 3: morning Combat on him. So maybe that was a bad

1735
01:23:20,800 --> 01:23:23,000
Speaker 3: omen for our show's future, Luke or his own, I

1736
01:23:23,080 --> 01:23:25,880
Speaker 3: don't know. But what makes a Donk of the year?

1737
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:27,760
Speaker 3: Because you don't care about this to be fair like

1738
01:23:27,880 --> 01:23:28,240
Speaker 3: at all?

1739
01:23:28,439 --> 01:23:31,519
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I would say my criteria is who has

1740
01:23:31,600 --> 01:23:35,200
Speaker 2: been dming BC the most? That would probably be the

1741
01:23:35,360 --> 01:23:36,480
Speaker 2: number one criteria.

1742
01:23:37,520 --> 01:23:40,439
Speaker 3: We have so many great fans who not only like

1743
01:23:40,640 --> 01:23:43,240
Speaker 3: live you know, live and die for this show in

1744
01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:45,920
Speaker 3: ways I never imagine in terms of passion, with the

1745
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:48,240
Speaker 3: fact that we have so many talented and weird people

1746
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:51,720
Speaker 3: out there who love what we do, love love this thing,

1747
01:23:52,240 --> 01:23:55,519
Speaker 3: and are wheeling through fan submissions, through DMS from donks,

1748
01:23:55,560 --> 01:24:00,240
Speaker 3: through social media, through dead Run, through whatever to become

1749
01:24:00,320 --> 01:24:03,160
Speaker 3: a playable character. Luke, I mean, we got some characters

1750
01:24:03,240 --> 01:24:05,720
Speaker 3: on this game, you know what I mean. We got

1751
01:24:05,760 --> 01:24:08,120
Speaker 3: an interesting ballot though this year because people have stepped

1752
01:24:08,200 --> 01:24:11,760
Speaker 3: up fan subs to levels unseen before. We got to

1753
01:24:11,880 --> 01:24:13,920
Speaker 3: meet a lot of our fans at the Vegas Live show,

1754
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:16,439
Speaker 3: which was incredible and amazing, and people, dude, remember that

1755
01:24:16,479 --> 01:24:19,360
Speaker 3: guy that came from India. Luke forgot his name and

1756
01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:21,560
Speaker 3: he's like, yeah, I came from India. This is my

1757
01:24:21,640 --> 01:24:24,000
Speaker 3: vacation to come to come see you guys, Like, are

1758
01:24:24,040 --> 01:24:28,960
Speaker 3: you kidding me? People have sent us gifts the Paquette household.

1759
01:24:29,040 --> 01:24:31,800
Speaker 3: Luke is touring the globe with us, so thank you.

1760
01:24:32,080 --> 01:24:35,200
Speaker 3: Before we announced the nominees, thank you folks for being

1761
01:24:35,400 --> 01:24:39,680
Speaker 3: so rabid and active. And Luke, if that leads to

1762
01:24:39,800 --> 01:24:44,280
Speaker 3: our death one day, you know, it was worth it. Okay,

1763
01:24:44,600 --> 01:24:46,400
Speaker 3: it was worth it to be this close to you, folks.

1764
01:24:46,479 --> 01:24:50,599
Speaker 3: That doesn't mean that doesn't mean they can touch Luke

1765
01:24:50,640 --> 01:24:52,439
Speaker 3: at the live show in London. But here we go

1766
01:24:52,880 --> 01:24:55,840
Speaker 3: February eighth. By the way, you're Donk of the Year

1767
01:24:56,040 --> 01:25:00,560
Speaker 3: nominees Luke this first man. Somebody behind the scenes was

1768
01:25:00,600 --> 01:25:03,280
Speaker 3: fighting for this guy and they might be right. Who

1769
01:25:03,400 --> 01:25:06,639
Speaker 3: can forget what Alan w did this year. I don't

1770
01:25:06,680 --> 01:25:08,160
Speaker 3: know much about him. I don't know what he looks like,

1771
01:25:08,160 --> 01:25:10,599
Speaker 3: I don't know where he lives. But would you say

1772
01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:13,439
Speaker 3: his fan subs have spoken for themselves this year.

1773
01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, these are consistently excellent. I'm Lieutenant Day in there

1774
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:21,479
Speaker 2: with the forty. That's amazing.

1775
01:25:23,560 --> 01:25:26,040
Speaker 3: Shout out to Mikey Morms for for organizing all these

1776
01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:28,640
Speaker 3: look backs here and and Mikey Morms it was the

1777
01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:31,519
Speaker 3: guy who say ABC, you can't forget this man is

1778
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:34,160
Speaker 3: just consistently great at his craft.

1779
01:25:34,280 --> 01:25:35,720
Speaker 2: I mean, and look at this area of Hajwan. He

1780
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:38,200
Speaker 2: was busy, like on this other guy's poster. It's so good.

1781
01:25:38,640 --> 01:25:40,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's good, it's so good.

1782
01:25:42,760 --> 01:25:45,920
Speaker 2: I haven't I haven't vaped in days, in days.

1783
01:25:46,800 --> 01:25:51,640
Speaker 3: Maybe that's why you got COVID. Yeah, that's one of

1784
01:25:51,720 --> 01:25:53,880
Speaker 3: our nominees. Nominee number two Luke.

1785
01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:54,240
Speaker 4: Uh.

1786
01:25:54,360 --> 01:25:57,960
Speaker 3: He's been compared to such Hollywood legends and luminaries as

1787
01:25:58,000 --> 01:26:03,280
Speaker 3: Bill Cosby, Harvey Wines, Uh, doctor Larry Nasser. Luke. He's

1788
01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:06,639
Speaker 3: a teacher of the English language in the country of France.

1789
01:26:06,720 --> 01:26:08,960
Speaker 3: He's UK born and bred. And I love this guy.

1790
01:26:09,040 --> 01:26:12,560
Speaker 3: They call him Appy. It's David Appleton. And here's a

1791
01:26:12,600 --> 01:26:14,479
Speaker 3: little sampling. I believe we have a video of one

1792
01:26:14,479 --> 01:26:17,439
Speaker 3: of his finest submissions this year talking to his students.

1793
01:26:18,320 --> 01:26:21,479
Speaker 3: You guys, who is the American Alpha?

1794
01:26:22,280 --> 01:26:23,760
Speaker 2: Why do you.

1795
01:26:25,439 --> 01:26:29,680
Speaker 3: Guys, who is America's finest ex marine? There is no

1796
01:26:29,840 --> 01:26:36,920
Speaker 3: such as a next marine source? You guys?

1797
01:26:37,000 --> 01:26:44,640
Speaker 2: Engird hess A gas stations and he's obsessed.

1798
01:26:44,280 --> 01:26:46,160
Speaker 3: With Joe Luke. He's had a hell of a year.

1799
01:26:46,240 --> 01:26:49,880
Speaker 3: I mean, let's just watch Thomas. He can drink more

1800
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:51,960
Speaker 3: than fifty fucking beers.

1801
01:26:52,120 --> 01:26:56,840
Speaker 2: You know that he's not such a hero after three

1802
01:26:57,240 --> 01:27:05,559
Speaker 2: margets when you get the two ins, Judy this magic kidney.

1803
01:27:05,800 --> 01:27:14,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, David Appleton was consistent this year. He was hilarious. Luke.

1804
01:27:14,200 --> 01:27:18,200
Speaker 3: He claims that, first of all, he's already predicted that

1805
01:27:18,240 --> 01:27:20,080
Speaker 3: the selection will be rigged. But he claims that you know,

1806
01:27:20,360 --> 01:27:23,200
Speaker 3: he was Mikey shut Downald censored a lot of his videos.

1807
01:27:23,240 --> 01:27:25,080
Speaker 3: But Luke, you know, you do have to go to

1808
01:27:25,120 --> 01:27:27,280
Speaker 3: sleep at night and wonder if we're aiding and a

1809
01:27:27,360 --> 01:27:29,639
Speaker 3: betting a future criminal hair. But he makes me laugh.

1810
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:31,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was surprised. I didn't see his name in

1811
01:27:31,840 --> 01:27:35,200
Speaker 2: the roundup when the Romanian officials arrested Andrew Tate last night.

1812
01:27:36,479 --> 01:27:40,559
Speaker 3: Shout out to Appy. He gets us. I did tell him, Luke,

1813
01:27:40,600 --> 01:27:44,439
Speaker 3: if this ballot doesn't go his way, then maybe, you know,

1814
01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:46,680
Speaker 3: maybe we'll get you know, maybe we can blame it

1815
01:27:46,720 --> 01:27:49,040
Speaker 3: on the Russians and we'll get a Jan six attack

1816
01:27:49,120 --> 01:27:52,280
Speaker 3: this year on the Malcas steps in Jersey City to protest.

1817
01:27:52,360 --> 01:27:54,479
Speaker 3: But we'll see if he was one or lost. Here, Luke,

1818
01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:57,640
Speaker 3: this debate feels like it's gonna be Gore Bush in

1819
01:27:57,680 --> 01:27:59,880
Speaker 3: two thousand all over again. Luke, you know what I'm saying.

1820
01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:01,400
Speaker 3: It's a feeling. I feel like this is gonna be

1821
01:28:01,400 --> 01:28:04,720
Speaker 3: a close vote this year. Would would you say Gore

1822
01:28:04,920 --> 01:28:07,200
Speaker 3: Bush is a great way to describe your college, uh

1823
01:28:07,920 --> 01:28:10,240
Speaker 3: sex life, Luke, let's keep it going here.

