1 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: All right, everyone, it is time for a little extra 2 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: credit Morning Combat Extra Credit episode twenty three I believe. 3 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, I am one half of your Regular Morning 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: Combat duel. My name is Luke Thomas. I'll be the 5 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: host of this program. 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: Thank you very much. 7 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 1: Of course, I'm joined by Brian Campbell on Regular Morning Combat. 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: This is where we get to some of the fights 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 1: that we didn't get a chance to get to on 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Big MK, which I recommend that you watch as well. 11 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:30,040 Speaker 1: But I thank you for joining me. So if you 12 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,880 Speaker 1: are here on YouTube, thumbs up on the video, hit subscribe. 13 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,760 Speaker 1: If you are listening on a podcast platform, give us 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: a nice review. 15 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:37,239 Speaker 2: You always appreciate that. 16 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 1: Today on the docket, three events we're gonna talk about 17 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: really two and then I'm gonna mention one fight from 18 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: another organization. We're gonna go over UFC Vegas fifty seven 19 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: from the weekend. We're gonna go over Bellatour two eighty 20 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,199 Speaker 1: two from the weekend, and I'm gonna give a bit 21 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: of a brief nod to Aris fIF Aris FC excuse 22 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: me seven, which was on the weekend as well over 23 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: in France. Just one fight on that now. The way 24 00:00:58,640 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: I like to do this program as I like to 25 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: pick the top five fights of the weekend that I 26 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: like or cared about the most. These may not be 27 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: your top five. You may have a very different one 28 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: if you do leave a comment below what were the 29 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:10,640 Speaker 1: five fights that you cared about the most or what 30 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: was a fight that maybe I didn't get to that 31 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 1: you liked. Would love to see it in the comments, 32 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: so let me know there. But these will be my five, 33 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: and I'm actually gonna go not five to one. I'll 34 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: go one to five. Then I'll give a little bit 35 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: of an honorable mention there at the end. I could 36 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: go for much longer. Obviously, there was a lot of 37 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: sort of content that we just didn't get a chance 38 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: to get to on regular MK, and even this one 39 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 1: we could go up and down the UFC cord if 40 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: you wanted, But that's really not what I want to 41 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 1: do today. All right, without that going on any longer, 42 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,959 Speaker 1: let's get to my top five fights of the weekend. 43 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: We start with number one again for me, and of course, 44 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: if you don't know where this podcast works, this will 45 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: be like not just the stuff we didn't get to 46 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,559 Speaker 1: on MK, but usually for the UFC and Bellator stuff 47 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: non main event, non co main event stuff. With that 48 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: preamble out of the way, number one for me, I'm 49 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: gonna start with Thiago Moysas taken on Christo's Chiagos. This 50 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: was a UFC Vegas fifty seven. It was on the 51 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: main card, and it really wasn't sure why they were 52 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 1: going to put it there. Moys this is talented. Giagos 53 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: has been I think significantly improved of late. But the 54 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: reason why I ended up putting it here despite not misgivings, 55 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 1: but I didn't really think a whole lot about it 56 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: pre fight was the way in which Moyses won. Now, 57 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: not just the rear naked choke by which he won, 58 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: but I also want to talk about something else that 59 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 1: I saw. He did something in this fight by far 60 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 1: not the only one, but now that he is doing it, 61 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: and again Moyses is a very talented fighter. But what 62 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 1: I mean to say is the guys I had previously 63 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: seen doing it were literally both champions, Which isn't to 64 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: say that only champions have been doing it. I'm just 65 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: trying to point out usually what happens at MMA is 66 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: sometimes you'll see a ground swell of technique bubble up 67 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: from the regional scene not to the UFC, but you 68 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: just kind of it has a weird entry, just kind 69 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: of spreads normally. But there's a lot of techniques that 70 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: spread top down. For example, Anderson Silva's front kick to 71 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,920 Speaker 1: the face. You had seen this in other kinds of 72 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: striking martial arts, but when he did in the UFC 73 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,360 Speaker 1: the first time, that was a bit of a oh, 74 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 1: we could maybe try that, And now you're beginning to 75 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 1: see a lot. You actually saw a lot of front 76 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: kit KOs after that, and they had different setups, they 77 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: came from different styles of fighters, blah blah blah, but 78 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,959 Speaker 1: after he did it, the prevalence of them became much 79 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:21,840 Speaker 1: more well known. Thiago Moistess did something in this fight 80 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,239 Speaker 1: that really I want to bring attention to. Namely, it's 81 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: something I've been talking about and something I specifically talked 82 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: about in the al Ja man Sterling versus Peter Yon fight, 83 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: which is creating back exposure. One of the ways that 84 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: a takedown is not defined, but a good way to 85 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: think about it is you have to turn their hips over, right, 86 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: So think about that rationally. If their hips are still 87 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: facing the mat, did you really finish the double leg? 88 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: You probably didn't. If you wanted to finish the double 89 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: ag you get to kind of level change penetration step. 90 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: Then you have to cut the corner and then they 91 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: want to have them flat on their back. That would 92 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: be an ideal scenario, right, So now their hips are 93 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: not facing the mat, their hips are facing the ceiling. 94 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: You have turned their hips over. But that's a lot 95 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: of work. It's hard to get a double leg on someone, 96 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: and especially hard to get a double leg now in 97 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,640 Speaker 1: MMA where the wrestling offensive and defensive is as good 98 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 1: as it is. So what I have noticed is the people, 99 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: the fighters who can wrestle pretty well or really. 