1824
01:28:10,640 --> 01:28:11,960
Speaker 2: I don't even know what that means.

1825
01:28:12,680 --> 01:28:15,680
Speaker 3: Nominee number three comes to us from Mount Unike and

1826
01:28:15,800 --> 01:28:18,519
Speaker 3: Nova Scotia Mount Uniac, and I did want to shout

1827
01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:20,519
Speaker 3: out of course, his lovely wife Dawn, who's a big

1828
01:28:20,600 --> 01:28:27,479
Speaker 3: part of J. Piquette's fan submissions. His creativity. We've seen

1829
01:28:27,640 --> 01:28:33,000
Speaker 3: videos from him, Luke. He created just I mean incredible, incredible,

1830
01:28:33,160 --> 01:28:36,960
Speaker 3: uh you know, gifts for us here and is living

1831
01:28:37,479 --> 01:28:41,200
Speaker 3: the Morning Combat brand in lifestyle. What can you say

1832
01:28:41,240 --> 01:28:43,799
Speaker 3: about the campaign put forth by J Piquette?

1833
01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:50,920
Speaker 2: He probably likes this show more than I do, right,

1834
01:28:51,040 --> 01:28:53,439
Speaker 2: I mean, this dude lives and breathes this show in

1835
01:28:53,479 --> 01:28:54,479
Speaker 2: a way even I do not.

1836
01:28:55,320 --> 01:28:57,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, he gets us, Luke. Okay, I mean

1837
01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:00,400
Speaker 3: he may get our organs one day too. But you know,

1838
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:02,400
Speaker 3: I think, you know, I mean, it looks like a

1839
01:29:02,439 --> 01:29:05,160
Speaker 3: great guy, Luke, and I do love you know, his

1840
01:29:05,280 --> 01:29:08,160
Speaker 3: wife's inclusion lately and taking MK around the globe for

1841
01:29:08,200 --> 01:29:11,120
Speaker 3: her job and helping Jay out here. Look, they seem

1842
01:29:11,240 --> 01:29:13,479
Speaker 3: like great people and they're you know, like Bill and

1843
01:29:13,560 --> 01:29:15,280
Speaker 3: Jen and the RV back in the day, Luke. They

1844
01:29:15,320 --> 01:29:17,280
Speaker 3: feel like there are type of people so love to

1845
01:29:17,320 --> 01:29:20,599
Speaker 3: see this. Jay Piquette had a huge year. Nominee number four.

1846
01:29:21,720 --> 01:29:24,240
Speaker 3: How about Little Anthony? He's the fake sal Wool from

1847
01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:27,320
Speaker 3: the live show, Luke, but Anthony and his lovely bride

1848
01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:28,960
Speaker 3: there or maybe it's soon to be bright. I'm trying

1849
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:30,240
Speaker 3: to get an update where they are in their life.

1850
01:29:30,640 --> 01:29:35,120
Speaker 3: Little Anthony has taken m K everywhere with him, from

1851
01:29:35,200 --> 01:29:38,000
Speaker 3: his engagement to wedding to our live show and where

1852
01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:40,800
Speaker 3: he told us Luke, they want to give birth with

1853
01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:44,240
Speaker 3: MK there with like merch on for their first child.

1854
01:29:44,320 --> 01:29:47,240
Speaker 3: And you know that's probably poor parenting. But could you

1855
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:50,200
Speaker 3: find a more humble, happy couple here who we met

1856
01:29:50,200 --> 01:29:52,800
Speaker 3: in person here, who love our show and have been

1857
01:29:52,880 --> 01:29:55,040
Speaker 3: a key contributors to to what we do in the

1858
01:29:55,080 --> 01:29:55,719
Speaker 3: fan interaction.

1859
01:29:56,160 --> 01:30:00,040
Speaker 2: No, this is pretty great. This is uh the this

1860
01:30:00,280 --> 01:30:03,840
Speaker 2: is well, this is what human happiness I think is

1861
01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:06,320
Speaker 2: supposed to look like. I'm not entirely certain.

1862
01:30:07,760 --> 01:30:11,160
Speaker 3: It was just with MK as your main focal point there.

1863
01:30:11,720 --> 01:30:14,200
Speaker 3: Thank you guys. And there's a lot of husband wife

1864
01:30:14,240 --> 01:30:16,560
Speaker 3: duo's out there that we love and deal with, but

1865
01:30:16,920 --> 01:30:19,479
Speaker 3: this is one of our favorites. And number five, dude,

1866
01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:22,439
Speaker 3: you cannot have a Donk of the Year discussion without

1867
01:30:22,600 --> 01:30:25,439
Speaker 3: Christian Deguero, who came up to me in the receiving

1868
01:30:25,479 --> 01:30:27,599
Speaker 3: line on our Veiggas live show in the summer, told

1869
01:30:27,680 --> 01:30:30,240
Speaker 3: me he was an amateur MMA fighter. We talked about

1870
01:30:30,280 --> 01:30:32,439
Speaker 3: his future and you know, encouraged him and he was

1871
01:30:32,479 --> 01:30:35,560
Speaker 3: a cool dude. And then he went out trained with

1872
01:30:35,640 --> 01:30:39,599
Speaker 3: Tony Ferguson wearing our merch and then had an amateur

1873
01:30:39,720 --> 01:30:42,799
Speaker 3: fight in which he put our logo on his balls

1874
01:30:43,439 --> 01:30:46,320
Speaker 3: and he went out there and won it. Oscar Willis

1875
01:30:46,400 --> 01:30:50,280
Speaker 3: style e Casey Leyden's style only, Luke. He's a legit,

1876
01:30:50,479 --> 01:30:52,840
Speaker 3: like young expiring fighter here. Not that those guys aren't.

1877
01:30:52,840 --> 01:30:55,320
Speaker 3: Their journalists turned tough guys, and I give them a

1878
01:30:55,360 --> 01:30:57,639
Speaker 3: lot of credit, but dude, he went above and beyond

1879
01:30:57,680 --> 01:30:59,519
Speaker 3: for the brand. I'm a big fan of this kid.

1880
01:31:00,520 --> 01:31:02,640
Speaker 2: He's amazing and he looks like he might become a

1881
01:31:02,720 --> 01:31:04,640
Speaker 2: legitimate talent at some point. We'll have to see, but

1882
01:31:05,479 --> 01:31:08,600
Speaker 2: I really appreciate his support and I'm so delighted to

1883
01:31:08,680 --> 01:31:12,240
Speaker 2: have it. And please keep giving us free publicity.

1884
01:31:12,720 --> 01:31:14,479
Speaker 3: Yeah, and we'd love to corner you one day, coach

1885
01:31:14,560 --> 01:31:17,800
Speaker 3: Lotory style with the dock cams there, you know, like, yeah,

1886
01:31:18,120 --> 01:31:19,800
Speaker 3: when we fill out the commission report, he'll be like,

1887
01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:21,759
Speaker 3: there's gonna be a red haired man with a camera

1888
01:31:22,120 --> 01:31:25,000
Speaker 3: that's gonna named Jake, that's gonna follow us everywhere. Yeah,

1889
01:31:25,080 --> 01:31:28,679
Speaker 3: there you go. Five nominees, Luke and I know, dude,

1890
01:31:28,720 --> 01:31:31,679
Speaker 3: I almost want to mention the honorable mentions now because

1891
01:31:32,360 --> 01:31:34,240
Speaker 3: there's so many people that this could go to and

1892
01:31:34,320 --> 01:31:36,760
Speaker 3: it's not a popularity contest, but it is, but it's not.

1893
01:31:37,240 --> 01:31:39,680
Speaker 3: People are creative. We love them, They're consistent. They've made

1894
01:31:39,720 --> 01:31:43,320
Speaker 3: our show a part of their lives. I want to

1895
01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:46,240
Speaker 3: shout out before we announce the winner, everyone from Danger

1896
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:49,800
Speaker 3: Mouse to Russell Ingram from Georgia. Lukey remember him as

1897
01:31:49,880 --> 01:31:53,080
Speaker 3: the Elvis shotgun wedding guy and him beautiful wife Heather.

1898
01:31:53,200 --> 01:31:56,519
Speaker 3: They've they've gone to your locations in Georgia and punch

1899
01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:58,920
Speaker 3: Drunk Pete challenged you to a drink off at the

1900
01:31:58,960 --> 01:32:00,559
Speaker 3: live show and has been a big part of our

1901
01:32:00,920 --> 01:32:04,960
Speaker 3: boxing fandom. Doctor Mike and his tattooed wife, the real Soul,

1902
01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:08,559
Speaker 3: Luke Gregory d you know that Jan Sixer who drives

1903
01:32:08,600 --> 01:32:11,920
Speaker 3: that truck with the beard, the Powerlifter. He loves us, Luke. Uh,

1904
01:32:13,439 --> 01:32:16,000
Speaker 3: how about you know Melissa loves Nachos who came through

1905
01:32:16,000 --> 01:32:17,400
Speaker 3: our live show and it's a big part of what

1906
01:32:17,479 --> 01:32:21,040
Speaker 3: we do. Nicola from Scotland I believe Luke, who's spend

1907
01:32:21,160 --> 01:32:23,360
Speaker 3: ill lately, but she's a big fan of us. We're

1908
01:32:23,360 --> 01:32:26,800
Speaker 3: a big I did mention him and you know he

1909
01:32:27,280 --> 01:32:29,240
Speaker 3: he was coming on for a lot of this year, Luke,

1910
01:32:29,240 --> 01:32:30,800
Speaker 3: and I think he's gonna be very unhappy with us,

1911
01:32:30,840 --> 01:32:33,280
Speaker 3: And it sucks that. You know, in a large family,

1912
01:32:33,320 --> 01:32:34,760
Speaker 3: you do have to look at your children and say,

1913
01:32:34,800 --> 01:32:37,320
Speaker 3: I love you all, but just not the same yet.

1914
01:32:38,680 --> 01:32:40,920
Speaker 2: Yet. I like Danger Mouse. He gives us good she

1915
01:32:41,080 --> 01:32:42,599
Speaker 2: gives us great Wednesday stuff.

1916
01:32:42,680 --> 01:32:44,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, this may be the biggest uh. You know, if

1917
01:32:44,439 --> 01:32:47,080
Speaker 3: we can extend to a six nominee, then Danger Mouse

1918
01:32:47,160 --> 01:32:49,519
Speaker 3: is in this as well so many others. We love

1919
01:32:49,600 --> 01:32:51,360
Speaker 3: you and thank you. But Luke, this felt like a

1920
01:32:51,400 --> 01:32:55,160
Speaker 3: two horse race, It really did, between David Appleton and

1921
01:32:55,439 --> 01:33:01,760
Speaker 3: Jay Piquette. And you know how much I hate like

1922
01:33:01,840 --> 01:33:04,320
Speaker 3: the kiss the sister idea, like I want to see

1923
01:33:04,320 --> 01:33:06,559
Speaker 3: what I'd rather see these guys fight to the death

1924
01:33:06,600 --> 01:33:09,280
Speaker 3: at our live show in London on February eighth, which

1925
01:33:09,280 --> 01:33:10,920
Speaker 3: I think they're both going to by the way, which

1926
01:33:11,000 --> 01:33:13,960
Speaker 3: is mind blowing to me. But you know, under insurance laws,

1927
01:33:14,000 --> 01:33:17,240
Speaker 3: we couldn't have that. Do they have to what do

1928
01:33:17,320 --> 01:33:19,760
Speaker 3: they have to do? To separate this. I don't know, Luke.

1929
01:33:20,600 --> 01:33:23,320
Speaker 3: David Appleton had a great finish to the year. Jacob

1930
01:33:23,360 --> 01:33:25,320
Speaker 3: Keat's been there every day, every step of the way.

1931
01:33:26,240 --> 01:33:28,840
Speaker 3: They're both brilliant. They're kind of like the the the

1932
01:33:29,280 --> 01:33:31,799
Speaker 3: Devil and the and the Angel on our MK shoulders

1933
01:33:31,840 --> 01:33:35,040
Speaker 3: here for twenty twenty two. I don't know if I

1934
01:33:35,080 --> 01:33:37,840
Speaker 3: can break this tie. As I stand right now, your

1935
01:33:37,920 --> 01:33:44,400
Speaker 3: code Donks of the Year David Appleton and JP do

1936
01:33:44,520 --> 01:33:47,000
Speaker 3: we live with that? Are you okay with that? Luke?

1937
01:33:47,200 --> 01:33:47,800
Speaker 3: I mean they are.

1938
01:33:48,000 --> 01:33:49,519
Speaker 2: I think I think I think we have to. I

1939
01:33:49,560 --> 01:33:52,280
Speaker 2: think we have to. There's no clear way to separate them.

1940
01:33:53,160 --> 01:33:55,600
Speaker 2: And you know.

1941
01:33:57,680 --> 01:34:00,519
Speaker 3: Me, you know how sometimes it gets down to like

1942
01:34:00,600 --> 01:34:02,720
Speaker 3: two people in a competition and they go, hey, how

1943
01:34:02,760 --> 01:34:04,360
Speaker 3: about we take a tie and we split the money.

1944
01:34:05,000 --> 01:34:06,560
Speaker 3: Do you think they'd be willing to go in the

1945
01:34:06,720 --> 01:34:10,240
Speaker 3: history books to be in our family tree as Hall

1946
01:34:10,280 --> 01:34:12,080
Speaker 3: of Fame fans who have won Donk of the Year

1947
01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:14,200
Speaker 3: or do you think they want to do some type

1948
01:34:14,200 --> 01:34:15,640
Speaker 3: of competition, Luke to decide that.

1949
01:34:16,680 --> 01:34:18,560
Speaker 2: I think you want them to do a competition to

1950
01:34:18,640 --> 01:34:19,080
Speaker 2: decide that.

1951
01:34:20,120 --> 01:34:22,600
Speaker 3: Either way, as we stand right now, heading into our

1952
01:34:22,680 --> 01:34:25,639
Speaker 3: live show February eighth. You'r Donk of the Air twenty

1953
01:34:25,680 --> 01:34:27,599
Speaker 3: twenty two, and we thank you guys so much. It's

1954
01:34:27,680 --> 01:34:31,960
Speaker 3: a tie. David A and Jay Poquette, thank you to

1955
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:32,639
Speaker 3: all our fans.

1956
01:34:32,680 --> 01:34:32,840
Speaker 4: Here.

1957
01:34:32,960 --> 01:34:38,720
Speaker 3: Our final formal award is Morning Kombat Moment of the Year. Look,

1958
01:34:38,760 --> 01:34:40,599
Speaker 3: we've had some great ones through the years. Of course,

1959
01:34:40,640 --> 01:34:42,719
Speaker 3: you remember that live show for poor y A McGregor

1960
01:34:43,360 --> 01:34:45,439
Speaker 3: where you did the war cry and we drank out

1961
01:34:45,439 --> 01:34:47,240
Speaker 3: of a shoe. I mean, we've had some great moments here,

1962
01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:49,360
Speaker 3: but you had to narrow it down to five at

1963
01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:52,120
Speaker 3: the end of the day. We have videos to remember.

1964
01:34:52,200 --> 01:34:55,880
Speaker 3: Here are our top five nominees for MK Morningcombat Moment

1965
01:34:56,040 --> 01:34:59,920
Speaker 3: of the Year. Nominee number one. Hey, it's very recent.

1966
01:35:00,080 --> 01:35:03,920
Speaker 3: It took place in cd Norwich, Connecticut, in a motel basement.

1967
01:35:04,920 --> 01:35:06,920
Speaker 3: We were there on the scene to interview Bella Tour

1968
01:35:06,960 --> 01:35:09,479
Speaker 3: fighters and give you Morning Combat. We gave you a

1969
01:35:09,520 --> 01:35:14,640
Speaker 3: little bit more, Luke. They thought I was a swallower, but.

1970
01:35:18,560 --> 01:35:19,040
Speaker 2: I wasn't.

1971
01:35:19,560 --> 01:35:23,080
Speaker 3: We might as well just bang to the Patreon.

1972
01:35:23,360 --> 01:35:26,800
Speaker 2: Luke and Bryant have sex, all right, let me switch.

1973
01:35:35,720 --> 01:35:40,240
Speaker 2: Oh did you just pray animal?

1974
01:35:40,600 --> 01:35:49,639
Speaker 3: Oh my god? All right, let me switch. Luke Thomas,

1975
01:35:49,760 --> 01:35:50,240
Speaker 3: your thoughts.

1976
01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:57,200
Speaker 2: Just watching you short circuit and then explode is fucking hilarious.

1977
01:35:57,880 --> 01:36:00,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was a pure moment. I think you know

1978
01:36:00,160 --> 01:36:02,920
Speaker 3: what people liked about that moment that the pure, the

1979
01:36:03,000 --> 01:36:04,240
Speaker 3: real Luke Thomas came out.

1980
01:36:05,640 --> 01:36:07,360
Speaker 2: I don't know why people are so worried about what

1981
01:36:07,439 --> 01:36:10,439
Speaker 2: the real version is of me. I don't even know

1982
01:36:10,479 --> 01:36:11,719
Speaker 2: what that means anymore.

1983
01:36:11,840 --> 01:36:17,519
Speaker 3: You know, you're multifaceted, Luke. Okay, yeah, yeah, nominee number two. Hey,

1984
01:36:17,600 --> 01:36:20,799
Speaker 3: let's not forget we had a very decorated year awards wise.

1985
01:36:21,360 --> 01:36:23,639
Speaker 3: But do you remember when the first year the inaugural

1986
01:36:23,720 --> 01:36:26,639
Speaker 3: sports podcast group out of England. Yes, the same folks

1987
01:36:26,800 --> 01:36:29,120
Speaker 3: who will be putting on the pod Live Podcast Festival

1988
01:36:29,160 --> 01:36:31,800
Speaker 3: February eighth at King's Place in London. We'll be there.

1989
01:36:32,000 --> 01:36:35,600
Speaker 3: More on that later, but Luke, they named us not

1990
01:36:35,920 --> 01:36:40,760
Speaker 3: just combat sports podcast of the Year. Let's go back

1991
01:36:40,800 --> 01:36:42,760
Speaker 3: to this little video that was put together where we

1992
01:36:42,880 --> 01:36:45,160
Speaker 3: found out in the moment what else we want? We

1993
01:36:45,320 --> 01:36:49,360
Speaker 3: have to announce the overall sports podcast of the Year.