100 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 2: Well, depending on it. 101 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: They don't have to be expert wrestlers, but they have 102 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: good wrestling, let's say, and this is the key good grappling. 103 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: This is what they're doing. They are going for a 104 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: takedown a lot of times off a single leg, although 105 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: not exclusively, but a lot of times off a single leg. 106 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: And one of the main ways in which you can 107 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 1: push away from a single leg is you can post 108 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: on the shoulder, you can turn away so you can 109 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: kick your leg out, right. I mean, there's more ways 110 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 1: to get out of it and than just that. But 111 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: you have seen people turn away, pull their leg out 112 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: so they can go in the opposite direction and get away. 113 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: But what they're doing is they are the fighters going 114 00:04:55,640 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: for the takedown. They're just trying to hold on long 115 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: enough or pull up on the back of the leg 116 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: long enough to get the person's hips, not to turn 117 00:05:03,520 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: over their hips can still face the mat, but to 118 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: plant their hands. H Habib did something like this to 119 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,559 Speaker 1: Justin Gage, although he had him down to his knees, 120 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: so that's a little bit different. But here you're seeing 121 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: somebody trying to escape a single leg. They don't get 122 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: their hips turnover, but they're trying to literally get away. 123 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: In this case, Giagos is trying to get away from Moises, 124 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,720 Speaker 1: but in the process of turning away from Moises and 125 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: moving away, he creates back exposure. From that Moises is 126 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: able to immediately take his back. This is becoming a 127 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: technique I'm seeing more and more of. Charles Lavera another 128 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: good example of someone who does this. So I would 129 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: say has good wrestling and obviously phenomenal jiu jitsu grappling. Right, 130 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 1: he goes for a takedown off and off a single leg. 131 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: They turn away to escape get away. They are in 132 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: the course of escaping, tripping, fumbling, trying to catch their 133 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: base on their hands, and that leaves just enough time 134 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: for the person who has maybe held onto one of 135 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: the legs, or lifted the leg some kind of way 136 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: too slow, or force their hands to the mat to 137 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:07,479 Speaker 1: then hop onto the back. 138 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:07,960 Speaker 2: So that's the. 139 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: First thing I noticed. I really want you guys going forward, 140 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 1: if you're paying attention, wait for someone to put their 141 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 1: hands on the mat off of escaping a single leg, 142 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: and see if the other person takes the back. I 143 00:06:18,320 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: have a feeling this is going to become very common. 144 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: It's actually not easy to do. In fact, you may 145 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: even argue that's a little bit more complicated to teach 146 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: from scratch that it would be for a double leg, 147 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: and that's probably true. But if I was trying to 148 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: teach a jiu jitsu black belt how to do a 149 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 1: takedown and a double leg wasn't immediately available to me, boy, 150 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 1: it seems like this might be a great option. So 151 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,080 Speaker 1: that was one thing I noticed in this fight that 152 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 1: really caught my attention, not just he's the first one, 153 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: but it's beginning to spread. The other thing that I noticed, was, 154 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: of course, the way in which he finished that we 155 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: were naked choke itself. He had it one handed, and 156 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,880 Speaker 1: he didn't have a bicep grip or the traditional gable 157 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: grip or I don't know if you can do a 158 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: secrit from a real naked joke. I suppose you could, yeah, 159 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,040 Speaker 1: because you can actually grab your glove. But the two 160 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: most common ways you see a rear naked choke finished 161 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 1: is high on the bicycle. I can't do it because 162 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: I wrap my microphone. But it's not low on the bicep. 163 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:10,120 Speaker 1: It's high on the bicep, and then you know it's 164 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: the hand comes in front, or you can get a 165 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 1: palm to palm, you can get a gable grip. And 166 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: of course there's all kinds of details about where your 167 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: squeeze is, where your elbow is, where the hands are. 168 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get into that, but those are the 169 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: two main grips. He didn't have that. What he had 170 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: was the one arm through and then he reaches across 171 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: with the other hand to grab the elbow, and then 172 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 1: he pulls the elbow across. Now, someone asked me, how 173 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: much of a squeeze do you have to have to 174 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: have a one arm rear naked choke by training with 175 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: this particular experience, having someone who had a one armed 176 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: and like the other hand was fighting and then the 177 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: choke was tight. To me, it wasn't so much a 178 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: squeeze issue like you can see like Rick's story, go 179 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: back on UFC Fight Pass and watch Rick story fighting 180 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: Brian Foster and you'll see him finish Brian Foster with 181 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: a head norm triangle inside Brian Foster's guard. That, ladies 182 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,600 Speaker 1: and gentlemen, is herk you lean strength. I just cannot 183 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: explain to you how strong you have to be to 184 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: do something like that. This is not exactly that most 185 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: of the time I've ever dealt with someone doing that, 186 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: and you should consult someone who knows a lot more 187 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: about jujitsu than I do. But in my limited experience 188 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: with that, it was just someone who had a real 189 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: good knack for finding the groove where the arm needed 190 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: to be to really accomplish that choke. But of course 191 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: you don't have to get it even all that way. 192 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: You have to get it tight with the choking arm, 193 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: but grabbing the elbow across it's really nifty because it's 194 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of folks are expecting it 195 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: it's it doesn't It doesn't seem like something that would 196 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,200 Speaker 1: be that all that hard to do in a hand 197 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: fighting sequence, especially if they're really sort of focused on 198 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: the hand creeping up and a lot of times they'll 199 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: grab the trap behind the neck to pull, you know, 200 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 1: that kind of a thing. So it was an unusual 201 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: finish by grabbing the elbow and bringing it across and 202 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: the takedown itself single leg off the escape creating back exposure. 