1994
01:36:49,600 --> 01:36:52,120
Speaker 5: Yes, so, out of all of the winners you heard

1995
01:36:52,160 --> 01:36:55,800
Speaker 5: from today, our Superstar Advisory Board got together to crown

1996
01:36:55,920 --> 01:36:59,800
Speaker 5: the overall winner the winners winner the best of the

1997
01:37:00,680 --> 01:37:04,360
Speaker 5: It gives us great pleasure to announce the Sports podcast

1998
01:37:04,640 --> 01:37:08,240
Speaker 5: of the Year, Morning Combat.

1999
01:37:08,479 --> 01:37:10,759
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, let's chat with the winners.

2000
01:37:11,600 --> 01:37:11,880
Speaker 3: Guys.

2001
01:37:11,920 --> 01:37:13,439
Speaker 5: I have a little bit of news for you. It's

2002
01:37:13,479 --> 01:37:17,760
Speaker 5: actually breaking news. So a little surprise here. Morning Combat

2003
01:37:18,520 --> 01:37:25,120
Speaker 5: has won Sports Podcast of the Year. Congratulations worts podcast

2004
01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:27,160
Speaker 5: Sports Podcast.

2005
01:37:26,840 --> 01:37:27,240
Speaker 4: Of the Year.

2006
01:37:28,160 --> 01:37:38,200
Speaker 3: What yeah, Luke? That was people want the real Luke Thomas.

2007
01:37:38,600 --> 01:37:41,800
Speaker 3: We didn't know about this. We found out at that

2008
01:37:41,920 --> 01:37:43,800
Speaker 3: exact second. I didn't even know they were gonna do

2009
01:37:43,880 --> 01:37:45,960
Speaker 3: a best Sports Podcast of the Year. We won the

2010
01:37:46,000 --> 01:37:49,000
Speaker 3: Combat category. Thank you very much. We appreciate you. And

2011
01:37:49,120 --> 01:37:51,280
Speaker 3: while we would go on to duplicate the same honor

2012
01:37:51,400 --> 01:37:54,120
Speaker 3: from the People's Choice Podcast Awards because our fans are

2013
01:37:54,160 --> 01:37:56,559
Speaker 3: so great, dude, that felt like a moment. We got

2014
01:37:56,640 --> 01:38:00,720
Speaker 3: billboards in Liverpool and London they named the best and

2015
01:38:00,800 --> 01:38:03,240
Speaker 3: that wasn't fan voting. We got fan voting to get there.

2016
01:38:03,600 --> 01:38:06,120
Speaker 3: But their advisory board, who were like execs at like

2017
01:38:06,280 --> 01:38:10,360
Speaker 3: Facebook and major sports TV networks, were like, oh yeah,

2018
01:38:10,400 --> 01:38:12,720
Speaker 3: that one right there, that's the best sports podcast that

2019
01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:13,920
Speaker 3: we have going in the world.

2020
01:38:14,840 --> 01:38:17,559
Speaker 2: I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. I mean,

2021
01:38:17,640 --> 01:38:20,360
Speaker 2: it is very mk to be self congratulatory in this way,

2022
01:38:20,439 --> 01:38:22,920
Speaker 2: but yeah, nevertheless, it was a big moment for us,

2023
01:38:22,960 --> 01:38:24,960
Speaker 2: and I was we were legitimately shocked. We didn't know

2024
01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:25,519
Speaker 2: that was coming.

2025
01:38:26,320 --> 01:38:29,240
Speaker 3: Shout out to the sports podcast group and as we mentioned, Luke,

2026
01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:32,519
Speaker 3: We're not going February eighth in London without like all

2027
01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:35,560
Speaker 3: this craziness happening and our fans got us to this

2028
01:38:35,720 --> 01:38:38,000
Speaker 3: point and we hopefully are going to put on a

2029
01:38:38,040 --> 01:38:40,120
Speaker 3: great show February eighth with some special guests for all

2030
01:38:40,160 --> 01:38:42,280
Speaker 3: of our fans in the UK, Ireland and beyond who

2031
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:44,200
Speaker 3: are making the journey, all those who are making the

2032
01:38:44,280 --> 01:38:47,479
Speaker 3: journey from Mount Unike too. I mean, wow, I mean

2033
01:38:47,560 --> 01:38:49,599
Speaker 3: we can't you know, just to look at the chain

2034
01:38:49,720 --> 01:38:52,040
Speaker 3: reaction of events that happened here, right. You know, we

2035
01:38:52,120 --> 01:38:54,160
Speaker 3: did the live show in Vegas and was fantastic, but

2036
01:38:54,720 --> 01:38:56,320
Speaker 3: we also are going to go do one in the

2037
01:38:56,439 --> 01:38:58,599
Speaker 3: UK and it's because of that moment. Wow.

2038
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:02,000
Speaker 2: What was that dash live dot com to get tickets?

2039
01:39:02,360 --> 01:39:04,599
Speaker 3: Do you remember the names she works with the NFL network?

2040
01:39:04,640 --> 01:39:06,400
Speaker 3: Who was that that interviewed us there?

2041
01:39:06,800 --> 01:39:09,360
Speaker 2: Oh I forget, I forget, Yeah I did too.

2042
01:39:09,560 --> 01:39:12,320
Speaker 3: Now I feel like a bad person. But final plug

2043
01:39:12,360 --> 01:39:14,679
Speaker 3: there you can get your tickets on that QR code

2044
01:39:14,720 --> 01:39:16,000
Speaker 3: that you just saw on the bottom of the screen.

2045
01:39:16,080 --> 01:39:18,439
Speaker 3: There King's Place in London, February. I don't miss it,

2046
01:39:18,960 --> 01:39:23,679
Speaker 3: number three, Luke. They call this to this day three

2047
01:39:23,760 --> 01:39:26,360
Speaker 3: in US three plus years into this the greatest episode

2048
01:39:26,400 --> 01:39:30,120
Speaker 3: in Morning Combat history. It came in Jersey City and

2049
01:39:30,200 --> 01:39:33,160
Speaker 3: it's well known mostly for two incredible back to back moments.

2050
01:39:33,240 --> 01:39:33,960
Speaker 3: Let's relive them.

2051
01:39:35,840 --> 01:39:38,519
Speaker 2: Inside the mk C. Hell, yeah, how do you think

2052
01:39:38,560 --> 01:39:42,320
Speaker 2: about what to shoot? What is important? What is not important?

2053
01:39:42,520 --> 01:39:44,160
Speaker 4: Well, I think it's important. We take a step back

2054
01:39:44,200 --> 01:39:46,599
Speaker 4: to realize, why are you talking like this? I don't

2055
01:39:46,640 --> 01:39:50,800
Speaker 4: know what he's talking about, honestly. So I was on

2056
01:39:50,920 --> 01:39:54,000
Speaker 4: holiday one day in Lithuania and I saw a billboard

2057
01:39:54,920 --> 01:39:57,479
Speaker 4: and on the billboard was a picture of Brian Campbell.

2058
01:39:57,560 --> 01:40:00,360
Speaker 4: And after doing some research, I found the show Morning

2059
01:40:00,439 --> 01:40:00,960
Speaker 4: Combat and.

2060
01:40:01,120 --> 01:40:04,599
Speaker 2: I really am hoping for incanto karaoke.

2061
01:40:04,760 --> 01:40:06,479
Speaker 3: There's the way this ends normal and there's a way

2062
01:40:06,560 --> 01:40:08,240
Speaker 3: this ends absurd, Luke, Let's see which one is.

2063
01:40:08,439 --> 01:40:12,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, the way we don't talk o bo Bruno no

2064
01:40:13,360 --> 01:40:18,760
Speaker 2: no no, no, seabla de brun no. Here we go, Hey,

2065
01:40:19,040 --> 01:40:21,080
Speaker 2: go to living fear of Bruno suttering and stumbling. I

2066
01:40:21,120 --> 01:40:23,600
Speaker 2: can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling. I

2067
01:40:23,720 --> 01:40:27,360
Speaker 2: also seen him with the sound of falling sand Tata tatar.

2068
01:40:28,320 --> 01:40:30,520
Speaker 2: It's a heavy left where the gift so humbling.

2069
01:40:33,920 --> 01:40:36,519
Speaker 3: Uh, Luke. I don't remember the date or the episode number.

2070
01:40:36,520 --> 01:40:38,040
Speaker 3: You could see the prep I've done for this show,

2071
01:40:38,120 --> 01:40:40,439
Speaker 3: but that felt like a special day. Dude. How about

2072
01:40:40,479 --> 01:40:42,759
Speaker 3: Jake von Amsterdam in that moment, Dude, he just became.

2073
01:40:43,240 --> 01:40:45,400
Speaker 3: He just became a character in front of our eyes.

2074
01:40:45,720 --> 01:40:48,160
Speaker 2: I actually don't even like the Jake von Amsterdam bit.

2075
01:40:48,240 --> 01:40:51,679
Speaker 2: I think it's a stupid bit, but people seem.

2076
01:40:51,520 --> 01:40:54,400
Speaker 3: To love it, so it just lives on episode two

2077
01:40:54,560 --> 01:40:57,519
Speaker 3: seventy seven, Mike. He says in our in our history there,

2078
01:40:57,760 --> 01:41:00,160
Speaker 3: it's been called the best episode we've ever done. It's

2079
01:41:00,160 --> 01:41:02,559
Speaker 3: a special energy in the room that day. It felt

2080
01:41:02,680 --> 01:41:04,280
Speaker 3: very Belatore Dublin, didn't it, Luke.

2081
01:41:06,439 --> 01:41:08,040
Speaker 2: It's a good example of what we can do when

2082
01:41:08,080 --> 01:41:09,160
Speaker 2: we're in studio more.

2083
01:41:09,200 --> 01:41:12,120
Speaker 3: All right, speaking of the studio, nominee number four for

2084
01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:14,080
Speaker 3: him came home end of the year. Also came to

2085
01:41:14,160 --> 01:41:17,559
Speaker 3: the studio because one of us showed up on time. Yeah,

2086
01:41:18,120 --> 01:41:21,080
Speaker 3: who could forget this if we go live right now.

2087
01:41:22,640 --> 01:41:27,719
Speaker 3: Thank you, sir, there is Luke Thomas. Morning call, mister Thomas,

2088
01:41:27,720 --> 01:41:29,360
Speaker 3: and you for the He's certainly.

2089
01:41:29,120 --> 01:41:31,880
Speaker 2: For sure blame Amtrak, motherfucker. I was at my train

2090
01:41:31,960 --> 01:41:33,679
Speaker 2: on time. What happened?

2091
01:41:34,280 --> 01:41:34,439
Speaker 4: Uh?

2092
01:41:34,960 --> 01:41:38,120
Speaker 2: Trains doors, wooden close to switch train.

2093
01:41:39,960 --> 01:41:46,240
Speaker 3: Studios, the four year, the well, the well holiday decoration,

2094
01:41:46,360 --> 01:41:51,800
Speaker 3: and your SAME's believes he's stepping into a fun funk trap.

2095
01:41:51,840 --> 01:41:53,040
Speaker 3: Shortly we'll see if that plays.

2096
01:41:55,840 --> 01:42:01,400
Speaker 2: Is it transmitting No, it's not. Holy shit, it's live

2097
01:42:01,439 --> 01:42:06,040
Speaker 2: all right, Well for I gotta get ready and shit,

2098
01:42:06,080 --> 01:42:07,439
Speaker 2: and I'm not just gonna walk in there. You gotta

2099
01:42:07,479 --> 01:42:08,360
Speaker 2: turn this motherfucker off.

2100
01:42:09,320 --> 01:42:12,720
Speaker 3: Award winning content that only Morning Combat can give you.

2101
01:42:18,320 --> 01:42:20,560
Speaker 2: Sort of point out. When you're late, it's because you

2102
01:42:20,800 --> 01:42:24,360
Speaker 2: drove in. You're responsible. If I'm taking the train, what

2103
01:42:24,560 --> 01:42:26,800
Speaker 2: can I possibly do? And I saw folks being like,

2104
01:42:27,120 --> 01:42:29,800
Speaker 2: get to the train earlier. There was no earlier train.

2105
01:42:30,000 --> 01:42:32,519
Speaker 2: They're like, take another train the next, let me finish

2106
01:42:32,720 --> 01:42:35,160
Speaker 2: the next train out doesn't get me there on time? Either,

2107
01:42:35,520 --> 01:42:39,040
Speaker 2: It was either that one or no one. Folks don't understand.

2108
01:42:39,080 --> 01:42:40,920
Speaker 2: I will do anything possible to make it on time.

2109
01:42:40,960 --> 01:42:42,600
Speaker 2: But if Amtrak foxed me. What can I do?

2110
01:42:43,800 --> 01:42:46,599
Speaker 3: This was poetic justice because that live show we did

2111
01:42:46,680 --> 01:42:48,920
Speaker 3: the drinking episode, you know, back on like New Year's

2112
01:42:48,960 --> 01:42:52,760
Speaker 3: Eve twenty nineteen. I drove an hour to the train station,

2113
01:42:52,880 --> 01:42:55,400
Speaker 3: as I always did back then in Bridgeport. The train

2114
01:42:55,640 --> 01:42:58,160
Speaker 3: was late. I got on it. There was a problem

2115
01:42:58,240 --> 01:43:01,320
Speaker 3: the train stopped that they had to fix the next stop.

2116
01:43:01,400 --> 01:43:03,800
Speaker 3: But the subway was late, like everything across the board

2117
01:43:03,960 --> 01:43:06,640
Speaker 3: was late late, late, in like unspeakable ways. And you

2118
01:43:06,800 --> 01:43:10,200
Speaker 3: were like incredulous, as if I had like broken your

2119
01:43:10,280 --> 01:43:13,320
Speaker 3: lifelong trust and you didn't, just like daddy pants me.

2120
01:43:13,680 --> 01:43:15,200
Speaker 3: I thought you were gonna walk off the show like

2121
01:43:15,320 --> 01:43:19,400
Speaker 3: you were like ready to kill me, and the same

2122
01:43:19,479 --> 01:43:20,280
Speaker 3: shit happened to you.

2123
01:43:20,439 --> 01:43:22,840
Speaker 2: Luke, it was I still believe you could have been

2124
01:43:22,880 --> 01:43:25,080
Speaker 2: there earlier. There was literally no way for me to.

2125
01:43:25,080 --> 01:43:30,160
Speaker 3: Be Yeah, that's a special moment. Shout out to Jake

2126
01:43:30,200 --> 01:43:32,400
Speaker 3: von Amstraam I did. We never talked about this. What

2127
01:43:32,520 --> 01:43:33,880
Speaker 3: were you thinking when you got out of the car,

2128
01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:36,439
Speaker 3: because we because you knew I might do this, because

2129
01:43:36,439 --> 01:43:38,040
Speaker 3: I did tech you were on it, tang, I did

2130
01:43:38,120 --> 01:43:38,320
Speaker 3: get it.

2131
01:43:38,439 --> 01:43:41,400
Speaker 2: So for folks being like I'll tell you what, you know,

2132
01:43:41,439 --> 01:43:43,960
Speaker 2: what's so funny about that clip is that even my

2133
01:43:44,040 --> 01:43:46,800
Speaker 2: friends who don't watch the show, they saw that clip

2134
01:43:46,840 --> 01:43:48,880
Speaker 2: and they go, dude, that's pretty funny. That's pretty funny.

2135
01:43:49,479 --> 01:43:51,120
Speaker 2: And I was like, it is. I mean, it's hilarious.

2136
01:43:51,160 --> 01:43:53,040
Speaker 2: Like what am I gonna say? It's not hilarious. It's hilarious,

2137
01:43:53,560 --> 01:43:55,599
Speaker 2: But I got I did get a text ahead of time,

2138
01:43:55,720 --> 01:43:56,800
Speaker 2: and then I didn't know if it was going to

2139
01:43:56,840 --> 01:43:59,160
Speaker 2: be live, but they were like, Jake may Or may

2140
01:43:59,240 --> 01:44:03,519
Speaker 2: not be greeting you outside with a camera, and I

2141
01:44:03,600 --> 01:44:06,160
Speaker 2: was like, oh, fuck me. And then when I pull

2142
01:44:06,280 --> 01:44:08,040
Speaker 2: up and he's there, and dude, you should You couldn't

2143
01:44:08,040 --> 01:44:10,080
Speaker 2: see him ovious because hes gon olden the camera, Like

2144
01:44:11,439 --> 01:44:15,080
Speaker 2: how do I explain this? This fucking asshole. He had

2145
01:44:15,160 --> 01:44:18,000
Speaker 2: that like goofy, thirteen year old I'm in the tech

2146
01:44:18,080 --> 01:44:20,439
Speaker 2: club kind of energy about him, Like he saw the

2147
01:44:20,479 --> 01:44:22,840
Speaker 2: car pulling up and he like pulls up his pants

2148
01:44:22,920 --> 01:44:25,760
Speaker 2: real high, you know, like I'm getting ready for my

2149
01:44:25,880 --> 01:44:28,360
Speaker 2: big day. Like the first time a kid pulls out

2150
01:44:28,400 --> 01:44:30,680
Speaker 2: a condom for the big moment, you know, it kind

2151
01:44:30,680 --> 01:44:33,280
Speaker 2: of goofball nervous energy, and he's like fumbling with the

2152
01:44:33,360 --> 01:44:36,080
Speaker 2: camera to get it on and He's.

2153
01:44:36,120 --> 01:44:38,320
Speaker 3: Just seth green from can't hardly wait in that moment

2154
01:44:38,439 --> 01:44:38,920
Speaker 3: is what you're saying.

2155
01:44:39,040 --> 01:44:41,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, he was an American pie just banging pies

2156
01:44:41,840 --> 01:44:44,560
Speaker 2: waiting for me to come along. Dude. Uh, you know

2157
01:44:44,800 --> 01:44:45,439
Speaker 2: he made it work.

2158
01:44:45,880 --> 01:44:48,640
Speaker 3: So many parts of that had to happen for that

2159
01:44:48,760 --> 01:44:51,360
Speaker 3: to be that perfect. From Jake asking you hilariously with

2160
01:44:51,439 --> 01:44:54,320
Speaker 3: the British accent, which fooled, there was people high up

2161
01:44:54,320 --> 01:44:56,720
Speaker 3: at showtime that legitimately reached out. We're like, who's that

2162
01:44:57,240 --> 01:45:00,439
Speaker 3: Australian talent that you got to do these interviews? Like, So,

2163
01:45:00,640 --> 01:45:03,679
Speaker 3: Jake was brilliant, Dude, I don't think you were acting.