203 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,000 Speaker 1: Now the back is facing the ceiling. Right before on 204 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: a real takedown on a double leg right, you want 205 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: their hips to turn over, you want their hips to 206 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: face the ceiling. Now by creating back exposure, you just 207 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: want their back facing the ceiling with their weight planted 208 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: to give you a structure to essentially mount climb, and 209 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: that's what he did. So I love the takedown itself, 210 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,719 Speaker 1: or at least the if you want to call it 211 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: a takedown. I loved the path to the back, and 212 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:23,200 Speaker 1: I loved the path to the finish itself. That was 213 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 1: really nice from Thiago. Moyst does a good job by him. 214 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: My second favorite fight from the weekend, how about Action 215 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: Man Chris Curtis taken on Judolpho Vieira. This was again 216 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: at UFC Vegas fifty seven. I believe this opened the 217 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: main card on the event. A couple of reasons why 218 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: I want to talk about this one. The first one 219 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 1: I would say is you know HUDELPHO Vieira. If you're 220 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,480 Speaker 1: not familiar with his career in jiu jitsu. I don't 221 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: have his medals here in front of me, but you 222 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: should basically believe me when I told you he has 223 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: more or less won everything of note, and probably than 224 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,319 Speaker 1: some I remember. I think it was at Copa Podio 225 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 1: when he beat Leandro Low. It was this was a 226 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,719 Speaker 1: gee match and I watched it with a buddy of 227 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: mine and shots to Seph Smith over at Upstream BJJ 228 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: in Richmond, Virginia. Seph is a wealth of knowledge and 229 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: has really helped me a lot in understanding sport jiu jitsu, 230 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: and he walked me through all the various steps. The 231 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: guy doesn't just look like he is carved out of stone. 232 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: He is an absolute technition in the most minute details 233 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 1: of sport jiu jitsu. And there was one other thing 234 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: about his sport jiu jitsu game that made him somewhat unique, namely, 235 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: he didn't have like judo levels for judo competition, but 236 00:10:32,440 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: he had good judo relative to his jiu jitsu peers. 237 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:37,320 Speaker 1: You would see him do a lot of throws trips, 238 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: typically in the GEE obviously, although he does have you know, 239 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,440 Speaker 1: significant achievements nogi as well. Just to be clear, but 240 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: most of those I had seen were from nogi. They 241 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: don't appear to be at all part of his MMA game, 242 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,520 Speaker 1: which makes me wonder if they were really just a 243 00:10:51,559 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: function of the grips from the GE itself. I've long 244 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,679 Speaker 1: believed that there should be some other MMA promotion out 245 00:10:56,720 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: there that allows people to use GE's because the amount 246 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 1: of actual new submissions and new techniques you could use 247 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: as a by function of the gig would make it 248 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: a lot better. That's a topic for a different time, 249 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: but the thing that really blew my mind on this 250 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: one was the he was a guy who could. Yes, 251 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 1: if Hudolpho Vieira needed to pull guard in jiu jitsu, 252 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: he obviously could. But he did a lot of great 253 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: takedowns and getting on top he was he could, He 254 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 1: could be a mobile passer if he needed to, but 255 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: he was really a bit of a grinder, a top 256 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: heavy kind of guy, a pressure passer. That was really 257 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: what he was kind of known for at the time. 258 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: You just don't now this. This never got there because 259 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: Chris Curtis had great takedown defense. How do you know 260 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: he had great takening defense. Obviously he defended all of them. 261 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: I think it was twenty plus that he had defended. 262 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: But just go back and look at it. You can 263 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: see Hudolpho coming in on one line, and Chris Curtis 264 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,160 Speaker 1: was good at getting at a perpendicular angle with his 265 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: hips to not and you know, to drive. Obviously the 266 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: head shoulders down head away from Hudolpho Vieira, so he 267 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: was really not giving anything to work with there. That 268 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 1: was great job by him. I want to be very 269 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:00,439 Speaker 1: clear by that. I want to just say this function 270 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: of what Vieia did or didn't do, Chris Curtis made 271 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,960 Speaker 1: him suffer in this way, but it was It's really 272 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: interesting to me that the guy in Juwisports jiu jitsu had, 273 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:11,960 Speaker 1: you know, a pretty formidable takedown game that just doesn't 274 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:13,880 Speaker 1: appear to be at all part of his jiu jitsu 275 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: game and takedown game in modern MMA, and it sort 276 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: of reminded me of one thing A I wanted to 277 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: make this point. B In a different era, you should 278 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 1: know that Hudelpho Vieira would have absolutely run through MMA 279 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: if he had had the skills he has now and 280 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:28,040 Speaker 1: A granted some of the stuff he had where it 281 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: was a function of modern jiu jitsu like Baron Bolo's 282 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:32,920 Speaker 1: or whatever, but if he had competed in a different era, 283 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: there isn't a doubt in my mind he would have 284 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: been a UFC champion. Like his jiu jitsu is that good. 285 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,600 Speaker 1: There is a big bifurcation that has It's been happening 286 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: for a while obviously, but it's really happening now. You 287 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 1: can see jiu jitsu used to be not only a 288 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: good base for MMA, used to be the base for MMA, 289 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: then it became a good one now I'm not really 290 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: sure how to classify it. Obviously, it's valuable to have 291 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: those skills. We just talked about Thiago Moists defeating Christosciagos, 292 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: but there is a real limit to it. And it 293 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 1: also tells you MMA has become It's still obviously mixed 294 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: martial arts, but it has become much more of a 295 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 1: striking sport by virtue of some of the rules as well, 296 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 1: but also because jiu jitsu has gone off in a 297 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: direction I don't want to dissuade anyone from training, Like, 298 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: if you need it for self defense, if you need 299 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:17,960 Speaker 1: it for that kind of a thing, it would still 300 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,559 Speaker 1: be incredibly valuable to you. Plus the cardiovascular conditioning, plus 301 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:23,360 Speaker 1: the community, like, there might be a lot of great 302 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: reasons to still do jiu jitsu. And of course I'm 303 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: not telling fighters not to train jiu jitsu. Again, you 304 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: need it. If you don't have it, you're gonna suffer. 