2164
01:45:03,800 --> 01:45:05,439
Speaker 3: I think you were literally like get the fuck away

2165
01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:07,559
Speaker 3: from me, Like you were like, that was just oh,

2166
01:45:07,640 --> 01:45:09,519
Speaker 3: it was great. I mean it was great. And Luke

2167
01:45:09,560 --> 01:45:11,519
Speaker 3: I wish that. I wish we had the dock cameras

2168
01:45:11,560 --> 01:45:14,640
Speaker 3: behind the scenes because to orchestrate that. And Jake I

2169
01:45:14,720 --> 01:45:16,280
Speaker 3: was like, Jake, you could take the live you down there,

2170
01:45:16,280 --> 01:45:18,240
Speaker 3: you could do this in the moment live and they

2171
01:45:18,280 --> 01:45:20,800
Speaker 3: were like, maybe we could. And also I gave a

2172
01:45:20,840 --> 01:45:23,280
Speaker 3: speech to the Malca employees that they may get some

2173
01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:26,360
Speaker 3: pushback from you or showtime to this idea So remember

2174
01:45:26,400 --> 01:45:29,320
Speaker 3: that scene in Rudy, Luke where the players went to

2175
01:45:29,360 --> 01:45:31,799
Speaker 3: the Dan Devine the coaches and they put their uniform

2176
01:45:31,880 --> 01:45:34,160
Speaker 3: down and they said, you know, if Rudy doesn't play,

2177
01:45:34,240 --> 01:45:36,720
Speaker 3: we don't play. And then the coaches like, you know,

2178
01:45:37,360 --> 01:45:40,599
Speaker 3: you're an All American and a captain, act like one.

2179
01:45:41,040 --> 01:45:43,080
Speaker 3: And then that you know cornerback was like, I think

2180
01:45:43,120 --> 01:45:45,120
Speaker 3: I just did, Sir. I gave that speech to the

2181
01:45:45,160 --> 01:45:47,600
Speaker 3: Malca crew, Luke. I said, no matter what, we have

2182
01:45:47,840 --> 01:45:51,040
Speaker 3: to land this plane. We have to do this, and wow,

2183
01:45:51,240 --> 01:45:54,800
Speaker 3: what a moment, Luke. But was that moment better then

2184
01:45:54,920 --> 01:45:58,280
Speaker 3: number five Top five MK moments of the year, Luke.

2185
01:45:58,439 --> 01:46:00,280
Speaker 3: We love all the awards we won, guy. We just

2186
01:46:00,320 --> 01:46:04,599
Speaker 3: won the second straight World MMA Awards. We won People's

2187
01:46:04,680 --> 01:46:09,000
Speaker 3: Podcast Best Sports Podcast Award. But the first time last year,

2188
01:46:09,240 --> 01:46:12,360
Speaker 3: the year before we won the World MMA Awards that

2189
01:46:12,400 --> 01:46:15,160
Speaker 3: we had the dock Cammers there for that guaranteed our

2190
01:46:15,240 --> 01:46:19,760
Speaker 3: fans a live show in Vegas for International Fight Week

2191
01:46:20,200 --> 01:46:23,800
Speaker 3: at the brew House Beer House brew House. And while Luke,

2192
01:46:23,880 --> 01:46:26,960
Speaker 3: it didn't necessarily go the directions I thought it would

2193
01:46:28,240 --> 01:46:32,760
Speaker 3: or live up to my own expectations, you created a moment, Sir.

2194
01:46:32,960 --> 01:46:37,080
Speaker 3: Let's look back at it. The reason everyone was Look,

2195
01:46:37,240 --> 01:46:39,080
Speaker 3: that's a that's a mismatch. I get it in terms

2196
01:46:39,080 --> 01:46:41,360
Speaker 3: of their their speed and all that, but the offensive.

2197
01:46:41,640 --> 01:46:44,040
Speaker 2: But I'm dubbt and I really want to vape.

2198
01:46:44,520 --> 01:46:46,519
Speaker 3: How about how about the service we're getting here from

2199
01:46:46,600 --> 01:46:50,400
Speaker 3: the brew house New York. Yeah, no beer house, beer

2200
01:46:50,439 --> 01:46:52,240
Speaker 3: house that may have property in the house.

2201
01:46:52,360 --> 01:46:55,720
Speaker 2: Beer house, that brew house. Sorry, want you know the

2202
01:46:55,840 --> 01:46:57,240
Speaker 2: name of where we're at? Stupid?

2203
01:46:59,360 --> 01:47:00,480
Speaker 3: It's so onr.

2204
01:47:02,280 --> 01:47:04,679
Speaker 2: Do you have feeling, Brian Campbell?

2205
01:47:05,080 --> 01:47:07,920
Speaker 3: You have anime in your search history, like your favorite fighter.

2206
01:47:07,880 --> 01:47:09,000
Speaker 2: That's history.

2207
01:47:09,520 --> 01:47:15,160
Speaker 6: There were here we go, Evil, Here we go, Here

2208
01:47:15,360 --> 01:47:20,439
Speaker 6: we go, Evil, Here we go, and you sit there,

2209
01:47:20,479 --> 01:47:21,400
Speaker 6: he'll stand there, he'll stand.

2210
01:47:21,479 --> 01:47:24,160
Speaker 2: I've been drinking, bro I don't drink anymore, and I've

2211
01:47:24,200 --> 01:47:27,639
Speaker 2: had like two three.

2212
01:47:27,680 --> 01:47:33,680
Speaker 3: I think, Luke, they could have shown many moments from

2213
01:47:33,720 --> 01:47:35,559
Speaker 3: that show. It was a bit of a shit show.

2214
01:47:35,560 --> 01:47:37,840
Speaker 3: Although I love that our fans came and they seem

2215
01:47:37,880 --> 01:47:40,639
Speaker 3: to enjoy meeting us, and look, you were very very

2216
01:47:40,720 --> 01:47:43,120
Speaker 3: good to the fans afterwards, So I salute you on that.

2217
01:47:44,040 --> 01:47:46,479
Speaker 2: I'm feeling these nominations, Brian Campbell.

2218
01:47:47,800 --> 01:47:52,240
Speaker 3: But dude, that line and that and like I remember

2219
01:47:52,360 --> 01:47:55,240
Speaker 3: being mad afterwards because more of the tech issues that

2220
01:47:55,280 --> 01:47:57,599
Speaker 3: we we've talked about at nauseam that the crowd couldn't

2221
01:47:57,600 --> 01:47:59,240
Speaker 3: hear us. And I'm like, are we playing to the

2222
01:47:59,280 --> 01:48:02,000
Speaker 3: people at home or crowd? I don't even know. But

2223
01:48:02,360 --> 01:48:04,880
Speaker 3: I knew though in the moment that we had created

2224
01:48:04,880 --> 01:48:07,400
Speaker 3: an MK moment and that's because of you and your

2225
01:48:07,479 --> 01:48:12,000
Speaker 3: great tolerance, Luke. So you also humped me in front

2226
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:14,000
Speaker 3: of everybody too. I mean there was there was some

2227
01:48:14,160 --> 01:48:14,960
Speaker 3: dark moments in that.

2228
01:48:15,120 --> 01:48:17,920
Speaker 2: Okay, I think some of that you overplay a little bit. Yes,

2229
01:48:18,040 --> 01:48:20,840
Speaker 2: it was definitely me being fantastic and that's awful, but

2230
01:48:21,520 --> 01:48:24,360
Speaker 2: not that big a deal. However, you know, I could

2231
01:48:24,360 --> 01:48:26,120
Speaker 2: see you being like, let's talk about this guy's speed,

2232
01:48:26,160 --> 01:48:29,640
Speaker 2: and I'm like, let's talk about acid titties instead, you know,

2233
01:48:29,800 --> 01:48:32,880
Speaker 2: just completely derailing it into like the worst place ever

2234
01:48:33,080 --> 01:48:35,320
Speaker 2: that had no business going. So I do feel bad

2235
01:48:35,320 --> 01:48:36,920
Speaker 2: about that, but it's on this list.

2236
01:48:37,360 --> 01:48:42,120
Speaker 3: Uh spit the water London Billboard, Jake von Amsterdam, Slash

2237
01:48:42,160 --> 01:48:46,200
Speaker 3: and Conto Luke late to studio or feeling these Margarita's

2238
01:48:46,200 --> 01:48:48,200
Speaker 3: Brian Campbell, Luke, what was our MK moment of the year?

2239
01:48:49,840 --> 01:48:51,320
Speaker 2: Am I supposed to go what's on the thing here?

2240
01:48:51,400 --> 01:48:53,160
Speaker 3: Can I just like, no, you got to tell me

2241
01:48:53,280 --> 01:48:54,960
Speaker 3: your choice. What the hell is your choice?