305 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: All of these things are valuable, but the relative degree 306 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,080 Speaker 1: to which it is valuable I do think has declined 307 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 1: and declined somewhat substantially. This is a guy again who 308 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: would have been an absolute nightmare a generation of fighters ago, 309 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,040 Speaker 1: and now he couldn't get a takedown on a guy 310 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 1: who got cut from the Contender series. Now again, I 311 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:51,400 Speaker 1: don't think Chris Curtis should have been cut from the 312 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: Contender Series. I had him on my serious XM radio 313 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: show at the time, and it was, you know, it 314 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: was something that really kind of bothered me. But neither 315 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,560 Speaker 1: here nor there, he couldn't get anything on there. There's 316 00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 1: a bifurcation between how applicable jiu jitsu is in sport 317 00:14:03,160 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 1: jiu jitsu and how applicable it is an mma. There's 318 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: always been a gap. The gap has widened significantly and 319 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: I think it's going to continue to to widen. And 320 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: so for a guy like Kudolfo Vieira, who had was known, 321 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: it wasn't like this was a guard like a like he. 322 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,360 Speaker 1: You know, there's a lot of guys that get flagged 323 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: for the double guard poll. They're just guard pollers all 324 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 1: the time. I'm not gonna say Hudelfa vie neverpooled guard. 325 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: He did. 326 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: But this is a guy who has i mean, phenomenal 327 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: takedowns in sports jiu jitsu, GI and nogi and the 328 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: way it works in modern mma for him, and especially 329 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: in this fight, it's been it's been a rough go. 330 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: The other part to me that was kind of interesting 331 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: was Habib nimber Goa. Maydov has a study shouts to 332 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: b JJ fanatics, but he has a study on there 333 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: and it was really something that caught my attention. Namely, 334 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: the tape would speak to this, but he kind of 335 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: articulated it more forcefully. He loves the single leg he 336 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: all the number go madovs. You saw umar number go 337 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: Mayenov on this card. He was the single leg to 338 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: perfection as well. He but Habib loves the single leg. 339 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: And there's a reason why. When they have their base spread, 340 00:14:58,000 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: let's say against the fence, they've got a foot but 341 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: in the in front of him and a foot behind him. 342 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: As you're defending the takedown, both your feet on the ground, 343 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: you have the fence there as well. You know your 344 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,920 Speaker 1: balance it's spread a little bit, but it's right underneath you. 345 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,280 Speaker 1: But if you have a single leg, now you have 346 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: to balance on that leg. And the key there is 347 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: not just picking up the leg. It's putting the opponent 348 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 1: in motion. You grab the leg and then you push 349 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 1: them backwards, you pull them to you. You run them in 350 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,600 Speaker 1: a direction, then you run on the opposite direction, and 351 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: vice versa. You play with space, you force them to 352 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: hop on it, you kick out the post leg. What 353 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: was really strange to me in this fight was that 354 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: Vieira was able to get the single leg. 355 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:33,000 Speaker 2: That was nice. 356 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: Get Curtis back to the fence also nice, but he 357 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:40,160 Speaker 1: never really made him balance and work through motion to 358 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 1: keep it. I was surprised by that again, you'd be like, oh, 359 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 1: he didn't know the same takedown level as he be Okay, 360 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: nobody does. Basically that's hardly a crime. But I guess 361 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: I'm just sort of pointing out, like, look in the 362 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 1: future and see when someone grabs a single leg how 363 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: much work they do to make them balance through motion 364 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 1: on it, And I think that's going to tell you 365 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: who's better at using the single leg versus not. A 366 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: big feature here was Vieira was able to get two 367 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: positions that were like halfway to the takedown, but the 368 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 1: rest of it required motion. It required all those extra 369 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 1: parts kicking out the post leg direction changes, and it 370 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: just didn't seem to be there at all. Very surprising. 371 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: All Right, We stay with UFC Vegas fifty seven and 372 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: we go to Carlos Olberg, one of City Kickboxing's finest 373 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: ticking on Tafon and Chuqui. I hope I'm not saying 374 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: that too incorrectly. Tafan and Chuqui here not too far 375 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: from where I live at camps Or. He's from Camp Springs, Maryland, 376 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: just outside the city of DC. This was an interesting one. 377 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 2: I was. 378 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:48,040 Speaker 1: A little surprised that went as quickly as it did. 379 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: But he got to give credit to Olberg. He looked 380 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: to be first of all, he always is in a 381 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 1: pretty good condition. That didn't change here at all. How 382 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: did he do it? Basically, what happened was he was 383 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: constantly faking, constantly fainting. All of those citykickb and guys, 384 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: as you well know, are very good at that. And 385 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: he faked like he was going low to the body 386 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: and you can see Tafon had a real high guard. 387 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: What you can see him do is bring down his 388 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: right hand either for a circle or a down perry. 389 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,800 Speaker 1: But really what was happening was he was biting on 390 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 1: the faint. He was biting on it. Because what Olberg 391 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 1: ends up doing is like he's gonna go low, there 392 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: comes the right hand parry, and instead he just brings 393 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,640 Speaker 1: it over the top, landed clean and chook. We didn't 394 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 1: see it coming at all. It rocked him. He Olberg 395 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: follows up and finishes him off. But what aids that 396 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 1: was not just And by the way, that's just great 397 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: work from Carlos Olberg, I mean, very very sharp work 398 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: from him. So that's a great thing that he did. 399 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: I want to be very clear about that. But the 400 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 1: part that was also aided by it was that style 401 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 1: that he has right where he kind of hangs that 402 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: hand out in front of him, almost like he's trying 403 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,919 Speaker 1: to cast a spell with his lead hand, because you 404 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 1: can't quite get a timing on it because sometimes it's 405 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: up here. Sometimes he'll lower it a little bit more. 406 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes he'll put a fake in a faint behind it, 407 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 1: he'll put a step faint, he shoulder fance, he'll put 408 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: a foot faint behind it, and then the hand is moving. 409 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: So he gives them the option where if it's it's 410 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 1: going up here, he can time a jab, he can 411 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:09,879 Speaker 1: lower it and go to the body right. He had 412 00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 1: also he'd been jabbing to the body a little bit 413 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: before that, so by the time he goes to fake 414 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,160 Speaker 1: to the body or to faint rather in this particular case, 415 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: you get the bite from and chuck Wei and then 416 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: he just comes over the top and drills him. The 417 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: commentary team didn't mention it. I wasn't really sure why 418 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:26,119 Speaker 1: they talked about the type of punch that it was, 419 00:18:26,240 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: and they were right it was. It wasn't like a 420 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:30,959 Speaker 1: full hook and it wasn't a jab. It was a 421 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: fake low or fake like You're gonna go low and 422 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: then come up to the top, so it's a the 423 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,439 Speaker 1: trajectory is not that wide, and of course the knuckles 424 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 1: had turned over. They got that part right, no doubt 425 00:18:40,440 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: about it. But I was a little bit surprised they 426 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: didn't talk about the fake and the faint, that the 427 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: body work he'd been doing before, how that lead hand 428 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: plays into it and then the right hand. Perry, go 429 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 1: back and watch the fight. Watch how hard and Chuck 430 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 1: Wee bites on that faint. The hand comes way down, 431 00:18:56,119 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: so I left it wide open. That's how Like This 432 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: is what I always talk about when I say, pay 433 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: attention very very elite fighters. Now this is less true 434 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,240 Speaker 1: in MME than it is in boxing, but in boxing, 435 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,919 Speaker 1: pay attention to how many times you ever see like 436 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: a really really good fighter get hit clean, especially to 437 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 1: the face. Pay attention to I mean, okay, from his 438 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 1: last fight with Bivoll. Okay, it's not so much. But 439 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:20,560 Speaker 1: I go watch the Billie Joe Saunders fight. Go even 440 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: watch the Caleb Plant fire. Go watch any of Canelo's 441 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 1: more recent fights where he's really coming to his own, 442 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: especially in the way class where I think he belongs. 443 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 2: One to sixty one sixty eight. 444 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: Pay attention to how many times Canelo gets hit real 445 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:37,000 Speaker 1: clean in the face. It's very rare, very rare. It happens. 446 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: It's boxing, it happens. But you don't see really good 447 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: boxers get hit clean all that often, and when you do, 448 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: the results are usually quite dramatic. Right, do you see 449 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:48,560 Speaker 1: someone get dropped really bad? You can see someone get 450 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: put out with one shot. They just don't get hit 451 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 1: clean that often. Even if it lands, they usually kind 452 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: of roll with it or whatever. Pay attention how many 453 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: times you've ever seen Canelo, more recently again outside of 454 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: the Bivoll fight, get hit clean. It's just very rare. 455 00:19:59,560 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: In m Hey, this is less true because the gloves 456 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 1: are smaller and all that kind of stuff. But in general, 457 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: I really want you to understand it is extremely extremely rare. 458 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: To see are not rare. It's difficult to hit a 459 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: very good fighter clean. It's very difficult. You have to 460 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 1: make them believe that they have to transfer their defense 461 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,240 Speaker 1: for a very important purpose, and that's not easy to do. 462 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 1: And he did it, and he did it, like Carlos 463 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: Solberg has had up and down moments in the octagon. 464 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: No doubt about it. But his up moments are real nice. 465 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: This is a really good one. This was a really 466 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: good one. 467 00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 2: Short work. 468 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: I think there was a minute and some change, and 469 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:36,960 Speaker 1: it was all set up off that style that he's got, 470 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,520 Speaker 1: the body work, the fakes, the fants goes low and 471 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: popped him high. That was good work. 472 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 2: All right. 