2242
01:48:55,400 --> 01:48:57,280
Speaker 2: I will just tell you the one that brought me

2243
01:48:57,400 --> 01:49:01,240
Speaker 2: the most fun. How about that? All right? And it's

2244
01:49:01,320 --> 01:49:04,479
Speaker 2: me being late to the studio because I will tell

2245
01:49:04,479 --> 01:49:06,160
Speaker 2: you in real time. I was just I didn't I

2246
01:49:06,200 --> 01:49:09,160
Speaker 2: did remember, I'm not watching the feed, so like they

2247
01:49:09,240 --> 01:49:10,640
Speaker 2: told me, like Jake might be with a camera, but

2248
01:49:10,680 --> 01:49:13,160
Speaker 2: I thought that the show wasn't gonna start until I

2249
01:49:13,200 --> 01:49:15,280
Speaker 2: got up there and we were gonna settle, and then

2250
01:49:15,360 --> 01:49:17,920
Speaker 2: like everything's on. I'm like, what the fuck? And so

2251
01:49:18,040 --> 01:49:19,800
Speaker 2: I get up there, and so I didn't appreciate until

2252
01:49:19,800 --> 01:49:21,519
Speaker 2: after the fact. I went back and I watched the

2253
01:49:22,439 --> 01:49:25,519
Speaker 2: clip and I was like, oh my god, that is

2254
01:49:25,720 --> 01:49:28,680
Speaker 2: funny as shit. And I laughed and laughed, and then like,

2255
01:49:28,800 --> 01:49:30,840
Speaker 2: but you my wife thought it was funny, my friends

2256
01:49:30,840 --> 01:49:32,559
Speaker 2: thought it was funny. It was one of the ones

2257
01:49:32,600 --> 01:49:35,080
Speaker 2: that kind of reached into my personal world and everyone

2258
01:49:35,200 --> 01:49:37,719
Speaker 2: really liked. So I have to go with that one, after.

2259
01:49:37,560 --> 01:49:40,120
Speaker 3: All, right, that's my choice as well, And it's in

2260
01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:42,760
Speaker 3: contention for my favorite moment in the mkstry only again

2261
01:49:43,160 --> 01:49:46,320
Speaker 3: because everything worked perfectly. Was the perfect storm. I mean,

2262
01:49:46,360 --> 01:49:47,880
Speaker 3: we had to kill like a half hour was it

2263
01:49:48,000 --> 01:49:52,040
Speaker 3: turned out to be the perfect storm. You were legitimately

2264
01:49:52,080 --> 01:49:53,880
Speaker 3: pissed when you walked into the studio. That was not

2265
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:54,400
Speaker 3: an act.

2266
01:49:54,560 --> 01:49:56,840
Speaker 2: And I was like, I was not that pissed. I

2267
01:49:56,960 --> 01:49:58,479
Speaker 2: was I was playing it up a little bit.

2268
01:49:58,680 --> 01:50:00,120
Speaker 3: All right, all Right, I thought it was real. You

2269
01:50:00,160 --> 01:50:02,120
Speaker 3: fooled me, you got me, you got me, So there

2270
01:50:02,200 --> 01:50:02,360
Speaker 3: you go.

2271
01:50:02,760 --> 01:50:05,439
Speaker 2: I was part pissed, part just confed legitimate when I

2272
01:50:05,479 --> 01:50:06,920
Speaker 2: told you, I was like, I don't even understand what

2273
01:50:07,160 --> 01:50:09,160
Speaker 2: I'm trying to explain to you. Like I didn't start

2274
01:50:09,200 --> 01:50:12,040
Speaker 2: the thing, so I literally didn't on my phone like

2275
01:50:12,120 --> 01:50:14,920
Speaker 2: to watch the show, So I like I did not

2276
01:50:15,120 --> 01:50:16,840
Speaker 2: understand what the hell was happening. That's all.

2277
01:50:17,800 --> 01:50:20,960
Speaker 3: Uh, honorable mention time quickly, Oh, honorable mention. On Donk

2278
01:50:20,960 --> 01:50:23,040
Speaker 3: of Theyear, I got a shout out Rustic Tribe designed Luke.

2279
01:50:23,080 --> 01:50:27,400
Speaker 3: They've they've made us some fantastic wood pieces drink holders

2280
01:50:27,439 --> 01:50:29,280
Speaker 3: with our brand on it that we keep in the studio.

2281
01:50:29,760 --> 01:50:32,320
Speaker 3: They've inquired about making a table for us, which would

2282
01:50:32,400 --> 01:50:35,320
Speaker 3: just be insane and incredible. Just love again that we

2283
01:50:35,439 --> 01:50:38,439
Speaker 3: have creative people in this world and in this space

2284
01:50:38,520 --> 01:50:41,040
Speaker 3: and when I'm giving an honorable mention to Moment of

2285
01:50:41,040 --> 01:50:43,320
Speaker 3: the Year, it could tie into Donk of the Year too. Look,

2286
01:50:43,360 --> 01:50:45,519
Speaker 3: because we have celebrity donk friends that we love, from

2287
01:50:45,840 --> 01:50:49,200
Speaker 3: Otel bird Bridge wearing our our MK bullshit on on

2288
01:50:49,240 --> 01:50:51,920
Speaker 3: the Grateful Dead stage to camal Bell on his CNN

2289
01:50:51,960 --> 01:50:55,680
Speaker 3: show United Shades of America wearing a sweatshirt to get out.

2290
01:50:55,720 --> 01:50:55,840
Speaker 4: Way.

2291
01:50:55,880 --> 01:50:57,840
Speaker 2: We're going to get that podcast with him out next year.

2292
01:50:58,280 --> 01:50:59,519
Speaker 2: It was on the back burner for a while, but

2293
01:50:59,520 --> 01:51:00,000
Speaker 2: it's gonna come.

2294
01:51:00,920 --> 01:51:03,800
Speaker 3: Love that man. Joe Rogan shouted out Luke Thomas and

2295
01:51:03,840 --> 01:51:07,240
Speaker 3: that other dude and Brian Simpson on The Joe Rogan Experience.

2296
01:51:06,800 --> 01:51:08,040
Speaker 2: So you know, we's great.

2297
01:51:08,120 --> 01:51:10,400
Speaker 3: By the way, We've had some cool moments, Raffian Stats

2298
01:51:10,439 --> 01:51:14,000
Speaker 3: wearing our merch. We've had some amazingly cool moments. Biggie

2299
01:51:14,080 --> 01:51:16,920
Speaker 3: the WW star is always vocal about watching the show.

2300
01:51:17,000 --> 01:51:19,800
Speaker 3: So we appreciate everyone, Luke, everyone, seriously, I mean, what

2301
01:51:19,920 --> 01:51:22,320
Speaker 3: a year. The only other award I had that they

2302
01:51:22,360 --> 01:51:25,640
Speaker 3: wouldn't build. Uh, you know, an I wanted to, like

2303
01:51:25,720 --> 01:51:27,559
Speaker 3: mail an award I wanted to, you know, but here's

2304
01:51:27,640 --> 01:51:30,960
Speaker 3: I'll do it anyway. Luke b C's best Strawweight of

2305
01:51:31,040 --> 01:51:33,960
Speaker 3: twenty twenty two. Luke, this is your one hundred and

2306
01:51:33,960 --> 01:51:37,280
Speaker 3: fifteen pound Fighter of the Year award. Your nominees, of course, Luke,

2307
01:51:37,360 --> 01:51:42,080
Speaker 3: are Mackenzie, Durham, Amanda Hebas, Montano, Dala Rosa, Jong Way

2308
01:51:42,160 --> 01:51:44,320
Speaker 3: Lee and Cheyenne Vlysmus.

2309
01:51:44,479 --> 01:51:48,800
Speaker 2: And yeah, I wonder what the your winner criteria for

2310
01:51:48,920 --> 01:51:50,760
Speaker 2: making that list, Your winner is.

2311
01:51:50,840 --> 01:51:54,519
Speaker 3: Chy Enne Listmas Luke. So congratulations the Strawweight of the Year.

2312
01:51:54,680 --> 01:51:56,439
Speaker 2: Thank you, loss right.

2313
01:51:56,920 --> 01:51:59,679
Speaker 3: I'm not allowed to mail any Hammers Luke to anybody,

2314
01:52:00,160 --> 01:52:03,599
Speaker 3: nor what I knowing. You know how ridiculous that is. Okay,

2315
01:52:03,680 --> 01:52:06,720
Speaker 3: there you go. That's the awards for this year. Look,

2316
01:52:06,800 --> 01:52:09,040
Speaker 3: this is this ain't quite Jordan flu game. But you

2317
01:52:09,080 --> 01:52:10,559
Speaker 3: know I have to give you a lot of respect.

2318
01:52:10,960 --> 01:52:14,879
Speaker 3: You hate the shit, You're sick as balls, and you delivered.

2319
01:52:15,240 --> 01:52:19,679
Speaker 2: I try, man, I know I had very low energy today.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing my best. Last night was the first time

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Speaker 2: to sleep I've gotten in a while. Man, it was.

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01:52:24,240 --> 01:52:26,320
Speaker 2: It's been terrible. But hold on, I go, Hey, can

2323
01:52:26,360 --> 01:52:28,320
Speaker 2: I dead wrong myself? Because I'm so embarrassed about it.

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01:52:28,320 --> 01:52:29,200
Speaker 2: I really want to talk about it.

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Speaker 3: Okay, but just tell me which which midlife dad, crisis

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01:52:32,560 --> 01:52:34,160
Speaker 3: had is the worst look for me?

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01:52:34,280 --> 01:52:34,559
Speaker 2: Right now?

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01:52:35,880 --> 01:52:36,840
Speaker 3: Is it still the One Love?