473 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: We go to a one fight that I really wanted 474 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: to get to here a little bit Bellatore two eighty two. 475 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:47,800 Speaker 1: It was on the prelim card. You might have missed it. 476 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,560 Speaker 1: Brent Premis is a former Belator lightweight champion. You might 477 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: remember him as the guy that beat Michael Chandler at 478 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 1: a Belt or NYC. They had a rematch which Chenner 479 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,040 Speaker 1: was able to kind of grind out a win. But 480 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: Brent Premise is good. It's very good. And he didn't 481 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: have much for Alex Shabble. I think that's how you 482 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: say his name, almost like a cheap wine. Shabbily is 483 00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: talented and the story of this fight was the counter 484 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: boxing and the better foot positioning. This was a really 485 00:21:15,119 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: really important fight to understand balance and footwork. Why do 486 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: I say that In the first round, go back and 487 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: look at the face of Brent Premise, he gets hit 488 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: a lot to his left side. What was happening was 489 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: Shabbily was just timing a right over the top of 490 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 1: the aggressive attacks, the aggressive jabs from Brent Premise, and 491 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: so he was getting hit over the top. Now there 492 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: was some stance whitching going on from Shubbly. He was 493 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: actually able to switch it up to a left hook 494 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: later in the first round. But what you should understand 495 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 1: about the first round was that Brent Premise started out hot, 496 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: the fight kind of settled, and then the counter boxing, 497 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: the counter striking of Sable really was the big difference. 498 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 1: There wasn't hugely dramatic, but it definitely was his round 499 00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: at that point. Second round, what I really want you 500 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: to pay attention to is the finishing sequence. And this 501 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: is all available on YouTube. You don't even have to 502 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 1: have a fight Pass account or an ESPN Plus account. 503 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,720 Speaker 1: This is all free on YouTube. Go back and look 504 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 1: at this, and I want you to note how the 505 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: ending happens. Yes, it's a left hook, but the left 506 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:17,160 Speaker 1: hook is not the story. The story is that Premise 507 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: from very far away lunges in with a huge combination, 508 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 1: one that's somewhat telegraphed. I mean, obviously Brent Premise is 509 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: very athletic. But a guy like Shablee, you know, it's 510 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: not a question of whether or not that Brent Premise 511 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: could be your ass or mine. Yes, of course he could. 512 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: It's against the guy who's very skilled, who's up against 513 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: can you do those kinds of things and get away 514 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: with it? And quite obviously he could not. He lunges 515 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 1: in from very very far away. And what ends up 516 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: happening with that is one his head stays in the center. 517 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: That's the that's the one part. So at the end 518 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: of most of the stuff that he was actually attempting 519 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: and even Shabblee was attempting, a lot of it did 520 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 1: not land. Although Shabblee was actually able to slip off 521 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: the initial attack and then come over and around, but 522 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: the finally it was finally the left of the finish, 523 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: so the head was on the center line again, slip encounter. 524 00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:06,719 Speaker 1: We've talked about this with Adrian Yanyez already, how big 525 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,040 Speaker 1: important that it is. But that's really not what I 526 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:09,919 Speaker 1: want you to pay attention to. What really kind of 527 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: matters in the story is the big difference. The big 528 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,880 Speaker 1: difference is he lunges in so far that he kind 529 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: of by the time he gets to the position where 530 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: he wants to be, his weight has to be planted. 531 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: Think about if you jumped a small spot, you could 532 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: probably jump back pretty easily. If you jumped a small spot, 533 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:28,600 Speaker 1: you could jump to your left, If you jumped a 534 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: little bit in front, you could jump to your right. 535 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,199 Speaker 1: It still keeps you mobile. You're not lunging. But if 536 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:34,320 Speaker 1: you jump, let's say as far as you can from 537 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: your back foot to your front foot, your front foot 538 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: is going to have to catch and hold for you 539 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 1: to stabilize for a second. That's partly by the way 540 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: why his head stays where it stays. It's hard to 541 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,719 Speaker 1: maneuver yourself in and out or at angles if your 542 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,520 Speaker 1: weight is so heavily planted from lunging that far out. 543 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:51,720 Speaker 2: That's why they tell you not to lunch. 544 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:53,199 Speaker 1: It's not just that he can be telegraphed and you 545 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: can see it because it's quite literally further away. Right, 546 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,439 Speaker 1: It's easy to see something coming when it's further away. 547 00:23:58,680 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 1: But the other part is it affects your bace. It 548 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:03,240 Speaker 1: affects your ability to move, and you actually see Shabie 549 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,480 Speaker 1: slide back when he lands the left hook so that's 550 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:08,919 Speaker 1: one part of the story. But then right after that, 551 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 1: Shublely hits him with the left hook and that was 552 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: big enough. And so now Brent Premise is in trouble. 553 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:17,320 Speaker 1: But Shaubie finishes him off by double jabbing his way 554 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: into range. He double jabs crossed and I think he 555 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:20,400 Speaker 1: finished him. 556 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 2: Off with a hook. 557 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 1: That was the big difference, rather than Shoublee doing what 558 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: Primise did, which was kind of not jumping, but you 559 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: leaping very far away. Again I'm saying the word jump. 560 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,800 Speaker 1: He did not jump stepping very far away a big 561 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 1: step in one fell swoop. Instead, Shabbie kind of kept 562 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 1: his balance, slides in the pocket and when he wants 563 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 1: to make that forward pressure bop bop. What does a 564 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:44,199 Speaker 1: double jab allow you to do? It allows you to 565 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: set up other punches that might come behind it. It 566 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,679 Speaker 1: allows you to set up an angle change. Another thing 567 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 1: it allows you to do is if you're having trouble 568 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 1: getting into range, the double jab helped set that up 569 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,040 Speaker 1: because you can bring your feet behind the initial jab 570 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: and then you can throw on the second behind the 571 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 1: second one. Obviously, it allows you to cheat the steps. 572 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: It allows you to cheat the distance, and that's what 573 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,760 Speaker 1: Shabilee did. So by the time he was landing punches, 574 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: he had all of his weight under him. That's the 575 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,440 Speaker 1: other part. Yes, you can throw from as you take 576 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: a big step and you can land maybe the first 577 00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,119 Speaker 1: punch will be there, but you're not going to have 578 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: like super efficient mechanics under you to really get your 579 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,359 Speaker 1: weight under you, to sit down on your punches to 580 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: really go right. That was the big story here Shabbili 581 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 1: in the first round, kind of countering over the top, 582 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 1: some stand switching. But in the end, it was the footwork, 583 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: it was the balance, and it was aided by better positioning. 584 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 1: Pay attention when you watch fights going forward, who has 585 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,959 Speaker 1: their balance under him? Tell you a good example of this, 586 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,439 Speaker 1: even though he's moving around so much. He's fighting this 587 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: weekend at UFC two seventy six. The champion Israel Destiny 588 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: bro He's got phenomenal balance, phenomenal balance. Jose Aldo phenomenal balance, 589 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:56,520 Speaker 1: Max Holloway phenomenal balance. Alexander Volkanowski just crazy balance right 590 00:25:56,560 --> 00:26:00,479 Speaker 1: because they bring their feet with them, they bring everything together, 591 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 1: and that's not easy to do. 592 00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 2: Man. 593 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: It sounds like I'm to hear like, oh I could 594 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: do better. I could not do better. I could do 595 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: far worse. But I'm just saying if someone gets knocked out, 596 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: something went wrong, something happened, and it's worth examining. I 597 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,280 Speaker 1: think it went wrong for him by virtue of the 598 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 1: fact that I don't think there was enough faints in 599 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: the first round. I will say that Premise had better 600 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 1: feints in the second, but the distance management and not 601 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,560 Speaker 1: bringing everything behind him it caused everything to get kind 602 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: of screwed up afterwards, and Chabli just read it like 603 00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: a book and was able to do it a little 604 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,960 Speaker 1: bit better in the end, solid solid win by him. 605 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 1: And then last but not least, this went under the radar, 606 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,159 Speaker 1: I think by most American audiences. By a lot of 607 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: MMA fans want to tell you a name. Someone told 608 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: me to look out for him, so I decided to 609 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: do it, and I was very impressed. His name is Abdul. 610 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have to read it here because it's still 611 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,160 Speaker 1: kind of a strange name to American eyes. Abdul abduragimo 612 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: if he does speak English, by the way, because they 613 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,639 Speaker 1: interviewed him after he won and the main event of 614 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 1: aris FC seven. If you're asking who's the next year 615 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:03,240 Speaker 1: in prospect. He might be it. He might be it. 616 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,239 Speaker 1: Someone told me about him, so I decided to check 617 00:27:05,280 --> 00:27:07,119 Speaker 1: him out. This is not me figuring it out on 618 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,199 Speaker 1: my own. I am merely repeating to your recommendation. But 619 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: I did double check the recommendation and it proved fruitful. 620 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,359 Speaker 1: Abdu Abdul Abduragyimov fought Karl Amasu. You guys might remember 621 00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: Amasou if you watched bellatour back in the Rebney days. 622 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,680 Speaker 1: I think they called him Psycho. I think it was 623 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: his actual name, kind of a sort of a French 624 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 1: mma legend. Had a judo background. Actually, by the way, 625 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 1: so he does have good judy as like sort of 626 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: you know, you know how the judo guys have sort 627 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: of like different kind of ground games, but similar kind 628 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 1: of ground games. It's kind of like that. But you know, 629 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 1: Karl Amasou has been he's been in the game a while. 630 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,280 Speaker 1: I mean, he's long in the tooth. But Abdul Abduragimov 631 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: looked like he knew exactly what to do. This dude 632 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:46,119 Speaker 1: is completely more than UFC. Ready, he's about one hundred 633 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:50,159 Speaker 1: and seventy pounds. He looks to be the genuine article. Now, 634 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 1: how far can he go. I mean, he hasn't fought 635 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 1: in the UFC yet, so let's all pump the brakes. 636 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,399 Speaker 1: You should watch this fight. It's on fight Pass. It 637 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: was the main event over the weekend, and basically Abduragyamov 638 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: gets Karl Amasou back to the fence, takes him down 639 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 1: off a body locked on the opposite direction while blocking him, 640 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,159 Speaker 1: gets into half guard, takes his time with the ground 641 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:11,399 Speaker 1: and pound, and at the end of the first round, 642 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,399 Speaker 1: goes on a blitz that left Amasou absolutely hanging on 643 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 1: for dear life. The bell sounds and then he goes 644 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: to the corner and then the doctor's like, nah, I've 645 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: seen enough. Check out this dude, Abdul abdur Ragimov. He 646 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,879 Speaker 1: is almost certainly if the if bell excuse me, if 647 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: UFC doesn't sign him, Belatore will, And if Bellatore doesn't 648 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,399 Speaker 1: sign him, one will it. So it is a matter 649 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 1: of time before he is in the Ultimate Fighting Championship 650 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: or you know, a top level promotion. He is, as 651 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: I mentioned fully, ready we didn't get the full sense 652 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,120 Speaker 1: of his game, but you could really say, you could 653 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,280 Speaker 1: really just kind of tell that. 654 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 2: He had. 655 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:54,760 Speaker 1: You know, he just made smart almost veteran like decisions, 656 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,040 Speaker 1: if that makes any sense. Like you, you know, you 657 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: don't realize how green someone is until you see them 658 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: go through the pace of a full fight or even 659 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: a full round against someone you know a little bit 660 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: more established, and you have to see what choices that 661 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: they make. And he made all of like the very 662 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: best choices. And then when you see his takedown ability, 663 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 1: it was smooth, and his ground and pound and top 664 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: level positioning. You know, I'm not gonna call it perfect, 665 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:23,840 Speaker 1: but very, very very solid. And then the ground and 666 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: pound at the end that blitz, knowing that the bell 667 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 1: is coming out. I'm not talking the last ten seconds, 668 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:29,960 Speaker 1: I'm talking like the last thirty, he goes on this 669 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,520 Speaker 1: unreal buzz saw of a ground and pound blitz and 670 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: put Carl Amasu away. I will say one more time, 671 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,040 Speaker 1: Abdul abdur Ragi mov and it's spelled a little bit strangely, 672 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: but it's aris a r E s FC seven. You 673 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: got to check this dude out. He looks like he 674 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,240 Speaker 1: is on his way to the Ultimate Fighting Championship and 675 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: could be another exciting addition to that welterweight group that 676 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: we've already seen. Now is he going to be a 677 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,560 Speaker 1: top level contender. One never knows. But you've already got 678 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 1: shot Catt Rockmanov, who did what he did over the weekend. 