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01:52:37,880 --> 01:52:40,400
Speaker 2: Now? I would need the showtime producers who have a

2330
01:52:40,479 --> 01:52:43,080
Speaker 2: stronger opinion about the one you know me, I don't

2331
01:52:43,120 --> 01:52:45,320
Speaker 2: hate the one Love hat. I don't love it. I'm neutral.

2332
01:52:46,080 --> 01:52:48,880
Speaker 2: I like I like the man in the in the

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01:52:48,960 --> 01:52:52,000
Speaker 2: hat hat, so to speak, the one you're wearing now.

2334
01:52:52,160 --> 01:52:54,240
Speaker 2: You don't have the answer sway. I mean, you just

2335
01:52:54,439 --> 01:52:55,599
Speaker 2: look like a fucking buffoon.

2336
01:52:57,479 --> 01:52:59,400
Speaker 3: All right, what are you going to dead wrong yourself about?

2337
01:52:59,479 --> 01:53:01,479
Speaker 2: Luke? I'm oh my god, dude. So we did the

2338
01:53:01,600 --> 01:53:03,920
Speaker 2: previews for like all the weight classes and whatnot for

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01:53:04,439 --> 01:53:06,240
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, and we're just having fun with it.

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01:53:06,320 --> 01:53:08,200
Speaker 2: You know, it's not exactly designed to be the most

2341
01:53:08,880 --> 01:53:12,439
Speaker 2: you know, groundbreaking content on Earth. But dude, this is

2342
01:53:12,840 --> 01:53:15,680
Speaker 2: I gotta tell you. This is why. Okay, sometimes I

2343
01:53:15,720 --> 01:53:17,720
Speaker 2: get stuff wrong, like hey, I thought he fought him

2344
01:53:17,760 --> 01:53:20,840
Speaker 2: on this year, or it was a decision versus unanimous,

2345
01:53:21,400 --> 01:53:23,679
Speaker 2: And a lot of times what happens is is because

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01:53:23,680 --> 01:53:25,400
Speaker 2: I just didn't do enough due diligence. I was like

2347
01:53:25,800 --> 01:53:28,519
Speaker 2: relying on memory, and your memory can fade or tricky

2348
01:53:28,680 --> 01:53:31,040
Speaker 2: or whatever, and I'm like, ah, I should have double checked.

2349
01:53:32,800 --> 01:53:35,800
Speaker 2: I said Alexander Romanov was undefeated. Here's why this one

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01:53:35,920 --> 01:53:39,960
Speaker 2: is especially egregious. Okay, And I'm admitting this because it

2351
01:53:40,040 --> 01:53:43,160
Speaker 2: was like one of those moments where like, holy fuck, dude,

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01:53:43,320 --> 01:53:46,880
Speaker 2: I don't know how I got so short circuited. I

2353
01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:49,920
Speaker 2: actually did double check that one ahead of time. I

2354
01:53:49,960 --> 01:53:52,719
Speaker 2: actually went and looked at his wiki and his stats

2355
01:53:52,760 --> 01:53:56,720
Speaker 2: page on fight Metric, and it went in in one

2356
01:53:56,800 --> 01:54:00,559
Speaker 2: ear and out the other, and I somehow still jack

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01:54:00,680 --> 01:54:04,400
Speaker 2: that up. That was like, oh my god, dude, how

2358
01:54:04,439 --> 01:54:07,719
Speaker 2: did I even do that. I actually went through ahead

2359
01:54:07,760 --> 01:54:10,040
Speaker 2: of time and tried to get that right and still

2360
01:54:10,120 --> 01:54:12,760
Speaker 2: messed it up. It's terrible that that happened. So I'm

2361
01:54:12,760 --> 01:54:15,360
Speaker 2: apologizing to you, apologizing to everyone who watches the show.

2362
01:54:15,760 --> 01:54:17,840
Speaker 2: I don't mind getting shit wrong, like, because we do

2363
01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:22,080
Speaker 2: get it wrong opinions or facts or whatever, but shit

2364
01:54:22,240 --> 01:54:25,040
Speaker 2: like that should never happen. And so I feel really

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01:54:25,160 --> 01:54:28,280
Speaker 2: terrible about it, and I'm sorry, and I'm gonna work

2366
01:54:28,320 --> 01:54:30,519
Speaker 2: on my due diligence to make sure that that doesn't

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01:54:30,720 --> 01:54:31,280
Speaker 2: happen again.

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Speaker 3: I forgive you, Luke. I also didn't get her back.

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01:54:33,920 --> 01:54:36,240
Speaker 3: I was like, oh, yeah, you're right, Romanov's great and then.

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01:54:36,240 --> 01:54:38,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you didn't exactly call me out on it,

2371
01:54:38,080 --> 01:54:40,600
Speaker 2: but that doesn't matter, Like, yeah, you can't get shit

2372
01:54:40,680 --> 01:54:41,800
Speaker 2: like that wrong. You just can't.

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Speaker 3: Quick final reminders for of course Morningcombat dot store for

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Speaker 3: our great merch Showtime thirty day free trial and it's

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Speaker 3: it's put the onus on this Saturday night, eight pm

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Speaker 3: Eastern on shows only on Showtime about Bella.

2377
01:54:54,800 --> 01:54:55,880
Speaker 2: You want to see Tuki hold on?

2378
01:54:55,920 --> 01:54:58,680
Speaker 3: You want to seek Yeah, yeah, yeah please Bellator, Imma

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01:54:58,840 --> 01:55:02,360
Speaker 3: versus Rising five Best versus your five best Saturday Night,

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Speaker 3: a pm Eastern only on Showtime. Get thirty days free

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Speaker 3: now at showtime dot com, three ninety nine each for

2382
01:55:07,720 --> 01:55:11,960
Speaker 3: six months after that. Twoki in the house. Two key,

2383
01:55:12,120 --> 01:55:14,280
Speaker 3: it's uncle Gringo. Did you have a nice Christmas?

2384
01:55:14,360 --> 01:55:15,760
Speaker 2: Should I take this out so she can hear?

2385
01:55:16,240 --> 01:55:17,760
Speaker 3: Yes, please, let's see this.

2386
01:55:18,200 --> 01:55:21,840
Speaker 2: Okay, here we go, Okay, go ahead.

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01:55:22,880 --> 01:55:26,360
Speaker 3: Two key, It's uncle Gringo. Did you have a police navidad?

2388
01:55:28,840 --> 01:55:30,120
Speaker 3: Did you have a merry Christmas?

2389
01:55:30,240 --> 01:55:36,080
Speaker 2: Tukes, She just saw pussing boots too with her mom.

2390
01:55:36,560 --> 01:55:39,000
Speaker 3: Oh nice, nice? Can you tell me about the car

2391
01:55:39,160 --> 01:55:40,760
Speaker 3: you got? Two key for Christmas?

2392
01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:44,000
Speaker 2: Did you get a mini MOUs car. You like it,

2393
01:55:50,640 --> 01:55:52,560
Speaker 2: You're gonna go see dinosaurs? You know, I didn't really

2394
01:55:52,600 --> 01:55:54,080
Speaker 2: answer anyone's question, but I love.

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01:55:53,960 --> 01:55:56,440
Speaker 3: It a lot like Dana White. Hey, Tuks, you know

2396
01:55:56,480 --> 01:55:57,720
Speaker 3: what else I got for Christmas?

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01:55:58,200 --> 01:55:58,320
Speaker 2: Uh?

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01:55:58,840 --> 01:55:59,040
Speaker 4: Vo?

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01:55:59,280 --> 01:56:01,120
Speaker 3: Hey Vo, you know what I got for Christmas? I

2400
01:56:01,200 --> 01:56:05,360
Speaker 3: got new glasses. You want to see him? Yes, check

2401
01:56:05,440 --> 01:56:07,560
Speaker 3: out Uncle Gringo's new glasses.

2402
01:56:10,440 --> 01:56:13,320
Speaker 2: Meanmore. He's what we call in real life a moron.

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01:56:13,960 --> 01:56:18,800
Speaker 3: Okay, Tukes, have a great year, and don't talk about

2404
01:56:18,840 --> 01:56:20,880
Speaker 3: Bruno okay at all? Not one time?

2405
01:56:22,960 --> 01:56:24,520
Speaker 2: Did you hear her call you a moron?

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01:56:24,960 --> 01:56:25,000
Speaker 5: No?

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01:56:25,240 --> 01:56:27,800
Speaker 3: I did not. That's probably the moment of the year, Luke.

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01:56:27,840 --> 01:56:32,080
Speaker 2: For next year, Wow, say one more time, moron? Yeah,

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01:56:35,920 --> 01:56:38,080
Speaker 2: I love you so much. Your's a this week kid? Okay,

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01:56:39,440 --> 01:56:42,480
Speaker 2: damn mucho? Okay, you want to call it a day there?

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01:56:42,960 --> 01:56:44,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't wait till she replaces me on this

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01:56:44,880 --> 01:56:47,520
Speaker 3: show one day. It's just a fantastic big fan of

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Speaker 3: the Tuks. Have a happy new year. Save to all

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01:56:49,840 --> 01:56:52,920
Speaker 3: you folks out there. Luke, could I be so presumptuous

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01:56:52,960 --> 01:56:54,360
Speaker 3: to ask for two key to take us out this

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01:56:54,520 --> 01:56:57,160
Speaker 3: our final show of two thousand and twenty two.

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Speaker 2: Okay, two key say Happy birthday. Eight chow everybody, Happy birthday,

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Speaker 2: gellum