679 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: You've got obviously Sean Brady, You've got Humzat Chimayev and 680 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 1: some other ones as well. We'll see, we'll see, but 681 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: you might be adding abder Rogi Mov to that list 682 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 1: as well. He's an interesting fighter. My honorable mentions for 683 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,400 Speaker 1: the week, just a few of them. 684 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 2: Will go through these very quickly. 685 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: Mario Bautista defeating Brian Keller Hervey a rear naked choke. 686 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 2: That one surprised me. 687 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:20,920 Speaker 1: Bautista's very, very good, but I have a lot of 688 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: respect for Keller her shouts to him because obviously he's 689 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: the only fighter who's ever sitting on the MMA beat panel. 690 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: I do think Keller hur is talented, but he tends 691 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: to have some uneven performances, which you know, again, you're 692 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,880 Speaker 1: fighting tough guys, they're fighting you too, you know, it's 693 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:36,000 Speaker 1: not always going to go your way. 694 00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,560 Speaker 2: But when he's on, he's on. You know, Uh, this 695 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 2: just wasn't his night. 696 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: It was a good job Aboutista, and the choke was 697 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 1: nasty too, and the hand fighting was great to get there, 698 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 1: or at least the final slide of the choke back 699 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:52,280 Speaker 1: to bellatore anatotally Tokoll defeating Mohammad abdullah At again. This 700 00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: was again Bellator two eighty two. This was on the 701 00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:55,600 Speaker 1: premium card. I complained about this a little bit on 702 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 1: regular MK that like, this guy is probably the next 703 00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:59,920 Speaker 1: one to get a title shot, and he was fighting 704 00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:02,120 Speaker 1: the prelim card, which I understand, like, you know, you 705 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 1: only want to put on four fights. You have two 706 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: from the Grand Prix, you have the main event, and 707 00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 1: then Brendan Ward kind of is the Connecticut guy. The 708 00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: fights were in Connecticut. He's gonna sell more tickets. You know, 709 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: he's gonna be an all action fighter. You would understand 710 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:15,160 Speaker 1: why you would want him the main card. But it's 711 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: just like you couldn't put Tokov on another card that 712 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,160 Speaker 1: he could have been on the main card of because 713 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:22,000 Speaker 1: I don't know that they're going to give him a 714 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,480 Speaker 1: title shot, but I don't know who the hellse it 715 00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 1: would be in that organization that has a better resume 716 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,560 Speaker 1: to this point to deserve one. Anyway, Abili gets backed up, 717 00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,840 Speaker 1: slips on a a I think it was like a 718 00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: front kick, and you know, he tries to sit up 719 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: and then turn, and it's like due the instant that 720 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: he turns, the instant that he turns. Tokov took his 721 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: back like it was nothing, and then from there just 722 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: pounded him out, like literally just just went to work 723 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: on him. I don't think he even went for any 724 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: risk rides. He just punched him the whole time. So 725 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: sort of a lesson there, like if you fall, you know, 726 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 1: there might be a case at times, let's say at times, 727 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: to actually stay on your back and fight from guard 728 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,480 Speaker 1: rather than try and to turn and escape and again 729 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 1: back exposure. This was a different way of getting back exposure. 730 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: This was kind of just luck a little bit. But 731 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,200 Speaker 1: once he saw back exposure then he had the presence 732 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: of mind to then finish it off. No luck involved there. 733 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: Great job by anatolely took off and at last, but 734 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 1: not least, Katzanghano at Beltor t Wit two, defeating Pam Sorenson. 735 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: She appeared to be injured at the end of it, 736 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 1: which was not great, But this was actually one of 737 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: Zghano's better performances recently. I thought Sorenson might be you know, 738 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: Sorenson's good in Victor Champ, but Zghana was able to 739 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: control the distance, control the takedown, control, the grappling exchanges, 740 00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: had good ground upon the whole time, and Sorenson really 741 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:45,560 Speaker 1: couldn't do much to stop it in its particular fight. 742 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: So I don't know exactly what happened with Zinghano. I 743 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,760 Speaker 1: don't know exactly how injured she is, but it is 744 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: worth saying putting that aside, just for the moment, I've 745 00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 1: been wondering exactly where Katzanhano is in her career. She's 746 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,080 Speaker 1: like nearly forty years old, or potentially even older than that. 747 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,920 Speaker 1: Let me see, just to be clear, here she is 748 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:09,160 Speaker 1: as I stand here before you. She is currently let's see, 749 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:11,920 Speaker 1: she's thirty nine, so she's almost forty years old. You 750 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:16,720 Speaker 1: know that is that's old for fighting. But she looked 751 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,040 Speaker 1: good here turn them out the clock really well. I 752 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 1: know there were some other fights on the card. Alejandro 753 00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: Laura had lost on the Bellator card. I know there's 754 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: some controversy about the Demopolis Jinu Frey car fight. We 755 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,280 Speaker 1: talked about that a little bit today on regular mk 756 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: Umar Numberamdov looked amazing. You get the idea, but those 757 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: are the ones that matter to me the most. So 758 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 1: you tell me what mattered to you the most in 759 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,600 Speaker 1: the comments below, and I appreciate you guys watching. If 760 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:40,640 Speaker 1: you have any questions, shoot me an email Luke Thomas 761 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: news at gmail dot com. Thumbs up on the video 762 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,000 Speaker 1: hit subscribe. Appreciate y'all. If you're out in Vegas, come 763 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,640 Speaker 1: see us at the Beer House on Friday, and until then, 764 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: enjoy the fights.